A teenage fantasy novel about a post-apocalyptic underground city, jolted to screen life by the scribe of Burton’s finest fantasia Edward Scissorhands and the director of the punchy CG kid-flick Monster House? Starring the can-do-no-wrong Bill Murray as the conniving, greedy-guts mayor of the subterranean metropolis?

On the surface, it appears Ember has flicked all the right switches.

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UK Theatrical Release Date: Oct 10th 2008
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- Gil Kenan
Screenwriter
- Caroline Thompson

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