Inkheart is a 2008 British-American-German
family adventure fantasy film directed by
Iain Softley, produced by
Cornelia Funke, Dylan Cuva, Sarah Wang, Ute Leonhardt,
Toby Emmerich,
Mark Ordesky,
Ileen Maisel and Andrew Licht, written by
David Lindsay-Abaire, music composed by
Javier Navarrete and starring
Brendan Fraser,
Eliza Bennett,
Paul Bettany,
Helen Mirren,
Andy Serkis,
Jim Broadbent, and
Sienna Guillory. It is based on
Cornelia Funke's
novel of the same name. The film was released theatrically on December 12, 2008 in the UK and January 23, 2009 in the USA by
New Line Cinema.
Inkheart has received generally mixed reviews from critics and it earned $62,450,361 on a $60 million budget.
Inkheart was released on
DVD and
Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2009. On January 12, 2009, a video game based on the film was released for the
Nintendo DS.