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[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Succession” Season 3, Episode 4, “Lion in the Meadow.”]

Children’s books and “Succession” don’t typically go hand-in-hand — unless you’re a parent who likes to imagine Logan Roy’s voice whenever you’re reading “Go the Fuck to Sleep” — but Episode 4 makes an uncharacteristically direct reference to Margaret Mahy’s 1969 illustrated story, “A Lion in the Meadow.” In the fanciful tale, a young boy looks out his back window and tells his mother there’s a big, yellow lion roaming around outside. His mother doesn’t believe him, going so far as to tell her son she has a dragon in her matchbox that will protect them, but then the lion walks into their house and starts talking. “Some stories are true, and some aren’t,” he says.

In another meadow, in another faraway land, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) hears another suspicious claim from another parent. Logan (Brian Cox) says, “He’s a good kid, and I love him.

Many older sisters would do anything to save their younger brothers, even if it means facing a malevolent spirit from ancient times. To save her sibling, Laura Chant (Erana James) must engage in a supernatural showdown in the new movie The Changeover, and to celebrate its theatrical and VOD release, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers!

You can watch Laura receive an ominous message from her reflection in the mirror in our exclusive clip below. The Changeover is now in theaters and on VOD platforms from Vertical Entertainment.

Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt, and based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover stars Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt, and Benji Purchase.

Synopsis: "Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko (Benji Purchase) in a poor new...

A young woman finds her inner strength in Miranda Harcourt & Stuart McKenzie's dark fantasy film The Changeover. Based on a popular 1984 novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover follows the plucky sixteen-year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) as she tries to save her young brother from an ancient curse. Standing in her way is Carmody Braque (Timothy Spall), an ageless spirit who poses as an antique dealer as a way of luring unwitting souls to their doom. Before she can save her brother, she must realize her own destiny and gain access to an inborn power that she doesn't know how to harness. The story is a well-known one in New Zealand, where it was written and where it is based, and so it's surprising that...

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The Changeover In Theaters & On Demand February 22nd Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt Written by Stuart McKenzie Based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy Starring Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt and Benji Purchase Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother …

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Adapted from the award-winning novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover is a collaboration between first-time director Miranda Harcourt and writer Stuart Mackenzie. Set in Christchurch, New Zealand following a devastating earthquake, Laura Chant (Erana James) and her brother Jacko (Benji Purchase) come across a shipping container, inside they find a collection of old antiquities and one extremely creepy Timothy Spall. The encounter with the disheveled and mysterious Carmody Braque (Spall) sets in motion a series of events which leads Laura to believe that Braque is slowly siphoning her brother’s life. Laura has the power to help her brother, as a “sensitive” she’s just one trippy dream-like state away from becoming a fully-fledged witch. Help comes in the form of fellow witch, Sorensen Carlisle (Nicholas Galitzine) and his family.

What at first seems like an obvious and predictable Ya film, in fact explores hidden emotional depths, whether it’s aware of it or not.

A new film has emerged at the 70th Cannes Film Festival titled The Changeover. It is based on Margaret Mahy’s best-selling, Carnegie Award-winning novel from New Zealand.

When a sinister visitor arrives in her town, sixteen-year-old Laura Chant discovers awesome new powers within herself that she must harness in order to rescue her younger brother from the man’s evil plans.

The supernatural thriller stars Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Harry Potter series), Melanie Lynskey (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Up in the Air, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lucy Lawless (Parks and Recreation, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess), Nicholas Galitzine (Handsome Devil, High Strung), Erana James.

In 2014, Spall won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for portraying J. M. W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biographical film Mr. Turner. He also collaborated with Leigh on Topsy-turvy and the brilliant Secrets & Lies.

To Mary Steenburgen, “reading is everything.”

Now, the Oscar-winning actress is sharing that love of reading with a new generation.

Steenburgen, 63, has partnered with the SAG-aftra Foundation’s children’s literacy website Storyline Online so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a button.

“Reading is how I became an actor because I didn’t grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater,” Steenburgen tells People. “I also grew up in a house full of teachers so reading was big in our world.”

“My family didn’t...

Exclusive: Star of Tiff selection Handsome Devil has joined Timothy Spall and Melanie Lynskey in the supernatural thriller.

Screen 2015 Star Of Tomorrow Nicholas Galitzine, who will be seen in tonight’s (Sept 11) world premiere of Toronto International Film Festival’s Contemporary World Cinema selection Handsome Devil [pictured], has joined The Changeover, which Radiant Films International is selling.

Previously announced Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless and Erana James also star in the supernatural thriller, which is scheduled to begin shooting on September 19.

Co-directors Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will shoot entirely in New Zealand, in and around the Christchurch Central Business District. McKenzie adapted the screenplay from New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.

The story centres on a 16-year-old girl who discovers her true identity and the supernatural powers within her after an ancient spirit attacks her infant brother.

Emma Slade of Firefly Films produces with investment from the [link...

Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has boarded worldwide rights to the supernatural thriller heading into Cannes excluding Australia and New Zealand.

Playwright Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will direct The Changeover, which will also star Melanie Lynskey, Charlie Heaton, Lucy Lawless, and New Zealand rising stars Erana James, Stefania Lavie Owen, and internet celebrity Jamie Curry.

McKenzie also wrote the screenplay based on New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.

Firefly Films’ Emma Slade is producing and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Christchurch, New Zealand, in August. Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post will create visual effects.

The story centres on a 16-year-old Laura Chant, who learns she has the supernatural powers to save her younger brother after an ancient spirit attacks him.

Radiant’s Cannes slate also includes the action thriller Juveniles starring Beau Knapp and Stephen Moyer that premieres in the market; as well as rom-com...

Timothy Spall, who won the Cannes Film Festival’s best actor award two years ago for Mr Turner, has been set to star in The Changeover, a supernatural thriller based on the bestselling Ya novel by New Zealand author Margaret Mahy. Melanie Lynskey, Charlie Heaton and Lucy Lawless have also boarded the project, which will go before buyers at the upcoming Cannes market via Radiant Films International which is repping worldwide rights outside Australia and New Zealand. Stuart…...

When it comes to little kids, scary stories are tough. Finding that balance of fun frightening without freaking them out can be difficult. Just in time for Halloween, Scholastic Storybook Treasures released a new DVD collection Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman...and more spooky Halloween stories, and unfortunately, Scholastic did not hit the right balance.

There are five stories in the collection including Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman by Barbara K. Walker, The Boy with Two Shadows by Margaret Mahy, Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Maris Montes, What's Under My Bed? by James Stevenson, and King of the Cats by Paul Galdone. The first story is a lot like Hansel and Gretel with siblings who are lured into a witch's house, except in this case it is three brothers instead of a brother and sister.

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