Fan CastingHowl's Moving Castle Live Action - from the book!

Yes! The animated film is delightful but I think a live action movie should go back to the original book for inspiration. As Sophie is an old woman most of the film I think Dame Helen Mirren would be marvelous. 18 year old Sophie Hatter is a young woman yearning for adventure but feeling her life as the oldest of three girls means she's destined to have an uninteresting life. She works long hours as talented unpaid apprentice for her step-mother. Bored, Sophie talks to the hats she's trimming for company, and has no idea she's powerfully and magically influencing them. Returning from a day out for May Day celebrations Sophy is accosted by a strange woman she realizes is the infamous Witch of the Waste. The witch, jealous of what Sophy's been making happen with her charmed hats (which Sophy has no idea she's actually doing) she curses Sophy and turns her into an old woman. Sophie decides to leave home to find a way to reverse the curse and runs into the floating castle where the evil Wizard Howl lives. Quite an adventure unfolds! Image: Folio Society's special edition illustrated by Marie-Alice Harel.