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Jaeden Martell (né Lieberher; born January 4, 2003) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, with roles in the comedy drama St. Vincent (2014) and science fiction film Midnight Special (2016). His performance in St. Vincent earned him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. After playing the title character in the drama The Book of Henry (2017), Martell's breakthrough came with his portrayal of Bill Denbrough in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019). This led to further leading roles in horror films, such as The Lodge (2019) and Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022). Martell had a supporting role in Rian Johnson's mystery comedy Knives Out (2019). Venturing into projects with more mature themes, he played a reserved teenager accused of murder in the Apple TV+ miniseries Defending Jacob (2020). He has since starred in the comedy films Metal Lords (2022) and Y2K (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jaeden Martell licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A live action remake of the animated movie from 2006. I found an early draft script of the original movie online and there were parts that they did not add in the final cut, but should have: like seeing the actual "heart" of the house, which is the furnace with the brick wall behind it pulsating like actual heartbeats. In the 1980's, a crazy old hermit supposedly dies of a heart attack while yelling at a boy for accidentally skidding across his lawn. Since then, the boy, DJ, has been noticing strange things happening at the old man's house: like moaning sounds coming from inside, and the outside structure actually MOVING from time to time. And when DJ's friend, Chowder, rings the doorbell, the house itself turns into a monster and attacks, but always returns to normal when grownups are coming. As Halloween approaches, DJ and Chowder, and their new friend, Jenny, devise a plan to take down the monster house, and save the neighborhood. It will have the humor and heart of the old movie, and the scary intensity of Stranger Things.
