Awards season is preparing to begin in earnest, as seen with the trailer for 20th Century Fox’s newest trailer, an adaptation of the fantastic and well-read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.Set in Germany during the rise of Nazism and the Second World War, director Brian Percival’s adaptation tells the story of Liesel (Sophie Nélisse) who comes to stay with foster parents Hans and Rosa (Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson), intellectuals who have no problem encouraging their surrogate daughter to read or later hiding Jewish Max (Ben Schnetzer) from the S.S. Trailer is below.
The trailer looks incredibly earnest and heartwarming for an iteration on a novel that is literally narrated by death (look it up). Yet, it also proclaims from the studio that brought another once-thought unfilmmable book to the screen, Life of Pi. So, call us intrigued. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that's your thing!