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Benedict Cumberbatch to ‘Stop Time’ in adaptation of Matt Haig’s novel

Benedict Cumberbatch will produce and lead the cast of How To Stop Time, a new adaptation of the novel of the same name by Matt Haig. StudioCanal are fully financing the film.

How To Stop Time is the first adult novel in four years by Matt Haig, the number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into over thirty languages.  It tells the story of Tom Hazard (Cumberbatch), a man who may look like an ordinary 41-year-old but, owing to an extremely rare condition, he’s been alive for centuries. How To Stop Time is a wildly imagined love story that spans centuries and continents and cements Haig’s reputation as one of the most original and exciting novelists of his generation.

“The prospect of Benedict Cumberbatch playing Tom Hazard is a hugely exciting one and I could not be happier about working with Adam and Jamie, and to be reunited with StudioCanal,” Haig said in an official release.

Haig’s most recent children’s book, ‘The Girl Who Saved Christmas’, was published in late 2016 in over 20 countries and is the sequel to his critically acclaimed hit ‘A Boy Called Christmas. The audiobook versions have been narrated by Stephen Fry and Carey Mulligan. STUDIOCANAL and Blueprint Pictures acquired screen rights to the series in 2015 and have been fast-tracking development of a feature film adaptation.

Haig’s other books include his ground-breaking memoir Reasons To Stay Alive, which stayed in the Sunday Times’ top-ten bestseller list for 46 weeks and the multi-prize winning The Humas that has been published all over the world. He also worked in a screenwriting capacity on Heyday Films and STUDIOCANAL’s 2014 critical and commercial smash Paddington.

How To Stop Time, the novel, will be released in July 2017.

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