Director: Iain Softley Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire Starring: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis Released: April 2, 2009 Rating: Runtime: 106 minutes Websites: Story: Based on the book by Cornelia Funke, "Inkheart" is a timeless adventure tale of imagination that centers on Meggie, a young girl whose father has a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when a power-hungry villain from a rare children's fable kidnaps Meggie's father to bring others out of the boundaries of fiction, she and a disparate group of friends both real and magic embark on the kind of adventure she has only read about in books to save him and set things right. Cast: Brendan Fraser Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart Sienna Guillory Resa Eliza Hope Bennett Meggie Folchart Richard Strange Antiquarian Bookshop Owner Paul Bettany Dustfinger Helen Mirren Elinor Loredan Rafi Gavron Farid Matt King Cockerell Steve Speirs Flatnose Jamie Foreman Basta Stephen Graham Fulvio Mirabel O'Keefe Young Meggie Andy Serkis Capricorn John Thomson Darius Lesley Sharp Mortola