The Oscar nominee heads a cast which includes Kelly MacDonald and John Simm in the film based on David Almond's 1998 book.
Young Son of Rambow actor Bill Milner stars as Michael, the boy who discovers the magical creature Skellig.
Roth will take the title role as the part-owl, part-angel Skellig who is discovered in a ramshackle shed.
Skellig tells the story of a young boy who discovers the strange creature after moving house and nourishes him back to health, while his baby sister is gravely ill in hospital.
The book was awarded the Carnegie Medal in Literature in 1998 and also won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award the same year.
...and there was me thinking that the real Skelligs were two amazing rock pinnacles off the coast of Ireland..
2 mumbles or rants about it:
And yet as we both know it is just that too! can't wait for the movie!
Yeah I thought that too - thought we might get approached for our domain and get offered loads of dosh!
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