DARREN ARONOFSKY TALKS "MONSTER CLUB" and "THE WHALE"

Academy Award-nominated Director/Screenwriter Darren Aronofsky Introduces the first book in a
thrilling new kids’ adventure series MONSTER CLUB!

Darren Aronofsky and his screenwriting partner, Ari Handel, introduce their debut novel Monster Club, the first book in an action-packed, hilarious and heartfelt series about growing up, letting go, and facing down your monsters.

The only thing that makes Eric “Doodles” King happy is Monster Club, the epic roleplaying game that he and his friends created. But when his friends start to think of Monster Club as a kid’s game and get more interested in other things, Eric is heartbroken. That’s when Eric happens across a long-lost vial of magic ink that brings their monster drawings to life, and suddenly, the monsters he and his friends created are wreaking havoc across their hometown of Coney Island. Eric soon realizes that it’s up to the Monster Club to face down the very monsters they created and save their city in the process.

Brendan Fraser in, The Whale

Darren Aronofsky is a Coney Island–raised, Academy Award–nominated screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for his surreal, high-concept work in films like Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, The Wrestler, and mother!

His latest film The Whale starring Brendan Fraser will surely garner the actor and Aronofsky some well deserved attention cone awards season!

I spoke with Darren about why he loves the Toronto International Film Festival, his new book “Monster Club” and why wanted Brendan Fraser as his leading man in, The Whale.