MONSTER CLUB: MONSTERS TAKE MANHATTAN - INTERVIEW WITH DARREN ARONOFSKY, ARI HANDEL & LANCE RUBIN

The Epic, Heart-Pounding Adventure Continues with Book Two of the Thrilling Monster Club Series
Monster Club: Monsters Take Manhattan!

Award winning director Darren Aronofsky teams up with Lance Rubin and Ari Handel for book two of this exciting series.

Ever since Eric “Doodles” King and his friends saved Coney Island from Crumple Monster and its minions, Eric’s life has been changing faster than he ever expected. His parents’ divorce has gone through, his mom has moved to a deluxe apartment in Manhattan, and now she’s making him start all over at a fancy new private school. Suddenly, Eric’s trapped between two worlds – his old Coney Island friends and the rich, cool kids at his new school who treat him like a celebrity.

At least, Eric thinks, his days of epic monster battles are behind him. But what he doesn’t realize is that the magic mermaid ink that brought his drawings to life hasn’t been destroyed like he thought. Quite the opposite, King Neptune has found a way to take the last remaining drops to create a new class of creatures perfectly designed to put New York City right back where it belongs – underwater.

Now it’s up to Eric to rally Monster Club again and find a way to bring back Brickman, Bellybeast, Skelegurl, DecaSpyder, and RoboKillz so they can stop Neptune before it’s too late.

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 The Whale, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, The Wrestler, and mother!

Ari Handel is a scientist, writer, producer, and storyteller. He and Darren Aronofsky have worked together for more than twenty years on many projects, including The Fountain, Noah, and the National Geographic series One Strange Rock, Welcome to Earth, and Limitless.

Lance Rubin is the award-winning author of Crying Laughing, Denton Little's Deathdate, and Denton Little's Still Not Dead. He is also the co-author (with Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal) of the New York Times bestseller The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek.

Monster Club: Monsters Take Manhattan is now available for purchase online and at a book store near you!

I spoke with Darren, Ari and Lance about collaborating on this exciting project.