Tagline: They're not just best friends. They're blood brothers.
Adapted from German author Angela Sommer-Bodenburg's Little Vampire novels, the lighthearted fantasy plotline follows a 9-year-old Yank named Tony Thompson, Jonathan Lipnicki, who has recently moved to Scotland with his parents. Haunted by mystical dreams, Tony is having trouble fitting in at school when he befriends a 300-year-old vampire boy named Rudolph, Rollo Weeks. Together the two search for a magical artifact that could free Rollo's persecuted kinfolk from vampirism.
This Family movie is rated PG for some mild peril.
Aside from Lipnicki and Weeks, the cast includes, Richard E. Grant, Alice Krige and James Carter.
The movie was directed by Uli Edel, Produced by Richard Claus, written for film by Larry Wilson and Karey Kirkpatrick and released by New Line Cinema.
Its running time is 1 hour and 32 minutes.
In its 2nd week of release, the movie made $3,600,000, earning it a running total of $9,300,000.
Official Website: www.littlevampiremovie.com. - Albawaba.com.
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