Faithfully adapting W.W. Jacobs' story this film is set in England, 1936 when a family falls victim to superstitions surrounding a talisman from India said to grant three wishes. Shot in 2007-2008 with the same cameras supplied by famed Panavision used to produce the Star Wars prequels and using storybook visuals to create an atmosphere of a timeless tale. You may also recognize Ignacio Serricchio from Netflix's Lost In Space. Exceptional actor and one of the coolest guys on the planet. This was produced in the earlier days of the digital boom taking over film for production so it had quite a learning curve for our team. It was quite the labor of love and commanded a lot of my free time after work storyboarding on feature films and TV. The story haunted me as a kid and I reached the right point in my career to Write, Produce and Direct this version which is the one that stuck in my imagination. No way could I have made it through without the help of the skilled crew and exceptionally