There he tells Meggie that nine years ago, while reading to her from Inkheart, he inadvertently brought Dustfinger out of the book and into the real world, through a gift he possessed from birth. Mo takes Meggie to visit her great-aunt Elinor in Italy. Mo comes out of the shop, recognizing the man as Dustfinger, who quickly asks him to 'read him back into the book'. A man appears from the shadows, claiming to be an old friend. Shortly after Mo finds the book, Meggie encounters a horned marten outside the shop and it tries to bite her fingers. Twelve years later, Meggie visits an old book shop in Europe with her father, unaware that he is secretly looking for a copy of the book Inkheart. Mo and Resa Folchart read the fairy tale ' Little Red Riding Hood' to their baby daughter Meggie, as a red velvet hood appears out of thin air. On January 12, 2009, a video game based on the film was released for the Nintendo DS. Inkheart was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2009.

Inkheart received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $62,450,361 on a $60 million budget. Produced by New Line Cinema, the film was released theatrically on December 12, 2008, in the UK and January 23, 2009, in the US by Warner Bros. It is based on Cornelia Funke's 2003 novel of the same name. Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy adventure film directed by Iain Softley, produced by Cornelia Funke, Dylan Cuva, Sarah Wang, Ute Leonhardt, Toby Emmerich, Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel and Andrew Licht, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, music composed by Javier Navarrete and starring Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis, and Eliza Bennett.

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