New clips emerge for Miss Peregrine's…

20th Century Fox has released two new “Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children” clips. Directed by Tim Burton, the film is based on the novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs and stars Asa Butterfield as a young boy who stumbles upon a secret refuge for supernaturally gifted youngsters, headed up by the mysterious Miss Peregrine (Eva Green). However, Butterfield's character soon learns that the children are in danger from ever-growing malevolent forces.

The clips give a slightly more specific sense of the world that the characters live in. Miss Peregrine explains that her main power isn't turning into a bird, but in being able to reset time. She resets every day 24 hours so that nothing bad can happen within that time span, and the thus the peculiar children are safe. In the other clip, viewers get a look at the film's villain (played by Samuel L Jackson) who is apparently in a quest for immortality that involves killing the peculiar children. The clip also shows that despite his character's bizarre appearance, Jackson is basically always playing Jackson.

The film also stars Judi Dench, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, and Rupert Everett. Scripted by Jane Goldman (“X-Men: First Class”), “Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children” opens in theatres on September 30.