Seventh Son is a 2014 English-language Action Adventure motion picture written by Steven Knight, Charles Leavitt and Max Borenstein. The movie is directed by Sergei Bodrov and produced by Basil Iwanyk, Thomas Tull and Lionel Wigram under the banner of China Film Group in collaboration with Legendary Pictures, Moving Picture Company, Outlaw Sinema, Pendle Mountain Productions and Thunder Road Pictures. John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected his country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young any, and has been king an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't? Should he trust the girl with pointy shoes? How can Thomas stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the county? Written by Anonymous. Seventh son features Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue and Mike Christie. The screenplay is written by Charles Leavitt and Steven Knight which is inspired from The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney. The music was composed by Marco Beltrami. Cinematography was done by Newton Thomas Sigel and editing by Paul Rubell, Jim Page and Michael Kahn. The motion picture has a running time of 102 minutes. It was released on 31st December 2014. Seventh Son was made on a budget of $95 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $114 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Universal Pictures.