City of Ember

City of Ember is a 2008 American science fiction film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay by Caroline Thompson, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Mary Kay Place, Bill Murray, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, and Tim Robbins. Set after a global catastrophe in an underground city named Ember, the story follows two teens who, in response to the city's generator beginning to fail, investigate a trail of clues that will lead them to a solution.

City of Ember was theatrically released in the United States on October 10, 2008, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and was a box-office bomb, grossing $17.9 million against a budget of $55 million.