Well, I do see some resemblance between them. Two children (one a teenager, but still) bullied (or feeling like it), escaping in a world of books, end up pulled into that world. Oh, and they both have to save a child (or a child-like being). And making friends along the way. But those are very general, and the specifics are quite different.
Was no David Bowie or Jennifer Connelly.
Bluddy remake. Don't do that.