In an interview with IndieWire, Studio Ghibli president Toshio Suzuki opened up Hayao Miyazaki’s subsequent film following The Boy and the Heron. Suzuki revealed that Miyazaki’s newest coming-of-age fantasy has given the acclaimed filmmaker “newfound confidence” to proceed exploring different tales.
In addition, Suzuki confirmed that Miyazaki has not but work out the story for his subsequent challenge since his focus continues to be on The Boy and the Heron forward of its upcoming U.S. theatrical launch. “He needs to empty his mind again,” he stated, “and then when he’s emptied his mind with a blank canvas, he usually comes up with new ideas. So we have to wait a little more.”
When will The Boy and the Heron arrive in U.S. theaters?
Following its theatrical run in Japan in July of 2023, The Boy and the Heron (initially titled How Do You Live?) will lastly make its debut in U.S. theaters on December 8, with GKIDS dealing with its North American distribution. Prior to this, the movie just lately had its worldwide premiere on the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival the place it acquired constructive critiques from critics.
“Through encounters with his friends and uncle, follows a teenage boy’s psychological development,” reads the synopsis. “He enters a magical world with a talking grey heron after finding an abandoned tower in his new town.”
The movie is written and directed by Miyazaki, who’s greatest identified for guiding classics like My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo. The hand-drawn animated movie options the voices of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda (The Backwater), singer Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura (Confessions), Shōhei Hino (As Long as We Both Shall Live), Ko Shibasaki (47 Ronin), Takuya Kimura (Howl’s Moving Castle), and extra.
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