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Nearly 20 years after its release, “Howl’s Moving Castle” from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki earned over $3.2 million at the North American box office via its special presentation partnership with GKids and Fathom Events.
The 2004 feature played as part of the annual Studio Ghibli Fest, where classic features from Japan’s Miyazaki-cofounded animation house are screened nationwide. “Howl’s Moving Castle” played in over 1,000 North American theaters Sept. 23–27 and scored the No. 3 box office position on Sept. 27. It was No. 1 in per-screen average.
The next Studio Ghibli Fest presentation is “Spirited Away,” which will screen Oct. 28–Nov. 1 in theaters across North America.
This year marks the third Studio Ghibli Fest. It has generated over $13 million in box office across 10 titles and garnered over $40 million since the annual event’s debut in 2017. Each...
Nearly 20 years after its release, “Howl’s Moving Castle” from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki earned over $3.2 million at the North American box office via its special presentation partnership with GKids and Fathom Events.
The 2004 feature played as part of the annual Studio Ghibli Fest, where classic features from Japan’s Miyazaki-cofounded animation house are screened nationwide. “Howl’s Moving Castle” played in over 1,000 North American theaters Sept. 23–27 and scored the No. 3 box office position on Sept. 27. It was No. 1 in per-screen average.
The next Studio Ghibli Fest presentation is “Spirited Away,” which will screen Oct. 28–Nov. 1 in theaters across North America.
This year marks the third Studio Ghibli Fest. It has generated over $13 million in box office across 10 titles and garnered over $40 million since the annual event’s debut in 2017. Each...
- 9/28/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Studio Ghibli-Lucasfilm Project Confirmed As Baby Yoda Short ‘Zen – Grogu And Dust Bunnies’ – Update
Updated, 4:15 p.m.: Studio Ghibli set the internet abuzz on Thursday when it hinted at a collaboration with Lucasfilm. And now, Disney+ has given the project a name — that being Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies.
Zen is an original, animated short directed for the streaming service by Katsuya Kondo, which will be released this Saturday, November 12, as both Disney+ and its acclaimed Star Wars series The Mandalorian celebrate their third anniversary. The film’s protagonist is Grogu, the breakout Mandalorian character known to many as Baby Yoda.
The hand-drawn piece will feature music by the show’s Oscar- and Emmy-winning composer, Ludwig Göransson, who most recently penned the score for Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Take a look at the poster for Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies below.
Previously, November 10: Studio Ghibli took to Twitter on Thursday to hint at a collaboration with Lucasfilm.
It’s...
Zen is an original, animated short directed for the streaming service by Katsuya Kondo, which will be released this Saturday, November 12, as both Disney+ and its acclaimed Star Wars series The Mandalorian celebrate their third anniversary. The film’s protagonist is Grogu, the breakout Mandalorian character known to many as Baby Yoda.
The hand-drawn piece will feature music by the show’s Oscar- and Emmy-winning composer, Ludwig Göransson, who most recently penned the score for Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Take a look at the poster for Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies below.
Previously, November 10: Studio Ghibli took to Twitter on Thursday to hint at a collaboration with Lucasfilm.
It’s...
- 11/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Goro Miyazaki's film "Earwig and the Witch" is a notable oddity in the Studio Ghibli catalogue, mainly for its medium. Ghibli became famous for its hand-drawn style, and it remained a traditional cel animation studio up until 2020. "Earwig" was the first Ghibli film to be made entirely using CGI, offering a drastic visual departure from their usual fare, offering sphere-headed characters, wiry 3D hair, and detailed and textured backgrounds. The look was infamously rejected by most audiences, with most critics citing "Earwig" as a lackluster effort from a studio known for its stellar track record.
Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, "Earwig and...
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Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, "Earwig and...
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- 7/6/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The latest animated film from acclaimed Studio Ghibli is coming to Netflix on Nov. 18, expanding the streamer’s already extensive catalog.
Earwig and the Witch will be available to a worldwide audience. Since 2020, 21 films from Studio Ghibli have been available to the world, except for the US and Japan, through global distribution partner Wild Bunch International and Gkids exclusively for Canada.
“We’re thrilled that our film Earwig and the Witch will reach many countries and territories through Netflix,” said director Goro Miyazaki. “The film is Studio Ghibli’s first fully 3D CGI film which prompted us with an exciting challenge to reflect the spirit and pride of our studio using this new artform. Through that experience we met Earwig, our rebellious protagonist who grows to overcome difficulties with her wits and relentless energy. We hope you will come to love our Earwig, just like you enjoyed spending time with...
Earwig and the Witch will be available to a worldwide audience. Since 2020, 21 films from Studio Ghibli have been available to the world, except for the US and Japan, through global distribution partner Wild Bunch International and Gkids exclusively for Canada.
“We’re thrilled that our film Earwig and the Witch will reach many countries and territories through Netflix,” said director Goro Miyazaki. “The film is Studio Ghibli’s first fully 3D CGI film which prompted us with an exciting challenge to reflect the spirit and pride of our studio using this new artform. Through that experience we met Earwig, our rebellious protagonist who grows to overcome difficulties with her wits and relentless energy. We hope you will come to love our Earwig, just like you enjoyed spending time with...
- 10/14/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming giant Netflix has licensed rights to “Earwig and the Witch,” the most recent animated feature from Japan’s Studio Ghibli. The deal excludes the U.S. and Japan.
The film was directed by Miyazaki Goro, son of the iconic Miyazaki Hayao who has created other iconic films “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Porco Rosso” through Studio Ghibli.
The new film tells the story of a headstrong young girl who grew up in an orphanage. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in and she is forced to live with a selfish witch.
With a screenplay by Niwa Keiko and Gunji Emi, the story of Earwig is based on a novel of the same name by English writer Diana Wynne Jones.
“The film is Studio Ghibli’s first fully 3D CGI film which prompted us with an exciting challenge to reflect the spirit and pride of...
The film was directed by Miyazaki Goro, son of the iconic Miyazaki Hayao who has created other iconic films “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Porco Rosso” through Studio Ghibli.
The new film tells the story of a headstrong young girl who grew up in an orphanage. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in and she is forced to live with a selfish witch.
With a screenplay by Niwa Keiko and Gunji Emi, the story of Earwig is based on a novel of the same name by English writer Diana Wynne Jones.
“The film is Studio Ghibli’s first fully 3D CGI film which prompted us with an exciting challenge to reflect the spirit and pride of...
- 10/14/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Any new Studio Ghibli production is bound to be met with incredibly high expectations due to their phenomenal output over the past three decades. But even if a new feature arrived peppered with blemishes in pivotal areas i.e. script, characters, arcs and direction, one would still expect to see their incomparable style, surrealism and quirky characters present, which make up such a huge part of why we fell in love with them in the first place.
Sadly, in the case of their latest, Earwig and the Witch, these qualities are scarce to the point of seeming non-existent. The film also falls short in the aforementioned areas making it below par by any standard, and Ghibli in name only, despite being directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki.
The script, based on a novel by Diana Wynne Jones (Howl’s Moving Castle), flows well for the...
Sadly, in the case of their latest, Earwig and the Witch, these qualities are scarce to the point of seeming non-existent. The film also falls short in the aforementioned areas making it below par by any standard, and Ghibli in name only, despite being directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki.
The script, based on a novel by Diana Wynne Jones (Howl’s Moving Castle), flows well for the...
- 5/27/2021
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Gorō Miyazaki’s foray into computer generation, a magical tale of a gleeful brat adopted by a witch, falls far short of Ghibli’s hand-drawn output
Eighty-year-old animation legend Hayao Miyazaki once described computer-generated imagery as “thin, shallow, fake”. Now Studio Ghibli has made its first ever fully CG feature, and it’s, well, erm … The politest thing to say about Earwig and the Witch is that it’s not a patch on Ghibli’s hand-drawn output, with plasticky-looking characters and an aimless plot. More painfully still, the film-maker responsible is Miyazaki’s son, Gorō Miyazaki (who previously directed the pretty decent Tales from Earthsea and From Up on Poppy Hill).
To be fair, Earwig was made for Japanese TV, but there are so many echoes here of Ghibli films past that it’s impossible not to compare and despair. Like Howl’s Moving Castle, the script is based on a...
Eighty-year-old animation legend Hayao Miyazaki once described computer-generated imagery as “thin, shallow, fake”. Now Studio Ghibli has made its first ever fully CG feature, and it’s, well, erm … The politest thing to say about Earwig and the Witch is that it’s not a patch on Ghibli’s hand-drawn output, with plasticky-looking characters and an aimless plot. More painfully still, the film-maker responsible is Miyazaki’s son, Gorō Miyazaki (who previously directed the pretty decent Tales from Earthsea and From Up on Poppy Hill).
To be fair, Earwig was made for Japanese TV, but there are so many echoes here of Ghibli films past that it’s impossible not to compare and despair. Like Howl’s Moving Castle, the script is based on a...
- 5/27/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Before “Earwig and the Witch”’s release, its press excitement seemed to build over the years. The film represents Studio Ghibli’s first foray into 3D CGI animation; furthermore, it signifies Goro Miyazaki’s own directorial debut, marking a significant departure from his father’s (Hayao Miyazaki) strictly traditional ways. Its release also promised glamor: with a premiere plan at Cannes 2020 and a star-studded English dub cast (including pop-country cameo Kacey Musgraves!), the film’s PR team seemed to tie all its loose ends together. In retrospect however, the hype feels more over-compensatory than is justified. “Earwig and the Witch” fails to live up to its expectations, making it difficult to forgive Studio Ghibli for staining its pristine filmography like so.
From the get-go, “Earwig and the Witch” squeezes itself into the Ghibli lineage. Like “Howl’s Moving Castle,” it is yet another adaptation of a Diana Wynne Jones novel. The...
From the get-go, “Earwig and the Witch” squeezes itself into the Ghibli lineage. Like “Howl’s Moving Castle,” it is yet another adaptation of a Diana Wynne Jones novel. The...
- 4/24/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Elysian Film Group and Studio Ghibli have debuted a new trailer for their latest animation ‘Earwig and the Witch’.
Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, it marks Studio Ghibli’s first entirely 3Dcg animated feature.
Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she has always wanted.
The English language dub version of the film will feature the voices of Richard E. Grant (Gosford Park, Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Kacey Musgraves (“Golden Hour...
Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, it marks Studio Ghibli’s first entirely 3Dcg animated feature.
Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she has always wanted.
The English language dub version of the film will feature the voices of Richard E. Grant (Gosford Park, Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Kacey Musgraves (“Golden Hour...
- 4/9/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A version of this story about “Earwig and the Witch” first appeared in the Oscar Nominations Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
The Japanese company Studio Ghibli is legendary for its hand-drawn animation, including the classics “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Princess Mononoke,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and the Oscar-winning “Spirited Away.” All of those films were directed by the studio’s co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki — but it’s his son, Goro Miyazaki, who has now given Studio Ghibli its first-ever 3Dcg animated feature, “Earwig and the Witch.”
The idea for the film, Goro Miyazaki said, came when his father gave him the novel by English writer Diana Wynne Jones and suggested it might make a good movie. Goro, who initially worked as a landscape architect to avoid the long shadow of his father before joining the family business to direct “Tales From Earthsea” and “From Up on Poppy Hill,” took to the story of a young,...
The Japanese company Studio Ghibli is legendary for its hand-drawn animation, including the classics “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Princess Mononoke,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and the Oscar-winning “Spirited Away.” All of those films were directed by the studio’s co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki — but it’s his son, Goro Miyazaki, who has now given Studio Ghibli its first-ever 3Dcg animated feature, “Earwig and the Witch.”
The idea for the film, Goro Miyazaki said, came when his father gave him the novel by English writer Diana Wynne Jones and suggested it might make a good movie. Goro, who initially worked as a landscape architect to avoid the long shadow of his father before joining the family business to direct “Tales From Earthsea” and “From Up on Poppy Hill,” took to the story of a young,...
- 3/6/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Erica Wigg, the main character of Goro Miyazaki’s made-for-tv feature “Earwig and the Witch,” is both a brat and an orphan. Those two traits seldom go together in children’s stories, and the combination provides a modest starting point for this intermittently amusing CG entry from Studio Ghibli — back in business but a shadow of its former glory. Erica also happens to be the daughter of a rock-star sorceress, who dropped her on the stoop of St. Morwald’s Home for Children with a note: “Got the other 12 witches all chasing me. I’ll be back for her when I’ve shook them off. It may take years.”
It will take closer to 75 minutes, actually, at which point the movie abruptly ends without providing any sense of those adventures. Judging by the opening motorcycle chase — in which this witch uses her flaming red, corkscrew-shaped hair to cast an impressive...
It will take closer to 75 minutes, actually, at which point the movie abruptly ends without providing any sense of those adventures. Judging by the opening motorcycle chase — in which this witch uses her flaming red, corkscrew-shaped hair to cast an impressive...
- 1/31/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
After directing the television series Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter for Japanese network Nhk Bs Premium, Gorô Miyazaki returned to his roots at Studio Ghibli, looking to take on his first film in “full 3D CG.”
For the son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki—who helped turn Ghibli into an internationally respected animation studio—that project would end up being an adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’s novel, Earwig and the Witch.
“Hayao and [producer] Toshio Suzuki came to me with the suggestion that this novel was likely a good story for a film adaptation,” the younger Miyazaki says. “I loved the fact that the protagonist wasn’t your typical ‘good girl,’ in the sense that she’s always right, and does the correct thing. She’s very fun.”
Gorô Miyazaki’s follow-up to the acclaimed features Tales from Earthsea (2006) and From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) centers on Earwig, a 10-year-old orphan girl in 1990s England,...
For the son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki—who helped turn Ghibli into an internationally respected animation studio—that project would end up being an adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’s novel, Earwig and the Witch.
“Hayao and [producer] Toshio Suzuki came to me with the suggestion that this novel was likely a good story for a film adaptation,” the younger Miyazaki says. “I loved the fact that the protagonist wasn’t your typical ‘good girl,’ in the sense that she’s always right, and does the correct thing. She’s very fun.”
Gorô Miyazaki’s follow-up to the acclaimed features Tales from Earthsea (2006) and From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) centers on Earwig, a 10-year-old orphan girl in 1990s England,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The return of Studio Ghibli has commenced with the official trailer debuts for the studio’s new feature, “Earwig and the Witch.” Based on the children’s novel of the same name by author Diana Wynne Jones, “Earwig” marks the first solo Studio Ghibli production since the 2014 release of “When Marnie Was There.” The Japanese animation giant co-produced 2016’s “The Red Turtle.”
“Earwig and the Witch” is directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, and marks the studio’s first feature fully rendered with CG animation. The decision to pass on the studio’s famous hand-drawn style has made “Earwig” a polarizing title, but the Cannes Film Festival did give the title its seal approval by naming it part of the 2020 official selection earlier this year. The English-language dub is set to feature the voices of Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?...
“Earwig and the Witch” is directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, and marks the studio’s first feature fully rendered with CG animation. The decision to pass on the studio’s famous hand-drawn style has made “Earwig” a polarizing title, but the Cannes Film Festival did give the title its seal approval by naming it part of the 2020 official selection earlier this year. The English-language dub is set to feature the voices of Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?...
- 12/22/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Gkids to release in North America in early 2021.
Richard E. Grant has joined the English-language dub cast for Studio Ghibli’s Cannes Label 2020 selection Earwig And The Witch.
Gkids has set an early 2021 awards-qualifying North American release in early 2021 while Elysian Film Group Distribution will handle a UK release in spring 2021.
Joining Grant as The Mandrake are Kacey Musgraves as Earwig’s mother, Dan Stevens and Taylor Paige Henderson in the title role are also on board the animation feature directed by Goro Miyazaki.
Earwig And The Witch follows Earwig on her quest to find the family she always dreamed of,...
Richard E. Grant has joined the English-language dub cast for Studio Ghibli’s Cannes Label 2020 selection Earwig And The Witch.
Gkids has set an early 2021 awards-qualifying North American release in early 2021 while Elysian Film Group Distribution will handle a UK release in spring 2021.
Joining Grant as The Mandrake are Kacey Musgraves as Earwig’s mother, Dan Stevens and Taylor Paige Henderson in the title role are also on board the animation feature directed by Goro Miyazaki.
Earwig And The Witch follows Earwig on her quest to find the family she always dreamed of,...
- 12/16/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Earwig and the Witch,” the first CG-animated feature from Studio Ghibli, directed by Goro Miyazaki — and son of legendary Hayao Miyazaki — will get an English-language release for Oscar qualification from Gkids. The feature is slated to air on Nhk in Japan December 30, 2020. Gkids will release the film theatrically in North America in early 2021.
The voice work is headlined by Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”), Kacey Musgraves (“Golden Hour”), and Dan Stevens (“Legion”). The six-time Grammy-winning Musgraves will also record an English version of the theme song, “Don’t Disturb Me.”
Based on the children’s novel “Earwig and the Witch” by Diana Wynne Jones, the fantasy concerns the young Earwig (Taylor Paige Henderson) growing up in a British orphanage in the countryside with no idea that her mother (Musgraves) possessed magical powers. Her life changes suddenly she’s forced to live with a selfish witch,...
The voice work is headlined by Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”), Kacey Musgraves (“Golden Hour”), and Dan Stevens (“Legion”). The six-time Grammy-winning Musgraves will also record an English version of the theme song, “Don’t Disturb Me.”
Based on the children’s novel “Earwig and the Witch” by Diana Wynne Jones, the fantasy concerns the young Earwig (Taylor Paige Henderson) growing up in a British orphanage in the countryside with no idea that her mother (Musgraves) possessed magical powers. Her life changes suddenly she’s forced to live with a selfish witch,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
To celebrate the release of the 15th Anniversary Special Collector’s Boxset of Howl’S Moving Castle on 21 December, we are giving away one special Christmas Studio Ghibli bundle, with four stunning Steelbook releases of From Up On Poppy Hill, My Neighbours the Yamadas, When Marnie Was There, Only Yesterday and Blu-ray editions of Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, The Cat Returns.
Based on the book by British author Diana Wynne Jones and directed by the Oscar®-winning Hayao Miyazaki, the English language cast features Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson and Billy Crystal.
Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a...
Based on the book by British author Diana Wynne Jones and directed by the Oscar®-winning Hayao Miyazaki, the English language cast features Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson and Billy Crystal.
Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a...
- 12/13/2020
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nick McKay has joined Elysian Film Group Distribution as head of distribution, while the company has acquired Studio Ghibli’s “Earwig and the Witch,” its first project for U.K. theatrical release.
McKay was previously head of distribution at Picturehouse Entertainment, where he worked on a theatrical and home entertainment slate including “The Wife,” “The Party” and “God’s Own Country.”
One of McKay’s first tasks at Elysian will be the early 2021 U.K. release of “Earwig and the Witch,” which Elysian acquired from Wild Bunch International. Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the iconic animation studio’s first entirely 3Dcg animated film. The film is directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki with planning from his father, Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki.
The film, which was chosen earlier this year as part of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection,...
McKay was previously head of distribution at Picturehouse Entertainment, where he worked on a theatrical and home entertainment slate including “The Wife,” “The Party” and “God’s Own Country.”
One of McKay’s first tasks at Elysian will be the early 2021 U.K. release of “Earwig and the Witch,” which Elysian acquired from Wild Bunch International. Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the iconic animation studio’s first entirely 3Dcg animated film. The film is directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki with planning from his father, Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki.
The film, which was chosen earlier this year as part of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Nick McKay joins to head up a planned release slate of 10-12 films a year.
Danny Perkins’ London-based production and distribution outfit Elysian Film Group has appointed Nick McKay, the former Picturehouse, Soda Pictures and StudioCanal executive, as head of theatrical distribution.
McKay – and Elysian’s - first release will be Studio Ghibli animation Earwig And The Witch which Elysian has picked up for the UK from Wild Bunch International. It aims to open the film in cinemas in early 2021.
Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the studio’s first entirely 3Dcg animated film.
Danny Perkins’ London-based production and distribution outfit Elysian Film Group has appointed Nick McKay, the former Picturehouse, Soda Pictures and StudioCanal executive, as head of theatrical distribution.
McKay – and Elysian’s - first release will be Studio Ghibli animation Earwig And The Witch which Elysian has picked up for the UK from Wild Bunch International. It aims to open the film in cinemas in early 2021.
Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the studio’s first entirely 3Dcg animated film.
- 12/3/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
UK distributor-producer Elysian Film Group has appointed Picturehouse Entertainment exec Nick McKay as Head of Distribution.
The company has also announced today its first acquisition for theatrical release: Studio Ghibli pic Earwig And The Witch. Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the Japanese studio’s first entirely 3Dcg animated film.
The Cannes 2020 film is directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki with planning from his father, Hayao Miyazaki.
The film charts the story of orphan Earwig who has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life will take a new turn when a strange family takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch.
Elysian acquired rights from Wild Bunch International and plans a theatrical run in early 2021.
Meanwhile, McKay joins the recently established UK distribution company, which launched...
The company has also announced today its first acquisition for theatrical release: Studio Ghibli pic Earwig And The Witch. Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the Japanese studio’s first entirely 3Dcg animated film.
The Cannes 2020 film is directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki with planning from his father, Hayao Miyazaki.
The film charts the story of orphan Earwig who has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life will take a new turn when a strange family takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch.
Elysian acquired rights from Wild Bunch International and plans a theatrical run in early 2021.
Meanwhile, McKay joins the recently established UK distribution company, which launched...
- 12/3/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“Earwig and the Witch” is the upcoming Japanese computer-animated television film produced by Studio Ghibli and directed by Gorō Miyazaki, and it is supposed to be a faithful adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’s eponymous novel. Takes a more three-dimensional approach, “Earwig and the Witch” marks a profound shift in style from the classin Studio Ghibli. The cast includes 13-year-old child actress Kokoro Hirasawa Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, and the script is by veteran Ghibli writer Keiko Niwa. It is scheduled to air on Nhk on December 30, 2020, with no word as yet of a theatrical release in the country.
Synopsis
In 1990s England, Earwig, a 10-year-old orphan girl who grew up without knowing that she is a witch’s daughter, is taken from the orphanage and adopted by a strange duo and starts living with them in a spooky house filled with mystery and magic.
Synopsis
In 1990s England, Earwig, a 10-year-old orphan girl who grew up without knowing that she is a witch’s daughter, is taken from the orphanage and adopted by a strange duo and starts living with them in a spooky house filled with mystery and magic.
- 12/2/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
From the creators of Spirited Away and Ponyo, comes the masterpiece “Howl’s Moving Castle” in a special limited-edition boxset to celebrate the film’s 15th Anniversary, available exclusively on Amazon from 14 December 2020. The special edition is the third in an exclusive collector’s series from Studiocanal following the recent releases of “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service.”
Based on the book by British author Diana Wynne Jones and directed by the Oscar®-winning Hayao Miyazaki, the English language cast features Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson and Billy Crystal.
From Studiocanal: Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and...
Based on the book by British author Diana Wynne Jones and directed by the Oscar®-winning Hayao Miyazaki, the English language cast features Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson and Billy Crystal.
From Studiocanal: Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and...
- 11/17/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Studio Ghibli is helping to ease the pain of 2020 by making 400 high resolution images from eight of its movies available to download for free. The films include “When Marnie Was There,” “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” “The Wind Rises,” “From Up on Poppy Hill,” “The Secret World of Arrietty,” “Ponyo,” “Tales from Earthsea,” and Best Animated Feature Oscar winner “Spirited Away.” A handwritten note from Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki notes the one catch: “Please use them freely within the scope of common sense.”
The 400 free images mean each film mentioned above has 50 new high-resolution stills to explore. The note to use the images with “common sense” means fans have the green light from Suzuki to share the stills on social media and make artwork out of them, but don’t think about selling them for profit. Suzuki teased that more free images from additional Studio Ghibli movies will become available in the future.
The 400 free images mean each film mentioned above has 50 new high-resolution stills to explore. The note to use the images with “common sense” means fans have the green light from Suzuki to share the stills on social media and make artwork out of them, but don’t think about selling them for profit. Suzuki teased that more free images from additional Studio Ghibli movies will become available in the future.
- 9/22/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights to Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch, directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki, with planning on the feature from his father and Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki.
Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones (Howl’s Moving Castle), Earwig and the Witch marks Studio Ghibli’s first entirely 3Dcg animated feature. The film follows the titular Earwig, who grew up in an orphanage and never knew her mother had magical powers. Her life takes a new turn when a strange family takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch.
“Nowadays, in our country, there are many adults and few children. It must be tough for these children, so few of them having to deal with so many adults,...
Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones (Howl’s Moving Castle), Earwig and the Witch marks Studio Ghibli’s first entirely 3Dcg animated feature. The film follows the titular Earwig, who grew up in an orphanage and never knew her mother had magical powers. Her life takes a new turn when a strange family takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch.
“Nowadays, in our country, there are many adults and few children. It must be tough for these children, so few of them having to deal with so many adults,...
- 7/7/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Indie distributor Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights to Earwig and the Witch, the latest feature from Hayao Miyazaki-founded animation house Studio Ghibli.
The film is directed by his son, Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales From Earthsea) and produced by the acclaimed studio's co-founder Toshio Suzuki. Hayao Miyazaki, who won a competitive Oscar for 2001's Spirited Away and an honorary award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2014 Governors Awards, was involved in the movie's planning.
Based on the children’s novel Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones ...
The film is directed by his son, Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales From Earthsea) and produced by the acclaimed studio's co-founder Toshio Suzuki. Hayao Miyazaki, who won a competitive Oscar for 2001's Spirited Away and an honorary award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2014 Governors Awards, was involved in the movie's planning.
Based on the children’s novel Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones ...
Indie distributor Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights to Earwig and the Witch, the latest feature from Hayao Miyazaki-founded animation house Studio Ghibli.
The film is directed by his son, Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales From Earthsea) and produced by the acclaimed studio's co-founder Toshio Suzuki. Hayao Miyazaki, who won a competitive Oscar for 2001's Spirited Away and an honorary award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2014 Governors Awards, was involved in the movie's planning.
Based on the children’s novel Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones ...
The film is directed by his son, Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales From Earthsea) and produced by the acclaimed studio's co-founder Toshio Suzuki. Hayao Miyazaki, who won a competitive Oscar for 2001's Spirited Away and an honorary award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2014 Governors Awards, was involved in the movie's planning.
Based on the children’s novel Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones ...
It is the first feature animation from Japan’s Studio Ghibli in six years.
Screen can reveal a first-look image of Gorô Miyazaki’s Earwig And The Witch, the first feature animation from Japan’s revered Studio Ghibli in six years.
Recently feted with a Cannes 2020 selection, it is a third solo feature for Hayao Miyazaki’s son after Tales From Earthsea (2006) and From Up On Poppy Hill (2011).
Earwig And The Witch is based on a novel by late UK writer Diana Wynne Jones, whose work also inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle.
The new film follows the adventures...
Screen can reveal a first-look image of Gorô Miyazaki’s Earwig And The Witch, the first feature animation from Japan’s revered Studio Ghibli in six years.
Recently feted with a Cannes 2020 selection, it is a third solo feature for Hayao Miyazaki’s son after Tales From Earthsea (2006) and From Up On Poppy Hill (2011).
Earwig And The Witch is based on a novel by late UK writer Diana Wynne Jones, whose work also inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle.
The new film follows the adventures...
- 6/19/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Studio Ghibli’s latest feature animation, “Aya to Majo,”, will air on Nhk during winter 2020, Nhk announced today.
Based on “Earwig and the Witch,” a children’s novel by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the first by Ghibli to be animated in 3D3G. The director is Goro Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki’s son, though the elder Miyazaki is credited with planning the project.
The date of the broadcast and other details have yet to be revealed. The film is a co-production between Ghibli, Nhk and Nep (Nhk Enterprises). There are currently no plans to release the film theatrically.
Wynne Jones also wrote the source novel for “Howl’s Moving Castle,” a 2004 animated scripted and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
In the Wynne Jones novel, Earwig is living in an orphanage – and quite enjoying it, when she is adopted by a witch and taken to her spooky house. But instead of being...
Based on “Earwig and the Witch,” a children’s novel by Diana Wynne Jones, the film is the first by Ghibli to be animated in 3D3G. The director is Goro Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki’s son, though the elder Miyazaki is credited with planning the project.
The date of the broadcast and other details have yet to be revealed. The film is a co-production between Ghibli, Nhk and Nep (Nhk Enterprises). There are currently no plans to release the film theatrically.
Wynne Jones also wrote the source novel for “Howl’s Moving Castle,” a 2004 animated scripted and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
In the Wynne Jones novel, Earwig is living in an orphanage – and quite enjoying it, when she is adopted by a witch and taken to her spooky house. But instead of being...
- 6/3/2020
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Book-It Repertory Theatre brings magic, adventure, and inspiration this holiday season with Howl's Moving Castle, a new musical based on an original book by Diana Wynne Jones.
- 10/5/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Aliya Whiteley May 26, 2017
Just as he embarked on writing The Lord Of The Rings, J R R Tolkien worked on something smaller, but quite special...
This month, with help from BookBeat - who we thank very much for their support - we're trialling a book club series of features, where we look at books, how they translate to movies, how they work in audiobook form, and just generally chat about a certain title. You can get a free trial of BookBeat - a sort-of Netflix for audio books - right here. Den Of Geek readers get a full month free trial, as opposed to the usual two weeks. But you need to click on that link to get it!
This week? We're looking at the work of J R R Tolkien. With a bit of help from Derek Jacobi's voice...
In 1938/39 Jrr Tolkien was just beginning the task of...
Just as he embarked on writing The Lord Of The Rings, J R R Tolkien worked on something smaller, but quite special...
This month, with help from BookBeat - who we thank very much for their support - we're trialling a book club series of features, where we look at books, how they translate to movies, how they work in audiobook form, and just generally chat about a certain title. You can get a free trial of BookBeat - a sort-of Netflix for audio books - right here. Den Of Geek readers get a full month free trial, as opposed to the usual two weeks. But you need to click on that link to get it!
This week? We're looking at the work of J R R Tolkien. With a bit of help from Derek Jacobi's voice...
In 1938/39 Jrr Tolkien was just beginning the task of...
- 5/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Every week, the CriticWire Survey asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday morning. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: Fall movie season is right around the corner, and we can’t wait for the onslaught of good films to begin. What is the one movie coming out between now and December 31st that people should be sure to keep on their radar?
Christopher Campbell (@thefilmcynic) Nonfics/Film School Rejects
There are a number of great documentaries on their way to theaters this fall, but if I have to choose one to promote I pick Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson.” It’s a hard sell if only because it’s so unique that it’s difficult to explain just how fresh and significant it is.
This week’s question: Fall movie season is right around the corner, and we can’t wait for the onslaught of good films to begin. What is the one movie coming out between now and December 31st that people should be sure to keep on their radar?
Christopher Campbell (@thefilmcynic) Nonfics/Film School Rejects
There are a number of great documentaries on their way to theaters this fall, but if I have to choose one to promote I pick Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson.” It’s a hard sell if only because it’s so unique that it’s difficult to explain just how fresh and significant it is.
- 8/15/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Genre production does not really thrive in Czech Republic. The contrary seems to be the case, and it appears to be rather an endangered species. This year saw the release of two horror films of the same breed (found footage). While one vanished into oblivion soon after its release (Diy mode of production), the other one travelled beyond the Atlantic Ocean. Despite unalluring prospects, a new attempt to stick to the genre on home turf materializes in the debut of Ondřej Pavliš, working under the moniker Andy Fehu, and boasting a somewhat ambiguous title, although The Greedy Tiffany lands far from the niche of In Diana Jones. The Greedy Tiffany falls right in the middle of the two mentioned cases, as restricted resources worked in favour of lo-fi...
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- 8/14/2015
- Screen Anarchy
In their report on Gal Gadot joining the cast of Greg Mottola's Keeping Up With The Joneses as Diana Jones, Deadline offer an update on the Fast Furious actress' upcoming role as a certain other Diana. Last we heard, director Michelle MacLaren (Game Of Thrones, The Walking Dead) actually didn't officially have a green light from Warner Bros. to shoot the solo Wonder Woman flick and was still working out the script with Pan screenwriter Jason Fuchs. Well, evidently that's changed, as the site reports that cameras are set to roll on the movie this Fall with a June 2017 release date in mind. Zack Snyder recently shared our first look at Aquaman from Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, so perhaps another official image of Gal Gadot as Princess Diana is not far away.
- 2/21/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
Exclusive: Gal Gadot is in negotiations for the Fox 2000 film Keeping Up With The Joneses, the Greg Mottola-directed pic scripted by Michael LeSieur. Laurie MacDonald and Leigh Kittay are producing and production will begin in April in Atlanta. Gadot will play the role of Diana Jones in a cast that includes Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher and Jon Hamm. Gadot will next be seen in Lionsgate’s Criminal in August and in September the movie Triple Nine. She plays Wonder Woman…...
- 2/21/2015
- Deadline
Top 10 Ryan Lambie 19 Aug 2013 - 06:31
Flying scenes are a staple of Studio Ghibli's feature films. Ryan provides a run-down of some of the most spectacular...
There are certain themes that are so prevalent in the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, they've almost become trademarks: the tenacious heroine on the cusp of adulthood. A fascination with animals, countryside and nature. Flying is another staple of the studio's animation - and Miyazaki's interest in aviation is unsurprising when you consider his family history.
Both Miyazaki's father and uncle were involved in the aviation industry, and made parts for the Mitsubishi Zero fighter - one of the most capable flying machines in the Second World War. The young Hayao Miyazaki's love of aeroplanes never left him, and along with his other childhood interests and experiences, would go on to inform the films he'd make as an adult.
Although...
Flying scenes are a staple of Studio Ghibli's feature films. Ryan provides a run-down of some of the most spectacular...
There are certain themes that are so prevalent in the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, they've almost become trademarks: the tenacious heroine on the cusp of adulthood. A fascination with animals, countryside and nature. Flying is another staple of the studio's animation - and Miyazaki's interest in aviation is unsurprising when you consider his family history.
Both Miyazaki's father and uncle were involved in the aviation industry, and made parts for the Mitsubishi Zero fighter - one of the most capable flying machines in the Second World War. The young Hayao Miyazaki's love of aeroplanes never left him, and along with his other childhood interests and experiences, would go on to inform the films he'd make as an adult.
Although...
- 8/16/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Feature Ryan Lambie 2 Aug 2013 - 06:15
We're putting on a special Studio Ghibli screening later this month. And you have the chance to vote for the film you'd most like to see...
In partnership with Studio Canal, Den Of Geek has a very special evening lined up later this month. We'll be screening one of five classic Studio Ghibli movies - and we're giving you the chance to vote for which one you'd most like to see. The event will take place in a London location, and we'll be announcing the date, venue and details of how you can attend later in the month. Oh, and there'll be some fabulous prizes for some lucky readers on the night, too.
To get involved, all you have to do is head for the comments section and provide the name of the Ghibli film you'd prefer to see on the big screen - a tricky choice,...
We're putting on a special Studio Ghibli screening later this month. And you have the chance to vote for the film you'd most like to see...
In partnership with Studio Canal, Den Of Geek has a very special evening lined up later this month. We'll be screening one of five classic Studio Ghibli movies - and we're giving you the chance to vote for which one you'd most like to see. The event will take place in a London location, and we'll be announcing the date, venue and details of how you can attend later in the month. Oh, and there'll be some fabulous prizes for some lucky readers on the night, too.
To get involved, all you have to do is head for the comments section and provide the name of the Ghibli film you'd prefer to see on the big screen - a tricky choice,...
- 8/1/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Over the last couple of years, a burgeoning trend within the Walt Disney Company is their ever-growing willingness to buy every remnant of your childhood. A few years ago, Disney officially bought Pixar Animation Studios, and between then and now, Disney became the owners of Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios. If it’s a cinematic touchstone of your childhood, Disney most likely owns it partially or wholly now. For some people, though, Disney working with and distributing outside animated movies goes well beyond Buzz Lightyear, Dory the tang, and Pixar’s other iconic characters. Though the Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli was cranking out classics before Pixar, it’s through Pixar that Ghibli’s films got an even wider international audience.
This week, Disney’s finally releasing two of Ghibli’s most well-known films on Blu-ray for the first time in North America: My Neighbor Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle.
This week, Disney’s finally releasing two of Ghibli’s most well-known films on Blu-ray for the first time in North America: My Neighbor Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle.
- 5/24/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writers: Hayao Miyazaki, From The Novel By Diana Wynne Jones
MPAA Rating: PG
Run Time: 119 minutes
Summary:
Disney and Studio Ghibli proudly present Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki’s (Best Animated Feature, 2002, “Spirited Away”) unforgettable animated adventure “Howl’s Moving Castle” in high definition, on Blu-ray for the first time ever — on May 21, 2013.
The fantastic new Blu-ray Combo Pack release lets “Howl’s Moving Castle” soar like never before with a breathtaking new HD digital transfer of the fantastic animated adventure that celebrates the power of love and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Brimming with a blend of imagination, humor, action and romance, “Howl’s Moving Castle” is the story of Sophie (voiced by Emily Mortimer), a diligent teenage girl working in her family’s hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she...
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writers: Hayao Miyazaki, From The Novel By Diana Wynne Jones
MPAA Rating: PG
Run Time: 119 minutes
Summary:
Disney and Studio Ghibli proudly present Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki’s (Best Animated Feature, 2002, “Spirited Away”) unforgettable animated adventure “Howl’s Moving Castle” in high definition, on Blu-ray for the first time ever — on May 21, 2013.
The fantastic new Blu-ray Combo Pack release lets “Howl’s Moving Castle” soar like never before with a breathtaking new HD digital transfer of the fantastic animated adventure that celebrates the power of love and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Brimming with a blend of imagination, humor, action and romance, “Howl’s Moving Castle” is the story of Sophie (voiced by Emily Mortimer), a diligent teenage girl working in her family’s hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she...
- 5/21/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Studio Ghibli’s “Howl’s Moving Castle,” based on the book by English fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones, will be released on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack May 21, and in celebration of the upcoming release, ShockYa is giving away a Studio Ghibli DVD pack! The pack will include one Blu-ray copy of “Howl’s Moving Castle” and one Blu-ray copy of “My Neighbor Totoro.” If you’d like to see if you can win this prize pack, here’s what you need to do: Follow us @Shockya and tweet us the phrase, “@Shockya is giving away a Studio Ghibli DVD pack! Follow and Rt to enter!” You have until the release date, May 21, to enter. [ Read More ]
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- 5/15/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
My colleague Dominic Patten yesterday revealed how Universal sent lawyers to invoke coitus interruptus by halting production of Fifty Shades Of Grey: A XXX Adaptation. Aside from blatant copyright infringement, I think those porn producers have also disgraced a proud hardcore sex film industry tradition of coining clever titles from real movies and TV shows. According to the 10 seconds I spent researching this on Google, those classics apparently have included: Splendor in the Ass, Throbbin’ Hood, Ball The President’s Men, Hung Wankenstein, Das Booty, Enema of the State, In Diana Jones and the Temple of Poon, The Rodfather, Add Momma to the Train, Star Whores, Schindler’s Fist and E.T.: The Extra-Testicle. Not to be outdone, XXX classics inspired by TV shows include Beverly Hills 9021-Ho and Dawson’s Crack. C’mon guys, how about spending 10 seconds to come up with something that is not only laugh-worthy,...
- 2/1/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
For fans of sweet, sincere, emotionally evocative fantasy, it was hard to imagine a better match-up than fantasy great Diana Wynne Jones and Japanese filmmaking great Hayao Miyazaki. The two came together like chocolate in peanut butter for 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle, Miyazaki’s beautifully animated adaptation of Jones’ book of the same name. As part of the Gene Siskel Film Center’s “Castles In The Sky” film retrospective, dedicated to the work of Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and their contemporaries at Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli, The A.V. Club’s Tasha Robinson will be introducing the film ...
- 7/23/2012
- avclub.com
Howl’S Moving Castle (Studio Ghibli)
Stars: (Japanese) Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Haruko Kato. (English) Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Josh Hutcherson, Blythe Danner | Written by Diana Wynne Jones & Hayao Miyazaki | Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
“From the creators of Spirited Away and Ponyo and available for the first time on Blu-ray in stunning high-definition comes the masterpiece Howl’S Moving Castle. Directed by the Oscar®-winning Hayao Miyazaki, Howl’S Moving Castle is set in a magical world of wizardry and spells. Follow the adventures of Sophie and her incredible odyssey to lift a witch’s curse, whilst being swept off her feet by the handsome and mysterious wizard Howl who offers Sophie refuge in his magical moving castle. Based on the popular book by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The English language version features the voices of Jean Simmons,...
Stars: (Japanese) Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Haruko Kato. (English) Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Josh Hutcherson, Blythe Danner | Written by Diana Wynne Jones & Hayao Miyazaki | Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
“From the creators of Spirited Away and Ponyo and available for the first time on Blu-ray in stunning high-definition comes the masterpiece Howl’S Moving Castle. Directed by the Oscar®-winning Hayao Miyazaki, Howl’S Moving Castle is set in a magical world of wizardry and spells. Follow the adventures of Sophie and her incredible odyssey to lift a witch’s curse, whilst being swept off her feet by the handsome and mysterious wizard Howl who offers Sophie refuge in his magical moving castle. Based on the popular book by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The English language version features the voices of Jean Simmons,...
- 6/30/2012
- by Baron Fornightly
- Nerdly
HollywoodNews.com:Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2011.
?The caliber of work being done on television these days is incredible, and our director nominees in each category are an indispensable element to the success of every project — establishing and enhancing the vision and tone, eliciting outstanding performances and furthering the narrative arc through their creative choices,? said Hackford. ?That they are able to create excellence regardless of obstacles like tighter schedules and in an environment in which audiences have more entertainment options to choose from — is a true testament to the importance of directorial skill in television.?
The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
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The nominees for the Directors Guild...
?The caliber of work being done on television these days is incredible, and our director nominees in each category are an indispensable element to the success of every project — establishing and enhancing the vision and tone, eliciting outstanding performances and furthering the narrative arc through their creative choices,? said Hackford. ?That they are able to create excellence regardless of obstacles like tighter schedules and in an environment in which audiences have more entertainment options to choose from — is a true testament to the importance of directorial skill in television.?
The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
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The nominees for the Directors Guild...
- 1/10/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
"Dancing with the Stars" finalist and soap star J.R. Martinez and his girlfriend Diana Jones open up on "Nightline" to discuss their relationship.
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Jones, an executive assistant staff member at "All My Children," said she wasn't bothered by J.R,'s scars when they first met on the set of the soap opera. "The minute I met him, I didn't see them [the scars]," Jones said.
The two became fast friends and...
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Jones, an executive assistant staff member at "All My Children," said she wasn't bothered by J.R,'s scars when they first met on the set of the soap opera. "The minute I met him, I didn't see them [the scars]," Jones said.
The two became fast friends and...
- 11/21/2011
- Extra
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to Puss in Boots, The Rum Diary and In Time.
This Friday a pop star-turned-action star battles time and its wealthy rulers, while a costumed cat seeks a sky-high dream and a drunken Lothario goes abroad for romance and rum. But if these flicks cannot quench your thirst for fractured fairy tales, sci-fi thrills and angst-ridden anti-heroes, we’ve got you covered with a tantalizing selection of choice movies available online.
Before he was swashbuckling alongside Shrek, this ferocious feline (Antonio Banderas) was crossing swords with the cat burglar Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek), stealing magic beans from the gruff outlaws Jack & Jill (Billy Bob Thorton & Amy Sedaris) and teaming up with the crafty criminal mind Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). [Review here]
Like your fairy tales with a twist?...
This Friday a pop star-turned-action star battles time and its wealthy rulers, while a costumed cat seeks a sky-high dream and a drunken Lothario goes abroad for romance and rum. But if these flicks cannot quench your thirst for fractured fairy tales, sci-fi thrills and angst-ridden anti-heroes, we’ve got you covered with a tantalizing selection of choice movies available online.
Before he was swashbuckling alongside Shrek, this ferocious feline (Antonio Banderas) was crossing swords with the cat burglar Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek), stealing magic beans from the gruff outlaws Jack & Jill (Billy Bob Thorton & Amy Sedaris) and teaming up with the crafty criminal mind Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). [Review here]
Like your fairy tales with a twist?...
- 10/27/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
While I now, of course, appreciate the full genius of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli – I’m only human – it wasn’t exactly love at first sight.
Having caught Spirited Away as a teenager, complete with pig parents and a rather spiritless American voice-over, I was clearly ill-equipped to take it in – distracted as I was by Pixar and their at that time peerless pixels. All that changed, however, when I discovered Howl and his absolutely enchanting moving castle.
For those of you who, like a younger me, haven’t discovered Studio Ghibli yet (there’s always one), Howl’s Moving Castle follows the various misadventures of Sophie (Chieko Baishō/Emily Mortimer), a beautiful 18 year-old hat-maker with confidence issues. Unintentionally attracting the attention of Howl (Takuya Kimura/Christian Bale), Sophie invokes the jealous wrath of the Witch of the Waste (Akihiro Miwa/Lauren Bacall), who curses the young haberdasher with...
Having caught Spirited Away as a teenager, complete with pig parents and a rather spiritless American voice-over, I was clearly ill-equipped to take it in – distracted as I was by Pixar and their at that time peerless pixels. All that changed, however, when I discovered Howl and his absolutely enchanting moving castle.
For those of you who, like a younger me, haven’t discovered Studio Ghibli yet (there’s always one), Howl’s Moving Castle follows the various misadventures of Sophie (Chieko Baishō/Emily Mortimer), a beautiful 18 year-old hat-maker with confidence issues. Unintentionally attracting the attention of Howl (Takuya Kimura/Christian Bale), Sophie invokes the jealous wrath of the Witch of the Waste (Akihiro Miwa/Lauren Bacall), who curses the young haberdasher with...
- 8/1/2011
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There've been a couple of previous teaser clips for Studio Ghibli's gorgeous looking animation, but this English-dubbed trailer for Arrietty is actually our closest look at the movie yet. brightcove.createExperiences();Based, like Howl's Moving Castle, on a British source novel (that one was by Diana Wynne Jones), Arrietty is, of course, adapted from Mary Norton's The Borrowers, familiar from everyone's school library, and from a 1990s BBC series starring Rebecca Callard as Arrietty and Ian Holm as her father Pod. There was also a movie in 1997.It's about, more or less, as the trailer rhymingly puts it, "a world beneath our own, where little people have made their home". The Borrowers are a family of Liliputian-like tinies who get by on stuff they've liberated from the full-sized world of the "human beans". But Arrietty's friendship with one of those giants, in the form of a boy newly arrived...
- 7/5/2011
- EmpireOnline
Fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones passed away this week from a long bout with cancer. She was 76.
Wynne Jones wrote up until this year, with her latest novel being the 2011 release Enchanted Glass. A British author, she is probably most famous worldwide for writing Howl's Moving Castle (1986), which was filmed as an animated movie in 2004 by Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, and its two sequels.
Diana Wynne Jones had close relationships with Robin McKinley and Neil Gaiman, two authors who wrote with the same dark fantasy leanings she did.
McKinley writes of Wynne Jones's death,
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Everyone leaves a themselves-shaped hole when they go, and we all feel it, whether we know or recognise the individual holes or not. No one is an island, as John Donne almost said, each human death diminishes me. But Diana was a bigger piece of the promontory than most. This is not the same world without her in it.
Wynne Jones wrote up until this year, with her latest novel being the 2011 release Enchanted Glass. A British author, she is probably most famous worldwide for writing Howl's Moving Castle (1986), which was filmed as an animated movie in 2004 by Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, and its two sequels.
Diana Wynne Jones had close relationships with Robin McKinley and Neil Gaiman, two authors who wrote with the same dark fantasy leanings she did.
McKinley writes of Wynne Jones's death,
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Everyone leaves a themselves-shaped hole when they go, and we all feel it, whether we know or recognise the individual holes or not. No one is an island, as John Donne almost said, each human death diminishes me. But Diana was a bigger piece of the promontory than most. This is not the same world without her in it.
- 3/29/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
British fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones passed away on Saturday after battling cancer for the past two years. She was best known for her young adult novel Howl’s Moving Castle, which later became an Academy Award nominated animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Her loss to the literary community is tragic and will be felt for years to come.
I myself only recently read Howl’s Moving Castle, and I instantly fell in love with the story and the woman behind it. The love and care she put into crafting that book resonated with me and has since led me to seek out more of her work. Jones’ writing is definitely something I will enjoy reading to my own children someday.
If you want to know more about this extraordinary woman, Neil Gaiman wrote about his friendship with her over at his blog. It’s an interesting post.
I myself only recently read Howl’s Moving Castle, and I instantly fell in love with the story and the woman behind it. The love and care she put into crafting that book resonated with me and has since led me to seek out more of her work. Jones’ writing is definitely something I will enjoy reading to my own children someday.
If you want to know more about this extraordinary woman, Neil Gaiman wrote about his friendship with her over at his blog. It’s an interesting post.
- 3/28/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Looks like Kevin Smith's hockey comedy Hit Somebody is in for some friendly competition. Michael Dowse's Goon is hitting the ice first, with Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Marc-Andre Grondin all already signed on.Goon (not to be confused with The Goon, which is rather different, nor the Diana Wynne Jones book Archer's Goon) is based on the book by Doug Smith and Adam Frattasio, Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey. It focuses on Doug Glatt, a bouncer who discovers a talent for ice-skating and hitting people, making him the ideal new secret weapon for a down-on-their-luck local hockey team. Scott is set to play Glatt, with Baruchel as his best friend. Pill (Scott Pilgrim's awesome sourpuss drummer Kim) is the female lead, and Grondin (Che) is a French-Canadian star player.Hit Somebody is still definitely going ahead:...
- 10/4/2010
- EmpireOnline
At this point in her nearly 40-year writing career, fantasy master Diana Wynne Jones has fallen into a predictable pattern: Throw a semi-sympathetic character into a hairy situation, then pile on the overwhelming, distracting forces of chaos, skimming past deeper character development while stirring the action up into a wild froth. Then resolve the central plot thread with a short, sharp tug at the end. Each of her books frequently reads like a collection of screwball comedies, distilled down to their essence and poured together so plotlines cross and crash. The formula isn't always satisfying, but it's inevitably a great deal of fast-paced fun. Jones' latest, House Of Many Ways, is being billed as "the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle," the 1986 fantasy classic that Hayao Miyazaki loosely adapted into an animated film in 2004. But it's actually the second Howl's sequel, after 1990's Castle In The Air, and...
- 7/17/2008
- by Tasha Robinson
- avclub.com
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