Sony is going with their co-production of Mamoru Hosoda‘s Scarlet on Dec. 12 this year, joining 20th Century Studios’ James L. Brooks movie Ella McKay and Focus Features’ Chloe Zhao movie Hamnet.
Scarlet is described as the story of a brave princess who transcends time and space.
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron opened during the second frame of December in 2023. Not only was it a prime place to launch an awards season anime animation title, but that movie also cleared a 3-day of $13M, ending its stateside run at $46.8M.
Sony Pictures is also co-financing the highly anticipated new animated film from the Oscar nominated filmmaker of Mirai with Studio CHIZU and Nippon TV.
Sony is handling global on Scarlet except for Japan which is being released by Toho Producers are Yuichiro Saito (Studio CHIZU), Toshimi Tanio (Nippon TV), Nozomu Takahashi (Studio CHIZU).
In 2011, Hosoda and producer Yuichiro Saito co-established Studio CHIZU, an animation studio where he directed and wrote the screenplay for Wolf Children (2012) and The Boy and the Beast (2015). His work on Mirai (2018) scored an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. His most recent film, Belle (2021), was selected for the Cannes Première section at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, and has gone on to be his biggest box office success with $65 million worldwide.
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