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
Those familiar with Diana Wynne Jones’ children’s book Earwig and the Witch will be surprised to find Gorô Miyazaki’s cinematic adaptation beginning with a chase scene pitting a red-headed woman on a motorcycle against a yellow Citroën on her tail. They weave in and out of traffic with impossible speed and maneuvering before we see the first bit of magic used to create some extra distance. That’s when a cut occurs for us to watch the unknown redhead walk through a cemetery towards a large orphanage. With a rushed goodbye she leaves a baby at the door. All that’s with her to give any sign of identity is a cassette tape and a note asking for shelter until her mother’s promised return … even if it takes years.
Screenwriters Keiko Niwa and Emi Gunji have thus given shape to Jones’ brief backstory, extrapolating on the note...
Screenwriters Keiko Niwa and Emi Gunji have thus given shape to Jones’ brief backstory, extrapolating on the note...
- 2/1/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
“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
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