The Boy And The Heron | New Trailer Revealed

The Boy And The Heron will be in UK and Ireland cinemas on Boxing Day, December 26th. Watch the new trailer here.

ELYSIAN FILM GROUP are thrilled to present the UK Trailer for THE BOY AND THE HERON. The highly anticipated next Studio Ghibli feature from the Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. Following the teaser late last month, the full UK trailer spotlights the wondrous voice talent brought together for the English language dub. (Read our review here.)

The film will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Boxing Day, Tuesday 26th December 2023. THE BOY AND THE HERON is Miyazaki’s return to filmmaking after a ten-year hiatus. Featuring his renowned, celebrated imaginative animation and ideas. Both original and English-dubbed versions will be available on general cinema release across UK and Irish cinemas.

THE STORY

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death and creation, in tribute to friendship from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

THE ENGLISH VOCAL CAST

The English language dubbed version of the film features the voices of Christian Bale (Ford v Ferrari, Amsterdam, The Pale Blue Eye), Dave Bautista (Dune, Guardians of the Galaxy), Gemma Chan (The Creator, Eternals, Crazy Rich Asians), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate, The Florida Project), Karen Fukuhara (The Boys, Suicide Squad), Mark Hamill (The Machine, House of Usher), Robert Pattinson (The Batman, Tenet, upcoming Mickey 17), and Florence Pugh (Oppenheimer, Black Widow, Little Women). Luca Padovan portrays Mahito Maki, while Mamoudou Athie, Tony Revolori, and Dan Stevens star as the Parakeets. US distributor GKIDS handled casting and produced the English version in close consultation with Studio Ghibli, with ADR direction by Michael Sinterniklaas at NYAV Post, and English script adaptation by Stephanie Sheh. The English language dub was created in compliance with the SAG-AFTRA Foreign Dubbing Agreement.

From the beloved and award-winning animation house, Studio Ghibli’s latest is a beautiful, reflective and engrossing tale of love, loss and discovery. Both original and English-dubbed versions will be available on general cinema release.

STUDIO GHIBLI

The Studio Ghibli production opened in Japan this summer surpassing the first four-day box office of Spirited Away (2001) and recently had its international premiere to a rapturous response as opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival. Following its TIFF premiere, the press hailed the film as “a masterpiece” (BBC), “exquisite” (The Hollywood Reporter), “among the most beautiful movies ever drawn” (IndieWire), and “a wholly satisfying, bittersweet sendoff” (Screen). The film recently had its U.K. Premiere as a Special Presentation at the BFI London Film Festival on Sunday 8th October.

HAND DRAWN

THE BOY AND THE HERON is a hand-drawn, original story written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro). Produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki, the film features a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator Joe Hisaishi. Kenshi Yonezu, a well-known J-pop artist around the globe, composed and performed the theme song for the movie “Spinning Globe.”