TIFF’s Opening-Night Film ‘The Boy And The Heron’ Sells Out Even Though Hayao Miyazaki Won’t Be There
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sources tell Deadline that the Toronto International Film Festival’s opening night film on Sept.
7, The Boy and the Heron from Hayao Miyazaki, has sold out in record time. This despite the fact that Miyazaki won’t be in attendance at TIFF in a year that’s heavily relying on the turnout of filmmakers as most actors can’t promote their movies due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.
This is not a shocker in regards to Miyazaki being a no-go at TIFF: He hasn’t done any interviews or appearances for the hand-drawn animated The Boy and the Heron in Japan where the pic opened to fantastic numbers and currently counts a running total box office there of $48M.
It was always expected that the filmmaker would not travel to TIFF where The Boy and the Heron is making its international premiere.
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