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
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