Werner Herzog’s Hiroo Onoda Animation ‘The Twilight World’ With Psyop & Sun Creature Studio Sets Early-2026 Start Date
deadline.comWerner Herzog has confirmed he is working on an animated feature adaptation of his 2021 novel The Twilight World about real-life Japanese solider Hiroo Onoda who refused to surrender for some 30 years after the end of WW2.
The German writer, producer and filmmaker is collaborating on the project New York, L.A. and Berlin-based animation studio Psyop, in partnership with Danish-French company Sun Creature Studio, producers of the Bafta and triple Oscar-nominated film Flee.
It marks a first foray into feature animation for Oscar-nominated director Herzog after close to 80 documentary and fiction feature credits including Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, and Aguirre, The Wrath of God.
Sun Creature will providing animation services for the film out of its Bordeaux-based studio, and has brokered discussions with several potential French animation directors to collaborate with Herzog on the project.
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