By GKIDS has premiered the English-dub trailer for the U.S. release of Studio Ghibli’s upcoming animated feature “The Boy and the Heron”.
The project hails from legendary “Spirited Away” and “Princess Mononoke” helmer Hayao Miyazaki and is set for a December 8th North American release in cinemas nationwide and on IMAX.
The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Mahito Maki (Santoki) who is moved to a countryside town with his father and aunt, a place where he doesn’t fit in.
He soon discovers a mysterious abandoned tower in the woods nearby and, with the help of a talking grey heron, enters a fantastical alternate world of magic.
The English voice cast includes Christian Bale as Shoichi Maki, Dave Bautista as The Parakeet King, Gemma Chan as Natsuko, Willem Dafoe as Noble Pelican, Karen Fukuhara as Lady Himi, Mark Hamill as Granduncle, Robert Pattinson as The Gray Heron, and Florence Pugh as Kiriko.
It marks the return of numerous actors who have worked on prior Studio Ghibli films including Bale on “Howl’s Moving Castle,” Hamill on “Castle in the Sky” and “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind”, and Dafoe on “Tales from Earthsea”.
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