Shout Factory & GKIDS will release the new film from Studio Ghibli Earwig and The Witch on Digital on March 23, and Steelbook, Blu-Ray & DVD on April 6, 2021. Directed by Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales from Earthsea) and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki, with planning from Academy Award®-winner Hayao Miyazaki, the feature is based on the children’s novel “Earwig and the Witch” by Diana Wynne Jones (“Howl’s Moving Castle”), and marks Studio Ghibli’s first entirely 3DCG animated feature. The all-star voice cast for the English dub features the voices of Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Kacey Musgraves (” “Same Trailer Different Park”) and Dan Stevens (FX’s Legion), as well as Taylor Paige Henderson as “Earwig”.
An official selection for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, the film is scheduled for release in theaters beginning February 3, and will be available to stream on HBO Max beginning February 5.
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Synopsis: Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she has always wanted.
- Feature-Length Storyboards
- Creating “Earwig and the Witch”
- Interviews with Japanese Voice Cast
- Trailers & Teasers
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