Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch has a release date – for cinemas and HBO Max

Earwig and the Witch
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Studio Ghibli’s newest movie, Earwig and the Witch, now has a US release date. 🔜;

According to , the movie will be released in selected cinemas on February 3 in both subtitled and English-dubbed versions On February 5, the movie will get an at-home release on HBO Max. There’s no word of a UK release dat🐼e yet, though, unfortunately – reported that it’s been picked up by a distributor across the pond, but nothing else has been announced yet.

Directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of the studio’s co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, Earwig and the Witch is Studio Ghibli’s first 3D CGI animated movie and the studio’s first feature film since 2014’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:When Marnie Was There. Miyazaki Jr.’s previous directorial Ghibli work includes 2006’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Tales from Earthsea and 2011’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:From Up on Poppy Hill

The movie follows Earwig, a 10-year-old girl in ‘90s England who’s adopted by Bella Yaga, a selfish witch, and taken away from the orphanage she loves. With the help of a talking cat, Earwig uses her wit to show the witch who‘s boss. The English-language voice cast includes Richard E. Grant, Kacey Musgraves, and Dan Stevens. It’s based on the children’s novel of the same by Diana Wynne Jones – she also wrote 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Howl’s Moving Castle, which was adapted into a Ghibli movie in 2004.

The Japanese studio is known for its iconic animated movies, including My Neighbour Totoro, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Spirited Away, and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Miyazaki Sr., who has helmed the majority of the studio’s output along with his co-founder Isao Takahata, is set to take a seat in the writer/director chair again for 20ไ23’s upcoming How Do Y🅷ou Live?. 

While we wait for Earwig and the Witch to hit our screens, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best family movies you can watch right now.

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