Every day that goes by without an announcement of a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (IN THREE FUCKING DEES!!!!) remake shocks me. Perhaps The Borrower Arrietty, the next film to come out of Studio Ghibli, will find success and the studios will decide on the classier, more literary property from which to base a pandering movie about small-as-hells.
While The Borrower Arrietty isn’t actually a Miyazaki-directed piece, fans will be happy to know he’s watched over it closely as the writer, and a production supervisor/developer. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, key animator of Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo who started with the studio on Princess Mononoke, directed the film based on Mary Norton’s classic The Borrowers (which has been brought to the screen many times since its publication in 1952).
The film will cover the adventures of a group of minuscule people called “borrowers” who live beneath the floorboard of normal-sized humans. It appears the film has been illustrated with the typical beauty and grace of a Ghibli product- the only mystery is if Yonebayashi’s directorial hand is as sure as Miyazaki’s.
Below are two clips/teases of the film, which will hit theaters in Japan on July 17th. Presumably an announcement of some kind of stateside release will come in the next few months, so fans should keep their eyes peeled.
(source | i09)
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I'm always excited for a new Ghibli. I'll have to remember that this is NOT a Miyazaki film and remind myself that it more than likely won't be up to his blissful greatness. FWIW, the Borrowers was also the basis for the goofy kids cartoon of the 80's called "The Littles"
Now there's a series that gets dark. Particularly Book 8 when they change their name to "The Burrowers" and start going on midnight Meat-Runs.
The Littles cartoon was based on a series of books. I read them when I was a kid. They were pretty good.
Dont understand this guy; yeah, I guess the animation is pretty in a bland way but the movies are boring kiddie bullshit. It's fine for a five-year-old, but all the adults go crazy for him. I guess I just don't get it.
#4 : Don't beat yourself up. Some people just have shitty taste in films!
#5: Subjectively read, that post satisfies all individual parties. Tip of the hat, sir.
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