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‘Poppy Hill’ Opens in N.Y. on Friday


March 14, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Goro Miyazaki’s acclaimed 2D animated feature From Up on Poppy Hill (Kokuriko-Zaka Kara) will begin its New York run this Friday, thanks to indie studio GKIDS. The film was the top-earning animated feature in Japan in 2011, grossing almost $54 million and outdrawing two Pokémon features. It also won the Japan [...]

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‘Poppy Hill’ Nabs APS Nomination


October 11, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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GKIDS, distributor of the latest award-winning feature effort from Japan’s Studio Ghibli From Up On Poppy Hill has announced the film has been nominated for the 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film (Toshio Suzuki, Producer). The APS Award winners will be announced November 23 in Brisbane, [...]

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Voices Set for ‘Poppy Hill’


October 5, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Indie distributor GKIDS has announced its English language voice cast picks for the North American release of Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill, Variety reports. The red carpet-worthy cast will be headlined by Gillian Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Dern, Christina Hendricks, Ron Howard, Chris Noth, Aubrey Plaza and [...]

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Sony Lines Up Scribes for ‘Smurfs 3'


May 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Only a few weeks after announcing details about The Smurfs 2 feature (set to be released on July 31, 2013) Sony has revealed info about the third outing of the little blue guys. It turns out that sequel writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche have now been assigned to write [...]

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Plot and Cast Announced for ‘Smurfs’ Sequel


April 26, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Sony Animation began production on the sequel to its 2011 hit The Smurfs today. Most of the cast and crew from the original movie, which made over $560 million at the global box office, are coming back for the second outing, which will be released on July 13, 2013. The [...]

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Studio Ghibli’s ‘Arrietty’ Hits U.S. Theaters Today


February 16, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image
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How Disney brought Studio Ghibli’s take on The Borrowers to U.S. audiences. For over two decades, the enchanting traditionally animated features of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata’s Studio Ghibli have been awing audiences at home in Japan, and increasingly around the world. Thanks to its partnership with Disney, the works [...]

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