Sony’s Mamoru Hosoda Animated ‘Scarlet’ To Slay Theaters In December

Sony is going with its co-production of Mamoru Hosoda’s Scarlet on December 12, joining 20th Century Studios’ James L. Brooks movie Ella McKay and Focus Features’ Chloe Zhao pic Hamnet. Scarlet is described as the story of a brave princess who transcends time and space. See the new poster below. Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the [...]

Sony is going with its co-production of Mamoru Hosoda ‘s Scarlet on December 12, joining 20th Century Studios’ James L. Brooks movie Ella McKay and Focus Features’ Chloe Zhao pic Hamnet. Scarlet is described as the story of a brave princess who transcends time and space.

See the new poster below. Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron opened during the second frame of December 2023. Not only was it a prime place to launch an awards-season anime title, but that movie also cleared a 3-day of $13M, ending its stateside run at $46.

8M. Related Stories Sony’s Screen Gems Sets Fall Theatrical Release For ‘Sisu’ Sequel Sony Motion Picture Boss Tom Rothman At CinemaCon: “Cost And Windows Can Work For Us Or Against Us” Sony Pictures also is co-financing the anticipated new animated film from the Oscar-nominated Mirai filmmaker with Studio Chizu and Nippon TV. Watch on Deadline Sony is handling global on Scarlet except for Japan, which is being released by Toho.

Producers are Yuichiro Saito and Nozomu Takahashi for Studio Chizu and Toshimi Tanio for Nippon TV. In 2011, Hosoda and producer Yuichiro Saito co-established Studio Chizu, an animation studio where he directed and wrote the screenplay for Wolf Children (2012) and The Boy and the Beast (2015). His work on Mirai (2018) scored an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

His most recent film, Belle (2021), was selected for the Cannes Première section at the 74th Cannes Film Festival and went on to be his biggest box office success with $65 million worldwide..