In March, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max announced said it has extended exclusive US distribution rights to Studio Ghibli in a new multi-year deal. As part of this deal, Ghibli agreed to make Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in a decade. The Boy and the Heron, available on Max later this year. Now there’s a streaming service revealed fantasy adventure film will be broadcast on Max channel from September 6. Note that Studio Ghibli first accepted the flow In 2020, when he gave all the rights to Netflix and Max, including his movies Away from the Spirits, Howl’s Moving Castle and My neighbor Totoro.
Written and directed by Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron revolves around a boy named Mahito who moves to his family’s country estate after his mother’s death. It is there that he meets a gray bird that marks the beginning of a fantastic adventure with magic, wizards, spirits and anthropomorphic animals. Like all other Miyazaki films, The Boy and the Heron contains philosophical messages touching on Mahito’s journey as he faces the dangers of an unfamiliar world to find his ailing stepmother who has disappeared in the forest.
The Boy and the Heron The English dub features some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Christian Bale voices Shoichi, Mahito’s father, Robert Pattinson voices the gray fish, Florence Pugh voices the magical fisherman Kiriko, and Dave Bautista voices the Parakeet King, the film’s main antagonist. The cast also includes Mark Hamill as Mahito, Willem Dafoe, Gemma Chan, Karen Fukuhara and Luca Padovan.
