{"id":19579,"date":"2023-10-17T18:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=19579"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:57:08","slug":"gkids-announces-english-voice-cast-for-miyazakis-the-boy-and-the-heron-christian-bale-florence-pugh-and-robert-pattinson-to-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=19579","title":{"rendered":"GKIDS Announces English Voice Cast for Miyazaki&#8217;s &#8216;The Boy and the Heron&#8217; : Christian Bale, Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson to Star"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s <em><strong>The Boy and the Heron<\/strong><\/em>, which will be released in the U.S. on December 8, will have an all-star dub cast, says GKIDS, Studio Ghibli\u2019s North American distributor.<br \/><br \/>Set in 1943 during the Pacific War, <em><strong>The Boy and the Heron i<\/strong><\/em>s a semi-autobiographical tale about Mahito, a twelve-year-old boy living with an aunt in the countryside after his mother died in a firebombing. While exploring his new surroundings, the boy encounters a fantastical heron, who leads him into a mysterious world \u201cshared by the living and the dead.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Luca Padovan will voice the role of the titular boy, Mahito, and Robert Pattinson will dub the heron. The lineup also includes Christian Bale as Shoichi Maki, Florence Pugh as Kiriko, Dave Bautista as The Parakeet King, Willem Dafoe as Noble Pelican, Karen Fukuhara as Lady Himi, Mark Hamill as Granduncle, and Gemma Chan as Natsuko. In addition, the English-language version will include the voices of Tony Revolori and Dan Stevens as two of the other Parakeets.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutfeetpodiatrycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/albuterol.html\">albuterol over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><br \/><br \/>Of this array, Christian Bale is a veteran of Studio Ghibli, having dubbed the wizard character in one of Miyazaki\u2019s earlier animes, <em><strong>Howl\u2019s Moving Castle<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/>Miyazaki both wrote and directed the anime\u2019s script and also created hand-drawn animations for the film, which was produced by Toshio Suzuki, the cofounder of Studio Ghibli.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutfeetpodiatrycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/antabuse.html\">antabuse over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> The English-language version was scripted by Stephanie Sheh, and its music was composed by Joe Hisaishi.<br \/><br \/>The English version of <em><strong>The Boy and the Heron<\/strong><\/em> was finalized during the writers\u2019 strike in line with SAG-AFTRA\u2019s foreign dubbing protocols. GKIDS is an independent entity not connected with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).<br \/><br \/>After select early previews on November 22, <em><strong>The Boy and the Heron<\/strong><\/em> will enjoy general release in the United States on December 8. The film, Miyazaki\u2019s first in a decade, made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutfeetpodiatrycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/orlistat.html\">orlistat over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> <br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s The Boy and the Heron, which will be released in the U.S. on December 8, will have an all-star dub cast, says GKIDS, Studio Ghibli\u2019s North American distributor. Set in 1943 during the Pacific War, The Boy and the Heron is a semi-autobiographical tale about Mahito, a twelve-year-old boy living with an aunt&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3276,3585,2309,2842,18513,4115,2840,16943],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GKIDS Announces English Voice Cast for Miyazaki&#039;s &#039;The Boy and the Heron&#039; : Christian Bale, Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson to Star | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=19579\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GKIDS Announces English Voice Cast for Miyazaki&#039;s &#039;The Boy and the Heron&#039; : Christian Bale, Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson to Star | Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s The Boy and the Heron, which will be released in the U.S. on December 8, will have an all-star dub cast, says GKIDS, Studio Ghibli\u2019s North American distributor. 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