{"id":35289,"date":"2026-09-18T04:59:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=35289"},"modified":"2026-09-18T04:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:59:41","slug":"if-i-go-will-they-miss-me-exclusive-interview-with-director-walter-thompson-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=35289","title":{"rendered":"If I Go Will They Miss Me : Exclusive Interview with Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u24d2<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Courtesy of Rich Spirit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\"><strong>Check out more of Our YouTube Channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div id=\"amplified_100007149\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35290 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/If-I-Go-Will-They-Miss-Me-Poster-688x1024.png\" alt=\"If I Go Will They Miss Me \" width=\"688\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/If-I-Go-Will-They-Miss-Me-Poster-688x1024.png 688w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/If-I-Go-Will-They-Miss-Me-Poster-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/If-I-Go-Will-They-Miss-Me-Poster-768x1143.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/If-I-Go-Will-They-Miss-Me-Poster-696x1036.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/If-I-Go-Will-They-Miss-Me-Poster.png 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"synopsis-wrap\"><strong>If I Go Will They Miss Me<\/strong> : In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Lil Ant sees the world and his father the way all children should &#8212; full of myth, wonder, and unwavering belief. If I Go Will They Miss Me is a breathtaking father-son story about imagination, family, and the grace we extend to the people we love.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div id=\"amplified_100007149\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Director<\/strong> : Walter Thompson-Hernandez<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Josh Peters, Saba Zerehi, Ben Stillmam<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : Walter Thompson-Hernandez<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : Rich Spirit<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Further Adventures, LinLay Productions, Cedar Road, Spark Features, Merino Films<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/browse\/movies_in_theaters\/genres:drama\">Drama<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrap\" data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Sep 11, 2026, Limited<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><strong>If you liked the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?author=2\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s Articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aej2y_BBBFs<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"item\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u24d2Courtesy of Rich Spirit Check out more of Our YouTube Channel\u00a0 Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,20471],"tags":[31659,31443,31662,6198,31660,31441,31358,31661,31663,31657,31664,31658,24769,2235,31442],"class_list":["post-35289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-pick-up","tag-ben-stillmam","tag-bodhi-dell","tag-cedar-road","tag-danielle-brooks","tag-further-adventures","tag-if-i-go-will-they-miss-me","tag-j-alphonse-nicholson","tag-linlay-productions","tag-merino-films","tag-osh-peters","tag-rich-spirit","tag-saba-zerehi","tag-spark-features","tag-sundance-film-festival","tag-walter-thompson-hernandez","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>If I Go Will They Miss Me : Exclusive Interview with Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If I Go Will They Miss Me : In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Lil Ant sees the world and his father the way all children should -- full of myth, wonder, and unwavering belief. 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