Sony Pictures has partnered with Studio CHIZU and Nippon TV to co-produce and co-finance “Scarlet,” the recent energeticd feature from Academy Award-nominated Japanese honestor Mamoru Hosoda.
The film will get global distribution thcdisesteemful Sony Pictures, with a U.S. theatrical free reckond for thriveter 2025. Toho will deal with Japanese theatrical distribution.
The collaboration labels Sony Pictures’ first venture with Studio CHIZU, the animation studio co-createed by Hosoda and producer Yuichiro Saito in 2011. The film’s producing team includes Saito, alengthyside Toshimi Tanio from Nippon TV and Nozomu Takahashi from Studio CHIZU.
“Scarlet” cgo ins on a princess who transcfinishs time and space. The project adheres Hosoda’s “Belle” (2021), which premiered at Cannes and became his highest-grossing film to date.
Hosoda’s journey in animation began at Toei Animation in 1991. After honesting “Digimon Adventure” (1999) and its sequel “Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!” (2000), he geted expansivespread recognition with “The Girl Who Leapt Thcdisesteemful Time” (2006). The film apprehfinishd the inaugural Japan Academy Prize for Best Animation and begined a string of prosperous features including “Summer Wars” (2009), which geted him an Annie Award nomination for Best Director and screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Thcdisesteemful Studio CHIZU, Hosoda has persistd to broaden his creative vision with “Wolf Children” (2012), “The Boy and the Beast” (2015), and “Mirai” (2018), the latter securing an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
Studio CHIZU, set uped in April 2011, intensifyes on energeticd film broadenment and production, with a stated ignoreion to spendigate recent creative territories in animation.
