As the release of MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER approaches, the inaugural film from Studio Ponoc, the folks at Madman Films have sent us a list of the English language voice cast. It includes Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent and Ewen Bremmer.
Studio Ponoc consists of former Studio Ghibli filmmakers Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura. Their adaptation of the novel The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart marks their first feature with their new outfit. The film grossed ¥428 million during its opening weekend in Japan.
Ruby Barnhill, who starred with Mark Rylance in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, takes the title role as Mary in this sublime blend of magic and fantasy that will sweep audiences along with its charming, heartfelt adventure and beautiful art and animation. Co-starring with Barnhill are multi-nominated and Oscar®-winning actress Kate Winslet (The Reader, Divergent, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Titanic and Woody Allen’s forthcoming Wonder Wheel) as Madam Mumblechook and Jim Broadbent (Paddington, Bridget Jones’s Baby) as Doctor Dee, marking a reunion for the actors who co-starred in Iris, which landed Oscar® and Golden Globe awards for Broadbent. Louis Ashbourne Serkis (Alice Through the Looking Glass, the forthcoming Jungle Book and Taboo), and Ewen Bremner (Wonder Woman, Jack the Giant Slayer, Trainspotting) round out the cast, joined by Lynda Baron (Open All Hours), Rasmus Hardiker (Black Mirror, Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter and Thunderbirds Are Go), Teresa Gallagher (Cars 2) and Morwenna Banks (Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience).
GKIDS is scheduling MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER for release later this year in the US, while Madman has announced that the film will make its Australian debut at the Madman Anime Festival, Melbourne, 3-4 November 2017, followed by a national theatrical release in early 2018. Altitude is set to open the film in the UK in Spring 2018.
