Originally Posted By mawnck Trailer (in Japanesse, but watch it anyway) here: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/full-trailer-miyazakis-the-wind-rises">http://blogs.indiewire.com/ani...nd-rises</a> I'm putting this here for now, even though we don't know what's going to happen to this movie in the US. It's about the guy who designed the Japanese Zero Fighters used in WWII. Too soon? Maybe for Disney. No doubt G-Kids will snap it up if Disney doesn't, but that means nobody will ever see it ...
Originally Posted By u k fan I'll definitely try and catch this somewhere. Hopefully it will get a decent release!!!
Originally Posted By mawnck Full trailer: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.studiodaily.com/2013/08/trailer-the-wind-rises/">http://www.studiodaily.com/201...d-rises/</a> And it seems that Mr. Miyazaki has been causing kerfluffles. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://kotaku.com/hayao-miyazaki-called-anti-japanese-a-traitor-and-865643505">http://kotaku.com/hayao-miyaza...65643505</a> I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that G-Kids gets this one.
Originally Posted By mawnck More: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-the-wind-rises-trailer-miyazaki-20130815,0,314360.story">http://www.latimes.com/enterta...60.story</a> Says there that the movie is "seeking US distribution". Uh-oh ....
Originally Posted By leemac Wild Bunch have snapped it up: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2013/film/international/wild-bunch-miyazaki-re-team-on-the-wind-rises-1200581548/">http://variety.com/2013/film/i...0581548/</a>
Originally Posted By xrayvision LOVE Studio Ghibili and Hayao Miyazaki films! But, I wonder why Studio Ghibili creates so many animated films dealing with the topic of infirmed illness, including Grave of the Fireflies (mom and little sister were sick with tuberculosis and both died of it), My Neighbor Totoro (young mom was sick and in hospital long term) and one more film that I can't remember the name. The Wind Rises will be their fourth film dealing with this topic.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Disney grabbed the US distribution: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/hayao-miyazakis-the-wind-rises-gets-an-english-trailer-festival-dates-and-a-touch-of-controversy-87650.html">http://www.cartoonbrew.com/fea...650.html</a>
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I want to like Miazayki's films so much but they never do anything for me
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Disney grabbed the US distribution:<< Update: It will be released under Touchstone Pictures. That's still a thing? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/wind-rises-movie-disney-distribution/">http://www.deadline.com/2013/0...ibution/</a>
Originally Posted By JeffG For the last couple years, Touchstone has almost exclusively been used for Dreamworks (live action) films.
Originally Posted By ecdc <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/01/hayao-miyazaki-retiring_n_3853814.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...814.html</a> Apparently this will be his last film.
Originally Posted By u k fan xray... you're probably thinking of Arietty for the other movie with a character who's long term infirmed thing, but I'm sure there's at least one more. Nausicaa?!!!