Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki hints at return to feature film makingNovember 14, 2016 - 10:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki has hinted about a return to feature film making, Variety said. Speaking on a NHK television program, Miyazaki talked about turning “Boro The Caterpillar” (“Kemushi no Boro”,) a CG short he has been making for the Studio Ghibli museum in Tokyo, into a feature film. He said that he has shared a proposal with Toshio Suzuki, veteran producer at Studio Ghibli, which has been Miyazaki’s creative home for three decades. “I haven’t said anything to my wife yet,” Miyazaki confessed. “When I do, though, I’m ready die in the middle (of production).” No formal announcement about production or release date has been made. Now 75, Miyzaki announced his retirement from feature film-making in September 2013, following the summer release of his last feature to date, the WW2-themed “The Wind Rises.” On the program Suzuki said that Miyazaki has been “battling with CG” in the new project, a departure from the hand-drawn style of animation he used throughout his career. “Miyazaki is a person who will keep making films until he dies,” Suzuki commented. “Ghibli will continue as long as Miyazaki continues to make films.” There was a five-year gap between “The Wind Rises” and Miyazaki’s previous film as a director, the 2009 “Ponyo.” If Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli work at their regular pace the new film would appear in 2021, when the director turns 80. Among Miyazaki’s many honors is an Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement, presented at the 6th Annual Governors Awards ceremony in November, 2014. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |