Altitude Films has launched a website for its upcoming UK and Ireland cinema release of Studio Ponoc's family fantasy Mary and the Witch's Flower. While the main release will be on May 4, there will also be preview screenings of the subtitled version on Tuesday April 10, and these are listed on the site (click 'Get Tickets').

The film opened in Japan last July and has earned 3 billion yen (US$28 million). Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who directed Studio Ghibli's Arrietty and When Marnie Was There , directed Mary and the Witch's Flower , and also penned the script for the film alongside Riko Sakaguchi, who wrote the screenplay for Isao Takahata's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya . Takatsugu Muramatsu ( When Marnie Was There ) composed the music. Yoshiaki Nishimura is credited as producer. The staff page on the film's website further noted that many former staff from Studio Ghibli joined Ponoc in the film's production.

The BFG's Ruby Barnhill stars in the dub as the titular character Mary, and Kate Winslet ( Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Mountain Between Us ) plays school chairwoman Madam Mumblechook. Jim Broadbent, who co-starred with Winslet in Iris , plays Mumblechook's colleague Doctor Dee. Other cast members include Ewen Bremner, Lynda Baron, Rasmus Hardiker, Teresa Gallagher, Morwenna Banks, and Louis Ashbourne Serkis.