Check out this trailer for “The Secret World of Arrietty”, a new movie which is coming to North America in February 2012. The film is by Studio Ghibli and the screenplay is written by Hayao Miyazaki, director of good movies like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Laputa: Castle in the Sky and bad movies like Ponyo.

The dub will star David Henrie and Bridgit Mendler, who play on again, off again couple Justin and Juliet in the Wizards of Waverly Place. It’s not easy being in love when one of you is a Wizard and the other is a Vampire who turned old after being bit by a Werewolf and then being young again. There are actually 2 dubs, the British version stars Saoirse Ronan, from Hanna and Tom Holland, from nothing I’ve ever heard of.

Keep reading to watch the intro to the Littles, the inspiration for this film:





Awesome remake!

Okay actually this movie has nothing to do with the Littles. It’s actually based on an old book “The Borrowers” from 1952 which predates “The Littles” by years. The movie is already out in Japan and is available on Blu-Ray (English subbed and North American PS3 compatible) and DVD.

It should also be noted that this movie isn’t actually directed by Hayao Miyazaki, though he wrote the screenplay. The director is Hiromasa Yonebayashi, an animator for Studio Ghibli.