New Poster for Studio Ghibli + M. Dudok de Wit’s The Red Turtle

The fantastic folks at Studio Ghibli are about to premier their new animated movie, La Tortue Rouge (a.k.a. The Red Turtle) at the Cannes Film Festival. The film’s storyline revolves around a man marooned on a desert island whose attempts to escape on a raft are thwarted by a giant, red turtle that sinks the makeshift craft.

Sitting in the director’s chair is Michael Dudok de Wit, who also directed Father and Daughter, the winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short in 2001. The script is being handled by Pascale Ferran, whose most recent film was 2014’s Bird People.

Isao Takahata, who directed Ghibli’s 2013 The Tale of Princess Kaguya as well as Grave of the Fireflies and Pom Poko, will serve as artistic producer on the film, which will have visuals produced by Studio Ghibli.

