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Miyazaki's Ponyo to Open in North America This Summer
posted on by Egan Loo
The Nikkei financial news source reports that Studio Ghibli plans to open Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, in North American theaters this summer. The film will be the first salvo in Ghibli's renewed advertising and publicity campaign to break into the North American market. Nikkei notes that Miyazaki's longtime friend and colleague, Pixar and Disney's John Lasseter (Toy Story, Cars), will produce the North American release as he announced last June that co-producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park) are also handling the North American release.
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