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Earwig and the Witch Film Rescheduled for August 27 in Japanese Theaters After COVID-19 Delay

The official website for screenings in Japan will now start on August 27.

The film was slated to open in Japan on April 29, but the film's opening was delayed until further notice due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Goro Miyazaki's anime serving as the feature's international sales agent.

HBO Max began streaming the film on February 5 in the U.S. GKIDS releaseed the film on digital platforms on March 23 and on Blu-ray Disc on April 6.

Jones published the novel in 2011, and publisher HarperCollins describes the story:

Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness—with a lot of help from a talking cat—she decides to show the witch who's boss.

Sources: Earwig and the Witch film's website, The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web