Minkyu Lee’s world of sorcery and shapeshifting will take middle stage in The Witch Boy, Netflix’s latest animated musical characteristic movie.
Hailing from the Oscar-nominated Adam and Canine director and based mostly on Molly Knox Osterag’s New York Occasions bestselling novel collection of the identical identify, The Witch Boy takes place in a secret, magical neighborhood the place ladies are born to be witches and boys develop into shapeshifters. The Lee’s protagonist, Aster, is stunned to find his rising witch powers. However when a mysterious drive endangers his world, he should embark on a journey to study the reality behind himself, his powers and all of the magic round him.
The Witch Boy may also characteristic authentic music by the Grammy-nominated sister trio Haim. Maria Melnik writes the script with Roy Lee, Miri Yoon and Ryan Harris producing. Vertigo Leisure produces the characteristic and Netflix releases.
“It has been a life-long dream of mine to create an animated movie that pushes the medium ahead, each in content material and type. The connection between this dream, my experiences, and Aster and Juniper’s story is what attracts me to this movie every single day,” Lee mentioned. “I’m grateful to be creating this with the fantastic crew at Netflix. My hope is that this movie, by celebrating queerness and “otherness”, will come to audiences around the globe as one thing actually particular.”
