Werner HerzogThe famous German writer, producer and director behind “Grizly Man” and “The Wrath of God”, for the first time in animation with “Pity“Based on the best sales novel of the same name.
The director, “The Twilight World”, narrated the true story of Hiro Onoda, a Japanese intelligence officer who refused to believe that World War II had ended, and continued to fight a fake personal war in the Filipin’s forests for thirty years.
Herzog wrote with Herzzog with the script of the script of the book, which weaves history, the war drama and the record of dreams, with Michael Arias (“Tekkonkinkreet” and “The Animatrix”) and Luka Vitaly.
Sun Creati Studio, “FEAR” producers, The BAFTA and BAFTA, an Oscar nominee, to create “The Twilight World” from their studio in France, and they will work with French animation talent, while Psyop, another studio for famous animation residing in Germany and the United States, is based The movie intends.
Herzog said: “I always felt that the story of Hiro Onoda, after it spanned nearly 30 years of dreams of fever in the woods, is more appropriate for literature, not cinema – that is why I chose to tell her through a novel,” Herzog said.
“It wasn’t that until the Psyop producers approached me about adapting the Onoda story in a moving movie that realized that the animation should tell this story in a really convincing and imaginative way,” Herzog said.
“Working with Werner is a master’s degree in narrative stories,” Andrew told Nesc, who produces the film with Amanda Miller in Psyop.
“This particular story – because the way that resembles a dream and expression and that deals with the perception of the characters for the passage of time, is especially suitable for animation”, which was called “the unconventional scenario.”
Miller noted that Psyop has a long -term relationship with Sun Creature, which also participates in the production of “The Twilight World”. “The studio sensitivity, along with their wide network of French animation talent, makes it perfectly suitable for this project.” Charlotte de la Gorener, one of the founders of Sun Creati, an executive product on the project.
Currently in development, production will start on “The Twilight World” in early 2026. Herzog recently participated in his upcoming live movie, “Bucking Fastard”, starring Kate and Rooney Mara.
“The Twilight World” will be shown in the upcoming movie Cartoon, a joint production market for animation, in Bordeaux, France.
