Movie News: Demon Slayer ; Stopmotion

 

 

 

Aisling Franciosi will star in the new horror feature-length animated film Stopmotion from Robert Morgan. According to Deadline, Aislingwill play Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, who embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.

BlueLight is producing the film and Robin King will be co-writing with Morgan.

 

 

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After slaying theatrical box office records around the globe to become the #2 anime of all time in U.S. box office history, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train will stream exclusively on Funimation in the United States and Canada (starting June 22) and in Australia and New Zealand (starting June 23 AEST). The film will be available in English dub format.

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train is directed by Haruo Sotozaki featuring the original story by Koyoharu Gotoge with screenplay and animation production by studio ufotable. The running time for the film is one hour and 57 minutes and is rated R.  Set after the events of the television series, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train has Tanjiro, Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke embark on a new mission. Together with one of the most powerful swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku, they investigate the mysterious disappearance of over 40 people aboard the Mugen Train.

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train is truly a global phenomenon earning over $475 million globally at the box office becoming the #1 film worldwide in 2020, the first non-Hollywood, non-U.S. film to achieve this. The film opened in the U.S. and Canada on April 23 hitting #1 at the box office the second week of release, earning more than $48 million+ to date.

Read our review here.