We already know that the award-winning The Boy and The Heron will arrive on HBO Max in the near future. Warner Bros. has signed a deal with Studio Ghibli to own exclusive streaming rights to the animated film but the company hasn’t revealed when this will happen. Thankfully, those of you who want to watch the film earlier can pick it up digitally in June with a physical 4K launch taking place in July.
The Boy and The Heron will launch digitally on 25 June. The film will be available to purchase across all major digital content services such as Apple TV, Google Play Movies and Amazon. Following that launch, Studio Ghibli is releasing a special edition 4K UHD Blu-Ray and DVD SteelBook version on 9 July.
The SteelBook Edition will cost $39. The studio says it is a combo edition and comes with both the 4K UHD Blu-Ray and DVD included. It also includes various extras such as interviews with the composer, producer and supervisor animator. There’s also an exclusive poster included in the box.
The Boy and The Heron won best-animated film at the Academy Awards earlier this year. The movie also launched in South African cinemas last month.
From the legendary Studio Ghibli and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) comes a critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure. After losing his mother during the war, young Mahito moves to his family’s estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito’s new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world, and the truth about himself. Featuring the voices of Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh.
