Disney to Release Tales From Earthsea on August 13

Mike Ferreira (Editor) — July 15th, 2010 — 00:40
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Anime News Network reports that Disney will release Goro Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's Tales From Earthsea (Gedo Senki) in the United States. The film will be dubbed using a cast that includes Blaire Restaneo, Matt Levin, Timothy Dalton, Cheech Marin, Mariska Hargitay, and Willem Dafoe.

Tales From Earthsea will receive a limited theatrical run that will begin on August 13. The film will show at the following locations:

  • Angelica: New York (Manhattan)
  • The Landmark: Los Angeles
  • The Kabuki: San Francisco
  • Harvard Exit: Seattle
  • Victoria Ward: Honolulu

No plans for a home video release were announced.

Tales From Earthsea adapts Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea novels. The film opened in Japan and other countries 2006. Due to a licensing agreement with Sci-Fi, Disney could not release the film in the west until this year.