Not exact matches
It's not just that Edwards (Godzilla, Monsters) is directing (I'll admit to not having quite as
much faith in J.J. as some do), or that quite possibly my favorite actor of the year, Bloodline's Ben Mendelsohn is starring alongside an awesome, diverse, and excellent cast that includes Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Aris — it's also that at D23, two more
beloved actors were announced:
Firefly's Alan Tudyk, and Hannibal's Mads (mothereffin») Mikkelsen!
While Totoro was an instant,
beloved children's fantasy classic, Grave of the
Fireflies was a
much more complex, upsetting work, a sober retelling of the last months of the conflict from the perspective of two Japanese children.
Misjudged by financiers and shoehorned into a double bill with Isao Takahata's
much - anticipated Grave of the
Fireflies, Totoro trod water until slowly, surely, it became one of the most
beloved animated feature films of all time.