DENVER, Oct. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- GKIDS, the
acclaimed distributor of multiple Academy
Award®-nominated animated features, and Fathom Events,
the leading distributor of event cinema, will continue their
partnership into 2020, bringing "Weathering With You" to
U.S. audiences nationwide for Special Fan Preview screenings over
two nights only.
"Weathering With You" is the newest release from
director Makoto Shinkai, and
producer Genki Kawamura,
whose previous film "Your Name" set box office records in
Japan and around the world
($360 million worldwide box office),
and is currently receiving a major studio live-action remake from
JJ Abrams. "Weathering With You" held its North American
premiere at the Toronto
International Film Festival, and had a sold-out U.S. Premiere
at last weekend's Animation is Film Festival in Los Angeles, where Fathom Events is a
major sponsor. The film is Japan's
official submission for the Academy Award® for Best
International Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. The film
has grossed over $125 million USD to
date in its initial Japanese release and will come to cinemas
nationwide for Fan Preview Screenings on January 15 and 16 only, 2020, followed by a
theatrical release by GKIDS starting January
17.
Tickets for "Weathering With You," go on sale
Friday, November 15 at
www.FathomEvents.com and www.WeatheringWithYouMovie.com
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away
from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his
financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and
rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in
isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious
occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street
corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and
wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the
sky…
"Fathom is thrilled to continue our strong standing partnership
with GKIDS to bring another premiere title to cinemas across the
U.S. from Japan," Fathom Events VP
of Programming, Business Affairs & Strategy Daren Miller said.
"What makes our events unique and special is the ability to provide
audiences with an exclusive first look at these highly-anticipated
films, behind-the-scenes content, animated shorts and more."
"With breathtaking visuals and emotionally resonant
story, Weathering With You has quickly become
one of the most anticipated films of the year," said David Jesteadt, GKIDS' President. "We are
pleased to partner with our friends at Fathom Events on two days of
fan preview screenings, giving Makoto
Shinkai's fans the very first opportunity to see the film in
theaters nationwide before its release."
GKIDS and Fathom Events have partnered previously on the
nationwide premiere event screenings for "Mary and The Witch's
Flower," from the Academy Award®-nominated director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Studio Ponoc, the release of "Fireworks"
from Studio SHAFT, Studio Trigger's blistering action adventure
"Promare," as well as the ongoing Ghibli Fest series of animated
masterpieces from Japan's famed
Studio Ghibli.
About Fathom Events
Fathom Events is the leading event
cinema distributor with theater locations in all top 100 DMAs®
(Designated Market Areas) and ranks as one of the largest overall
theater content distributors. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc.
(NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal
Cinemas, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom
Events offers a variety of unique entertainment events in movie
theaters such as live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top
Broadway stage productions, major sporting events, epic concerts,
the yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, inspirational events
and popular anime franchises. Fathom Events takes audiences behind
the scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage
footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate
VIP experience. Fathom Events' live Digital Broadcast Network
("DBN") is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded
events to 1,010 locations and 1,628 screens in 182 DMAs. The
company also provides corporations a compelling national footprint
for hosting employee meetings, customer rewards events and new
product launches. For more information, visit
www.FathomEvents.com.
ABOUT GKIDS
GKIDS is a producer and distributor of
award-winning feature animation for both adult and family
audiences. Since 2010, the company has scored an astounding 11 Best
Animated Feature Oscar nominations with The Secret of Kells
in 2010, A Cat in Paris and
Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in
2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the
Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was
There in 2016, My Life as a
Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, and
Mirai in 2019. GKIDS also handles North American
distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, one of
the world's most coveted animation collections with titles
Spirited Away, My Neighbor
Totoro, Princess Mononoke and others. GKIDS also
produces the annual LA-based film festival, ANIMATION IS FILM,
which embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic
art form and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the
boundaries of their work to the fullest range of expression of
which medium is capable. For more, visit gkids.com.
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