SCARLET - A New Film from Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda - To Be Distributed Worldwide By Toho and Sony Pictures | Godzilla - Toho

SCARLET - A New Film from Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda - To Be Distributed Worldwide By Toho and Sony Pictures

Source: Toho Co., Ltd., Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment has co-produced and co-financed, with Studio Chizu and Nippon Television Network Corporation, the long-awaited new film from director Mamoru Hosoda (MIRAI, BELLE, WOLF CHILDREN, SUMMER WARS), his first in four years, SCARLET (果てしなきスカーレット, Hateshinaki Sukāretto). Toho will distribute the film theatrically in Japan, and SPE will distribute it worldwide. SCARLET will open in Japan on November 21 and in the United States on December 12, 2025.

At a press conference for the film, Steven O'Dell, President of SPE International Distribution, stated, "SCARLET is a work that combines all the greatness of cinema. The original story spun by Director Hosoda makes SCARLET a movie that can be delivered to the whole world. This work has epic action, a great adventure, and at the core of the story is a very powerful, heart-shaking human drama."

"The movie is scheduled to be released in the winter of 2025. It was also the time when [Hayao Miyazaki's] THE BOY AND THE HERON was released in the United States and, after the big success of that film, I am convinced that it is the best time of year for this one. Sony Pictures also plans to release it in countries and regions such as the Latin America, Europe, Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, and Africa. We strongly believe that people all over the world will want to see this movie."

About Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. Sony Pictures Television operates dozens of wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies around the world. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, Sony Pictures International Productions, and Sony Pictures Classics.

About Studo Chizu

Founded in April 2011 by director Mamoru Hosoda and producer Yuichiro Saito as a base for new film production. Studio Chizu is a studio that plans and produces animated films, and the studio name embodies the spirit of film production: "Challenging new motifs, themes, and expressions to create a new map on the land of animated films, where possibilities are still limitless." www.studiochizu.com.

About Toho Co. Ltd.

Toho Company provides high-quality entertainment to a wide range of customers through its film production, distribution, and exhibition business, which is solidly supported by its real estate business including the Shinjuku Toho Building and Hibiya Chante, animation production, DVD software production and sales, and TOHO Cinemas' efforts to expand its network of multiplex cinemas. Among these, "Godzilla," which has been around since 1954, is Toho's flagship IP that has many fans around the world and has been loved for many years.