Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Thursday that Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the Studio Ghibli co-produced film The Red Turtle (La Tortue rouge) for North and Latin America.
The Red Turtle is de Wit’s first feature film.
Studio Ghibli is co-producing the film with French film production and distribution company Wild Bunch (co-producers on The Secret World of Arrietty).
The Red Turtle is the latest work by award-winning Dutch animator and director Michael Dudok de Wit (“The Monk and the Fish,” “Father & Daughter” animated shorts).