HEAVENS: THE BOY AND HIS ROBOT Hits The Cannes Market For Rich Ho’s Celebrated Mecha Sci-Fi
Don’t mind me, kids. I’ll just be filing this one in the drawer labeled “things that should have been on my radar already”. Hmph!
Golden Horse Award-winning director Rich Ho’s new mecha sci-fi action adventure, Heavens: The Boy and His Robot had its day at Japan cinemas with festivala screenings at Fantasia and Fantasporto. The film, the first of its kind out of Singapore is now on deck at the Marché du Film this month under Prestige Intl. Pictures for world sales, sans Japan and China.
“This film celebrates perseverance and unity in divisive times,” Ho said. “‘Heavens’ delivers a big-screen experience of pulse-pounding action, humor, and heart that global audiences of different ages can laugh and cry together.”
Prestige president Carlos Rincon said: “Rich Ho has delivered a masterful film, which was a labor of love, 12 years in the making. The film is filled with epic robot battles and groundbreaking VFX but more importantly it features an inspirational theme about not giving up on your dreams.”
Production on Heavens: The Boy And His Robot extended from Singapore to New Zealand, Australia and Japan. That included location shoots and CG post-production, coupled with voice over dubbing with cast performances by Kensho Ono (“Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash,”) and Natsuki Hanae (“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”) along with Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kenjiro Tsuda, Kentaro Ito, and Airi Fairouz.
The result? A crisp 98-minute action sci-fi adventure set in an alternate universe, and centered on an aspiring pilot and his mecha, “Little Dragon”. This stuff does look amazing, honestly.
Check out a trailer below for its Japan release, and read more at Variety.
