Disney has revealed the first trailer for The Secret World of Arrietty, a new Studio Ghibli animated film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and featuring a voice cast for the English-language version including Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, David Henrie and Moises Arias.
Based on Mary Norton’s fantasy novel, the film centers on the little people residing quietly beneath the floorboards, living undetected in a secret world to be discovered, where the smallest may stand tallest of all.
Norton’s story has been updated for a modern-day Tokyo setting and begins as a sickly little boy named Sho (Tom Holland) comes to live with his great aunt Sadako. Seeing a cat chasing something in the bushes, he comes across a tiny borrower – so called because they ‘borrow’ everything they need from humans up above. She’s Arrietty (Saoirse Ronan), whose mother Homily (Olivia Colman) warns her about befriending Sho, since borrowers are not supposed to be seen by humans. But Arietty disobeys her mother and becomes firm friends with Sho. Realising that they have been discovered, Arrietty’s father, Pod (Mark Strong), makes plans to move out of the house. But danger is never far away and the miniature family soon find they need Sho’s help.
The film is set to hit theaters on February 17, 2012. Check out the trailer directly below and check it out in high definition at Apple.
