Sony Pictures Classics announced that it has acquired the rights to the story A Winter’s Journey: the animated film will be made within Dreams, the PS4 game from Media Molecule.
A Winter’s Journey is an adaptation of “Winterreise“, Franz Schubert’s musical masterpiece. The cast of the film includes John Malkovich, Jason Isaacs, Marcin Czarnik (Son of Saul, Sunset), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes of Grindelwald), Martina Gedeck (The Lives of Others) and Gabriella Moran.
A Winter’s Journey was produced by Jörg Tittel and Philip Munger of London’s Oiffy, alongside Sean Bobbitt and Hugh Welchman through their BreakThru Films in Poland, Reinhard Brundig of Pandora Film in Germany (Only Lovers Left Alive), Wrong Men North by Benoît Roland in Belgium, Raphaël Berdugo and Alexis Perrin in France and Richard Mansell. Sebastien Barrillier and Yann Duboux are executive producers. Shooting begins in June in Wrocław, Poland.
“Especially these days,” they say Helfrecht and Tittel, “we feel the need to escape to a different world, full of beauty and timeless music. We are fortunate to work with some of the greatest actors, artists and musicians in the world, and we couldn’t think of a better partner than Sony Pictures Classics. to bring our film to a different audience “.
Sony Classics added: “We have never seen a project like A Winter’s Journey, which promises to marry world-class cinema and extraordinary painting techniques with one of the great song cycles in the history of music. Audiences will happily embrace this theatrical experience. unique”.
There soundtrack it will be performed by the baritone Andrè Schuen and the pianist Daniel Heide and published by Deutsche Grammophon.
The fact that Dreams will be used to make an animated film is a great achievement for Media Molecule, which is expanding its project beyond the borders of the gaming world. We remind you that Dream Creation 2.0 is available and allows you to create games even more easily. If you prefer to play, then Dreams – Ancient Dangers: The Story of a Bat is available for you.
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