GKIDS has announced the English-language voice cast for its North American release of its latest Studio Ghibli title, When Marnie Was There. In addition to Hailee Steinfeld as “Anna” and Kiernan Shipka as “Marnie,” the dub will feature the voices of Kathy Bates, Ellen Burstyn, Geena Davis, Catherine O’Hara, John C. Reilly, Raini Rodriguez, Vanessa Williams, Grey Griffin, Ava Acres and Ellen Burstyn. The film will launch May 22 in New York and Los Angeles, with expansion to major markets to follow.
Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty) and adapted from the novel by Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There centers on a young girl who is sent from her foster home in the city to a sleepy seaside town one summer, where she spends her days dreaming among the marshes, considering herself a sort of outsider in the world. Her life changes when she meets Marnie, but their unique friendship is soon threatened by mystery.
