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Concept art: Netflix This week is full of announcements about animated takes on huge properties ( Tomb Raider, the cartoon?) but one piece of animation news something really special: Molly Knox Ostertag’s 2017 graphic novel The Witch Boy is being adapted into an animated musical for Netflix. The sweet, smart book will be brought to life by director Mikyu Lee (of the Oscar-nominated short Adam and Dog) and screenwriter Maria Melnik ( American Gods), with the band Haim providing original musi...

Netflix Announces New Animated Musical The Witch Boy ✖ As Netflix continues to make waves in the world of animation, the streaming service has announced a brand new project with some serious talent attached. After working on beloved films like The Princess and the Frog, Big Hero 6, Frozen, and earning an Oscar nomination for directing the short film Adam and Dog, filmmaker Minkyu Lee is moving over to Netflix for a feature directorial debut. On Thursday morning, Netflix announced the star...

Netflix Sets Animated The Witch Boy With Original Music by Haim Netflix The musical feature based on the graphic novels will be directed by Minkyu Lee, Oscar-nominated helmer of animated short Adam and Dog. Netflix announced production on  The Witch Boy, an animated musical feature based on the graphic novel series of the same title by Molly Knox Ostertag. It will be directed by Minkyu Lee from a screenplay by Maria Melnik ( Escape Room), and feature original music from three-time Grammy n...

Dear Basketball , which won the late Kobe Bryant an Oscar. HAIM does have experience in the realm of animated movie music -- they released new song called "Feel the Thunder" for the film The Croods: A New Age this past November. In other HAIM news, the band broke down their song "Summer Girl" during the latest episode of the

Haim The musical feature based on the graphic novels will be directed by Minkyu Lee, Oscar-nominated helmer of animated short Adam and Dog. Netflix announced production on  The Witch Boy, an animated musical feature based on the graphic novel series of the same title by Molly Knox Ostertag. It will be directed by Minkyu Lee from a screenplay by Maria Melnik ( Escape Room), and feature original music from three-time Grammy-nominated band Haim.  The Witch Boy will be produced by Roy Lee, ...

The story follows orphan Lyra Belacqua and teenager Will Parry, from our world, as they wander through a series of parallel universes to uncover the secrets of a mysterious substance called Dust. It features witches and armoured polar bears as well as dæmons, which are the physical manifestation of a person’s inner-self. In Lyra’s case it’s a companion named Pan that can take the form of any animal, similar to other children’s dæmons, until they take a final form later in life. Writer...