Kensuke‘s Kingdom has set sail! We’re delighted to announce that production on our animated feature film Kensuke‘s Kingdom is now underway thanks to the support of the BFI, FfilmCymruWales, the National Lottery, Creative Wales and Film Fund Luxembourg and in association with Jigsaw Films, Melusine Productions, Le Pacte and Bumpybox Animation.
The film will be directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry feature the voices of BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water, Happy-Go-Lucky), BAFTA nominee Cillian Murphy (DUNKIRK, Inception), Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe (Letters from Iwo Jima, The Last Samurai) and fast-rising young star Raffey Cassidy, whose recent credits include The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Vox Lux and Tomorrowland.
The screenplay has been written by BAFTA nominee Frank Cottrell-Boyce (GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, THE RAILWAY MAN, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, HILARY AND JACKIE) and is adapted from WAR HORSE author Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling children’s novel KENUSKE’S KINGDOM, which is published by Egmont.