Werner Herzog, the celebrated German writer, producer and filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “The Wrath of God,” is making his animation debut with “The Twilight World,” based on his best selling novel of the same name.
Narrated by the filmmaker, “The Twilight World” tells the true story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese intelligence officer who refused to believe that World War II was over, and continued to fight a personal, fictitious war in the jungles of the Philippines for thirty years.
The screenplay adaptation of the book, which weaves history, war drama and dream log, was written by Herzog with Michael Arias (“Tekkonkinkreet,” “The Animatrix”) and Luca Vitale.
Sun Creature Studio, the producers of “Flee,” the BAFTA and Oscar-nominated film, has been tapped to create for “The…
