The world premiere of A24’s The Legend of Ochi will still go on at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday at the library, but the distributor has a set a new release date of April 25.
Previously, the Isaiah Saxon-directed and -written family title was to hit theaters February 28. Pic reps Saxon’s directorial debut which he’s been making for years, and it features a medley of puppetry, animatronics, matte paintings and 3D animation.
Saxon recently lost his home in the Los Angeles wildfires, as revealed by NPR. The filmmaker will be in Sundance to celebrate the premiere of the pic, along with cast Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson and Willem Dafoe.
The Legend of Ochi is set in a remote village on the island of Carpathia where a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Producers on the feature are Richard Peete, Traci Carlson, Saxon and Jonathan Wang. EPs are Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot, Louise Lovegrove, Alex Plapinger, Len Blavatnik, Danny Cohen, Timo Argillander and Elisa lvares.