Willem Dafoe Chases an Adorable Cryptid in The Legend of Ochi Trailer

A24 has released a trailer for The Legend of Ochi, a phantasy escapade movie for the full household starring Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard, News of the World‘s Helena Zengel, and an adorable small puppet monster. Have a look:

As evidenced from the trailer, the communicative concerns a teenage miss who comes crossed a fledgling “ochi”—essentially, a aureate snub-nosed monkey with larger ears destined to turn up into a hulking, Sasquatch-like monster feared by the villagers of a tiny land community. Despite the warnings of her peers and bloodthirsty elders, our leader is determined to instrumentality the carnal location to its ain family.

Based connected an archetypal screenplay by euphony video manager Isaiah Saxon (making his diagnostic debut), The Legend of Ochi has been described arsenic some an “adventure musical” and “a movie astir the mysteries of carnal communication” by the man’s precise ain Tumblr page. To our eyes, it looks similar a transverse betwixt The Great Panda Adventure and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. The story’s fictional determination besides seems to beryllium partially based connected each land civilization astatine once, emitting dense Babe: Pig successful the City fumes.

And yes, that’s A24 favourite Willem Dafoe arsenic the crusty, ochi-hating zealot destined for a bittersweet comeuppance. The movie additionally boasts an archetypal people by Dave Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors’ fame. As of this writing, nary merchandise day has been set.

So, are you excited for The Legend of Ochi? Will its applicable puppet triumph the hearts and minds of the moviegoing nationalist similar Gizmo the Mogwai and E.T., oregon is its merchandisable pb destined to beryllium arsenic fondly retrieve arsenic Nukie, Munchie, oregon Kirbi from Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star? Let america cognize successful the comments.

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