Hosoda helps produce 'Wolf Children'

Tokyo, japan -- Mamoru Hosoda, the helmer of hit 2009 toonpic "Summer time Wars," which gained $22 million in the Japanese box office, has revealed his latest project. Known as "Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" (The Wolf Children's Rain and Snow), it's a fantasy concentrating on two children born to some human mother along with a wolf-guy father. The pic's scripter Satoko Okudera, character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and professional producer Seiji Okuda, from the NTV TV network, also labored together on "Summer time Wars." Okuda has additionally created many photos by toon maestro Hayao Miyazaki. Toho is skedded to produce "Okami" in This summer. An illusion about teen players who thwart a rogue program that intends to paralyze digital world, "Summer time Wars" scooped a Japan Academy Award for the best animation, among a number of other honors, and tested in the Berlin film fest. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com