British Studio to Remake Studio Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies

The Studio Ghibli anti-war animated film, Grave of the Fireflies, is now in the works for a live-action remake by the UK-based Dresden Pictures.

This will be the third time the animated film was given the live-action treatment, once in 2005 sand again in 2008 but this would be the first adaptation to be produced outside of Japan.

No cast or crew has been announced at this time aside from Liam Garvo and James Heath who are the producers of the film and shooting is expected to being in 2014.