{"id":291384,"date":"2026-02-10T23:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291384\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:59:08","slug":"sony-scraps-animated-movie-about-thai-spirits-director-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291384\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Scraps Animated Movie About Thai Spirits, Director Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAnimator Matt Braly<\/a> says that Sony Pictures Animation<\/a> scrapped his Thai-inspired animated movie after two years of development because the studio deemed it \u201cnot commercial enough to produce.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBraly, a writer on Cartoon Network\u2019s \u201cSteven Universe\u201d and storyboard artist on \u201cThe Mitchells vs the Machines,\u201d doesn\u2019t specify the studio in his lengthy Instagram post detailing the situation. However, Sony Pictures Animation announced in 2023 the development of a feature<\/a> from Braly and writer Rebecca Sugar.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt the very start of 2025 I received the unfortunate news that the movie I had been working on for 2+ years at a major animation studio would not be moving forward,\u201d Braly wrote on Instagram. \u201cI\u2019m super proud of the lovely script that Rebecca Sugar and I wrote together and am disappointed that you will all likely never get to see the film. I had a really supportive development team, but the film was ultimately judged as not commercial enough to produce. I understand these decisions are not made lightly and have nothing but respect for the studio, which continues to put out amazing films.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSony Pictures Animation didn\u2019t respond to Variety\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tBraly described the film as an adventure about a \u201ca teen boy traveling to the world of Thai spirits in order to cure himself just before undergoing a very scary & life altering operation necessary to live.\u201d He added that this was \u201cnot a story about finding a cure so much as it was about learning to accept one\u2019s unchangeable circumstances with grace, and realizing that a different life than expected can still be a wonderful one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was a deeply personal story for me as I was diagnosed with an incurable chronic illness at a very young age that brought permanent changes to my lifestyle,\u201d Braly continued. \u201cNot only that but it would have been an honor to bring more Thai culture to the big screen, a torch I hope someone else picks up.<\/p>\n

\n\tBraly also shared some of the artwork that was created during the development process. \u201cHopefully you can close your eyes and imagine how cool the film would have been if completed. I won\u2019t lie \u2013 this decision really knocked the wind out of me for a few months and I struggled to find enthusiasm to be creative again,\u201d he concluded. \u201cWith some space though I think the experience has strengthened my resolve about what I\u2019d like to pursue next and how I\u2019d like to go about doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Animator Matt Braly says that Sony Pictures Animation scrapped his Thai-inspired animated movie after two years of development…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,139501,270,22436],"class_list":{"0":"post-291384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-matt-braly","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-sony-pictures-animation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}