Crunchyroll to stream The Wolf, French animated film from Snowpiercer's creator

Crunchyroll will stream The Wolf, an animated French thriller based on Jean-Marc Rochette’s 2019 comic. Rochette is best known for Snowpiercer, the 1982 post-apocalyptic tale that Bong Joon Ho adapted for his first English-language film and that later inspired a 2020 TNT adaptation.

The Wolf is co-written and directed by Benjamin Massoubre and Fursy Tessier, who previously collaborated on the horror film I Lost My Body. The story follows Gaspard, a shepherd living alone in the Alps who is haunted by the loss of his son. When a wandering wolf threatens his flock, he sets out on a quest for vengeance and is forced to confront his own guilt and pain.

Both The Wolf and I Lost My Body are animated by French studio Xilam Films. For The Wolf the studio combines traditional drawing techniques and 3D animation to produce a live-action look. Signing on to distribute a French film signals Crunchyroll’s aim to build on its anime catalogue by adding animation from around the globe.

France, Alps

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