A murder mystery unfolds in Viva’s animated feature Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow, opening in theaters this October.
With shades of Murder on the Orient Express, the animated mystery features the voice of Ronny Chieng (M3gan, Crazy Rich Asians) as the titular inspector. The film follows a spider detective who boards a seaplane to San Francisco when a murder on his flight draws him into a plot that threatens both the human and bug worlds.
The cast also includes Andrea Villaverde as Janey, Catherina Martinez as Arabella, Txema Moscoso as Sr. Escarabeo, Fernando Cabrera as Skeleton, Pedro Tena as Langosta, Ana Jiménez as Reina, and Vicente Gil voices Bugsy.
The PG-rated film was directed by Julio Soto Gúrpide (Deep) from a screenplay by Rocco Pucillo, who won the 2013 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for the script.
Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow is currently screening at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The mystery unfolds in theaters on October 13, 2023.
