Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince director Mark Osborne talked about his respect for Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, his creative processes and the impact Netflix has had on global audiences for animation in a masterclass at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa on Tuesday.
Osborne is currently working on an animated feature, Escape From Hat, for Netflix Animation, which reteams him with BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated animation producer Jinko Gotoh (Klaus), his executive producer on The Little Prince.
A French-us production, which uses a combination of stop motion and computer animation, The Little Prince is an adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s iconic children’s book, which has sold 140 million copies worldwide. Osborne said he took some persuading to adapt the book due to a deep personal connection – his future wife gave him a copy when they were still both students – but he started thinking about...
Osborne is currently working on an animated feature, Escape From Hat, for Netflix Animation, which reteams him with BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated animation producer Jinko Gotoh (Klaus), his executive producer on The Little Prince.
A French-us production, which uses a combination of stop motion and computer animation, The Little Prince is an adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s iconic children’s book, which has sold 140 million copies worldwide. Osborne said he took some persuading to adapt the book due to a deep personal connection – his future wife gave him a copy when they were still both students – but he started thinking about...
- 11/22/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
This year's Emmy season has come and gone, and amongst the historic wins for Sheryl Lee Ralph, Quinta Brunson, and Lee Jung-jae, Netflix also took home the statue for Best Animated Program for the very first time. The streaming giant has been nominated in the past for "Big Mouth" and "BoJack Horseman," but it was "Arcane" that finally brought home the gold, and made Netflix the first streamer to ever take home the award.
This year's category was absolutely stacked, with "Arcane" besting the already Emmy award-winning series "The Simpsons," "Bob's Burgers," and "Rick and Morty," as well as the Chadwick Boseman-voiced episode of "What If...?" for Disney+. "Arcane" co-creator Christian Linke accepted the award during the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, delivering a speech honoring the video game world that inspired the series:
"Thank you for this. It's a big deal for us as we come from video games.
This year's category was absolutely stacked, with "Arcane" besting the already Emmy award-winning series "The Simpsons," "Bob's Burgers," and "Rick and Morty," as well as the Chadwick Boseman-voiced episode of "What If...?" for Disney+. "Arcane" co-creator Christian Linke accepted the award during the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, delivering a speech honoring the video game world that inspired the series:
"Thank you for this. It's a big deal for us as we come from video games.
- 9/14/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
It's a day that ends in -y in 2022, which means it's a day that brings more breaking news from Netflix headquarters. The streaming giant has just scrapped four animation projects that had already been in development, three of which had been publicly announced (per Variety). This news comes just hours after reports emerged that around 150 staffers have been impacted by a new round of layoffs at Netflix.
The discarded projects include a film adaptation of the Adam Kline book "With Kind Regards from Kindergarten," Ava DuVernay's take on Tui Sutherland's "Wings of Fire" fantasy series, and two projects...
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The discarded projects include a film adaptation of the Adam Kline book "With Kind Regards from Kindergarten," Ava DuVernay's take on Tui Sutherland's "Wings of Fire" fantasy series, and two projects...
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- 5/17/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Netflix is moving ahead with Escape From Hat, an animated feature from two-time Oscar-nominated director Mark Osborne, who directed The Little Prince and co-directed Kung Fu Panda. Production will start this month in New York for a scheduled release in 2022.
Osborne will direct and produce with Jinko Gotoh. They previously worked on The Little Prince, a film Netflix acquired from Paramount in March 2016. Gotoh also serves as a producer on the 2019 Netflix animated feature film Klaus, from director Sergio Pablos. Adam Kline and Osborne will write and adapt Escape From Hat off a middle-grade novel by Kline that’s being published by HarperCollins in winter 2020. Kline’s screenplay credits include Artemis Fowl.
Escape From Hat is a fairy tale where black cats are bad and magic rabbits are good, and balance is threatened when one such rabbit is cast into a mysterious realm of danger and shadow. He rallies an...
Osborne will direct and produce with Jinko Gotoh. They previously worked on The Little Prince, a film Netflix acquired from Paramount in March 2016. Gotoh also serves as a producer on the 2019 Netflix animated feature film Klaus, from director Sergio Pablos. Adam Kline and Osborne will write and adapt Escape From Hat off a middle-grade novel by Kline that’s being published by HarperCollins in winter 2020. Kline’s screenplay credits include Artemis Fowl.
Escape From Hat is a fairy tale where black cats are bad and magic rabbits are good, and balance is threatened when one such rabbit is cast into a mysterious realm of danger and shadow. He rallies an...
- 11/16/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix will produce “Escape From Hat,” an upcoming animated feature film from “Kung Fu Panda” director Mark Osborne. The announcement is part of a larger drive by the streaming service to become a major player in family entertainment. Netflix has recently unveiled a bold slate of films and shows aimed at kids and parents from the likes of Nora Twomey (“The Secret of Kells”), Jorge Gutierrez (“The Book of Life”), and Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water”).
“Escape From Hat” is set in a fairy tale world. Here, black cats are bad and magic rabbits are good. This fragile balance is threatened when one rabbit is cast into a mysterious realm of danger and shadow as part of a magic trick gone wrong. Now, he must find a way to escape from a magician’s hat, hence the title. “Escape From Hat” boasts a screenplay by Osborne and...
“Escape From Hat” is set in a fairy tale world. Here, black cats are bad and magic rabbits are good. This fragile balance is threatened when one rabbit is cast into a mysterious realm of danger and shadow as part of a magic trick gone wrong. Now, he must find a way to escape from a magician’s hat, hence the title. “Escape From Hat” boasts a screenplay by Osborne and...
- 11/16/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominee Mark Osborne, who directed Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince, is directing Escape From Hat, a new animated feature film for Netflix, the streaming service announced today. Adam Kline (Artemis Fowl, The Clockwork War) is writing the project, which begins production this month in New York and which is based on Kline’s own middle-grade novel of the same name, which HarperCollins will publish in winter 2020. The film is slated for 2022.
Escape from Hat is set in a fairy tale world full of bad black cats and magic rabbits. Osborne also will produce with Jinko Gotoh —...
Escape from Hat is set in a fairy tale world full of bad black cats and magic rabbits. Osborne also will produce with Jinko Gotoh —...
- 11/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Oscar nominee Mark Osborne, who directed Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince, is directing Escape From Hat, a new animated feature film for Netflix, the streaming service announced today. Adam Kline (Artemis Fowl, The Clockwork War) is writing the project, which begins production this month in New York and which is based on Kline’s own middle-grade novel of the same name which HarperCollins will publish in winter, 2020. The film is slated for 2022.
Escape from Hat is set in a fairy tale world full of bad black cats and magic rabbits. Osborne also will produce with Jinko Gotoh —...
Escape from Hat is set in a fairy tale world full of bad black cats and magic rabbits. Osborne also will produce with Jinko Gotoh —...
- 11/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: They're already working together on a Bone screenplay for Warner Bros and now Mark Osborne and Adam Kline have two new projects in the hopper with 20th Century Fox Animation. The Little Prince director and the Artemis Fowl scribe have sealed deals with the studio to develop films based on Kline's books Escape From Hat and With Kind Regards From Kindergarten. The former now has Osborne attached to direct and produce for Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios with the Ku…...
- 4/27/2017
- Deadline
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