If you've never heard of "The Little Prince," turn to the hipster near you who has a tattoo of a little blobby watercolor-looking dude with blonde hair standing on an alarmingly small planet. Alternately: Ask a child. They're down with "Le Petit Prince," as it's known in its mother language.
And, in Hollywood's language, it translates to cha-ching.
Now that we've established the key demographics, I suppose we could stand to actually say what it is: A children's book written and illustrated in 1943 by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The style of its art and the simple, poetic quality of its prose make it a favorite of young and old. Heck, in certain parts of Brooklyn, you can't throw a stick without hitting someone with a tattoo of a hat/boa constrictor digesting an elephant, as illustrated in the book.
Like so many beloved (and, also, reviled) things in Hollywood,...
And, in Hollywood's language, it translates to cha-ching.
Now that we've established the key demographics, I suppose we could stand to actually say what it is: A children's book written and illustrated in 1943 by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The style of its art and the simple, poetic quality of its prose make it a favorite of young and old. Heck, in certain parts of Brooklyn, you can't throw a stick without hitting someone with a tattoo of a hat/boa constrictor digesting an elephant, as illustrated in the book.
Like so many beloved (and, also, reviled) things in Hollywood,...
- 6/6/2013
- by Kase Wickman
- NextMovie
Despite the dominance of your Pixars, your DreamWorks Animations, your Blue Skies and your Sony Pictures Animations, there are still the indie animation producers managing to find space in the crowded marketplace to bring out smaller, interesting films. Onyx Films, for example, now has an all-star cast lined up for The Little Prince, with Jeff Bridges, James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Benicio del Toro and Paul Giamatti aboard.Original Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osborne is on board to direct the tale, which will adapt Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 book Le Petit Prince.The plot finds a pilot crashing in the Sahara desert and meeting a young boy who claims to be a prince fallen to Earth from an asteroid. He regales the flyer with tales of other asteroids, narrow-minded adults, a fox, a rose and more.Since its publication, the book has been adapted several times, with Paramount...
- 6/6/2013
- EmpireOnline
James Franco and Rachel McAdams are among the all-star cast for an animated version of The Little Prince.
Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro, Jeff Bridges and Paul Giamatti will also voice characters in the adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's novella, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Little Prince was originally published in France as Le Petit Prince in 1943.
The philosophical tale features a pilot stranded in the desert, where he encounters a young prince who has fallen from an asteroid.
Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osborne is attached to the Onyx Films project. Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam (Renaissance) will produce.
The Little Prince has been translated into over 250 world languages and dialects over the last 70 years.
It has been adapted for film, television and the stage on numerous occasions, and was said to be one of James Dean's favourite books.
Watch a clip from James Franco...
Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro, Jeff Bridges and Paul Giamatti will also voice characters in the adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's novella, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Little Prince was originally published in France as Le Petit Prince in 1943.
The philosophical tale features a pilot stranded in the desert, where he encounters a young prince who has fallen from an asteroid.
Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osborne is attached to the Onyx Films project. Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam (Renaissance) will produce.
The Little Prince has been translated into over 250 world languages and dialects over the last 70 years.
It has been adapted for film, television and the stage on numerous occasions, and was said to be one of James Dean's favourite books.
Watch a clip from James Franco...
- 6/6/2013
- Digital Spy
Book adaptations -- when they're done right -- are movie magic. You need only look to "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" for proof that smart producers make films with a built-in fan base, and many (if not most) of our favorite kids' movies got their start on the bookshelf.
We're probably not the target audience for "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer," starring Heather Graham and a sweet li'l moppet named Jordana Beatty. The book was released in 2000, when most of us here were a touch too old to be reading about third grade troublemakers.
But all good kids' books satisfy someone's sense of nostalgia -- your "Judy Moody" might be our "Willy Wonka." And no matter how many classics get the big screen treatment, some will always fall through the cracks. So here are nine books we can't believe we've never seen onscreen.
'A Wrinkle in Time'...
We're probably not the target audience for "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer," starring Heather Graham and a sweet li'l moppet named Jordana Beatty. The book was released in 2000, when most of us here were a touch too old to be reading about third grade troublemakers.
But all good kids' books satisfy someone's sense of nostalgia -- your "Judy Moody" might be our "Willy Wonka." And no matter how many classics get the big screen treatment, some will always fall through the cracks. So here are nine books we can't believe we've never seen onscreen.
'A Wrinkle in Time'...
- 6/8/2011
- by Brooke Tarnoff
- NextMovie
India-based animation studio Dq Entertainment (Dqe) enters into a co-production deal for the 3D CGI animated TV series The Little Prince, which is based on author/illustrator/aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery's book Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). Dqe is co-producing the series with Method Animation, and co-production partners France 3, Llptv (France), Wdr (Germany), Sony BMG and Rai (Italy). The series has production budget of some Us$23.5 million, and Dqe will receive direct co-production service cash of Us$9.3 million to produce special CGI animated work. Dqe will also hold additional worldwide backend rights to The Little Prince series.
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- 4/21/2009
- by gwen@cynopsis.com
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