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I actually first saw director Mark Osborne’s animated feature adaptation of Antoine de Saint Exupery’s 1943 children’s book Le Petit Prince when it had a splashy premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Since then, The Little Prince has played around the world and made more than $100 million to date, but only now is…

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company says it had a $35 million-plus deal for an animated movie based on the Playmobil toys, and today the company went to court to make sure that agreement is enforced or some hefty damages are paid out — even though Open Road now has picked up the pic. “The Producer Defendants materially…

The Little Prince is gearing up for its stateside debut. Netflix announced today the animated film will be released in select theaters and streaming on Netflix in the U.S. on August 5. Netflix picked up the pic in March after Paramount Pictures unexpectedly dropped the film from its schedule only days before its…

Paramount has announced two release date changes. Richard Linklater’s ensemble comedy Everybody Wants Some, the spiritual sequel to his earlier Dazed And Confused that opened the South By Southwest film festival last week, is now hitting theaters two days earlier, moving its limited release to March 30 from April 1…

SVOD giant Netflix has picked up animated pic The Little Prince for domestic after Paramount Pictures unexpectedly dropped the film from its schedule only days before its planned theatrical release. The move at least assures U.S. auds will get to see the animated adaptation of Antoine Saint-Exupery’s classic, even if…

The animated film The Little Prince, which has performed well overseas and was a record-breaker in France where it won the Best Animated Film prize at the Cesar Awards, will not bow next Friday in the U.S. via Paramount as had been the plan. Director Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda) took to Twitter today to break the news…

The lineup for the 2016 Santa Barbara Film Festival has been unveiled. The 31st edition runs February 3-13 and showcases 52 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres from over 60 countries. Among the U.S. bows: Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups, which has been set as the festival’s Centerpiece Film on February 7 at the…

The Santa Barbara Film Festival will open with the U.S. premiere of Paramount Pictures' The Little Prince at the Arlington Theatre on February 3. Directed by Mark Osborne and featuring the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, James Franco, Mackenzie Foy and Benicio Del Toro, The Little Prin…

Jeff Lebowski notwithstanding, here’s the role that Jeff Bridges was born to voice. He’s the Aviator in The Little Prince, Paramount’s adaptation of the classic French story. As per usual with Tinseltown toons these days, there’s a tremendous voice cast; joining Le Dude are Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard…

Paramount Animation unveiled release dates for several of the studio's films including a new release date for its long-in-the-works Monster Trucks, The Little Prince and SpongeBob SquarePants 3. The dates carry studio’s slate through March 2019. Monster Trucks, the live-action/CG hybrid that is hauling a $125M price…

Benicio Del Toro has Cannes in his blood. For 20 years the actor has been coming to the Côte d’Azur with his movies, and he tells me he’s grown up through the festival. He’s here this year premiering three movies – A Perfect Day, The Little Prince and Sicario. I sat down with him yesterday to walk me through the first…

Kung Fu Panda-helmer Mark Osborne’s animated The Little Prince has a Special Screening berth in Cannes next month, the second time he’s had a movie open out of competition at the festival. The adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic and timeless novella comes with a twist: It’s framed by the story of a young…