In a first, RADiUS has provided figures for an ultra-VOD release ahead of its theatrical bow. RADiUS said Chris Evans' Before We Go had a robust launch on-demand since becoming available July 21, grossing over $1.13M in just under three weeks. Back on the theatrical side, newcomers had mixed results. Sony Classics did…

GKIDS said today it will release Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet on August 7 in Los Angeles and New York before expanding it wide the following week. The animated pic based on the 1923 bestseller was spearheaded by Salma Hayek and features a narrative story written and directed by Roger Allers (The Lion King), with…

After debuting at Cannes and playing  at the Toronto Film Festival last year, the animated feature version of one of the bestselling books of all time is coming to more big screens this summer. Distributor GKIDS has acquired North American rights to Khalil Gibran's The Prophet, the passion project of Salma…

The Doha Film Institute unveiled today its lineup for the 2nd annual Ajyal Film Festival. The fest, which unspools December 1-6, will host 90 films from 43 countries including the Middle East premiere of Salma Hayek-produced Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet, directed by Roger Allers (The Lion King). The animated film…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Nick Wechsler has acquired The Prophet, the upcoming Michael Koryta novel that will be published in August by Little, Brown and Company. Wechsler hasn’t yet set it up for financing, but he has already attached Reid Carolin to adapt it. Carolin wrote the script for Magic Mike, the upcoming Steven…

Participant Media and Doha Film Institute have signed on along with MyGroup Lebanon, FFA Private Bank, JRW Entertainment and Code Red Productions for animated project The Prophet, which Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions will produce. Deadline first reported on the project last March. The Prophet is based on the…

The Lion King director Roger Allers has signed on to adapt and direct The Prophet, an animated film Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions will produce with Clark Peterson and Ron Senkowski. Pepe Tamez and Steve Hanson are executive producing. The feature is based on the classic book by Khalil Gibran, which has sold…