Feast your eyes on the first poster forthe upcoming adaptationof Antoine de Saint - Exupéry ’s classic children ’s taradiddle , Le Petit Prince .
The animated moving-picture show is being produced by Paramount , send by Mark Osborne ( who ’s curriculum vitae let in the first Kung Fu Panda film ) and voiced by an impressive cast that reportedly includes James Franco , Jeff Bridges , Rachel McAdams , Marion Cotillard , Benicio del Toro , Mackenzie Foy , Paul Giamatti and Albert Brooks .
Few children ’s books are as universally beloved as Le Petit Prince , so it ’ll be interesting to see what instruction the motion-picture show bring with respect to its aesthetic and overall tone . This could be all too easy to lie with up – so fingers and toes crossed , everybody , for a faithful adaptation .
And on the subject of Le Petit Prince : I recently learned that Saint - Exupéry ’s iconic French narrative was actually written and issue in New York . It ’s true!Via the Morgan Library and Museum , where , through April 27th , visitors can explore an exhibition featuring 25 of the original manuscript ’s pages , “ replete with crossed - out news , cigarette burns , and deep brown stains – and all forty - three of the earliest versions of drawings for the script ” :
… this French tale of an interstellar traveller who comes to Earth in lookup of friendly relationship and understanding was written and first published in New York City , during the two years the source spent here at the superlative of the Second World War .
As he prepared to allow for the metropolis to riposte the war effort as a reconnaissance mission pilot , Saint - Exupéry appeared at his Quaker Silvia Hamilton ’s threshold wear his military uniform . “ I ’d like to give you something splendid , ” he pronounce , “ but this is all I have . ” He tossed a rumpled paper dish onto her entryway table . Inside were the manuscript and drawings for The Little Prince , which the Morgan acquired from her in 1968 .
ViaBleeding Cool News . More info on the Morgan Library ’s Petit Prince exhibithere .
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