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Salma Hayek’s ‘Prophet’ Draws Top Helmers

February 24, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

There’s been a lot of indie interest in the upcoming animated adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s best-selling book The Prophet. The intriguing pic, which is being produced by Salma Hayek and her Ventanarose shingle, is going forward with a screenplay by Roger Allers (The Lion King), who is also directing two [...]

‘Lion King’s’ Roger Allers Joins Animated ‘Prophet’

January 16, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Roger Allers, who co-directed Disney’s smash hit The Lion King and Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season, has signed on to an animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s poetry collection The Prophet. According to Deadline.com, Allers will oversee the creative end of the movie, which will feature chapters made by other animators. [...]

McManus to Run Canada’s NFB Animation Studio

July 6, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The National Film Board of Canada has named Roddy McManus as the new executive producer of its Oscar-winning English-language animation studio. McManus succeeds veteran animation producer David Verrall as head of the Montreal-based animation studio starting Aug. 8. McManus has been producing animation for the Canadian and international markets, in [...]

Salma Hayek Joins Effort to Animate Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’

March 8, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Award-winning actress Salma Hayek and her company Ventanarosa Productions are reportedly joining a project to make an animated feature based on the classic poetry collection, The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran. The project is being produced by Clark Peterson and Ron Senkowski, with Hayek’s producing partner Jose Tamez and co-financier Steve Hanson [...]