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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. [...]

GKIDS Dances With ‘Chico and Rita’

September 29, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

New York-based indie distributor GKIDS has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Fernadno Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s acclaimed 2D animated feature Chico & Rita. The film made its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival, was an official selection at Toronto International Film Festival, and has been released to wide acclaim [...]

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 [...]