The big-scale family adventure project hails from Aton Soumache, the French producer behind Mark Osborne’s 2015 animated feature "The Little Prince" and the "Miraculous" franchise.
\n\n“The Little Prince” is getting a new big-screen treatment with “The Imitation Game” director Morten Tyldum set to helm an ambitious live-action feature inspired by the life of French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
\n\nSimon Beaufoy, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Slumdog Millionaire,” is writing the script for the film which is being developed with Le Petit Prince Groupe, guardian of the Saint-Exupéry estate.
\n\nThe big-scale family adventure project hails from Aton Soumache, the well-known French producer behind Mark Osborne’s 2015 animated feature “The Little Prince.” The latter world premiered at Cannes and grossed close to $100 million worldwide, as well as won the César for best animated film and the BAFTA Children’s Award for best feature film.
\n\nThis new project will pull elements from French comic book artist and filmmaker Joann Sfar’s acclaimed graphic adaptation of “The Little Prince,” portraying the bond between the Little Prince and the Aviator.
\n\nThe film will blend Saint-Exupéry’s real-life story as a pioneering aviator and writer with the fantastical world of “The Little Prince.” Saint-Exupéry’s story will unfold in live…
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