After being released in 50 countries across the globe to critical acclaim and $100 million at the box office, an animated adaptation of The Little Prince finally has a U.S. release date.
Netflix, which picked up the film after Paramount dropped it one week before it was slated to premiere in theaters, will begin streaming The Little Prince on Aug. 5 — which is when it will also arrive in theaters, according to Entertainment Weekly. Ahead of the release, Netflix has created a brand new trailer for the film, which you can check out below.
The Little Prince combines both CGI and stop-motion animation, and features the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, and Ricky Gervais. It tells the story of a little girl living in a grown-up world, whose eccentric neighbor introduces her to the extraordinary world of The Little Prince.
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“I really saw the movie as an opportunity to pay tribute to the power of the book,” director Mark Osborne — of Kung Fu Panda fame — told EW. “Not just adapt the book word for word, but a chance to adapt what the book means to people, and how it affects their lives.” He also noted the film’s “uncommon” release pattern.
In addition to The Little Prince, Netflix has several other high-profile movies slated to debut this summer, including its second film with Adam Sandler, The Do Over, as well as several indie flicks it picked up at Sundance, including The Fundamentals of Caring and Tallulah. In September, the streaming service will become the exclusive home to all Disney films within the same window that they would normally air on pay TV networks like HBO, Showtime, and Starz.
