MUMBAI: Hollwood beau Salma Hayek‘s animated project is all geared to set ablaze the box office with a multi-star cast including Liam Neeson, John Krasinski, Frank Langella, Alfred Molina and Quvenzhané Wallis apart from herself.
The animated adaption of Khalil Gibran‘s The Prophet, will be helmed by Roger Allers, who has previously directed Disney‘s evergreen classic The Lion King and Open Season. Allers has also helmed the writing and storyboard of such films as Aladdin, Beauty And The Beast, andThe Little Mermaid.
The film is being produced by Hayek, Clark Peterson, and Ron Senkowski while Participant Media and Doha Film Institute are financing the project as executive producers.
Khalil Gibran‘s The Prophet, which will influence the story, is an iconic book that is one of the biggest sellers in history with over 100 million copies in over 40 languages since it was first published by Alfred Knopf in 1923.
Allers is directing the most of the movie in a narrative format, while individual chapters based on Gibran‘s poems are being helmed by animation directors from around the world, including Tomm Moore (The Secret Of Kells), Joan Gratz (Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase), Bill Plympton (Guard Dog And Your Face), Nina Paley (Sita Sings The Blues), Joann Sfar (The Rabbi‘s Cat), Paul and Gaetan Brizzi (Fantasia 2000), Michal Socha (Chick) and Mohammed Harib (Freej).
The Prophet is slated to be completed and go on floors by spring 2014.
