Originally Posted By mawnck This is ... amazing. Selma Hayek is putting together an animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet". She's signed Roger Allers (director of The Lion King) to supervise. And here's who he may be supervising: >>Other filmmakers who are signed or in discussions on the project include Tomm Moore (The Secret Of Kells), Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets Of Belleville), John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), Chris Landreth (Oscar-winning short Ryan), Nina Paley (Sita Sings The Blues), Bill Plympton (Guard Dog and Your Face) and Kunio Kato (Oscar-winning short Tsumiki No Ie).<< I'll be camping out at the theater myself ... <a href="http://m.deadline.com/2012/01/the-lion-kings-roger-allers-signs-on-for-salma-hayeks-the-prophet/" target="_blank">http://m.deadline.com/2012/01/...prophet/</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Amazing lineup. Could be brilliant, could suffer from 'too many cooks' syndrome.
Originally Posted By mawnck The book, as I understand it, is a collection of short works, so presumably they'd be divvying up segments to the various creatives involved ... IE Nina Paley won't need to referee any fistfights over content between Bill Plympton and Marjane Satrapi (although I'd almost pay to see that too). This looks like One Of Those Books You're Supposed To Have Read, so I'm going to drop by my local socialist government book sharing collective (IE library) to (literally) check it out. Stuff like this makes me feel like such a non-literate Philistine.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Oh, they even talk in your link about divvying it up. I'm not familiar with Landreth or Kato, but I know the others and though Sita and Persepolis were absolutely brilliant; thought Triplets (and the Illusionist) and Kells were excellent. And Plympton is Plympton - you sort of either dig him or you don't (I do.) Sometimes "too many cooks" even becomes a problem with an anthology (essentially) if there's a certain lack of cohesion and it just comes off "uneven." OTOH, it could be a series of brilliant shorts that show the many ways a classic work of literature can be interpreted. Hoping for the latter, obviously.
Originally Posted By leobloom Never heard of this poet or book. Can the animated version of The Waste Land be far behind?
