GKIDS to Release 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet' — hollywoodreporter.com

GKIDS, the animation distributor, has acquired North American rights to Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, the animated featured produced by Salma Hayek-Pinault that is based on the well-known book by Kahlil Gibran. The film, which was introduced at Cannes and made its North American premiere in Toronto, will be released this summer. The film features a narrative story written and directed by Roger Allers with individual sections based on Gibran’s poems that were designed and directed by animation directors from around the world, including Tomm Moore (an Oscar nominee this year for Song of the Sea), Joan Gratz,  Bill Plympton, Nina Paley, Joann Sfar, Paul and Gaetan Brizzi, Michal Socha and Mohammed Harib.

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