Paramount Pictures will no longer handle the U.S. release of “The Little Prince,” according to Mark Osborne, the animated film’s director.
The film had been set for a March 18 release date.
Osborne took to Twitter to announce the news, which was not confirmed by Paramount.
“Many thanks to everyone for the outpouring of love and support in these strange times,” he wrote in a series of Tweets today. “As it turns out, the much anticipated U.S. release of this special and unique film will have to be anticipated just a little bit more. … All I can say is #thelittleprince will in fact be released by another distributor later this year. … Until then, head to Canada! The film opens there in wide release this weekend!”
The film will be released by Entertainment One in Canada.
The film, based on the 1943 classic by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2015. The voice cast for the stop-motion film includes Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard, James Franco and Benicio del Toro.
Paramount has not yet responded to TheWrap’s request for comment.
See the tweets below.
1/3 Many thanks to everyone for the outpouring of love and support in these strange times.
— Mark Osborne (@happyproduct) March 12, 2016
2/3 – As it turns out, the much anticipated U.S. release of this special and unique film will have to be anticipated just a little bit more.
— Mark Osborne (@happyproduct) March 12, 2016
3/3 – All I can say is #thelittleprince will in fact be released by another distributor later this year.
— Mark Osborne (@happyproduct) March 12, 2016
4/4 – Until then, head to Canada! The film opens there in wide release this weekend!
— Mark Osborne (@happyproduct) March 12, 2016