Here Be Monsters! adapted in The Boxtrolls

The children's fantasy novel written and illustrated by Alan Snow entitled HERE BE MONSTERS! has been adapted into a 3-D animated movie directed by Anthony Stacchi (co-director of the hit animated feature Open Season) and Graham Annable (story artist on Coraline and ParaNorman). The voice cast includes Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, Academy Award nominee Toni Collette, Elle Fanning (marking her fourth movie with Focus), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Game of Thrones), Emmy Award nominee Jared Harris (Mad Men), Simon Pegg (Star Trek), Nick Frost (of Focus’ upcoming The World’s End), Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd), and Tracy Morgan (30 Rock). It will be set for release on October 17th, 2014. [read more after the jump]

The Little Prince set to be an Animated Movie

The Little Prince, the classic French novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, is set to be made into an animated movie. Mark Osborne, who directed Kung Fu Panda, is helming the project, which is being produced by Onyx Films’ Aton Soumache (who also produced the stylish 2006 animated film Renaissance0 and Dimitri Rassam. James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro, and Paul Giamatti have all signed on to lend their voices to the movie. Production and target release dates are yet to be announced. [read more about The Little Prince after the jump]