--- title: 'Little Prince' Trailer Shows Children's Classic on the Big Screen description: A trailer of the hotly anticipated big screen debut of the children's book classic, 'The Little Prince' was released on YouTube Monday. canonical: https://time.com/3625355/little-prince-trailer/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-09T16:38:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:41:33.579Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch the First Trailer for 'The Little Prince' og:description: A trailer of the hotly anticipated big screen debut of the children's book classic, 'The Little Prince' was released on YouTube Monday. og:url: https://time.com/3625355/little-prince-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a581ddf4c17812c/69876dca5f570f4d1ab14172/le-petit-prince.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: le-petit-prince og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the First Trailer for 'The Little Prince' twitter:description: A trailer of the hotly anticipated big screen debut of the children's book classic, 'The Little Prince' was released on YouTube Monday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a581ddf4c17812c/69876dca5f570f4d1ab14172/le-petit-prince.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's a First Look at _The Little Prince_ Movie  by [Naina Bajekal / Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Naina Bajekal / Dan Kedmey Dec 9, 2014 4:38 PM UTC  Paramount  by [Naina Bajekal / Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Naina Bajekal / Dan Kedmey Dec 9, 2014 4:38 PM UTC A first look at the hotly anticipated big screen debut of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved children’s classic _The Little Prince_ was released on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8IEEuJzVaE) Monday. “Rediscover a timeless story like you’ve never seen it before,” reads the trailer text, written in French, since the English version has not yet been released to domestic audiences. An old man can be heard in voiceover saying, “I flew almost everywhere in the world, until something miraculous happened,” at which point the screen fades to familiar scenes from the book, animated in a style reminiscent of paper mache models. The film is directed by Mark Osborne, whose previous works include _Kung Fu Panda_. A star-studded cast, including James Franco, Benicio Del Toro, Rachel McAdams and Ricky Gervais, will lend their voice talents (in English) to the production. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3625355/little-prince-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3625355/little-prince-trailer/"},"headline":"Here's a First Look at The Little Prince Movie","datePublished":"2014-12-09T16:38:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:41:33.579Z","description":"A French version of the trailer was quietly released on YouTube Monday","url":"https://time.com/3625355/little-prince-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Trailer","Trailers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a581ddf4c17812c/69876dca5f570f4d1ab14172/le-petit-prince.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Naina Bajekal / Dan Kedmey"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a581ddf4c17812c/69876dca5f570f4d1ab14172/le-petit-prince.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"le-petit-prince","caption":"","creditText":"Paramount","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3625355/little-prince-trailer/","name":"Here's a First Look at The Little Prince Movie"}}]}] ```