Sony Pictures Animation to Produce "The Star" with The Jim Henson Company

"The Star" is the working title for Sony Pictures Animation upcoming Nativity film which is scheduled for a December 8, 2017 theatrical release. 

The computer-animated feature is directed by Oscar nominee Timothy Reckart (Head Over Heels); executive produced by DeVon Franklin, Lisa Henson, and Brian Henson; co-produced by Jenni Magee Cook; and written by Carlos Kotkin and Simon Moore. 

In The Star, a small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas. Sony Pictures Animation produces in association with The Jim Henson Company.