Netflix unveils a new The Little Prince Trailer Netflix has brought online a new The Little Prince trailer for the 3D-animated version of the classic children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Check it out below! The Little Prince, first published in 1943, continues to sell more than two million copies every year. The book, which also features illustrations by the author, tells the story of a pilot who crashes in the Sahara desert (as de Saint-Exupéry was and did in real life) and who meets a young Prince, who lives on an asteroid called B-612.