Ahead of its premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, a first-look clip has arrived online from Andy Serkis’ upcoming animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel Animal Farm which sees pigs Napoleon (Seth Rogen), Lucky (Gaten Matarazzo) and Squealer (Kieran Culkin) discussing the animal revolution and their place in the rebellion; watch it […]
Ten Essential Films of the 1950s
It’s time to look at ten essential films of the 1950s… Quentin Tarantino has never been shy about expressing his opinions on cinema. He once claimed that the two weakest decades in cinema were the 50s and 80s. Sure, Tarantino directed Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but I’m still going to disagree. The 80s were […]
Andy Serkis to direct animated adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Andy Serkis is set to direct an animated adaptation of George Orwell’s 1945 novella Animal Farm for Aniventure and his company The Imaginarium. Production is now underway at Cinesite and will see Serkis directing from a screenplay written by Nick Stoller (Storks, Captain Underpants), who will also produce the film alongside Adam Nagle (Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank), […]
Andy Serkis to direct George Orwell’s Animal Farm for Netflix
Just days after acquiring the distribution rights to his Jungle Book adaptation Mowgli, Netflix has announced that it will be teaming up with Andy Serkis once again, this time to bring George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm to life. Deadline reports that Serkis will direct the film, as well as producing with his Dawn of the […]
