The first footage has been released from Andy Serkis’ long-in-the-works new film adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” which is premiering this Monday at the Annecy Animation Festival.
The clip shows Seth Rogen’s Napoleon, Gaten Matarazzo’s Lucky and Kieran Culkin’s Squealer as the trio of pigs have a talk post-animal rebellion.
In the film, a group of farm animals rebel and kick their neglectful farmer off the land, life is good and the dream of a free, equitable future is within sight.
But power struggles among some of literature’s most infamous characters ensue, and the realities of living in a world designed for mankind complicate and corrupt the satirical and allegorical, Animal Farm.
Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Steve Buscemi, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner, Iman Vellani, and Serkis himself all lend their voices to the project.
While it may have the look of a kids film, the adaptation doesn’t shy away from the novella’s political themes and dark edge.
Adam Nagle, Dave Rosenbaum, Jonathan Cavendish and Serkis produce
