Animal Farm
Now more than ever, George Orwell’s masterpiece, Animal Farm, has never been more relevant. The film, which premiered at Annecy in June, was produced by Aniventure and Serkis’ Imaginarium, and is based on Orwell’s 1945 political fable about the Russian revolution and its betrayal by Joseph Stalin. Produced by Adam Nagle, Dave Rosenbaum and Jonathan Cavendish, the movie’s screenplay is by Nicholas Stoller.
The cast includes Seth Rogan as Napoleon; Gaten Matarazzo as Lucky, a young piglet torn between competing ideologies; Steve Buscemi as human bank employee Mr. Whymper; Glenn Close as scheming neighbor Freida Pilkington; Laverne Cox as Snowball (a sow in this adaptation); Kieren Culkin as Squealer; Woody Harrelson as Boxer the horse; Jim Parsons as Carl the sheep (and flock); Kathleen Turner as Benjamin the donkey; and Iman Vellani as piglets Puff and Tammy. Serkis voices Mr. Jones and Randolph the Rooster.
- Director: Andy Serkis
- Release date: May 1st, 2026
- Production Companies: Aniventure, The Imaginarium