Animal Farm (2025 film)

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Animal Farm
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Directed by Andy Serkis
Screenplay by Nicholas Stoller
Story by
Based on Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Produced by
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Release date
  • 2025 (2025)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Animal Farm is an upcoming British animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced and directed by Andy Serkis, with a script written by Nicholas Stoller from a previous draft that was co-written by Rupert Wyatt and Serkis. Based on the novella of the same name by George Orwell, the adaptation is currently in production. It will be the novel's third film adaptation, following the 1954 animated film and the 1999 live action film.

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Production

In July 2011, a feature film adaptation of George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm was announced to be in development, with Rupert Wyatt serving as director. Wyatt and Andy Serkis, who had worked together on Rise of the Planet of the Apes , were slated to serve as co-screenwriters. [1] By October 2012, Serkis was announced to have taken over directorial duties, with the project being developed as a HFR-3D film. [2] In August 2018, Netflix purchased distribution rights to the film. [3] [4] [5] After numerous delays, Serkis once again began pre-production on the project, after completing his directing duties for Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). [6]

By April 2022, it was announced that production had commenced as an animated film at Cinesite Studios, with a screenplay written by Nicholas Stoller. Serkis also served as producer, alongside Adam Nagle, Dave Rosenbaum, and Jonathan Cavendish with both Stoller and Wyatt set to serve as executive producers. The project is a joint-venture production between Cinesite Studios, Aniventure, and the Imaginarium Productions, with Netflix dropping the distribution rights. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In March 2023, during an interview with Screen Rant , he stated that one year of production had passed while another year was left for the film. [12]

Release

Animal Farm is scheduled to be theatrically released in 2025. [13]

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