Andy Serkis' Animal Farm gets the green light from Netflix
- 6 years ago
Andy Serkis' adaptation of 'Animal Farm' has been given the green light by Netflix.
The 54-year-old actor has owned the rights to option the George Orwell novel since 2012, when he was trying to turn it into a TV show, and Netflix has now purchased the movie rights to the adaptation.
Speaking to Den of Geek, Andy said: “With 'Animal Farm'; we're going to use performance capture, we've got a great cast lined up, and we're just evolving the script. And boy, there couldn't be a better time to make 'Animal Farm!'"
Meanwhile, Andy revealed in May that was happy to take his time with self-directed film 'Mowgli', rather than race to compete with Disney's 'The Jungle Book', which was released in 2016.
The 54-year-old actor has owned the rights to option the George Orwell novel since 2012, when he was trying to turn it into a TV show, and Netflix has now purchased the movie rights to the adaptation.
Speaking to Den of Geek, Andy said: “With 'Animal Farm'; we're going to use performance capture, we've got a great cast lined up, and we're just evolving the script. And boy, there couldn't be a better time to make 'Animal Farm!'"
Meanwhile, Andy revealed in May that was happy to take his time with self-directed film 'Mowgli', rather than race to compete with Disney's 'The Jungle Book', which was released in 2016.