Andy Serkis corrals his star-studded Animal Farm voice cast
Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, and Kathleen Turner are heading to Andy Serkis' animated Animal Farm.
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Though it seems like George Orwell’s 1984 gets all the press, what with the whole backsliding democracy thing, Andy Serkis is mining a different Orwellian classic for his next movie. Serkis is tackling Animal Farm, Orwell’s 1945 novella that allegorized the Russian Revolution, for an animated movie that will probably feature Serkis’ motion capture skills in all their glory. Written by Kool-Aid scribe Nick Stoller, Animal Farm has enlisted the talents of Seth Rogen as Joseph Stalin stand-in and lead pig, Napoleon, per Variety. As for the rest of the farm, it will be populated by the vocal stylings of Steve Buscemi, Gaten Matarazzo, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Iman Vellani, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, and Kathleen Turner. Serkis will also be voicing a character, as is his wont.