October 17, 2017
Actress Angelina Jolie is on board for a new Disney movie
titled "The One and Only Ivan".
Jolie, 42, has lent her voice to a key
character named Stella in the upcoming adaptation of Katherine Applegate's
eponymous children's book, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The actress is
also co-producing the project, which will be directed by Thea Sharrock and has
Mike White as its script writer.
The book is going to be adapted into a
live-action hybrid movie.
The plot follows a silverback gorilla named
Ivan who lives in a cage in a shopping mall along with an elephant named Stella
and a stray dog called Bob. Ivan does not remember life before the mall, but
when a baby elephant named Stella enters and Ivan finds himself taking care of
her, he begins to rediscover his previous life and makes a plan to take the baby
elephant away from their abusive owner.
The novel won the Newberry Medal
in 2013. Illustrated by Patricia Castelao and published by HarperCollins in
2011, the book is based on a true story about a gorilla named Ivan, who spent 27
years in a Washington shopping centre before being transferred to a zoo in
Atlanta.
Jolie has earlier voiced "Shark Tale" and "Kung Fu Panda"
series. She is also expected to return for Disney's "Maleficent 2".
Actress Angelina Jolie is on board for a new Disney movie
titled "The One and Only Ivan".
Jolie, 42, has lent her voice to a key
character named Stella in the upcoming adaptation of Katherine Applegate's
eponymous children's book, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The actress is
also co-producing the project, which will be directed by Thea Sharrock and has
Mike White as its script writer.
The book is going to be adapted into a
live-action hybrid movie.
The plot follows a silverback gorilla named
Ivan who lives in a cage in a shopping mall along with an elephant named Stella
and a stray dog called Bob. Ivan does not remember life before the mall, but
when a baby elephant named Stella enters and Ivan finds himself taking care of
her, he begins to rediscover his previous life and makes a plan to take the baby
elephant away from their abusive owner.
The novel won the Newberry Medal
in 2013. Illustrated by Patricia Castelao and published by HarperCollins in
2011, the book is based on a true story about a gorilla named Ivan, who spent 27
years in a Washington shopping centre before being transferred to a zoo in
Atlanta.
Jolie has earlier voiced "Shark Tale" and "Kung Fu Panda"
series. She is also expected to return for Disney's "Maleficent 2".