'Animal Farm': Andy Serkis-directed adaptation of George Orwell's allegory acquired by Netflix
Netflix continues its drive for original content with the addition of 'Animal Farm' to its evergrowing library.
Netflix only recently acquired the distribution rights to Andy Serkis' 'Mowgli,' a mature adaptation of 'The Jungle Book,' but is doubling down on their faith in the 'Planet of the Apes' star by acquiring the rights to the actor's adaptation of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.'
According to Deadline, Serkis will be directing it as a performance-capture film. 6th & Idaho’s Matt Reeves, Rafi Crohn, and Adam Kassan will produce with The Imaginarium’s Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish. Both Serkis and Cavendish have reportedly wanted to adapt the book into a film for years, with the project also reuniting Serkis with Reeves, with whom he worked for 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' and 'War for the Planet of the Apes.'