Andy Serkis may team up with Rupert Wyatt for a motion-capture Animal Farm adaptation
Both Andy Serkis and Rupert Wyatt discussed using motion-capture techniques to put a new spin on Animal Farm, which was adapted twice before. The 1954 Animal Farm was an animated version, while the Jim Henson Company produced Animal Farm as a TV movie in 1999. The story centers on a group of animals who rise up against their human owners, only to find their system of "equality" to slant more and more towards a totalitarian system.
This new version is likely still quite a ways off, since there doesn't seem to be a screenwriter attached, and this potential project will also likely hinge on how well Rise of the Planet of the Apes does at the box office next month.
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moviegeek
I really really like the sound of this.
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Diaigma
I'm down with this, 100%.
Further exposure into how Socialism/Communism doesn't work, the better :P
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skywise
Animal Farm was my least favorite of the Orwell books. I found it rather heavy handed and not to subtle. But if they can do the movie right with mo cap and Serkis....i would be wiling to...
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watch the trailer.
11 months agoby @skywiseFlag
Major Tom
Awesome! I love Animal Farm, and I think Serkis would be a great choice to play someone in it. I don't know about Rupert Wyatt though. What else has he done?
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