New Featurette for THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Talks About Bringing the Book to Life
The One and Only Ivan released today on Disney+ and we’ve got a new featurette for it called “Book to Screen.” As you might imagine, this features the director Thea Sharrock and star Angelina Jolie talking about their love for the book by Katherine Applegate, who also talks about the movie.
An adaptation of the award-winning book about one very special gorilla, Disney’s “The One and Only Ivan” is an unforgettable tale about the beauty of friendship, the power of visualization and the significance of the place one calls home. Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be. The heartwarming adventure, which comes to the screen in an impressive hybrid of live-action and CGI, is based on Katherine Applegate’s bestselling book, which won numerous awards upon its publication in 2013, including the Newbery Medal.
The One and Only Ivan is available on Disney+ now and stars Jolie, Sam Rockwell, Danny DeVito, Helen Mirren, Brooklynn Prince, Ramon Rodriquez, Ariana Greenblatt, Chaka Khan, Mike White, Ron Funches, Phillipa Soo, and Bryan Cranston.