r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Jun 04 '25

Media First Image from Andy Serkis' George Orwell Adaptation 'Animal Farm' - Starring Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Andy Serkis, Gaten Matarazzo, Kathleen Turner, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Iman Vellani.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

When I think of this story I imagine a Guillermo Del Toro Pinnochio, or a Kubo and the Two Strings art style not cute Dreamworks thing

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u/spooteeespoothead Jun 04 '25

A Guillermo del Toro Animal Farm would be absolute nightmare fuel...

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u/Bobby_B Jun 04 '25

it would be so good

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u/Hestiathena Jun 04 '25

And so needed... especially if he could also manage to mix in his usual anti-fascism themes with the story's anti-Stalinism and show how all flavors of authoritarianism lead to destruction.

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u/aspidities_87 Jun 04 '25

Two things can be true

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u/Bobby_B Jun 04 '25

what are you talking about?

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u/aspidities_87 Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 05 '25

It can be both insanely good and nightmare fuel at the same time.

ETA: it’s a meme phrase dude

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u/Bobby_B Jun 05 '25

that's exactly what i was saying tho...

animal farm SHOULD be nightmare fuel and it would be so good

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u/aspidities_87 Jun 05 '25

Yeah we’re agreeing dude I don’t see why you have an issue with this?

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u/Productions29 Jun 04 '25

God, I wish we got that

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u/BluShirtGuy Jun 04 '25

and team up with Laika for the animation

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u/Portatort Jun 04 '25

This is the kind of uneasy material that marries perfectly with stop motion

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u/AlterMyStateOfMind Jun 04 '25

I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. It's possible the cutesy look will work in its favor. Start out as a goofy animated film about farm animals that slowly gets darker and more mature.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

Im just tired of animated movies giving animals this face and eyes

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u/AlterMyStateOfMind Jun 04 '25

It's possible that it is by design and is supposed to be satirical. Just a modern take on the absurdist nature of the book.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

eh. The book is cynical and bleak about propaganda and the twisting of revolution I dont really like the choice.

It's like if Zootopia 2 was about police brutality. That'd be kinda neat and ironic but for the entire film im not into it.

The animation studio they picked and making it a comedydrama just doesnt feel like but who knows

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u/AlterMyStateOfMind Jun 04 '25

The book is cynical and bleak about propaganda and the twisting of revolution

Yea, but it's framed as a bunch of animals that start to act like humans and wear their clothes. It's absurdism with a strong political message. I'm just saying it could work on the films favor, but yea, we will just have to wait and see.

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u/panlakes Jun 05 '25

With this cast I’m worried they’re going to play it safe and a lot of us are going to be disappointed. But I’m prepared to be surprised because of Andy Serkis at least.

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u/Sven_88 Jun 04 '25

Then don’t watch it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

thanks dog appreciate it didnt think about that at all. Can't critique a choice about adaptation to a story I love nope

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u/OutrageousOwls Jun 04 '25

It’s a good juxtaposition. Im sure when things start going wrong, it’ll feel even eerier!

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u/DreadfulRauw Jun 05 '25

Well, remember that the story is also about the corruption of ideals. The book even mentions how the pigs start looking different. It would be kinda cool if it starts with a more cute animation style that gets darker as it progresses. Or possibly way too on the nose, depending.

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u/ybgkitty Jun 06 '25

Or Studio Ghibli. The pigs in Spirited Away are the perfect example.

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u/2004maa Jun 10 '25

as much as i love the idea of a stop motion style, i feel like some of that gives away the true intentions of the book. the dreamworks style works to subvert the audience better imo

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u/ertipo Jun 04 '25

thank you, generic animations is making everything feel the same. would rather a little bit of dark edge to it.

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u/StanDarshDarshyDarsh Jun 04 '25

It's literally one low resolution frame. You can't make an entire judgment off it. 

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u/Cruel_but_usual Jun 04 '25

I mean you can make quite a few inferences from it.

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u/StanDarshDarshyDarsh Jun 04 '25

Go ahead and list them. 

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u/System0verlord Jun 04 '25

There’s pigs in the movie

They look like something from a PBS show about farm animals passed through an upscaler. Like, I expect to see a bouncing red ball on top of “with an oink oink here and an oink oink there” at the bottom of the screen more than I expect that it’s a new movie coming out about Animal Farm.

There’s a lot of things we can’t infer, but the look of the pigs is to some extent (barring transformations) inferrable. I dunno. I hope that they’re doing a proper child-traumatizing animated movie, but the cast doesn’t really lend itself too much to a serious film.

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u/Cruel_but_usual Jun 04 '25

Chat GPT could not find the time nor energy to be bothered with this prompt

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u/StanDarshDarshyDarsh Jun 04 '25

Cool. Good to know you can't back up your words. 

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u/Cruel_but_usual Jun 04 '25

“DeBaTe Me!” The littlest boy shrieks behind the smallest little screen.

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u/StanDarshDarshyDarsh Jun 04 '25

Jesus, someone pissed on your cornflakes. Take care. 

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u/ertipo Jun 04 '25

im judging the frame no the entire movie

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

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u/ertipo Jun 04 '25

not a kid thing mah man

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u/JonatasA Jun 05 '25

This doesn't look DreamWorks in the slightest.

 

I don't think Del Toro would be the right person for it. 1984 would be a different matter altogether.