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Release Date:
Friday, August 21, 2020 Disney+
Plot: What's the story about?
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.
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Who stars in The One and Only Ivan: Cast List
Angelina Jolie ... Stella (voice)
Salt, Kung Fu Panda 2
Bryan Cranston ... Mack
John Carter, Kung Fu Panda 4
Brooklynn Prince ... Ruby (voice)
The Marsh King’s Daughter, Cocaine Bear
Ariana Greenblatt ... Julia
Borderlands, Barbie
Sam Rockwell ... Ivan (voice)
If, The Bad Guys 2
Ramon Rodriguez ... mall employee George
Lullaby, Need for Speed
Helen Mirren ... Snickers (voice)
White Bird, The Fate of the Furious
Danny DeVito ... Bob (voice)
Migration, Poolman
Eleanor Matsuura ... Candace McAfee
I Used to be Famous
Chaka Khan ... Henrietta (voice)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Mike White ... Frankie (voice)
The Stepford Wives, The D Train
Ron Funches ... Murphy (voice)
Trolls Band Together, Trolls
Who's making The One and Only Ivan: Crew List
A look at the The One and Only Ivan behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Thea Sharrock last directed The Beautiful Game and Wicked Little Letters. The film's writer Mike White last wrote Migration and Pitch Perfect 3.
Director
Screenwriter
Producers
Angelina JolieAllison Shearmur
Brigham Taylor
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Production: What we know about The One and Only Ivan?
Key Facts
- Will be a hybrid of live-action and CGI.
- Disney pushed the film from theatrical to its streaming platform Disney+ for an August 21st release (6/14/2020).
- Ramon Rodriguez will play an assistant who works for the mall’s owner (Cranston) and who is also the father of a young girl (Greenblatt) who befriends the silverback (Hollywood Reporter, 3/13/18).
- Allison Shearmur, who recently died, will retain a producer credit on the movie (Hollywood Reporter, 3/1/18).
- Bryan Cranston will play the desperate owner of a failing circus (Hollywood Reporter, 3/1/18).
- Based on the Newbery Medal-winning book written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao.
Filming Timeline
- 2020 - May: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2019 - March: The film was set to Post-Production status.
- 2018 - March: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
- 2017 - March: The film was set to Development status.
Thea Sharrock, director of Me Before You, is in early talks to direct.
- 2016 - May: The film was set to Development status.
Mike Newell on board to direct the film. Disney picked up the rights to the book in 2014.
- 2014 - April: The film was set to Announced status.
The One and Only Ivan Release Date: When was the film released?
The One and Only Ivan was a Disney+ release in 2020 on Friday, August 21, 2020. There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including Unhinged, Inception and The 24th.