The Magician’s Elephant Film Details
The Magician’s Elephant is a 2023 computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes and produced by Julia Pistor. Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Kate DiCamillo, the film features the voices of Noah Jupe, Mandy Patinkin, Natasia Demetriou, Benedict Wong, Miranda Richardson and Aasif Mandvi. Animated by Animal Logic, the film was distributed by Netflix and released on March 17, 2023. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
STORY
PRODUCTION
On August 17, 2009, 20th Century Fox announced that Martin Hynes would adapt a novel titled The Magician’s Elephant, which was yet to be released, into a feature film. In that same announcement, former Nickelodeon Movies producer Julia Pistor was also confirmed as the producer of the film. On December 15, 2020, after languishing into development hell for a number of years, it was announced that Pistor had taken the property to Netflix who acquired the film rights to the book and screenplay to develop the animated feature film, with Animal Logic in Sydney working on the animation. In the same announcement, Noah Jupe, Benedict Wong, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford, Brian Tyree Henry, Mandy Patinkin, Miranda Richardson, Cree Summer, and Lorraine Toussaint were all cast to star in the film.
CAST
- Noah Jupe as Peter, an orphan being raised by his veteran guardian, Sgt. Lutz who is trying to fin his long lost sister.
- Benedict Wong as the Magician
- Pixie Davies as Adele, Peter’s long lost sister
- Sian Clifford as Gloria Matienne, Peter’s downstairs neighbour and wife of Peter
- Brian Tyree Henry as Leo Matienne, Peter’s downstairs neigbour and husband of Gloria who while is a soldier has a very active imagination
- Aasif Mandvi as The King
- Mandy Patinkin as Sgt. Vilna Lutz, a former soldier who is the guardian of Peter
- Miranda Richardson as Madam LaVaughn
- Natasia Demetriou as Narrator/Fortune Teller
- Dawn French as Sister Marie
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste as The Countess
RELEASE
The Magician’s Elephant was released on March 17, 2023.
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