Overview

• The footage premiered on June 6 exclusively via Variety, offering a first look before the film’s world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 9.
• The preview focuses on Seth Rogen’s Napoleon mentoring Lucky, voiced by Gaten Matarazzo, with Kieran Culkin’s Squealer making a brief appearance.
• Andy Serkis directs in what he calls a cinematic storybook style that emphasizes internalized emotion through a blend of painterly and realistic animation.
• Nicholas Stoller’s screenplay updates Orwell’s narrative with a darkly comic twist for contemporary resonance.
• The ensemble voice cast also includes Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Steve Buscemi, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner, Iman Vellani and Serkis himself.