The Magician's Elephant

The Magician's Elephant is an upcoming American computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes and produced by Julia Pistor through her studio, Pistor Productions. 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 is scheduled to be distributed by Netflix on March 17, 2023.
== Premise ==
When young Peter, who is searching for his long-lost sister, crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square, there is only one question on his mind: is his sister still alive? The answer - that he must follow a mysterious elephant - sets Peter off on a remarkable journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that magically change the face of his town forever.
== Voice cast ==
* Noah Jupe as Peter
* Benedict Wong as the Magician
* Pixie Davies as Adele, Peter's sister
* Sian Clifford
* Brian Tyree Henry
* Aasif Mandvi
* Mandy Patinkin
* Miranda Richardson
* Cree Summer
* Lorraine Toussaint
* Natasia Demetriou
* Dawn French
== Production ==
On August 17, 2009, 20th Century Fox announced that Martin Hynes would adapt Kate DiCamillo's novel The Magician's Elephant, which was yet to be released, into a feature film. In that same announcement, Julia Pistor was also confirmed as the producer of the film. On December 15, 2020, after languishing into development hell for over a decade, 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 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.
== Release ==
The Magician's Elephant is scheduled to be released on March 17, 2023, by Netflix.
== Videos ==
The Magician’s Elephant - Official Trailer - Netflix
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