The 'Animal Farm' Movie Changes A Lot From George Orwell's Classic. Andy Serkis Thinks One Was Vital

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George Orwell’s "Animal Farm" is one of those classic stories that gets passed down to every generation to remind them about the inherent dangers of corruption and manipulation from government leaders. And, back in 2012, it was revealed that Andy Serkis would be helming his own version of the novella. Nearly 15 years later, his adaptation has been realized, and there are quite a few differences between it and its source material. He told us why one of those changes was vital.  This "Animal Farm" movie, which is now playing in theaters alongside other projects on the 2026 movie schedule, was made closely with George Orwell’s estate. During CinemaBlend’s conversation with Serkis, he told us why he felt one change was important to his film adaptation.

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00:00Well, I mean, a significant change was the introduction of the young piglet, Lucky, seeing the moral compass through their

00:07eyes, being pulled in different directions.

00:09That was the biggest change.

00:11And once we found that, actually, it opened up the story to, as I say, to making it accessible to

00:17a younger audience, seeing it through a younger piglet's eyes.

00:21I think the greatest change also is the medium, is making it animation.

00:27Yeah, we associate animation with being childlike, don't we?

00:32If you were faced with a live action version of it, you judge it in a completely different way.

00:37Animation is, it really frees you up to look at allegorical storytelling in a different way.

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