Andy Serkis on the Core Similarity Between Animal Farm and Andor Plus an Update on Gollum Movie
37Andy Serkis' animated adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm was first officially announced only a few years ago, but the producer, director, and actor has been ruminating on this tale since he first read the novella on the bus to school. "That lived with me," he tells Collider's Steve Weintraub, only a day after the movie's world premiere at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Orwell's anti-totalitarian message clearly struck a chord with Serkis, who has made a name for himself in Hollywood in motion-capture work, like in the Planet of the Apes "Caesar Trilogy," as well as emotional on-screen performances, such as in Tony Gilroy's Andor — both of which depict political unrest and revolutions. Now, he's taking a similar approach to PoTA and Gilroy by adapting Animal Farm into a star-studded animated feature that can "reach out to so many people and get them thinking." The story comes alive through the vocal performances of Stranger Things' Gaten Matarazzo, Seth Rogen, Woody Harrelson, Kieran Culkin, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, and Serkis.
In this exclusive interview, Serkis discusses how he discovered a new way to tell a timeless story, explaining the changes they made from the book to a movie that "can speak to a vast audience." He shares a conversation he had with Gilroy about Andor, the similarities between the two projects, and also addresses his character, Kino Loy, not returning for Season 2. Serkis also shares a very exciting update for his next directorial venture, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
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