According to The Hollywood Reporter, Angelina Jolie will produce and lend her voice to Walt Disney Pictures‘ live-action/animated hybrid The One and Only Ivan, based on the 2011 Newbery Medal-winning book written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao.
Thea Sharrock (Me Before You) will direct The One and Only Ivan from a script by Mike White (School of Rock), with Allison Shearmur (Cinderella, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) producing alongside Jolie.
She will voice the role of a baby elephant named Stella.
Here’s the official book synopsis: “Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point-of-view of Ivan himself.