George Orwell’s Animal Farm is one of those classic books that's often taught in middle and high schools, and Andy Serkis has gotten a hold of it. The actor and filmmaker was first attached to the adaptation in 2012, where he originally imagined it as another one of his performance capture projects before ultimately turning it into an animated movie. So, when one of his voice actors, Gaten Matarazzo got a hold of the project, he was understandably drawn in by the unlikely adaptation, as he explained to CinemaBlend.
