Sharrock in talks to direct The One and Only Ivan

Los Angeles March 24 (IANS) Director Thea Sharrock is in talks to direct The One and Only Ivan Disney s adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao.

Allison Shearmur who was one of the producers on Disney s live-action take on Cinderella and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is on board to produce the adaptation reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Published by HarperCollins in 2011 the book is based on a silverback gorilla named Ivan who lives in a cage in a shopping mall along with an elephant named Stella and a stray dog called Bob.

Ivan does not remember life before the mall but when a baby elephant enters and Ivan finds himself taking care of her he begins to rediscover his previous life and concocts a plan to take the baby elephant away from their abusive owner.

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