August 21, 2020 (United States)
The One and Only Ivan is a 2020 American fantasy film directed by Thea Sharrock from a screenplay written by Mike White, based on the children's novel of the same name by K. A. Applegate. The film stars the voices of Sam Rockwell, Angelina Jolie, Danny DeVito, Helen Mirren, Brooklynn Prince, Chaka Khan, Ron Funches, Phillipa Soo, and Mike White, with the human characters portrayed by Ramón Rodríguez, Ariana Greenblatt, and Bryan Cranston.
The project was first announced in 2014, but did not go into production until two years later. The cast joined between October 2017 and May 2018, with filming taking place in Florida in summer 2018.
Originally intended to be a theatrical release, The One and Only Ivan was digitally released on Disney+ on August 21, 2020.
