Premise
Peter is searching for his long-lost sister Adele. A fortune teller tells him to find a magician with an elephant.
Voice Cast
- Noah Jupe as Peter, an orphan being raised by his veteran guardian, Vilna
- Mandy Patinkin as Vilna Lutz, a former soldier who is the guardian of Peter
- Brian Tyree Henry as Leo Matienne, Peter's downstairs neighbour and husband of Gloria
- Natasia Demetriou as Fortune Teller, the narrator of the film
- Sian Clifford as Gloria Matienne, Peter's downstairs neighbour and wife of Leo
- Benedict Wong as the Magician
- Miranda Richardson as Madam LaVaughn
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste as The Countess
- Aasif Mandvi as The King
- Pixie Davies as Adele, Peter's long lost sister
- Dawn French as Sister Marie
Production
On August 17, 2009, 20th Centrury Fox announced that Martin Hynes would adapt a novel titled The Magician's Elephant, which was yet to be released, into a feature film. In that same announcement, former Nickelodeon Movies producer Julia Pistor was also confirmed as the producer of the film. On December 15, 2020, after languishing into development hell for a number of years, it was announced that Pistor had taken the property to Netflix who acquired the film rights to the book and screenplay to develop the animated feature film, with Animal Logic in Sydney working on the animation. In the same announcement, Noah Jupe, Benedict Wong, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford, Brian Tyree Henry, Mandy Patinkin, Natasia Demetriou, Aasif Mandvi, Miranda Richardson, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste were all cast to star in the film.
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