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A kind hearted bull is mistaken for a beast and captured, as he gathers a team of comical characters on an adventure to get back home.

Cast: David Tennant, John Cena, Kate McKinnon

Crew: Carlos Saldanha (Director), Renato Falcao (Director of Photography), John Powell (Music Director)

Rating: U/A (India), PG (Singapore), U (France), P13 (Malaysia)

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Release Dates: 15 Dec 2017 (India), 15 Dec 2017 (Canada), 14 Dec 2017 (Malaysia), 26 Dec 2017 (New Zealand), 21 Dec 2017 (Singapore), 26 May 2018 (United Arab Emirates), 16 Dec 2017 (United Kingdom), 15 Dec 2017 (United States)

Tagline: You Will Bullieve

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24 Critic Reviews

‘Ferdinand’ delivers a timeless be-yourself message

Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times

The crowd’s sense of surprise will elude audiences attending “Ferdinand.”

Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times

The animation is cute and there are several scenes that will make you chuckle especially the dance off between the bulls and haughty horses, which evokes claps

Zeenia Baria, The Times of India

Blue Sky finds the heart of Munro Leaf's beloved picture book, about a Spanish bull who refuses to fight, in this delightful CG toon

Peter Debruge, Variety

“Ferdinand” does attempt to express something authentic about Spanish culture.

Katie Walsh, The Pantagraph

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1 User Review

Good and very funny movie

by Vineeth Kumar on 18 Dec, 2017

Got such an animated movie after a long time. It is exactly how it is supposed to be, full of comedy and good story line. I was laughing half the time. Must watch.

Cast

as Angus

as Ferdinand

as Lupe

as Bones

as Shopkeeper

as Valiente

as Klaus

as Dos

as Hans

as Cuarto

as Una

as Young Valiente

as Paco

as Young Guapo

as Balloon Vendor

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

as El Primero

Peyton Manning

as Guapo

Raul Esparza

as Moreno

Sally Phillips

as Greta

Crew

Direction

Director

Carlos Saldanha

Production

Producer

Production Company

Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Executive Producer

Chris Wedge

Distribution

Distributor

20th Century Studios

Twentieth Century Studios Film Corporation

Writers

Screenplay Writer

Story Writer

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography

Renato Falcao

Music

Music Director

Music Label

Playback Singer

Music Editor

Sound

Sound Designer

Jeremy Bowker

Sound Re-recording Mixer

Foley Editor

Sound Effects Editor

Sound Mixer

Animation

Animator

Art

Art Director

Thomas Cardone

Storyboard Artist

Joe Giampapa

Ricardo Curtis

Editorial

Editor

Harry Hitner

Special Effects

Special Effects Studio

House of Cool Studios

Visual Effects

Visual Effects Supervisor

Kirk Garfield

Visual Effects Artist

Anthony Fung

Francesco Giroldini

Technical Details

Film Type:

Feature

Language:

English

Colour Info:

Color

Sound Mix:

Datasat Digital Sound, Dolby, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround 7.1, DTS, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound

Frame Rate:

24 fps

Aspect Ratio:

2.35:1

Stereoscopy:

Fun Stuff

Taglines:

You Will Bullieve
Built to fight. Born to love.
This Christmas, BULLieve.

Movie Connection(s):

Dubbed into: Ferdinand (Hindi)

Filming Locations:

Greenwich, Connecticut

Trivia:

American professional wrestler John Cena has provided the voice for the character of Ferdinand, the bull.

This is Blue Sky Studios' second film nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature with the first being The Peanuts Movie (2015).

The first major motion picture to be feature NFL legend, Peyton Manning.

The first Blue Sky Studios' film to use the name of the main protagonist as its title.

This is John Cena's second animated film in 2017.

Gabriel Iglesias and Bobby Cannavale's second animated feature together following The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017).

Gina Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias' second animated feature together following The Star (2017).

This is Blue Sky Studios' twelfth feature film.

"Ferdinand The Bull" was initially a Disney animated short film first featured in 1938

A very popular and known tradition in most houses in Sweden every Christmas Eve where a short show about Ferdinand is shown on television.

Ferdinand (2017)

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