Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Will Produce ‘Manimal’

Will Ferrell produces Manimal
Will Ferrell (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions will be producing Manimal, set up at Sony Pictures Animation. Manimal will be a mix of animation and live-action (think Smurfs) and will take the TV series of the same name and switch it up from a drama into an action comedy. Jimmy Miller’s Mosaic and Manimal series co-creator Glen A. Larson are also on board as producers.

“When we approached Jimmy, Will and Adam about Manimal, they instantly saw the potential for a big, fun comedy that blends their unique comic sensibility with our studio’s animation expertise,” stated Sony Pictures Animation President of Production Michelle Raimo Kouyate. “With their help, Jay and Ian then came up with a brilliantly funny story that delivers on that potential. We couldn’t be more excited.”

“A comedy where a secret agent turns into a multitude of animals to fight crime… and to do it with Sony Pictures Animation, Gary Sanchez, and Ian and Jay? It doesn’t get better than that,” added Jimmy Miller.

And Adam McKay said, “Like The Catcher in the Rye or The Sound and the Fury, Manimal has always been one of those elusive projects every producer dreams of taking to the silver screen. I know the movie will be funny and entertaining but will it be the first film to win a Pulitzer? We’ll just have to see.”

The live-action hybrid is being written by Ian Roberts and Jay Martel.


-By Rebecca Murray

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