Airdate: The Magician’s Elephant

The Magician’s Elephant, crafted in Sydney by Australian digital studio Animal Logic (Happy Feet), is coming to Netflix in March.

Based on the novel by the prolific Kate DiCamillo, the film explores what it means to truly, deeply believe.

The voice cast features Sian Clifford (Gloria Matienne), Pixie Davies (Adele), Natasia Demetriou (Fortune Teller / Narrator), Dawn French (Sister Marie), Brian Tyree Henry (Leo Matienne), Noah Jupe (Peter), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Countess), Aasif Mandvi (The King), Mandy Patinkin (Vilna), Miranda Richardson (Madam LeVaughn), Benedict Wong (The Magician)

When a fortune teller passes through town, orphan Peter knows the questions he needs to ask: Is his long lost sister still alive? And if so, how can he find her? The fortune teller’s mysterious answer (“An elephant! An elephant will lead you to her!”) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true.

Directed by: Wendy Rogers (VFX supervisor on Flushed Away, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
Produced by: Julia Pistor (Jimmy Neutron, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Based on the Book By: Two-time Newbery Award winning author Kate DiCamillo
Written by: Martin Hynes (Toy Story 4).
Art Director: Iuri Lioi (How to Train Your Dragon trilogy)
Edited by: Robert Fisher Jr. (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
Composer: Mark Mothersbough (The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Thor: Ragnarok)
Pre Vis Lead: Gary H. Lee (Kung Fu Panda)
Head of Story: Mark Sperber (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2)
Line Producer: Jennifer Teter (Sherlock Gnomes)
Computer Imagery By: Animal Logic

Friday March 17 on Netflix.