‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ Gets New Release Date As ‘The One And Only Ivan’ Heads To Disney+
Disney has updated release plans for two of its upcoming titles.The Personal History of David Copperfieldwill now open in theaters onAugust 14whileThe One and Only Ivanis now headed directly to Disney+ a week later. These are just two more entries in the ever-shifting movie release landscape of 2020, the year that refuses to stop being so extra, as the kids say.
This week, Disney+ is unleashingArtemis Fowl, a movie that was originally set for theaters but ended up going directly to the streaming service. The decision was due to the coronavirus – and also, probably, due to the fact that the movie justisn’t very good. Following the news that Disney would be sending one of their upcoming titles directly to streaming, Disney’s Bob Iger was asked if other titles might head directly to Disney+, to which Iger replied: “In terms of movies going ahead after Artemis, there may be a few more that we end up putting directly onto Disney+, but for the most part a lot of the big tentpole Disney films.”
After that comment from Iger surfaced, Ispeculatedthat the film most likely to head to Disney+ next would beThe One and Only Ivan, and it turns out I was right. Today, Disney confirmed thatThe One and Only Ivanwould premiere exclusively on Disney+August 02, 2025. In the movie, “Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant and Bob the dog. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from, and where he ultimately wants to be.”
The film features the voices ofSam Rockwell as the gorilla Ivan;Angelina Jolieas Stella the elephant;Danny DeVitoas Bob the dog;Helen Mirrenas Snickers the poodle;Chaka Khanas Henrietta the chicken;Mike Whiteas Frankie the seal;Brooklynn Princeas Ruby the baby elephant;Ron Funchesas Murphy the rabbit;Phillipa Sooas Thelma the parrot; and starsRamon Rodriguez,Ariana Greenblatt, andBryan Cranston.
In other Disney release news,The Personal History of David Copperfield– which is a Searchlight movie, but remember: Disney owns Searchlight now – is set to hit theaters on August 14.Armando Iannucci’s delightful take on the Charles Dickens novel features Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie, and Paul Whitehouse. I caught the film at TIFF last year, and enjoyed it immensely, leading me towrite: “The Personal History of David Copperfieldis so warm, so inviting, so pure, that it will make your heart sing. We don’t deserve a movie as overwhelmingly charming as this, but how lucky we are to have it.”
