Fresh off the heels of acquiring Andy Serkis' adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, entitled Mowgli, Netflix has tapped the actor and performance capture legend to direct an adaptation of George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Serkis will serve as director for Animal Farm, a project he has expressed interest in boarding as early as 2012. The adaptation will be produced by Serkis' The Imaginarium studio and Matt Reeves' production company, 6th & Idaho. The pair have previously worked together on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes, with Reeves directing Serkis in his performance capture role as Caesar.

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Orwell's Animal Farm served as an allegory for the Russian Revolution of 1917 into the Stalinist Era of the Soviet Union, with farm animals taking the place of the historical figures. Animal Farm has twice previously been adapted for film, the first being released in 1954, though with an altered ending from that of the original novel. A second adaptation was released in 1999, receiving mixed reviews.

A writer has not yet been announced for Netflix's adaptation of Animal Farm, nor has there been any indication whether Serkis will act in the film, despite previous desires to do so. No release date is yet known.

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