Originally Posted By brian8871 Walt Disney Pictures is in negotiations with Mike White to write the adaptation of Katherine Applegate’s children’s gorilla story “The One and Only Ivan.” The book, published by HarperCollins in 2011, centers on the silverback gorilla Ivan, who is in a cage at a shopping center with an elderly elephant named Stella and a stray dog named Bob. When a baby elephant arrives, Ivan regains his memories and plans an escape to protect the new elephant from their abusive owner. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2014/film/news/disney-in-talks-with-mike-white-to-direct-gorilla-tale-the-one-and-only-ivan-exclusive-1201266185/">http://variety.com/2014/film/n...1266185/</a>
Disney is in talks with Thea Sharrock, director of “Me Before You,” to helm its movie version of the gorilla story “The One and Only Ivan.” British director Mike Newell had been attached last year for the project, but is no longer involved. Variety first reported in 2014 that Mike White had come on board to script the adaptation of Katherine Applegate’s children’s story. Disney Eyes Thea Sharrock to Direct Gorilla Story ‘The One and Only Ivan’
