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The Magician's Elephant
The Magician's Elephant
	Official release poster
Directed by	Wendy Rogers
Screenplay by	Martin Hynes
Based on	The Magician's Elephant; by Kate DiCamillo
Produced by	Julia Pistor
Starring	Noah Jupe; Mandy Patinkin; Natasia Demetriou; Benedict Wong; Miranda Richardson; Aasif Mandvi;
Edited by	Robert Fisher Jr.
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Production; companies	Netflix Animation; Animal Logic
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	March 17, 2023;
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United States; Australia
Language	English

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The Magician's Elephant is a 2023 computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes and produced by Julia Pistor. Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Kate DiCamillo, the film features the voices of Noah Jupe, Mandy Patinkin, Natasia Demetriou, Benedict Wong, Miranda Richardson and Aasif Mandvi. Animated by Animal Logic, the film was distributed by Netflix and released on March 17, 2023. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

Premise

Peter is searching for his long-lost sister Adele. A fortune teller tells him to find a magician with an elephant.^[3]

Voice cast

Noah Jupe as Peter, an orphan being raised by his veteran guardian, Sgt. Lutz who is trying to fin his long lost sister.
Benedict Wong as the Magician
Pixie Davies as Adele, Peter's long lost sister
Sian Clifford as Gloria Matienne, Peter's downstairs neighbour and wife of Peter
Brian Tyree Henry as Leo Matienne, Peter's downstairs neigbour and husband of Gloria who while is a soldier has a very active imagination
Aasif Mandvi as The King
Mandy Patinkin as Sgt. Vilna Lutz, a former soldier who is the guardian of Peter
Miranda Richardson as Madam LaVaughn
Natasia Demetriou as Narrator/Fortune Teller^[4]
Dawn French as Sister Marie^[4]
Kirby Howell-Baptiste as The Countess

Production

On August 17, 2009, 20th Century Fox announced that Martin Hynes would adapt a novel titled The Magician's Elephant, which was yet to be released, into a feature film.^[5] In that same announcement, former Nickelodeon Movies producer Julia Pistor was also confirmed as the producer of the film.^[6] On December 15, 2020, after languishing into development hell for a number of years, it was announced that Pistor had taken the property to Netflix who acquired the film rights to the book and screenplay to develop the animated feature film, with Animal Logic in Sydney working on the animation. In the same announcement, Noah Jupe, Benedict Wong, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford, Brian Tyree Henry, Mandy Patinkin, Miranda Richardson, Cree Summer, and Lorraine Toussaint were all cast to star in the film.^[7]

Release

The Magician's Elephant was released on March 17, 2023.^[1]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 66% of 35 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10.^[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 53 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Grobar, Matt (January 18, 2023). "Netflix 2023 Film Slate Unveiled: Luther: The Fallen Sun, The Mother, Extraction 2, Heart Of Stone, The Killer, Rebel Moon & Others Get Premiere Dates". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation.
^ "The Magician's Elephant". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
^ McNary, Dave (December 15, 2020). "Noah Jupe, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford Board Animated Film Magician's Elephant for Netflix". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Giardina, Carolyn (December 15, 2020). "The Magician's Elephant Animated Feature In the Works at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ Sciretta, Peter (August 17, 2009). "Martin Hynes to Direct The Magician's Elephant". /Film. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ McNary, Dave (August 17, 2009). "Fox rides Elephant". Variety. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ Wiseman, Andreas (December 15, 2020). "Noah Jupe, Benedict Wong, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford, Brian Tyree Henry & Mandy Patinkin Among All-Star Voice Cast For Netflix Animation The Magician's Elephant". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "The Magician's Elephant". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ "The Magician's Elpehant Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

External links

The Magician's Elephant on Netflix
The Magician's Elephant at IMDb

[Release-1] Grobar, Matt (January 18, 2023). "Netflix 2023 Film Slate Unveiled: Luther: The Fallen Sun, The Mother, Extraction 2, Heart Of Stone, The Killer, Rebel Moon & Others Get Premiere Dates". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation.

[BBFC-2] "The Magician's Elephant". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 16, 2023.

[3] McNary, Dave (December 15, 2020). "Noah Jupe, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford Board Animated Film Magician's Elephant for Netflix". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[ExtraCast-4] Giardina, Carolyn (December 15, 2020). "The Magician's Elephant Animated Feature In the Works at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[5] Sciretta, Peter (August 17, 2009). "Martin Hynes to Direct The Magician's Elephant". /Film. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[6] McNary, Dave (August 17, 2009). "Fox rides Elephant". Variety. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[7] Wiseman, Andreas (December 15, 2020). "Noah Jupe, Benedict Wong, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford, Brian Tyree Henry & Mandy Patinkin Among All-Star Voice Cast For Netflix Animation The Magician's Elephant". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[8] "The Magician's Elephant". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[9] "The Magician's Elpehant Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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 ==Premise==
-Peter is searching for his long-lost sister Adele. A fortune teller tells him to find a magician with an elephant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/noah-jupe-pixie-davis-sian-clifford-magicians-elephant-netflix-1234853632/|title=Noah Jupe, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford Board Animated Film ''Magician's Elephant'' for Netflix|date=December 15, 2020|first=Dave|last=McNary|author-link=Dave McNary|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>
+Peter is searching for his long-lost sister Adele. A fortune teller tells him to find a magician with an [[African bush elephant|elephant]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/noah-jupe-pixie-davis-sian-clifford-magicians-elephant-netflix-1234853632/|title=Noah Jupe, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford Board Animated Film ''Magician's Elephant'' for Netflix|date=December 15, 2020|first=Dave|last=McNary|author-link=Dave McNary|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>
 ==Voice cast==