You thought Bryan Cranston was one of the few non-CGI characters in The One And Only Ivan. Well...

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From director Thea Sharrock and screenwriter Mike White (who also voices Frankie the seal), and based on the best-selling book by Katherine Applegate, the family adventure film The One and Only Ivan tells the story of a very special gorilla. The 400-pound silverback named Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell) shares a habitat in a shopping mall with an elephant (voiced by Angelina Jolie), a dog (voiced by Danny DeVito) and a variety of other animals, with which he must perform for an audience under the direction of mall owner Mack (Bryan Cranston) and where he soon realizes that …

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You may recognize one cast member's voice from the radio...

Prepare to shed a few tears watching this one.

From director Thea Sharrock and screenwriter Mike White (who also voices Frankie the seal), and based on the best-selling book by Katherine Applegate, the family adventure film The One and Only Ivan tells the story of a very special gorilla. The 400-pound silverback gorilla named Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell) shares a habitat in a shopping mall with an elephant (voiced by Angelina Jolie), a dog (voiced by Danny DeVito) and a variety of other animals, with which he must perform for an audience under the direction of mall owner Mack (Bryan Cranston) and where he soon realizes …

It's a trope you've seen in basically every circus movie ever made.

Is The One and Only Ivan a family friendly hit, or is it just bananas? Critics have weighed in with their thoughts.

Disney’s The One and Only Ivan was originally slated for a late-summer big screen release, later shuffled to the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform Disney+ after it became very clear that this would be an unprecedented season without theatrical exhibition. And on one hand its small-screen debut is a huge bummer – this is the kind of slick, big-hearted entertainment that Disney is known for and is best enjoyed on the largest screen possible, surrounded by an audience that is crying and laughing alongside you. But The One and Only Ivan is also a surprisingly …

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Disney+ has released the first trailer for the upcoming film The One and Only Ivan. Based on the award-winning book, the movie follows Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell), a 400-pound silverback gorilla who starts to question where he comes from and the family he had before he went into captivity as the star of a small circus. Between Lady and the Tramp, Togo, and now The One and Only Ivan, the Disney+ movie brand is leaning heavily on animals. Sure, they’ve got other movies both good (Timmy Failure) and terrible (Artemis Fowl), but it’s weird that …

The next Disney movie to skip theaters for Disney+ has dropped its first trailer.