We talked to director Lena Khan and cast members Ben Schwartz and Matilda Lawler.
Production started this week in Vancouver on Walt Disney Pictures’ Flora & Ulysses, directed by Lena Khan and based on the Newberry Award–winning children’s book, “Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures” by Kate DiCamillo ("Because of Winn-Dixie", "The Tale of Despereaux"). The film is being produced for the upcoming streaming service Disney+, which launches in the U.S. on November 12th. Flora & Ulysses tells the story of 10-year-old Flora, an avid comic book fan and a self-avowed cynic, who saves a squirrel she names Ulysses only to have its unique superhero powers wreak …