Ferdinand (film)

Ferdinand is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson's children's book The Story of Ferdinand, written by Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle and Brad Copeland and directed by Carlos Saldanha. The film features the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Anthony Anderson, Bobby Cannavale, Peyton Manning, Gina Rodriguez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre and David Tennant. The story, written by Ron Burch, David Kidd and Don Rhymer, follows a gentle pacifist bull named Ferdinand who refuses to participate in bullfighting but is forced back into the arena where his beliefs are challenged by being faced off against the world's greatest bullfighter.

Ferdinand premiered on December 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 15, 2017 in 3D and 2D formats. It grossed $296 million worldwide against a production budget of $111 million. Ferdinand received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards (losing against Coco) while also receiving nominations for Best Animated Feature Film (also lost against Coco) and Best Original Song ("Home") at the 75th Golden Globe Awards (losing against This Is Me).

Additional Voices

 * Andreas A. Esparza
 * Susana Ballesteros
 * Laura Bayonas
 * Jordi Caballero
 * Anna Clols
 * Bernardo De Paula
 * Susana G. Esteban
 * Jason Fricchione
 * Johnny Gidcomb
 * Adrian Gonzalez
 * Richard Gould
 * Naz Homa
 * Andrea Lareo
 * Tim Nordquist
 * James M. Palumbo
 * Maria Peyramaure
 * Carlos Reig-Plaza
 * Andre Robinson
 * Carlos Saldanha
 * Carter Sand
 * Cindy Slattery
 * Julian Zane