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Ferdinand

Ferdinand

Built to fight. Born to love.

20177.21h 48m

Overview

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Written by Robert Lawson, Munro Leaf, David Kidd
Produced by Lori Forte, Bruce Anderson, Lisa Marie Stetler
Box OfficeBudget: $111.0MRevenue: $295.0M

Top Cast

John Cena

John Cena

Ferdinand (voice)

Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon

Lupe (voice)

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

Bones (voice)

Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale

Valiente / Valiente's Father (voice)

Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning

Guapo (voice)

Gina Rodriguez

Gina Rodriguez

Una (voice)

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

El Primero (voice)

David Tennant

David Tennant

Angus (voice)

Flula Borg

Flula Borg

Hans (voice)

Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

Paco (voice)

Themes & Keywords

friendshipspainmadrid, spaineuropeanthropomorphismremakebullbased on children's bookcapturejoyousadoringassertivecheerfulempatheticenthusiasticexcited

About Ferdinand

Ferdinand is a animation, family, adventure, comedy film released in 2017 exploring themes of friendship, spain, madrid, spain, europe, anthropomorphism, remake. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, it stars John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Anthony Anderson. Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

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