The Ark and the Aardvark

CinematographyAnthony Di NinnoEdited byStan WebbCountriesLanguageEnglishBudget$35 million

The Ark and the Aardvark is an upcoming animated adventure film directed by John Stevenson and written by Philip LaZebnik and Glen Dolman. The film tells the story of an aardvark who becomes the leader of a group of misfit animals in order to bring all the animals onto Noah's Ark. The film stars the voices of Miles Teller, Aubrey Plaza, Jenny Slate, Rob Riggle, Craig Robinson and Stephen Merchant.

The story follows an outcast aardvark by the name of Gilbert, who becomes the reluctant leader of a ragtag group of misfit animals that need to be led to the mighty ark before the impending flood. Along their journey, they band together to conquer unforeseen obstacles, and ultimately, Gilbert discovers within himself the inner strength and ingenuity to prove that in a world of "twos", he was truly destined to be "the one".

• Miles Teller as Gilbert, an aardvark
• Aubrey Plaza as Brain, an intelligent spider
• Jenny Slate as Mitzy, a clumsy ostrich
• Rob Riggle as Todd, a short-tempered elephant who is the captain of the ark
• Craig Robinson as Clyde, an arrogant bullfrog
• Stephen Merchant as Croc, an evil crocodile

On October 1, 2007, It was revealed that Philip LaZebnik would write the screenplay for the animated movie Noah's Ark, which Unified Pictures would produce.^[1] In March 2013, it was announced that ElectroAge would handle the animation and John Stevenson would direct.^[2][3]

On October 3, 2016, Miles Teller signed on to star in the retitled The Ark and the Aardvark, which had officially entered production.^[4] In September 2017, it was reported that Aubrey Plaza, Jenny Slate, Craig Robinson, Rob Riggle, and Stephen Merchant had joined the voice cast.^[5]

In August 2024, ReDefine Animation came onboard to help complete the film.^[6]

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