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7. Seth Rogen - Animal Farm

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Andy Serkis' animated adaptation of George Orwell's seminal novel Animal Farm has been in various stages of development for almost 15 years, but it's finally releasing this summer.

The voice cast is assuredly stacked, though the ensemble isn't without its eyebrow-raising choices - most of all Seth Rogen, who will be playing the pig dictator Napoleon.

Unsurprisingly Rogen's casting proved immediately divisive online, for though he's proven himself to be versatile as both a skilled comedian and talented dramatic actor, for many this seemed too far outside his wheelhouse.

That is to say, can Rogen use his chucklehead persona to make Napoleon superficially charming, but also turn up the intensity during his scarier, more imposing moments?

It's certainly possible, but it may also be tough for audiences to divorce Rogen's distinctive voice from his more popular goofball characters, or even other talking animals he's voiced like The Lion King's Pumbaa. As ever, we'll have to wait and see.

 
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