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What the world needs now, with everyone losing their head over giant fingers paused tantalisingly over giant metaphorical red buttons is a film about a pacifist bull with a good heart. Having already been made by Disney as a short in 1938 (and having won an Oscar in the process), the story of Ferdinand the Bull will answer that particularly pertinent requirement at Christmas.

The story works well as a short: it's fairly limited in its exploration of violence and gentle nature, and it will be interesting to see how animation veteran director Carlos Sandanha will manager to spin it out into a feature. With such a well-known story, there will hopefully be more impetus on how the film looks too, rather than the slightly cynical approach Blue Sky have lately taken to the Ice Age franchise.

Release Date: December 22nd