Ferdinand is Blue Sky Studios’ twelfth animated feature film. Director Carlos Saldanha, whose most recent outing was Rio 2, directed this adaptation of Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson’s 1936 ...

I was still working on my first Rio, actually, when I started to toy with the idea of telling the story of Ferdinand.I was thinking about developing a story about a bull, and Fox talked to me ...

Blue Sky finds the heart of Munro Leaf's beloved picture book, about a Spanish bull who refuses to fight, in this delightful CG toon. Of course, there’s a world of difference between a seven ...

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Still, “Ferdinand” represented a marked improvement for Blue Sky in ambition and achievement. A passion project for director Carlos Saldanha (“Rio”), it offered a sensitive portrayal of ...

Prior to joining Skydance, Bruce worked at Blue Sky Studios where he produced several films including the Oscar nominated features Ferdinand and Rio, as well as Rio 2 and Horton Hears a Who.