Disney+ - Flora & Ulysses - Discover the first images

By Mulder, 15 january 2021

Adapted from a Kate DiCamillo's novel, Flora & Ulysses is a delightful Disney+ Original adventure comedy directed by Lena Khan (The Tiger Hunter) based on a script by Brad Copeland (the Arrested Development series).

The young Matilda Lawler (the Station Eleven series) was assigned the role of Flora. Flora & Ulysses allows her to have as partners Alyson Hannigan (How I met your Mother), Ben Schwartz (The Walk: Dream higher), Danny Pudi (the Powerless series) and Kate Micucci (The Good Sisters). Between tenderness and comedy, between eccentric characters and childhood memories, a whole world of emotion, love and even poetry awaits the spectators...

On May 31, 2018, it was announced that Disney was developing a movie adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's novel Flora & Ulysses for their Disney+ streaming service, with Brad Copeland writing the script. On June 13, 2019, Alyson Hannigan and Ben Schwartz were chosen as Flora's parents. On June 27, 2019, Lena Khan was announced as director and Matilda Lawler was chosen to play the lead role of Flora Buckman, with Benjamin Evans Ainsworth and Danny Pudi, who were also added to the cast as filming began in Vancouver. Shooting ended on August 23, 2019. Post-production was done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Synopsis :
Sensitive and creative, 10-year-old Flora is a comic book enthusiast and self-proclaimed cynic whose parents recently separated. One day, a squirrel is swallowed before her eyes by a vacuum cleaner that has gone mad. Listening only to his courage, she flies to his rescue. What Flora doesn't know at the time is that when the squirrel, now named Ulysses, comes back to life, it is endowed with amazing powers and its existence will be forever changed. Declaring war on normality and reasonable adults, here she is ready to prevent murder, defeat villains, eradicate darkness... And even if she doesn't know it yet, to open and comfort a heart, her own...

Flora & Ulysse
Directed by Lena Khan
Produced by Gil Netter
Screenplay by Brad Copeland
Based on Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
Starring Matilda Lawler, Alyson Hannigan, Ben Schwartz, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Danny Pudi
Music by Jake Monaco[
Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
Edited by Jamie Gross
Production company : Walt Disney Pictures, Netter Productions
Distributed by Disney+
Release date: February 19, 2021

(Source: press release)