Honoring Leaf's gentle "The Story of Ferdinand," about a Spanish bull who would rather smell the flowers than fight in the ring, the film incorporates the book's story arc, with stylistic nods to ...

Now, the peaceful bull who prefers sniffing flowers to ... don't touch the first book.'" Precious Ferdinand, even when he grows to be bigger than all the other bulls, still doesn't want to fight.

The project began as a lark, an author’s hasty effort to write a children’s book manuscript for his ... Leaf focused his story on a Spanish bull named Ferdinand who eschews fighting for ...

You know the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” John Cena (as Ferdinand): “I’m a little bit more complex. I’m Ferdinand.” The story of Ferdinand the bull proves the saying ...

The classic story of Ferdinand the Bull has ... be a spoiler since we all know how the book ends.) The overt messages “you can’t judge a book by its cover” and “be true to yourself ...

The young and gentle bull flees his ranch after his father ... and not judging a book by its cover. Much of Ferdinand’s struggle comes from his desire to break free from the system of violent ...

“The movie sends a message that resonates very strongly with me: don’t judge a bull by its cover,” the WWE superstar says in the clip. Ferdinand is captured by bullfighters because of his ...

By Michael Rechtshaffen It’s no Coco, but Ferdinand, a CG-animated adaptation of the classic 1936 Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson book about a flower-loving bull who’d rather sniff than fight ...

Turning a classic children's book into a movie isn't always an easy task (see: every scene-chewing actor to ever take on a live-action Dr. Seuss role). But the six (yes, six) writers of Ferdinand ...