The Talking Parcel (2016 film)

The Talking Parcel is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by David W. Armstrong, written by Rob Minkoff and based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Gerald Durrell.

Cast

 * Ruby Barnhill as Penelope
 * Simon Pegg as H.H. Junketbury
 * George Clooney as the voice of Parrot
 * Jaleel White as the voice of Ethelred
 * Bill Murray as the voice of Oswald the Sea Serpent
 * Mandy Moore as the voice of Hortense the Flying Train
 * Kelsey Grammer as the voice of Chief Cockatrice
 * Wallace Shawn as the voice of Werewold
 * Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of Duke Wensleydale
 * Cheech Marin as the voice of Guard Weasel

Trivia:

 * This is the third film to feature the full 2011 Shires opening logo as a closing logo.
 * This is Shires' first live-action remake of a non-Shires animated film.
 * This is actually the second adaptation of Gerald Durrell's The Talking Parcel, as a direct to television animated film had been released in 1978 by the British animation studio Cosgrove Hall.