Amandla Stenberg and RuPaul sign on for new animated film Amandla Stenberg is teaming up with RuPaul and Laura Dern in the new animated film Ozi. According to a report from Deadline, Stenberg is set to play the titular character, Dern has signed on to voice their mother, and RuPaul will star as Gurd, Mr Smiley’s son and heir. The film will to tackle the environmental crisis regarding deforestation in the Indonesian rainforest. It will also follow Ozi, a teenage orangutan who becomes an orphan after her home gets burned down. Ricky Roxburgh has been tapped to write the screenplay. Mike Medavoy and GCI film are set to co-produce the movie.