Ivan the gorilla has lived in an enclosure in the mall for over 20 years. He spends his time eating, watching tv and making art that his owner sells to the people who pass by. While certainly not happy, Ivan has grown used to his life and tries not to think about his distant memories of the jungle he came from. But when a baby elephant named Ruby is brought to the mall, Ivan begins to see his home for the cage it is and promises to find a way out for both him and Ruby. Originally scheduled to open in theaters in August, the film adaptation of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan was instead released digitally the same month on the Disney + platform.