We Bought a Zoo unfolds the heartwarming tale of a widowed father, Benjamin Mee, who embarks on a life-altering journey. He starts anew and buys a rundown zoo to overcome their collective grief. The ...

We Bought a Zoo is an American biographical drama film based on the life of Benjamin Mee, who is best known as the buyer of Dartmoor Zoological Park. In the film, Mee buys an almost ruined zoo with ...

20th Century Fox presents a film directed by Cameron Crowe. Screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe, based on the book by Benjamin Mee. Running time: 124 minutes. MPAA rating: PG (for ...

Fox has purchased the big screen rights to Benjamin Mee's memoir We Bought A Zoo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Zoo, which was published in September, tells Mee's story as he puts his family's ...

There really is a Benjamin Mee, and he and his family really did buy a zoo. The Dartmoor Zoological Park in Devon, England, was opened in 1968, closed in 2006 and then was purchased by the Mee family.