--- title: Netflix and Leonardo DiCaprio Team Up For Gorilla Documentary description: 'Virunga' hits Netflix and select theaters on Nov. 7 canonical: https://time.com/3522961/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-19T20:48:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:52:41.838Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Netflix and Leo DiCaprio Team Up for Gorilla Documentary og:description: 'Virunga' hits some theaters and Netflix on Nov. 7 og:url: https://time.com/3522961/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt111003819b25377d/69876193e20a87a936a828aa/455886166.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 8th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Netflix and Leo DiCaprio Team Up for Gorilla Documentary twitter:description: 'Virunga' hits some theaters and Netflix on Nov. 7 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt111003819b25377d/69876193e20a87a936a828aa/455886166.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Leo DiCaprio Teams With Netflix on Endangered Gorillas Documentary  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 19, 2014 8:48 PM UTC  Leonardo Dicaprio at the 8th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards at Sheraton Times Square on Sept. 21, 2014 in New York. Leonardo Dicaprio at the 8th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards at Sheraton Times Square on Sept. 21, 2014 in New York.Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 19, 2014 8:48 PM UTC Leonardo DiCaprio is coming to Netflix — but not in the way you might expect. The actor is teaming up with the streaming giant to release [_Virunga_, a documentary](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-teaming-documentary-741833) directed by Orlando von Einsiedel that takes a look at gorilla preservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. The movie follows a team of park rangers, one of whom is a former child soldier, as they try to protect endangered mountain gorillas from poachers. The movie, executive produced by DiCaprio, will hit Netflix and theaters in Los Angeles and New York City on Nov. 7. “Leo intuitively understands that there is nothing like the power of film to reach people’s hearts and minds,” Ted Sarandos, Neflix’s chief content officer, said in a statement. “With _Virunga_, we’ll work with Leo to introduce viewers around the world to an incredible, gripping story that will have audiences guessing right up until the final act.” \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-teaming-documentary-741833)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3522961/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3522961/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga/"},"headline":"Leo DiCaprio Teams With Netflix on Endangered Gorillas Documentary","datePublished":"2014-10-19T20:48:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:52:41.838Z","description":"Virunga hits Netflix and select theaters on Nov. 7","url":"https://time.com/3522961/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga/","keywords":["movies","animals","Netflix","Leonardo DiCaprio"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt111003819b25377d/69876193e20a87a936a828aa/455886166.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt111003819b25377d/69876193e20a87a936a828aa/455886166.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"8th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards - Arrivals","caption":"8th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Michael Loccisano—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3522961/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga/","name":"Leo DiCaprio Teams With Netflix on Endangered Gorillas Documentary"}}]}] ```