Blanchett portrayed a female version of the python Kaa in Andy Serkis' adaptation of "The Jungle Book" titled "." Serkis utilised a mixture of motion capture, CG animation and live-action in the film, and the role of Kaa was written to be much closer to the original character in the short stories by the author Rudyard Kipling, which is as a mentor-like figure for Mowgli. The film was released on Netflix in 2019. In the same year, Blanchett starred in "Where'd You Go, Bernadette", an adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name, which was directed by Richard Linklater. The film received mostly mixed reviews and made $10.4 million at the box office against a budget of $18 million, but Blanchett's performance as the titular character received praise, with Pete Hammond writing in his review for "Deadline", "film doesn’t quite measure up to expectations, despite a game performance from the incandescent Cate Blanchett, who clearly is the best reason to see this movie." She received her tenth Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the film. Also in the same year, she reprised her role as Valka in "", which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards.