Disney's Bambi (remake)

[imsounoriginal]

'Bambi' Remake in the Works With 'Captain Marvel', 'Chaos Walking' Writers (Exclusive)

Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer will pen the adaptation of the 1942 animated Disney classic.

The young prince is returning to the forest.

In the latest move to turn its animated classics into live-action features, Disney has set its sights on one of its most storied: Bambi.

The studio has hired Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel, Tomb Raider) and Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, Chaos Walking) to pen the screenplay for the live-action remake.

Depth of Field, the production banner run by Chris and Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano and which is coming off the success of indie darling The Farewell, will produce the new iteration.

The original movie, released in 1942, told the story of a young fawn named Bambi as he learns his place in the forest. With his two best friends, a rabbit named Thumper and a skunk named Flower, Bambi comes of age as he faces the joys and heartache — cue the loss of a parent — of growing up.

The film received three Oscar nominations — best song, best score and best sound — but was not initially held in high esteem as it is in modern times.

Insiders say the studio views Bambi as a type of companion piece to its remakes The Jungle Book and The Lion King, which were not live-action per se but certainly made to look that way. The two, both hits (Lion King generated $1.65 billion when it was released last year), were made using envelope-pushing CG technology to create ground-breaking photo-realistic and immersive worlds of nature. The studio is cognizant that Bambi is less epic in scope and story and is not aiming to shoehorn a larger narrative onto the classic tale.

The live-action remake continues to pay off for Disney as the last two outings, Jon Favreau's Lion King and Guy Ritchie's Aladdin, were billion-dollar grossers. Upcoming in the pipeline are The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey, and David Lowrey's take on Peter Pan, titled Peter and Wendy.

Depth of Field is already working on a Disney live-action remake as it is in active development on Pinocchio which has Robert Zemeckis directing.

Robertson-Dworet and Beer are two of the most sought after tentpole writers, with upcoming credits that range from Warner Bros.' Hello Kitty (Beer) to Fox/Disney's Andy Weir adaptation Artemis (Robertson-Dworet) to Universal's female Fast & Furious spinoff (both). Along with fellow writer Nicole Perlman, they run production banner Known Universe, which focuses on female-fronted genre stories.

Beer is repped by attorney firm Gang Tyre while Robertson-Dworet is repped by Management 360 and Hansen Jacobson.

via THR

[Creed]

Um....those writers aren't the best choices.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Creed

Um....those writers aren't the best choices.

They don't have to do much. Script was already written almost 80 years ago.

[Darth Marcus]

I know they're making money hand over fist with these, but still...

[Creed]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

They don't have to do much. Script was already written almost 80 years ago.

Oh shit, lol!


As Marcus said, it's time to stop. But Disney won't, knowing damn well that remakes make them money.

[rooboy78]

Out of all the Disney life action remakes this one worries me the most, and it’s mostly because the original Bambi is so near and dear to my heart, it is so precious to me. Part of the beauty of the original movie is the simplicity of it all and naturally they will most likely be adding needless subplots and characters to pad the runtime. I don’t say this often but this isn’t needed and I’m actually concerned what damage they may do to this beautiful story.

[stvn1974]

This is the movie I want.

Bambi Meets Godzilla Original (1969) - YouTube

[ImBlu_DaBaDee]

Please...

Just make it stop.

[Himmel]

I smell another billion dollar club entry.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Himmel

I smell another billion dollar club entry.

I dunno. Bambi seems more like Dumbo than Lion King in terms of popularity. Not saying it'll flop but it's not a lock for the Billion Dollar Club.

[karsten]

This is going to be horrible -- a complete revisionist desecration of the original, with a woke agenda. Guaranteed.

[ArrestedDevelopment]

Originally Posted by Creed

Um....those writers aren't the best choices.

They don't need good writers. The story is already written. They just have to add some unnecessary fluff and call it a day lol.

[Aclea]

Bambi was always 'woke' - it's an environmentalist story whose source novel, which puts a lot more emphasis on how to survive persecution by man, was banned and burned by the Nazis as left wing pro-Jewish propaganda.

If the remake hewed closer to the novel it could be worthwhile, but since there's no Thumper in the book there's no way Disney are letting that merchandising goldmine slip through their fingers. Either way, Disney better get their skates on - the book goes public domain in the US in 2022, so they could find a competing version (minus Thumper and Flower) beating them to theaters.

[gundamcero]

Great another soulless remake similar to Lion King cause despite making a lot of money that movie sucked. Seriously please stop.

[jayman3]

Finally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJz...ature=youtu.be

[doctor_who]

Originally Posted by karsten

This is going to be horrible -- a complete revisionist desecration of the original, with a woke agenda. Guaranteed.

poor widdle snowflake

[Hardback247]

Have any of you heard of the live action Soviet adaptation, "Bambi's Childhood"?

Дет�тво Бемби - YouTube

[Kaiju]

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

Have any of you heard of the live action Soviet adaptation, "Bambi's Childhood"?

Дет�тво Бемби - YouTube

Whatever's going on around the 40-minute mark is... interesting.

[jeangreyforever]

I honestly thought this was a joke at first.