According to this morning's Variety, Dumbo is currently being developed by Disney as a live action feature, to be written by the screenwriter of the latest Transformers movie.
Argh.
Argh.
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Dumbo being developed as live action feature
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Magenta Panther
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Can't wait.
But by the screen writer of Transformers? Seriously? That thing gets the worst reviews of the year and he gets this job?? What is wrong with this world?
Sweet Melissa
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My guess would be that Disney was looking more at what Ehren Kruger did with the Tin Man miniseries and The Brothers Grimm than the Transformers sequels. Not that it makes me any more excited for his work. But I'll watch it. I always do. 
Magenta Panther
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My guess would be that Disney was looking more at what Ehren Kruger did with the Tin Man miniseries and The Brothers Grimm than the Transformers sequels. Not that it makes me any more excited for his work. But I'll watch it. I always do.
Oh, just what everyone wanted: a darker, edgier Dumbo.
AllyInWonderland
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Of all the movies they could have done, they choose Dumbo?!
Ugh I'm just glad they didn't ruin my favorite movie, Alice in Wonderland, with a bad live action movie.... oh wait.
Ugh I'm just glad they didn't ruin my favorite movie, Alice in Wonderland, with a bad live action movie.... oh wait.
RandomPrincess
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Californian Elitist
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This was on the news here in LA last night. I was so put off that I didn't even bother posting this news last night.
Seriously? Dumbo????? It looks like Disney's run out of ideas for their live-action films. Seems they're hellbent on transforming (no pun intended) their animated films into live-action ones.
Seriously? Dumbo????? It looks like Disney's run out of ideas for their live-action films. Seems they're hellbent on transforming (no pun intended) their animated films into live-action ones.
champdisney
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Wasn't Disney in the process of developing a Broadway version of Dumbo? I'm not too sure about a live-action Dumbo as I hold the animated classic very close to my heart.
Yes, there has been a Broadway version of Dumbo in development for years, and that sounds just as wacky to me as a live action movie version, but what do I know? A musical version of King Kong is on its way to Broadway, possibly as soon as next year, so I guess anything is possible.
Can we go yet?
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WHY?! Next up is Bambi followed by the Lion King.
erasure fan1
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Because its A LOT cheaper and "safer" to rehash old ones.
For me, this type of thing is as bad as the cheap DVD sequel. Its a lazy, cheap, cop out way of doing things. Nothing says you care, like making the same movie twice!
mf1972
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sounds like it'll transform into a big steaming pile of elephant s*^t
champdisney
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I think your being way too quick to judge.
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Twilight_Roxas
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At 0:16
mf1972
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probably
Matt_Black
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Forget it, Jake; it's the internet.
NMBC1993
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As someone who could care less about this project, the only problem I have is how they are going to execute this. We've already had live-action fairy tale movies (a lot recently) but the difference between those and something like Dumbo is, those stories are based on animated people, not animals. It's a lot easier to translate human characters into live-action. Here, most of the characters are animals. Is this going to be some kind of Charlotte's web knock-off where all the animals talk? Also, is this going to include some form of motion capture? Will Jamie Foxx play one of the crows? (Good ol' fashion family racism)