‘Bambi’ is the next film from Disney’s vault to get the live-action remake treatment. The 1942 Oscar-nominated classic, will be getting the same CG treatment as other Disney staples such as ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Dumbo’, ‘The Lion King’, ‘Aladdin’, ‘Lady and the Tramp’ . . . the list goes on. This version will be penned by ‘Captain Marvel’ writers Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer.
The original movie tells the tale of a fawn named Bambi, prince of the forest, as he navigates life in the animal kingdom. He comes of age with his two best friends, a rabbit named Thumper and a skunk named Flower, and endures the ultimate heartache – the loss of his mother, who gets gunned down by a hunter. That act has been determined by some psychologists – and parents – to be too traumatic for children to watch, so in the age of everyone taking über-offense to everything, it’s going to be interesting to watch how Millennial and Gen Z audiences receive it.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio views it as a complementary piece to other recent remakes such as ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘The Lion King’ – both hits that utilized CG technology to create realistic natural landscapes. So far, this formula has worked from a box office perspective. Last year’s live-action version of ‘The Lion King’ – with voice work from Donald Glover and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter – became Disney’s highest-grossing live-action remake, making an estimated $533 million domestically and $1.6 billion worldwide.
But it’s not an infallible formula: Tim Burton’s remake of ‘Dumbo’ was savaged by critics and grossed just $114 million in North America on a $170 million budget. Meanwhile, ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ (a sequel to the 2014 Sleeping Beauty – inspired ‘Maleficent’) grossed $114 million in the U.S. (less than half the domestic haul of its predecessor) and reportedly failed to recoup its estimated $500 million overall budget, even with a decent overseas showing factored in.
Source: https://www.dailynews.lk/
