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'Bambi' Remake in the Works With 'Captain Marvel', 'Chaos Walking' Writers (Exclusive)
Hollywood Reporter ^
| January 24, 2020
| Borys Kit, Mia Galuppo
Posted on 01/24/2020 6:14:45 PM PST by EdnaMode
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bambi; disney; genevadworet; hollywood; lindseybeer; noideasleft; robertsondworet
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To: EdnaMode
I loved Disney's "Bambi" as a kindergartener but absolutely hated it as an adult because it makes hash of Felix Salten's classic
Bambi: A Life in the Woods (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1928). To do justice to salten's original story, Disney should have called his movie by another name and given its characters different names because his story is so different--and far more dumbed down.
Incidentally, I had the 1928 translation by Whittaker Chambers (yes, it's that Whittaker Chambers) read to me when I was in fourth grade and re-read it about five decades later.
To: EdnaMode
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Bambo!
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01/24/2020 7:25:04 PM PST
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KarlInOhio
(Cutest internet video: Charlie bit my finger. Creepiest internet video: Joe Biden bit my finger.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
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01/24/2020 7:30:39 PM PST
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Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
To: EdnaMode
I can’t wait to see what the “Song of the South” remake will be like.
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01/24/2020 7:31:33 PM PST
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yuleeyahoo
(The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
To: EdnaMode
Being an absolute fan of the original Bambi, I’ll predict here right now the remake won’t be worth a damn.
They’ll gimmick it up with digital this and digital that and the whole thing will be a mess.
The type of animation used in Bambi is probably lost forever.
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01/24/2020 8:29:57 PM PST
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upchuck
(I think it's pretty cool how Chinese people made a language entirely out of tattoos. ~h/t Bill in KY)
To: 2banana
In the remake it’ll show Bambi and Thumper going together to get a wax job.
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01/24/2020 9:01:35 PM PST
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Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: 2banana
Bambi will be a sermon on Global Warming for the children.
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01/24/2020 9:49:39 PM PST
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bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: Berosus
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01/24/2020 10:32:11 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Berosus
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01/25/2020 5:45:24 AM PST
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Maceman
(Trump Trumps Hate!!!)
To: Chode
i'm waiting for Song of the South "Gather round, un-fathered children, and I'll tell you how Brer Whitey threw Brer Bro straight into Farmer Johnson's Great Society briar patch."
No, can't be done.
To: MikelTackNailer
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01/25/2020 4:02:59 PM PST
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Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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