Tim Burton and Disney's Dumbo Starts Filming This Spring

Dumbo

Disney and Tim Burton’sAlice in Wonderlandwas a billion dollar attain in theaters worldwide in 2010 , so perhaps it was inevitable that the pair would reunite for another live - action reimagining of a Disney liven classic . It turns out thatDumbois said undertaking , with Burton directing and Ehren Kruger ( The Brothers Grimm , transformer : Age of Extinction ) scripting this version of the taradiddle about a untried circus elephant who is an outcast , due to his unusually - big ears .

The live - actionDumboreportedly includes three principal grownup ( human ) roles , two of which have on the face of it now been filled by trusted Burton confederate - namely , Eva Green , who starred in both Burton’sDark ShadowsandMiss Peregrine ’s Home for Peculiar Children , as well as Danny DeVito ( who costarred in Burton’sBatman ReturnsandBig Fish ) . We may before long learn who is playing the third run role inDumbo , what with the commencement of production being right around the corner .

My Entertainment Worldis reporting thatDumbobegins production in the UK in April , keep the resilient - action movie on course to reach theater of operations by either the 2d one-half of 2018 or the first one-half of 2019 . The Mouse House already has a pretty full release slate for 2018 ( including another live - action retelling of a Disney inspire picture show , Mulan ) , but there is an August 3rd date that year that Disney is holding onto for another live - activity fag tale film , plausiblyDumbo . There ’s also a March 29th , 2019 escort that Disney has hold for a alive - action film that could at long last go to Burton ’s remake .

While Green ’s part inDumbohas yet to be revealed , it seems reasonable to assume it will be a proper leading role in nature , establish on her previous collaborative efforts with Burton . DeVito , by comparison , is reportedly up to play a kindly , but struggling genus Circus owner whose business is in risk of being bought by the film ’s chief villain : a cruel ringmaster named Vandemere . The latter is believed to be therole that Tom Hanks was circlingearlier this year . It would appear that the latter is conk on the motion-picture show though , seeing as Hanks is travel to be working onSteven Spielberg ’s historical dramaThe Post , around the same time thatDumbowill be filming .

Things have changed under Disney ’s umbrella since Burton’sAlice in Wonderlandhit the view - something the Mouse House found out the heavy way , when its 2016 sequelAlice Through the look Glass(which Burton produced only ) under - perform both critically and commercially . With lineament such as director Kenneth Branagh’sCinderellaand Jon Favreau’sThe Jungle Bookhaving very much raised the bar in both regard for similar upcoming Disney live - action retellings ( including this calendar week ’s new release , director Bill Condon’sBeauty and the Beast ) , it remains to be seen how Burton ’s take onDumbofares by equivalence .