#DUMBO LIVE ACTION MOVIE#

He has sole writing credit on the current Age of Extinction and co-wrote 2011’s Dark of the Moon and 2009’s Revenge of the Fallen with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Visit INSIDER's homepage for more great stories. The dark story and poor reviews may have contributed to its low box office numbers. With a budget of 170 million, the film has fallen short of expectations.

#DUMBO LIVE ACTION MOVIE#

The movie has made 119 million since opening Friday. The Transformers movies have occupied Kruger’s life for the past several years. 'Dumbo' is a live-action remake of the 1941 animated classic. The granddaddy of them all is the Johnny Depp version of Alice in Wonderland, which has earned more than $1 billion.Īmong the projects in the pipeline, Disney has a live-action take on Cinderella opening March 13, is in preproduction on The Jungle Book that Jon Favreau is directing and just put Bill Condon on a live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. This is the latest classic animated title that Disney is turning into a live-action movie, and it’s a strategy that has paid off: Maleficent, the most recent example, is a re-imagining of the 1959 movie Sleeping Beauty and has grossed more than $630 million worldwide since its May 30 release. Also, the studio believes that because of the current state of CG technology, live-action movies featuring a soaring pachyderm (or any animal for that matter) are viable. The new take involves the adaptation of the original movie while adding a unique family story that parallels Dumbo’s story. The movie produced several classic songs, notably “When I See an Elephant Fly” “Baby Mine,” which was nominated for a best song Oscar and “Pink Elephants on Parade.”

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