Disney announced the live-action remake of 1941 animation Dumboin 2014. Signing on as director in 2015 was Tim Burton, whose application to work for the company was turned down when he was 16 years old.
At CinemaCon this year, Disney finally unveiled the first real glimpse of Burton’s Dumbo, complete with video snippets and an image of the large-eared elephant.
Starring Eva Keaton, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, and Colin Farrell, the revival tells of an ex-circus performer who returns from war and finds that everything around him has changed. He is tasked to take care of a baby elephant, whose gigantic ears have made it the subject of circus stars’ jokes. The sneers finally halt when the performers learn its ears enable it to fly.
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