Disney's Live-Action Dumbo Synopsis & Cast Revealed as Filming Begins

Dumbo

Disney has formally confirmed the start of product on director Tim Burton ’s live - actionDumbomovie . It was Burton ’s own live - actionAlice in Wonderlandadaptation ( which was liberate in 2010 ) that kicked off the current trend of the Mouse House re - making its vivify classics in live - action . Since then , the Mouse House has released such pic asMaleficent , Cinderella , The Jungle Bookand most recentlyBeauty and the Beastto big returns at both the domestic and global box office , as well as a inviolable critical reception in the case ofCinderellaandThe Jungle Bookin finical ( withJungle Bookpicking up an Oscar for its groundbreaking visual effects too ) .

ground on the 1941 animated Disney classic of the same name , Dumboreunites Burton with a few members of his trusted playacting corps de ballet ; include , Michael Keaton , making this his first plastic film with Burton sinceBatman Returnsin 1992;Danny DeVito , who costarred inBatman Returnsand last ferment with Burton onBig Fishin 2003 ; andEva Green , who join forces with Burton onDark Shadowsin 2012 andMiss Peregrine ’s Home for Peculiar Childrenin 2016 . Also team up up with Burton here , for the first clock time , isColin Farrellin a direct role .

All four of the aforementioned player are now substantiate for theDumbocast , along with young fledgeling Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins , as well as Roshan Seth ( Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ) , DeObia Oparei ( Independence Day : revival ) , Sharon Rooney ( Two Doors Down ) and Douglas Reith ( Downton Abbey ) in supporting part . In addition to confirming that product is afoot now , Disney release the observe synopsis forDumbo , along with a picture of Burton on the motion picture ’s bent ( see below ):

Disney ’s new resilient - action mechanism feature article picture Dumbo introduces Holt Farrier ( Farrell ) , a former carnival ace who discover his spirit turn upside down when he return from the war . Circus owner Max Medici ( DeVito ) enlist Holt to care for a new-sprung elephant whose oversize ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling genus Circus . But when Holt ’s children ( Parker and Hobbins ) discover that Dumbo can fly , persuasive entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere ( Keaton ) and an ethereal creative person named Colette Marchant ( Green ) swoop in to make the rum pachyderm a superstar .

This officialDumboset pic shows Burton aboard the Casey Jr. - the noted train that enthral the resident physician of the circus to which Dumbo and his family belongs , in the original 1941 alive plastic film . " Casey Junior " is even the name of a vocal in the 1941 version of Dumbo ’s chronicle , though there has yet to be any denotation that Burton ’s live - action remake will carryover those musical element . It seems unconvincing though , as the director ’s take onAlice in Wonderlanddidn’t include any of the songs from the Disney animated version of that fairy tale either . That being said : here is to desire that the live - actionDumboincludessomeversion of the " Pink Elephants on Parade " sequence from the 1941 animated film , if only so that interview everywhere can keep an eye on Burton put his own idiosyncratic spin on that infamously trippy melodic turn .

Dumbois also now set for aMarch 2019 release date , as was announce during Disney ’s resilient - natural action moving picture control panel at the D23 expo . The alive - actionBeauty and the Beastopened in theaters just this retiring March , on its mode to a ecumenical receipts of $ 1.26 billion to date . Although the Mouse House would no doubt be proud of if Burton’sDumbowere to scale exchangeable commercial-grade heights asBeauty and the BeastorJungle Book(which gross $ 966 million worldwide ) , that will count to some degree on how sensory both critics and moviegoers are to Burton ’s own iteration of the circus floor .

Alice in Wonderland , as mention before , was a runaway box office smash , though it earned a mediocre response from critics . By comparing , Burton ’s last two film ( Big EyesandMiss Peregrine ’s Home ) were both more warmly - receive critically , withMiss Peregrine ’s Homein exceptional faring quite well at the global box office ( see its $ 296 million take ) . HowDumbofares by comparability remains to be regard , especially since it will have contest from the likes of Marvel Studios’Captain Marveland the MonsterVerse’sGodzilla : King of the Monsterswhen it arrive on the scene in Spring 2019 .