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Disney to Remake ‘Dumbo’ in Live-Action

Disney has several top-tier licenses at their disposal, including Star Wars and Marvel Studios, but they haven’t forgotten that their own brand is valuable as well. The studio had an enormous hit on their hands with Maleficent earlier this year. The modern reworking of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale has made over $215 million dollars […]

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Braxter Timberlake
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Rian Johnson Takes the Helm of ‘Star Wars: Episode 8’

In news that I didn’t expect for quite sometime, it has been pretty much confirmed that Rian Johnson (Looper) is sitting in the director’s chair for ‘Star Wars: Episode 8.’ And he isn’t just directing: he’ll also take a crack at writing ‘Episode 8,’ arguably the more important of the two jobs. It’s hard to say […]

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Disney to Adapt a Live-Action Version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Disney is on a roll. They have acquired Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars under their banner. But many wonder what happened to producing the animated films that made them famous. They are still here… they are just being made into live-action. They already have Maleficent, a retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty animated film in […]

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Braxter Timberlake
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Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Maleficent’

  There is a demand from the public to have their classic fables and stories reinvented. From films such as Snow White and the Huntsman, to Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, to television programs like Grimm and Once Upon A Time, it is clear there is a desire to see classic tales told in a […]

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Braxter Timberlake
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Sofia Coppola to Direct Live-Action version of “The Little Mermaid”

Director Sofia Coppola (The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation) is set to tackle her first major studio property for Universal Pictures, The Little Mermaid. According to Deadline (via Collider), she will be adapting the classic Hans Christian Anderson fable for the big screen for the first time in live-action. It is unclear what approach Coppola, […]

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Braxter Timberlake
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