Disney isn't slowing down in its mission to remake every
cartoon ever into a live-action feature. The newest animated character in its
sights? Jumbo Jr., a.k.a. Dumbo, the baby circus elephant who learned to fly
with his giant ears in the original 1941 movie. The Wall Street Journal reports
that Tim Burton has signed on to lend his legendary weirdness to the movie.
Actually, this re-telling will be a combination of live
action and digital animation, Walt Disney Pictures president of production
Sean Bailey told the WSJ. We're sure animal rights activists are gearing up their
campaigns to convince Burton that the elephants should be fully animated.
So, instead of being about a circus elephant teased by the
other animals for having big ears, will Burton's Dumbo tackle the greater
plight of wild animals in captivity? Hmm, something tells us the director won't
go all earnest on us. "It’s a big world," Bailey said of the upcoming
movie, which has no release date yet. Get your ringmaster costume ready, just in case, Johnny
Depp.