In 2015,Saturday Night LivespoofedDisney’sobsession with live - action remakes of classic animated feature by releasing a “ trailer ” for an upcoming Bambi adaptation . The Fast & Furious – expressive style short pursue Dwayne the Rock Johnson ’s Bambi as he leads a rabble bunch of timberland acquaintance on a revenge mission to mangle the hunters who fool away his mother .
Now , asEntertainment Weeklyreports , a springy - action Bambi pic in reality is in the workings — and while theSNLsketch did n’t accurately predict the literary genre , it at least nailed the not - for - kids nature of the film .
ITN Studios and Jagged Edge Productions is currently developingBambi : The Reckoning , a horror picture in which “ Bambi will be a barbarous killing machine that lurks in the wilderness , ” as director Scott Jeffrey toldDread Central . “ Prepare for Bambi on lyssa ! ”
Jeffrey also bring out that he and his fellow film maker — include manufacturer Rhys Frake - Waterfield — will “ [ find ] inspiration from the plan used in Netflix’sThe Ritual . ” The 2017 David Bruckner – lead British horror motion picture features a towering moose - like devil with certain human elements . In short , do n’t anticipate this Bambi to resemble the one fromDisney ’s 1942 animated classic . The House of Mouse reportedly has aBambi remakein the word of mouth , too .
It wo n’t be Jeffrey and Frake - Waterfield ’s first time transforming beloved character from your childhood into thestuff of nightmare . They also create the forthcoming repulsion filmWinnie - The - Pooh : Blood and Honey , slatedfor a February 2023 waiver .
Despite Bambi ’s near connexion with Disney , it did n’t arise as society IP . The animate movie was base onBambi , a Life in the Woods , a 1923 Austrian novel by Felix Salten thatentered the populace domainthis year ( along with A.A. Milne ’s firstWinnie - The - Poohbook ) . In other actor’s line , it ’s average game to include the orphaned deer in your own film without awe of judicial proceeding .
[ h / tEntertainment Weekly ]
