His sweet, vulnerable simplicity has charmed generations of young children.

But Peter Rabbit has been transformed into a rowdy, party-loving hooligan in a new Hollywood film that fans say would cause creator Beatrix Potter to ‘turn in her grave’.

Voiced by James Corden, the new loutish interpretation of the family favourite is seen wiggling his bottom in a provocative ‘twerking’ dance to a pounding disco beat as woodland creatures throw a wild party that trashes the home of Mr McGregor.

The farmer is also no longer an old man, but played by Harry Potter star Domhnall Gleeson, 34.

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James Corden stars as Peter Rabbit, a loutish interpretation of the family favourite bunny created by Beatrix Potter. Potter declined several offers to make a film version of the beloved childhood character

The Beaxtrix Potter Society said the author would be disappointed in the Hollywood remake of the childhood classic

Peter Rabbit has been transformed into a rowdy, party-loving hooligan in a new Hollywood film that fans say would cause creator Beatrix Potter to ‘turn in her grave’

In another scene from the film, which mixes live action and animation, the delinquent bunny leaves several birds injured after he recklessly runs through them.

Potter’s relative, actress Nadine Hanwell, told The Mail on Sunday that the film was ‘horrific’.

She said: ‘Beatrix Potter would be turning in her grave. I hope parents don’t take their children to see the film. She would absolutely loathe this.’

Potter declined several offers to make a film version of Peter Rabbit, even rebuffing Walt Disney, before her death in 1943.

Woodland creatures throw a wild party that trashes the home of Mr McGregor

Domhnall Gleeson, pictured right, plays Mr McGregor in the Hollywood remake of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit, who in the original story, wants to keep rabbits out of his garden

The new Peter Rabbit is seen wiggling his bottom in a provocative ‘twerking’ dance, making fans of the childhood classic upset

A trailer released by Sony Pictures has received more than 3,000 ‘dislikes’ on YouTube, with fans calling it ‘disrespectful’ and ‘disgraceful’.

And Rowena Godfrey, of the Beatrix Potter Society, said: ‘The original book is such a marvellous story – this distortion of it is such a shame.’ Sony, which bought the rights from publisher Penguin Random House, declined to comment.