Disney is Developing a Live Action Bambi Remake (Release Date) Last updated on January 24 2020 by Cooper Smith

Bambi Live Action

According to The Hollywood Reporter's sources, Disney has begun development on a Bambi live action remake. For the past few years now, Disney has been on a roll with remakes of their loved classics. The box office returns have been pretty sweet. So far they've remade 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, Aladdin, The Lion King, Winnie the Pooh, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book. Now the new adaptation of Mulan is coming out in March of this year. And we're hearing rumors of a Bambi remake.

Should It Exist?

Fans are worried that redoing Bambi will ruin the original. But that's the thing with all these movies. Whatever the case, Disney ends up remaking it, and it becomes a huge box office success. Disney's three main live action remakes from last year (Aladdin, Dumbo, and The Lion King) grossed a worldwide total of more than $3 billion. So for Disney, doing the loved 1942 animated film again is a no-brainer. For everyone else, we have no idea if it's worthwhile just yet.

Bambi Death Scene

Disney fans are worried about the famous death scene from Bambi, and if it will be recreated well. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's when (Spoiler alert) Bambi's mother is killed by the hunter. Bambi starts to cry out for his mom, and it is absolutely heartbreaking. We don't know how it will translate to live action, or if it will ultimately scar the young kids that see it. It will be interesting to see how the death scene is handled.

Bambi Live Action Release Date

With Mulan, Jungle Cruise, Artemis Fowl and more already releasing this year, plus any new Disney Plus shows, they might not add Bambi to this list just yet. That means it's likely that the new version of Bambi will release sometime in 2021. However, the next remake called Cruella is hitting theatres in May of that year. So we're predicting Bambi will come out in July. You can see this pattern already from last year. Aladdin was released on May 24th, and then The Lion King was July 16. So it's possible that they use the same schedule, with Cruella during late May and Bambi coming out mid-summer.

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