Coming off her Oscar-winning “Women Talking,” writer/-director Sarah Polley has decided to sell her creative soul to the devil.
Deadline is reporting that Polley will direct Disney’s live-action remake of “Bambi.” Good God. Polley’s take will be the latest in a long line of live-action films to adapt Disney’s classic animated films.
It’s come to the point where Disney has convinced the likes of Jon Favreau, Kenneth Branagh, Guy Ritchie, Tim Burton and Robert Zemeckis to helm these fraudulent remakes and cash big fat paychecks in the process. Now, it’s Polley’s turn.
Oh, and, supposedly, Greta Gerwig is writing “Snow White” for Disney with rumors that she might also direct. That film is still in active development.
I wrote last week: “There is absolutely no conceivable way that these live-action remakes can artistically surpass the original animated classics. Why? Because Disney wouldn't take the risk of messing with the original formula — audiences want what they already know, that's the sad truth.”
Disney have caught on to this like capitalist vultures. Not a single original thought conceived, they have to stick with what people already know, what people are comfortable with, what doesn't provoke new thought. It's all really a big fat brainwash, if you ask me.
Disney won’t stop, can’t stop. They have Snow White (‘24), Lilo & Stitch (‘24) and Mufasa (‘24) ready to go. Also in development are live-action remakes of Moana, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aristocats, Hercules, The Sword in the Stone, and Robin Hood.
The 1942 ”Bambi” should not be touched, it’s a beautifully realized animated masterpiece, but it seems as though the folks over at Disney don’t mind crucifying their classics.
“Bambi” was entered into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, given its cultural, historic and aesthetic significance, back in December 2011.