Tim Burton will direct a live-action Dumbo remake

A still from 'Dumbo'
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Disney's ongoing quest to remake all the animated movies in its vault — because who wants to go to the trouble of coming up with new ideas? — has hit upon a new and unlikely candidate. A live-action remake of Dumbo is on the way, because sometimes movie titles are also descriptions of the ideas that spawned them.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ehren Kruger — best known for writing the last three Transformers movies — has already written the live-action Dumbo screenplay. Tim Burton will direct. No word on casting, but come on, like Johnny Depp isn't going to be in this thing.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.