66-521: Walt Disney Classics (also known as The Classics from Walt Disney Home Video and Disney's Black Diamond edition) was a video line launched by WDTNT to release Disney animated features on home video. The first title in the "Classics" line was Robin Hood which was released towards the end of 1984. This was followed by 19 other titles until early 1994, with The Fox and the Hound . Disney followed up on
132-490: A Hollywood contract, and Mrs. Jumbo is freed. She and Dumbo are given a private coach on Casey Jr., and the crows wave goodbye to the duo as they travel away. Note : The scene where Casey Jr. climbs a hill is a reference to Watty Piper’s The Little Engine That Could . The voice actors are uncredited for their roles in the film. Dumbo is based upon a children's story written by Helen Aberson-Mayer and Harold Pearl, with illustrations by Helen Durney. The children's book
198-460: A live-action adaptation of Dumbo was in development. In the same announcement, Ehren Kruger was confirmed as the screenwriter, as well as co-producer with Justin Springer. On March 10, 2015, Tim Burton was announced as the director. On January 11, 2017, it was reported that Will Smith was in talks to star in the remake as the father of some children who befriend Dumbo. That same day, it
264-400: A "rusty black crow", which was later expanded into five. Regardless of this, very little was changed from the original draft. In March 1940, a story team headed by Otto Englander translated the outline into story sketches. From Disney's perspective, Dumbo required none of the special effects that had slowed down production and grew the budgets of Pinocchio , Fantasia , and Bambi . When
330-402: A 102-page script outline in chapters, much like a book, an unusual way of writing a film script. They conceived the stork-delivery and the pink elephants sequences and had Dumbo's mother renamed from "Mother Ella" to "Mrs. Jumbo". They riffed on elephants' fear of mice by replacing a wise robin named "Red" found in the original story with the wisecracking mouse character, Timothy. They also added
396-419: A cage, while Dumbo is blamed for the incident, and is still bullied by the others. After scaring off the other elephants, Timothy, a mouse that travels with the circus, befriends Dumbo and decides to make him a star. He whispers in the ringmaster's ear while the latter sleeps, convincing him to try a new stunt with Dumbo as the top of a pyramid of elephants. Dumbo trips on his ears during the show and knocks over
462-481: A couple of titles, Disney animated films released on VHS after 1990 are not worth anything significant, and "Only the earliest of Disney VHS produced prior to 1985 hold any value to most collectors." Things to look for on their guide include a sealed tape, a studio logo on the shrink-wrap, and if the latest year listed on the back of the cover is prior to 1986. Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company Too Many Requests If you report this error to
528-463: A hurry." To speed up production, Disney used photostats of story sketches instead of full layout artwork for the film, and had experienced animators to supervise the younger, less experienced animators assigned on the film. Production on the film was interrupted on May 29, 1941, when much of the Disney animation staff went on strike. Kimball chose to not to strike, but his close friend Walt Kelly , who
594-629: A number of appealing new animal characters, lots of good music, and the usual Disney skillfulness in technique in drawing and use of color." Cecelia Ager , writing in PM , called Dumbo "the nicest, kindest Disney yet. It has the most taste, beauty, compassion, skill, restraint. It marks a return to Disney first principles, the animal kingdom—that happy land where Disney workers turn into artists; where their imagination, playfulness, ingenuity, daring flourish freest; where, in short, they're home." Bosley Crowther , reviewing for The New York Times , wrote that
660-428: A parking lot about Dumbo and summarized the entire story in five minutes. "And listening to him tell that story," Kimball noted, "I could tell that the picture was going to work. Because everything sounded right. It had a great plot." In spite of this, Bill Tytla , who was one of the studio's top animators, animated the title character, but admitted that "it was in the nature of the film to go very fast and get it out in
726-596: A public misconception about their rarity and actual value. In 1980, Disney established its own video distribution operation as part of Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company (WDTNT) with Jim Jimirro as its first president. Home video was not considered to be a major market by Disney at the time. WDTNT Co. also handled marketing of other miscellaneous ancillary items such as short 8 mm films for home movies. Disney's first releases on videotape were 13 titles that were licensed for rental to Fotomat on March 4, 1980. This first group of titles on VHS marketed under
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#1732780060259792-517: A public misconception that every "Black Diamond Edition" title from the Walt Disney Classics VHS line are rare and valuable. According to Kodak , "Tapes don't last for long due to remanence decay of the magnetic charge, causing blacked-out scenes, discoloration and eventually, entire loss of footage." They also gave a time frame by saying that tapes "degrade 10% to 20% throughout 10 to 25 years". Kristy Ambrose from "The Gamer" called
858-427: A story meeting for Bambi on February 27, 1940, Disney observed that Dumbo was "an obvious straight cartoon" and that the animators that were assigned on Bambi were not appropriate for the look of Dumbo . Animators such as Art Babbitt and Ward Kimball were considered for the film. For that reason, less experienced animators were brought on to animate the characters. Kimball recalled that Disney approached him in
924-495: A thing so far and then it won't hold. The picture is right as it is. And another ten minutes is liable to cost five hundred thousand dollars. I can't afford it." The film was re-released in theaters in 1949, 1959, 1972, and 1976. Dumbo had its television premiere on September 14, 1955, albeit severely edited, as an installment of the Disneyland television show. The film was shown unaltered on September 17, 1978, as part of
990-553: A two-night salute to the program's 25th anniversary. Along with Alice in Wonderland , Dumbo was the first of Disney's canon of animated films to be released on home video . The film was originally released on June 26, 1981, on VHS, Laserdisc and Betamax as a rental only before becoming available for sale in early 1982. Sales were also extended to CED in October 1982. It was again re-released on VHS and Betamax as part of
1056-524: A weighted score of 96 out of 100 for Dumbo based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The film has been criticized for its stereotypical depiction of black people . The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films (2018) notes that "All of the circus laborers are African American, the only time that blacks are seen in any great number in the entire movie." Film scholar Richard Schickel , in his 1968 book The Disney Version , argued that
1122-478: Is Kids starring Donald Duck , Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale. Numerous other titles and re-releases were released at later dates throughout the early 1980s. These all came in a while clam-shell case which gave a distinctive appearance. The Walt Disney classics include 15 animated feature films – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Pinocchio , Fantasia , Bambi , Cinderella , Peter Pan , Lady and
1188-468: Is a mouse named Timothy – a relationship parodying the stereotypical animosity between mice and elephants . Produced to recoup the financial losses of both Pinocchio and Fantasia , Dumbo was a deliberate pursuit of simplicity and economy. At 64 minutes, it is one of the studio's shortest animated features. Sound was recorded conventionally using the RCA System. One voice was synthesized using
1254-420: Is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, and illustrated by Helen Durney for the prototype of a novelty toy ("Roll-a-Book"). The main character is Jumbo Jr., an elephant who is ridiculed for his oversized ears and mockingly nicknamed "Dumbo", but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings . Throughout most of the film, his only true friend, aside from his mother,
1320-494: Is king of them all." Harrison's Reports praised the film as "one of Walt Disney's most delightful offerings. Technically, it is excellent; the color is exceptionally good. The story itself is pleasing; it combines comedy with human appeal. The only fault is that occasionally the action slows down." Time had originally scheduled to run a story with an appearance cover for "Mammal of the Year" (a play on its annual "Man/Person of
1386-556: The Academy Award for Best Original Score . Churchill and Washington's work on " Baby Mine " also garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song . Original songs performed in the film include: Dumbo was completed and delivered to Disney's distributor, RKO Radio Pictures , on September 11, 1941. RKO initially balked at the film's 64-minute length and asked Disney to add another ten minutes. Disney refused, "No, that's as far as I can stretch it. You can stretch
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#17327800602591452-494: The Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant". In the years following its initial release, Dumbo remains popular ever since, with a popular theme park attraction , merchandise products, a television series , and a live-action adaptation being produced. In Florida , while a large circus spends the off-season in its winter grounds, a flock of white storks delivers many babies to
1518-644: The Sonovox system, but it too was recorded using the RCA System. Dumbo was released on October 23, 1941, where it was met with critical acclaim for its story, humor, visuals, and music. The film was later criticized for stereotyping of black people . Its accolades include an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture . In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by
1584-648: The Walt Disney Classics series on November 6, 1985. The film was re-released on VHS and Laserdisc on July 12, 1991. It was followed by another re-issue on VHS and Laserdisc on October 28, 1994, as a part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. On October 23, 2001, a 60th Anniversary Edition was released in VHS and DVD formats. In 2006, a "Big Top Edition" of the film was released on DVD. A 70th Anniversary Edition of
1650-628: The Walt Disney Home Video brand included 10 live action movies and 3 compilations of short cartoons: Pete's Dragon , The Black Hole , The Love Bug , Escape to Witch Mountain , Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea , Bedknobs and Broomsticks , The North Avenue Irregulars , The Apple Dumpling Gang , Hot Lead and Cold Feet , On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends , Kids
1716-476: The clowns decide to increase the popularity of their fireman act by dangerously raising the platform Dumbo jumps from. In celebration of the plan, they drink champagne , and a bottle of it falls into a water vat. Crying after visiting his mother, Dumbo has an unsettling case of the hiccups , so Timothy takes him to the vat for some water, only to discover that the water contains champagne. Both of them get drunk , and hallucinate pink elephants. While recovering
1782-512: The "Classics" series by porting over the released titles (except Pinocchio , Fantasia , The Fox and the Hound , The Great Mouse Detective , The Rescuers Down Under , Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin ) to the "Masterpiece Collection" line, while continuing to use the "Classics" moniker in countries outside North America until 2007. Starting in the 2010s these videocassettes also dubbed "Black Diamond" became highly sought-after due to
1848-476: The 1950s, defended the crows in an article entitled Black Crows and Other PC Nonsense . The crows and Timothy Q. Mouse were not included in the 2019 live-action/CGI remake of Dumbo . In 2019, it was reported that an edited version of the animated film without the crows would be featured on the forthcoming Disney+ service. The movie streams on Disney+ uncensored, with an advisory in the synopsis warning "it may contain outdated cultural depictions." In 2021,
1914-541: The Disney company was built. During each re-release to theaters (on a roughly seven-year cycle), they earned money comparable to new releases; it was thought the company would lose this revenue if they released the feature films on video or television. By the time the Masterpiece Collection replaced the Classics collection in the domestic market, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Aristocats were
1980-591: The Flying Elephant is a popular ride that appears in Disneyland , Walt Disney World 's Magic Kingdom , Tokyo Disneyland , Disneyland Park (Paris) , and Hong Kong Disneyland . It is located in Fantasyland . The Casey Jr. Circus Train is an attraction found at Disneyland and Disneyland Paris . In June 2009, Disneyland introduced a flying Dumbo to their nighttime fireworks show, in which
2046-505: The Tramp , Sleeping Beauty , 101 Dalmatians , The Sword in the Stone , The Jungle Book , The Aristocats , Robin Hood , The Rescuers and The Fox and the Hound – which had only been shown at theaters, not television or any other format (except for The Sword in the Stone , which aired on television in 1985 for the first time). These 15 movies laid the foundation upon which
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2112-489: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 212725169 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:47:40 GMT Dumbo Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures . The film
2178-400: The Year" honor) on December 8, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 of that year had postponed it, and the story was later published on December 29. Among retrospective reviews, film critic Leonard Maltin stated that Dumbo is his favorite of Disney's films and he described it as "one of Walt Disney's most charming animated films". In 2011, Richard Corliss of Time named
2244-477: The animals . One elephant , Mrs. Jumbo, does not receive her baby, and keeps scanning the sky in hope. The next spring, the circus sets out on a new tour. A belated stork catches up with a moving train named Casey Jr. and drops off the expected baby elephant, Jumbo Jr. The other elephants are initially delighted, until they see the baby has revealed far-oversized ears, and mockingly nickname him "Dumbo". Mrs. Jumbo shows her baby great care and love, defending him from
2310-487: The backchat found on the band records of Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong . Karina Longworth , exploring the history of Song of the South in her podcast You Must Remember This , discussed the basis of the crows in minstrel show culture, as part of a wider use of minstrel culture by Walt Disney . The crow characters have been praised by a number of critical sources. The animation historian John Canemaker felt that
2376-493: The chaotic twin bears Claude and Lolly, the curious zebra Dot, the older, independent hippo Godfry, and the adventurous ostrich Penny. The animals were metaphors for the different stages of childhood. Dumbo II was supposed to be set on the day immediately following the end of the first Dumbo movie. John Lasseter cancelled Dumbo II , soon after being named Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2006. On July 8, 2014, Walt Disney Pictures announced that
2442-432: The circus with plans to surprise the audience. During the clowns' fire act, Dumbo jumps off the platform and prepares to fly. He drops the feather, but Timothy assures him it was only a psychological aid. As Dumbo successfully flies about the big top, much to the audience’s delight, he throws a trunkful of peanuts to the other elephants as payback. Dumbo gains fame and fortune, Timothy becomes his new manager and signs him to
2508-411: The cost of Snow White , less than a third of the cost of Pinocchio , and certainly less than the expensive Fantasia . Dumbo eventually grossed roughly more than $ 1.3 million (equivalent to $ 33,140,000 in 2023) during its original release. The film returned a profit of $ 850,000. Variety wrote that Dumbo was "a pleasant little story, plenty of pathos mixed with the large doses of humor,
2574-527: The crows were amongst the very few characters in the film that sympathize and are empathetic with Dumbo's plight. Being a marginalized ethnic group themselves, they can relate to Dumbo as a fellow outcast . Canemaker further added that the crows "are the most intelligent, the happiest, the freest spirited characters in the whole film." In 1980, film critic Michael Wilmington referred to the crows as "father figures", self-assured individuals who are "obvious parodies of proletarian blacks", but comments, "The crows are
2640-569: The elephant flies around Sleeping Beauty Castle while fireworks synched to music go off. Casey Junior is the second float in the Main Street Electrical Parade and its versions. Casey, driven by Goofy, pulls a drum with the parade logo and Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse . The Ringmaster appears as one of four villains in the 1999 PC game Disney's Villains' Revenge . In the game, the Disney Villains alter
2706-404: The film as one of the 25 all-time best animated films. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 42 reviews, with an average score of 8.3/10. The website's consensus reads " Dumbo packs plenty of story into its brief runtime, along with all the warm animation and wonderful music you'd expect from a Disney classic." Metacritic has assigned
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2772-477: The film was "the most genial, the most endearing, the most completely precious cartoon feature film ever to emerge from the magical brushes of Walt Disney's wonder-working artists". Time wrote: "Like story and characters, Dumbo ' s coloring is soft and subdued, free from picture-postcard colors and confusing detail—a significant technical advance. But the charm of Dumbo is that it again brings to life that almost human animal kingdom where Walter Elias Disney
2838-478: The film was one of several that Disney limited to viewers 7 years and older on their service Disney+, citing similarity of the crows' depictions to "racist minstrel shows". Dumbo's Circus is a live-action/ puppet television series for preschool audiences that aired on The Disney Channel in the 1980s. Unlike in the film, Dumbo spoke on the show. Each character would perform a special act, which ranged from dancing and singing to telling knock knock jokes . Dumbo
2904-484: The film was released in the United States on September 20, 2011. The 70th Anniversary Edition was produced in two packages: a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo and a one-disc DVD. The film was also released as a movie download. All versions of the 70th Anniversary Edition contain deleted scenes and several bonus features, including "Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo" and "The Magic of Dumbo: A Ride of Passage", while
2970-427: The film went into production in early 1941, supervising director Ben Sharpsteen was given orders to keep the film simple and inexpensive. As a result, the character designs are simpler, background paintings are less detailed, and a number of held cels (or frames) were used in the character animation . Although the film is more "cartoony" than previous Disney films, the animators brought elephants and other animals into
3036-469: The game. In 2001, the "60th Anniversary Edition" DVD of Dumbo featured a sneak peek of the proposed sequel Dumbo II , including new character designs and storyboards. Robert C. Ramirez ( Joseph: King of Dreams ) was to direct the sequel, in which Dumbo and his circus friends navigated a large city after being left behind by their traveling circus. Dumbo II also sought to explain what happened to Dumbo's father, Mr. Jumbo. Dumbo's circus friends included
3102-529: The group of crows in the film were African American stereotypes. The lead crow, voiced by white actor Cliff Edwards in an imitation of Southern African American dialect, was named "Jim Crow", after the pre-Civil-War minstrel character . The term had become a pejorative term for African Americans, and commonly referred to racial segregation laws , and the character's name was changed in the 1950s to "Dandy Crow" in attempt to avoid controversy. The other crows were voiced by African American actors and singers of
3168-472: The happy endings from Jiminy Cricket 's book; in particular, the Ringmaster forces Dumbo to endlessly perform humiliating stunts in his circus. In the end, the Ringmaster is defeated when he is knocked unconscious by a well-aimed custard pie. Dumbo appears in the popular PlayStation 2 game Kingdom Hearts released in 2002 in the form of a summon that the player can call upon in battle for aid. Sora ,
3234-427: The next morning, Dumbo and Timothy are later discovered asleep high up in a tree by Dandy Crow and his gang of crows . Initially making fun of Timothy's assertion that Dumbo flew with his ears while being drunk, the crows are soon moved by Dumbo's sad story. They decide to help Timothy, giving him a "magic feather " to help Dumbo fly. Holding the feather, Dumbo does indeed take off a second time. He and Timothy return to
3300-490: The only two of the original 15 classics (and in fact, the sole two pre-1985 single-narrative animated features) that had not yet been released to video or shown on television. All of the single-story animated features made by Disney were included in the list of 15 classics except for two. The exceptions were Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland , both of which had been shown on television at the earliest opportunity. The Disneyland TV series began with The Disneyland Story , but
3366-417: The others' abuse. Being clumsy due to his ears, Dumbo is made into a sideshow attraction. When some rowdy boys started to bully Dumbo and his ears, Mrs. Jumbo spanks their leader and throws hay bales at them. The circus staff quickly remove Dumbo from the pen, causing Mrs. Jumbo to fly into a rage, eventually dousing the circus’s ringmaster in a water tub. She is subsequently deemed mad and locked up in
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#17327800602593432-621: The phenomenon a "craze" which might be driven by nostalgia, and also stated that "Consumers have been learning some hard lessons about market manipulation and the power of trends". Rain Blanken from WDW magazine called the ebay listings "bogus" and "hyped up" warning people that "Every outlet is saying these are listed for high prices… not sold." This is also mentioned by Snopes which call the claim "Are 'Black Diamond' Disney VHS Tapes Worth Thousands of Dollars?" mostly false. They state that no buyers are bidding anywhere close to those asking prices for
3498-427: The popular all-black " Hall Johnson Choir ", including actors James Baskett ( Song of the South ) and Nick Stewart ( The Amos 'n' Andy Show ). Ward Kimball , the chief animator of the crows, used famous African-American dancers Freddie and Eugene Jackson as live-action reference for the characters. The personalities and mannerisms of the crows—specifically their fast-paced, back and forth dialogue—were inspired by
3564-486: The protagonist, flies on Dumbo while he splashes enemies with water from his trunk. Dumbo reprises his role as a summon in the follow-up game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories released in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance . Dumbo, Timothy Q. Mouse, the Ringmaster, Mrs. Jumbo, and Mr. Stork appear as playable characters in the world builder video game Disney Magic Kingdoms , as part of the main storyline of
3630-447: The pyramid, injuring the others and causing the big top to collapse. After, all elephants exile Dumbo permanently as he is put in with the clowns' firemen act, regularly jumping from a "burning building" prop into a vat of pie filling. Despite his newfound popularity, he hates the new performance and is upset. Timothy decides to take Dumbo to see Mrs. Jumbo, but they cannot see each other's faces and can only intertwine trunks. Meanwhile,
3696-427: The sequence before the strike. "People attached political significance to what happened there. You know, 'Let's go on strike' and so on. We weren't thinking strike at the time. In fact, there never would have been a strike if it hadn't been forced on us." Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace scored the film while Ned Washington wrote the lyrics to the songs. For their work on the score, Churchill and Wallace won
3762-507: The snappiest, liveliest, most together characters in the film. They are tough and generous. They bow down to no one. And, of course, it is they who teach Dumbo to fly." In 2017, Whoopi Goldberg expressed the desire for the crow characters to be more merchandised by Disney, "because those crows sing the song in Dumbo that everybody remembers." In 2019, Floyd Norman , the first African-American animator hired at Walt Disney Productions during
3828-457: The studio to study their movement. Watercolor paint was used to render the backgrounds. Dumbo is one of the few Disney features to use the technique, which was also used for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , and regularly employed for the various Disney cartoon shorts. The other Disney features used oil paint and gouache . 2002's Lilo & Stitch , which drew influences from Dumbo , also made use of watercolor backgrounds . During
3894-460: The tapes. Those that did sell for thousands of dollars are described by Snopes as a "rarity/fluke". In terms of consignment, Heritage Auctions has placed in their "Vintage VHS Tapes Value Guide" that the most desirable VHS tapes released between 1979 and 1990 are still in their original factory shrink wrap. Further value is added if studio watermarks are present on the wrap. In regard to Disney "Black Diamond Editions", Heritage states that aside from
3960-478: The time, the foreign markets in Europe had been curtailed due to World War II , which caused Pinocchio and Fantasia to fail at the box office. With the film's modest budget, Dumbo was intended to be a low-budget feature designed to bring revenue to the studio. Story artists Dick Huemer and Joe Grant were assigned to develop the plot into a feature-length film. From January 22 to March 21, 1940, they wrote
4026-506: The two-disc Blu-ray version includes games, animated shorts, and several exclusive features. The film was re-released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 26, 2016, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Despite the advent of World War II , Dumbo was still the most financially successful Disney film of the 1940s. After its October 23 release, Dumbo proved to be a financial miracle compared to other Disney films. The simple film only cost $ 950,000 (equivalent to $ 19,680,000 in 2023) to produce, half
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#17327800602594092-609: The very next thing to be aired was Alice in Wonderland (broadcast November 3, 1954), which was edited to fit into the one-hour TV time slot. The following season began on September 14, 1955, with a one-hour version of Dumbo . Both of these movies were released on video within the first two years of the creation of Walt Disney Home Video; the videos were only briefly available for rental before they became available for sale. Despite always being available, Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland have made millions of dollars in subsequent home video releases. Decades after their release there has been
4158-444: Was an assistant animator helping him on the crow sequence, left the studios shortly after for reasons unrelated to the strike. Some have interpreted the clowns' requests to get a raise from their boss being a reference to the Disney animators that went on strike in 1941 (during the creation of the film), demanding higher pay from Walt himself. Animator and strike organizer Art Babbitt denied this, saying he had been assigned to animate
4224-467: Was first brought to the attention of Walt Disney in late 1939 by Kay Kamen , the studio's head of merchandise licensing, who showed a prototype of the Roll-A-Book that included Dumbo . Disney immediately grasped its possibilities and heartwarming story and purchased the rights to it. Originally intended as a short film, Disney soon realized a decent book adaption needed a feature-length film. At
4290-480: Was in talks to play a trapeze artist. Following this announcement, Danny DeVito was cast as a ringleader named Medici. Two weeks later, it was reported that Colin Farrell had entered negotiations to play the role of Holt, which was originally offered to Will Smith. On April 4, 2017, Michael Keaton , Burton's former frequent collaborator, entered talks to star as the villain. Keaton confirmed his involvement with
4356-472: Was revealed that Tom Hanks had reportedly been offered to play the film's villain. The following month, it was announced that Smith would not be starring in the film. Smith passed on the project due to a disagreement over salary and scheduling as well as to star in Bad Boys for Life . He played the role of Genie in the 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin . In March 2017, it was reported that Eva Green
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