One of the many live-action adaptations of their animated classic that Disney has is the works is Dumbo, which Tim Burton is planning to direct. (And those who aren’t keen on these live-action versions have Burton to blame, as it was the success of his Alice In Wonderland that kicked it all off).
The film is now forward with Variety reporting that Will Smith is circling the movie, while Tom Hanks has been offered a role too. If he signs on Smith, ‘would play the father of the children who develop a friendship with the lovable elephant after seeing him at the circus. Insiders also indicate that Tom Hanks has been offered a role as the villain.’
However, there are major obstacles to them signing on, as Disney wants to shoot this year, so Smith’s involvement would likely need to be scheduled around Bad Boys 3. Hanks meanwhile is weighing up whether to do Dumbo or the World War II drama The Grey Hound.
Based on a Dave Eggers novel, The Circle is a film that’s vaguely science-fiction, but actually far closer to reality than we might like to admit. After all, Google and Facebook already know more about us than even our closest friends.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney
Starring: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger is famous for something that took less than 10 minutes – crash landing the airplane he was piloting into New York’s Hudson, an miraculously saving all the passengers. That might not sound like enough for an entire movie, but there will be plenty more to it in Clint Eastwood’s Sully, which has just released its first trailer.
Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard are back in the world of Dan Brown adaptations, with a movie that will hopefully sort out the mess that was Inferno (and that’s coming from someone who quite enjoyed the other Robert Langdon novels). The new trailer certainly isn’t too bad though.
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