Close on the heels of The Lion King live action cum CG remake last year, Disney is now going ahead with the live action remake of its 1973 animated classic Robin Hood. The remake will be the next in Disney’s burgeoning list of live action+CG remakes of its most beloved and iconic animated movies.
The movie is being made, not with a theatrical release in mind, but for Disney Plus, the company’s streaming service.
The remake will be directed by Blindspotting director Carlos Lopez Estrada. Kari Granlund, writer of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp remake, is writing the script for the remake.
Disney’s Robin Hood, released in 1973, was singularly unique for the fact that it re-imagined the characters of the legendary tale of the good-hearted outlaw and his band of merry thieves as animals living in the Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood was a wily fox, bestowed with hefty doses of charm and chutzpah.
The new live-action remake will be a musical, just like all Disney productions are, and will again have animals playing the popular characters.
The Robin Hood remake will add to the other Disney remakes of The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio, and Bambi in the works.