Production Begins on Disney’s Live Action Dumbo

Production has officialy begun on Disney’s live action Dumbo. The news was announced today,July 15 during the D23 Expo.

Directed by Tim Burton, the film stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, and introduces Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins in their first film roles. Dumbo introduces Holt Farrier (Farrell), a former circus star who finds his life turned upside down when he returns from the war. Circus owner Max Medici (DeVito) enlists Holt to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when Holt’s children (Parker and Hobbins) discover that Dumbo can fly, persuasive entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere (Keaton) and an aerial artist named Colette Marchant (Green) swoop in to make the peculiar pachyderm a star.

Dumbo is being filming in London and will be released on March 29, 2019!

Source: Walt Disney Studios