{"id":17342,"date":"2023-06-14T16:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17342"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:51:39","slug":"sarah-polley-reportedly-in-talks-with-disney-to-direct-live-action-bambi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17342","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Polley Reportedly in Talks With Disney to Direct Live-Action &#8216;Bambi&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Disney is reportedly negotiating with Oscar-winner Sarah Polley to direct a live-action version of the children\u2019s classic <em><strong>Bambi<\/strong><\/em>, which turns 100 this year. 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It was Disney\u2019s fifth animated feature, and it won several Academy Award nominations while grossing more than 7 million worldwide.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy  with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><br \/><br \/>\u00a0Fans are fawning over the prospect that the live-action film will be a musical that will include compositions by country-music star Kacey Musgraves, a six-time Grammy winner.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvillesmilestn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/wp-classic\/inc\/php\/wellbutrin.html\">wellbutrin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><\/p>\r\n<p>According to published reports, the script is being drafted by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Micah Noah Harpster. Earlier drafts had been written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer, who had joined the team in 2020, when Disney first began developing Bambi.<br \/>The new project will be produced by Chris and Paul Weitz via their Depth of Field entity.<br \/><br \/>Polley\u2019s drama <em>Women Talking<\/em> was based on Miriam Toews\u2019s novel of a real-life story of sexual abuse in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia. In addition to her directing the film, she also wrote the script. The film debuted at Telluride and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe nomination. Her other credits as a director include <em><strong>Stories We Tell, Take This Waltz, <\/strong><\/em>and <em><strong>Away From Her.<br \/><\/strong><\/em><br \/>Polley started her film career as a child actor, playing the role of Ramona Quimby in the television series <em><strong>Ramona<\/strong><\/em>. She also played Sara Stankey in the Canadian TV series <em><strong>Road to Avenlea<\/strong><\/em>. She later starred in feature films such as <em><strong>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Sweet Hereafter, Guinevere,<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Dawn of the Dead<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/>Disney has several other live-action movies on its list, including<em><strong> Snow White<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Mufasa: The Lion King<\/strong><\/em>. A non-Disney horror-film adaptation, <em><strong>Bambi: The Reckoning<\/strong><\/em>, directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, will see the no-longer-gentle fawn reimagined as a \u201cvicious killing machine.\u201d<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney is reportedly negotiating with Oscar-winner Sarah Polley to direct a live-action version of the children\u2019s classic Bambi, which turns 100 this year. 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