Disney's Latest: Live-Action Dumbo

Disney has been turning its animated classics into live-action films for a while now, but we're guessing no one predicted the next one announced would be, you know, the one about an elephant with huge ears who also happens to talk and fly. But yes, Disney is indeed working on a live-action version of Dumbo, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Upping the weirdness factor, the script will be written by a Transformers writer. It will also add a story about a family that "parallels" the elephant's story, the Reporter notes. No word yet on a release date, but up first is a live-action version of Cinderella out next year, and live-action versions of The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast are also in the works. Yay? (More Disney stories.)