--- title: Disney to Remake Live Action Dumbo description: Disney announced plans to remake Dumbo into a live action feature. canonical: https://time.com/2967232/dumbo-remake-disney/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-08T20:04:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:01:47.679Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Disney to Remake Live Action Dumbo og:description: Elephants. Will. Fly. og:url: https://time.com/2967232/dumbo-remake-disney/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc808996be3da7e06/69869aeb169ab0769f27a430/104132598.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kevin Jonas Visits Disneyland og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Disney to Remake Live Action Dumbo twitter:description: Elephants. Will. Fly. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc808996be3da7e06/69869aeb169ab0769f27a430/104132598.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Transformers_ Writer Will Pen Live-Action _Dumbo_ Remake by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 8, 2014 8:04 PM CUT  Kevin Jonas, eldest of the musical Jonas Brothers, took his wife Danielle for a ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant at Disneyland Kevin Jonas, eldest of the musical Jonas Brothers, took his wife Danielle for a ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant at DisneylandGetty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 8, 2014 8:04 PM CUT Get your Kleenex ready. Disney is planning to remake _Dumbo_ into a live action feature, according to [The Hollywood _Reporter._](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/live-action-dumbo-works-transformers-717074 "undefined") But don’t expect a rerun of the quiet, 64-minute original. Ehren Kruger, who wrote _Transformers_, has signed on to do the animal flick’s screenplay. He will produce along with Justin Springer, who worked on _Oblivion_ and _Tron: Legacy_. _THR_ reports that CG developments might even allow the elephants to actually fly. Just when you think you’ve seen ’bout everything… \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/live-action-dumbo-works-transformers-717074 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2967232/dumbo-remake-disney/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2967232/dumbo-remake-disney/"},"headline":"Transformers Writer Will Pen Live-Action Dumbo Remake","datePublished":"2014-07-08T20:04:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:01:47.679Z","description":"Elephants. Will. Fly.","url":"https://time.com/2967232/dumbo-remake-disney/","keywords":["film","Disney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc808996be3da7e06/69869aeb169ab0769f27a430/104132598.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc808996be3da7e06/69869aeb169ab0769f27a430/104132598.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kevin Jonas Visits Disneyland","caption":"Kevin Jonas Visits Disneyland","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/film/","name":"film"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2967232/dumbo-remake-disney/","name":"Transformers Writer Will Pen Live-Action Dumbo Remake"}}]}] ```