As Winnie the Pooh did before him, Bambi now has his own version of horror.
DIrector Scott Jeffrey (“The Mutation”Producer Rhys Frake Waterfield is the partner of ). Rhys Frake Waterfield wrote and helmed the already famous and upcoming film,. “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” To make “Bambi: The Reckoning,” It is billed as “a” “dark retelling” Website Dread Central, a classic cartoon for children. Reports.
As though 1942 was the original “Bambi” isn’t horrific enough — the title fawn witnesses the traumatic murder of his mother by an unseen hunter — Jeffrey told the outlet that the film will reimagine Bambi as a “vicious killing machine.” Will the sweet-faced deer be seeking to avenge his beloved mum’s death? Details of the plot are still being withheld.
“The film will be an incredibly dark retelling of the 1928 story we all know and love. Finding inspiration from the design used in Netflix’s ‘The Ritual,’ Bambi will be a vicious killing machine that lurks in the wilderness. Prepare for Bambi on rabies!” Jeffrey.
“The Ritual,” the 2017 British horror film starring Rafe Spall and directed by David Bruckner (2022’s “Hellraiser”), a group of friends hiking through the Swedish countryside encounter occult-like phenomena and are hunted by a creature known as Moder — in Norse mythology, an illegitimate offspring of the trickster god Loki — and a part of the class of beings called Jötunns, depicted in the film as a monstrous four-legged giant with antlers and horns alongside its back. If that’s any indication of what Bambi might look like in the upcoming film, we can’t even fathom Thumper’s reimagining.
Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios (also behind) “Winnie the Pooh” The film will be produced by Dread Central, and Vince Knight as the cinematographer. Production is expected to start in January, according Dread Central.
Disney also announced in 2020 plans to create a live action remake of “The Lion King”. “Bambi” à la “The Lion King” And “The Jungle Book.” Geneva Robertson Dworet, Screenwriter (“Captain Marvel”Lindsey Beer and a Lindsey Beer“Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”) were tapped to write the screenplay, with Chris and Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano’s Depth of Field producing.
Not for nothing, if Scott and Frake-Waterfield continue to carve out a niche in horror retellings of beloved and iconic characters, it bears mentioning that Disney’s own early version of Mickey Mouse is set to Enter Public domain by 2024
