Disney’s CGI-remake-mania continues with a live-action fox as Robin Hood

Enlarge / Disney has yet to formally announce a remake of 1973's Robin Hood, but THR has confirmed it's being made. In the meantime, we've come up with our own guess of how the reported film, a "hybrid" of live-action footage and CGI characters, will look in action. (credit: Getty / Aurich Lawson)

The Walt Disney Company has now remade nearly a dozen animated classics as feature-length, live-action films-and that's not counting spinoffs (Maleficent), semi-sequels (102 Dalmations), or completed films yet to reach theaters (Mulan). Unsurprisingly, Disney isn't stopping there, and its next expected remake will be part of another new trend for the company: a straight-to-Disney+ launch plan.

The Hollywood Reporter had Friday's scoop: Disney has begun pre-production on a live-action, CGI-filled remake of 1973's Robin Hood. Since the film's planning was reportedly finalized before a wave of set shutdowns across Hollywood, major details such as casting decisions and timeline estimates are not yet available. So far, only a director (Blindspotting's Carlos Lopez Estrada) and a writer (Kari Granlund, from last year's Lady and the Tramp remake) are attached.

THR believes this remake will play out as a musical, much like the first Disney version, and will star "anthropomorphic" animals "in a live-action/CGI hybrid format." It has not confirmed whether fans should expect the same casting of animal species to key roles, including Robin Hood and Maid Marian as foxes, Friar Tuck as a badger, and Little John as a shameless repeat of the popular Baloo from 1967's Jungle Book. (THR also didn't have any comment on whether to expect these remade CGI animals to wear tights or otherwise become enduring sex symbols for a generation.)

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