Over the years, Disney has turned several of its popular theme park attractions into films with varying degrees of success. There is, of course, the success of “The Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. But on the other end is the big-screen version of the Country Bear Jamboree.
Now Disney has decided that it’s time for the Jungle Cruise ride to get the big-screen make-over. And to help the film, Disney will reunite two of the stars of the “Toy Story” franchise for the live-action feature.
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks have signed on to play the lead roles in what is being described as an “action comedy.”
Roger S. H. Schulman has been hired to write a new draft of the script for the long-in-development project.
The story’s details are being kept under wraps, but Disney is planning Cruise as a big action-adventure movie with unique aspects that will make it more than just a straight-up adventure.
Hanks is attached to play a family guy while Allen would play a tour boat captain.
The moviemakers plan on having a script completed before going out to directors.
Dear Disney Inc.,
Stop it. Just stop. We know you’re not going to make anything “new” anytime soon, but stop with the stupid movies based on carnival rides. Remake some of your hokey stuff from the 1960s and 1970s, like “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes” or something. I realize that the Pirates of the Caribbean made a metric Butt-Ton of cash, but let me refresh your memories to the “Haunted Mansion”.
Please, we beg you, use half a brain and do something better.
Sincerely,
Me.
Dear Lejon,
Let it go. Disney is now being steered by John Lasseter, the mind behind all of the Pixar creative success over the last 15 years.
Do you know where he started his career? As a jungle skipper on the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland. Do you think a man with as much magic and poetry in his fingertips (to borrow from Charlie Sheen) is going to guide this ship down the wrong river?
You must be in de-nile. Oh wait that is a river on my favorite Disneyland ride that will certainly combine the chemistry of Allen and Hanks with bad puns and a great plot.
John Lasseter could take a tin can and make pure gold with his half brain, so don’t you worry your little nogin.
Yours Truly
Yensid
Well, we’ve have a couple remakes of Escape to Witch Mountain, and while the most recent one with The Rock is more homage to than remake, it’s far far better than any of the other remakes. So that one’s off the table.
Not a fan of the Nutty Professor remake or spinoffs (nor Dr Doolittle), but I can’t see them remaking those again. Didn’t they also do something with Swiss Family Robinson and Shaggy Dog/Shaggy DA already?
I’m surprised that in the face of how well Pirates of the Caribbean did that they didn’t immediately start talking about a remake of Treasure Island.
Judging from the list, it looks like they shot their wad remaking all those movies in the late 90s… I didn’t even remember than half of those had been remade. Wow.
Maybe Disney could test the waters with another series of movies based on animal adventure stories, something based on a more recent YA series of books, perhaps.
I dunno. Not sure anyone’s thinking about remaking Cat from Outer Space or The Black Hole or Old Yeller, and not sure we wanna put that out there 🙂