‘Dumbo’ Producers on How Tim Burton Drew from His Animation Background for the Live-Action Remake
March 28, 2019
From visionary director Tim Burton, the live-action telling of the beloved classic Dumbo celebrates differences while also exploring the importance of family, both by blood and by circumstance. When circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) appoints former horse-riding star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children (Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins) as the caretakers for the newborn elephant with the oversized ears, he has no idea that what initially makes him a laughingstock to audiences will also change their lives forever. While at the film’s Los Angeles press day, producers Derek Frey and Katterli Frauenfelder (who was also …
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