Disney is making another live-action movie, and this time it’s James and the Giant Peach, to be developed by Director Sam Mendes.
To refresh your memory, James and the Giant Peach is the terrifying delightful children’s movie directed by Henry Selick and based off of the Roald Dahl story. It features nightmare-inducing adorable stop-motion animated bugs that helped James float away from his mean aunts in a — you guessed it — giant peach.
The original film was an interesting mix of live-action characters in the beginning and at the end, with stop-motion animated sequences throughout the middle.
Now, according to Deadline, Disney is developing an all-live-action remake of the film. Nick Hornby will write the script, while Joe Roth is in negotiations to sign on as a producer.
If Mendes’ name sounds familiar, it’s because he directed the last two James Bond features, both Skyfall and Spectre, as well as 1999’s American Beauty.
You can check out the trailer for the horrifying original film below:
As of late, Disney has been announcing live-action versions of its properties left and right, including The Nutcracker (which has a huge cast of well-known actors), The Little Mermaid (with Lin-Manuel Miranda attached to help write the music), Beauty and the Beast (starring Emma Watson), and Cruella (starring Emma Stone), among others.
With the amount of remakes — especially in the live-action department — it’s no wonder James and the giant Peach is the latest to be announced.