Live-Action Reboot of “Home on the Range” to Come?
File under, “Eh.”
So, apparently, a little “smoke” is developing on the horizon, and sources tell We Got This Covered that it signals a Home on the Range reboot remains in development at Disney.
Yes, I wrote, “Home on the Range.”
Home on the Range Reboot?
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Now, I say remains because of specious evidence, as well. However, as early as July 29, 2018, a live-action listing for Home on the Range had a listing on IMDB.
Bust a Moo 2?
However, Evan Lewis wrote it could only be a matter of time:
Don’t expect the reboot craze to stop any time soon. Fresh off the heels of Disney’s extremely profitable recent live-action remakes, the studio is making plans to keep on redoing their animated films for years to come. In fact, according to our sources – the same ones who told us an Aladdin sequel was in development, and that Marvel was developing a She-Hulk show – executives at the company are eying a revitalization of the 2004 flick Home on the Range. Just like Dumbo and the upcoming Brother Bear reimagining, the few human characters in the movie will likely be real people, while the animals will be animated in a style similar to The Lion King.
For those who aren’t familiar with this lesser-known flick, Home on the Range is titled after the popular country song of the same name and features a wide array of voice talents like Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Randy Quaid and Steve Buscemi. The story is set in the late 1800s and tells the tale of the Old West through the eyes of the barnyard animals. The main characters are a trio of cows, who are tasked with capturing a notorious cattle rustler named Alameda Slim in order to claim his bounty and save their farm from foreclosure.
Unfortunately, the movie underperformed at the box office, grossing only $103.9 million on a $110 million budget. The disappointing return marked the second-to-last 2D animated feature that Disney would produce, followed only by the much more successful The Princess and The Frog (which is also reportedly about to undergo the live-action reboot treatment).
A Load of Bull?
Hey, who am I to say what’s coming down the pike. However, this one seems pretty iffy. Of all of the many reboot rumors I’ve seen, this would be the one I’d least like to see, as the original film left little to no impression on me (so maybe I oughta see it again). Of course, we could all be waiting for the you-know-what to come home before a Home on the Range actualy reboot makes it back to any screen.
