Danny DeVito is negotiating to join Tim Burton’s circus in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Dumbo which is casting right now. DeVito is trying to work out schedules on his Broadway turn to join Eva Green in the story of the beloved baby circus elephant.
If things work out, DeVito would play Medici, the man who runs a smaller circus that gets acquired by the evil big top circus villain Vandemere. Others involved in the picture say that DeVito’s deal is pretty much closed. Lets hope it closes well because we all want the DeVito/Burton reunion to bring back the nostalgia of Batman Returns.
The live-action adaptation of the 1941 animated classic, scripted by Ehren Kruger who produces with Justin Springer, is barreling towards a production start. Eva Green is already in talks to take on the role Colette, a French trapeze artist who works for Vandemere and is a key role in the film.
