Get ready for the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp, but with actual spaghetti — and actual dogs. That's right: The latest Disney movie to score a live-action remake is none other than the classic 1955 animated romance between two adorable puppers. On Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Disney had scheduled the adaptation of Lady and the Tramp to be released sometime in 2019.
Like fellow Disney classic The Jungle Book, with which it shares producer Brigham Taylor, the new live-action Lady and the Tramp will technically be a mix of live-action and CGI. But unlike other live-action Disney adaptations, audiences will not get to see this one in theaters. According to THR, the Lady and the Tramp remake will be one of the first movies to debut on Disney's new digital streaming service, also set to launch in 2019. Disney is also planning for the service to stream film and TV content from Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars, which are all Disney brands, along with four to six movies per year, per THR.
THR reported that Disney has already secured director Charlie Bean, who directed The Lego Ninjago Movie, and a script from writer Andrew Bujalski. It's unclear how faithful the script will be to the 1955 movie, which is about a privileged Cocker Spaniel, Lady, who meets and falls in love with a stray mongrel named Tramp after her owners kick her out. Knowing Disney's previous live-action adaptations, though, both versions will likely be pretty similar, with maybe a few socially aware updates. (The racist "We Are Siamese" scene from the 1955 version, for example, hopefully won't make it into the final cut.)
There's no word yet on the casting, but with Beyoncé helming the live-action Lion King, Disney is bound to find some famous voices for Lady and Tramp.
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