"Bambi" Horror Movie in Works

A new live-action "Bambi" movie is in the works, from the creator of the live-action "Winnie The Pooh" horror movie.

For the past 80 years, Bambi and his friends, Thumper and Flower, have maintained a sweet picture thanks to the 1942 Disney movie. Now, the adorable deer is set to show off his dark side in the upcoming horror movie "Bambi: The Reckoning".

The macabre reimagining of Felix Salten's 1923 novel "Bambi" is produced by ITN Studios and Jagged Edge Productions.

Filmmaker Scott Jeffrey will begin principal photography in January. 

Rhys Frake-Waterfield, who directed the upcoming slasher flick "Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey", will continue his streak of ruining childhoods and will serve as the movie's producer.

"The film will be an incredibly dark retelling of the 1928 story we all know and love. Finding inspiration from the design used in Netflix's The Ritual, Bambi will be a vicious killing machine that lurks in the wilderness. Prepare for Bambi on rabies!" Jeffrey said in a statement.

While no further plot details were revealed, however, it is quite known how Bambi, along with the audience, was left deeply traumatized after his mother was murdered by a hunter in the animated Disney movie. 

Bambi — like Winnie-the-Pooh — entered the public domain this year, which allows the characters to be used in new ways. 

"Bambi: The Reckoning" isn't the only new Bambi movie audiences may soon be fawning over. In the same method as 2019's "The Lion King" and 2016's "The Jungle Book", Disney is also creating a photorealistic remake of its original movie.