‘The Aristocats’ Live-Action Adaptation in the Works at Disney
Ellise Shafer A live-action adaptation of the classic animated film “The Aristocats” is in early development at Disney, Variety has confirmed.“Peter Rabbit” director Will Gluck and “Onward” writer Keith Bunin are set to pen the script, with Gluck also producing via his Olive Bridge Entertainment banner.The original 1970 film follows a family of aristocratic cats — mother Duchess and her three kittens Berlioz, Marie and Toulouse — living a luxurious life in Paris. But when their owner’s butler finds out that the cats are set to receive a massive fortune, he kidnaps them and abandons them in an unfamiliar land — the country.