"Dumbo" will be flying on your screen once again.

Instead of the cartoon elephant you know and love, "Dumbo" will be very real in the upcoming live-action remake, notes the Hollywood Reporter. Ehren Kruger, who wrote the scripts for "Transformers," will be responsible for "Dumbo." The movie will be produced by Justin Springer, who worked on "Tron: Legacy" and "Oblivion."

"Dumbo" tells the story of a baby elephant, who is ridiculed for his big ears. His mother is locked up for trying to protect him, and Dumbo befriends a mouse, who tells him that with a magic feather, he can fly.

It's one of the shortest Disney films at just 64 minutes.

Turning cartoon movies into live-action versions is something Disney has been doing the last few years. For example, "Maleficent"and "Alice in Wonderland" have been reimagined for the big screen.

Both movies were successful worldwide. "Maleficent" grossed more than $630 million, and "Alice in Wonderland" made more than $1 billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

And there are more movies to come.

"The Jungle Book," "Cinderella," and "Beauty and the Beast" will also get live-action versions in the future.

Sometimes, these live-action movies are not met with enthusiasm, as Warner Bros. learned.

For "Pan," which is a retelling of Peter Pan's story, Rooney Mara was cast as Tiger Lily, but fans were upset that the White actress would be portraying a Native American character, notes Entertainment Weekly.

An online petition was started to get Mara off the film.

"This casting choice is particularly shameful for a children's movie. Telling children their role models must all be white is unacceptable," said the letter to Warner Bros. "An article from Variety described the studio's reimagining of the story this way: 'The world being created is multi-racial/international -- and a very different character than previously imagined.' Yet it stars Mara and two white guys -- Hugh Jackman and Garrett Hedlund. Not so multi-racial after all, Warner Bros."

The petition has gotten almost 22,000 signatures since it was started earlier in the year.