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Disney’s feature film reimagining of Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers has found its director. Akiva Schaffer, one-third of Lonely Island along with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone's, has closed a deal to direct the studio’s live-action/CG hybrid take on Rescue Rangers, featuring the classic chipmunk duo.

David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, who produced The Muppets as well as Beauty and the Beast for the studio, are producing the project, whose distribution path is unclear. It may end up a theatrical release or could head to Disney+, the company’s upcoming streaming service that launches later this year.

Plot details for Rangers are being squirreled away, but it will not be an origin story nor detective agency story. Rather, the take is being described as being meta, something self-referential and cool. Dan Gregor and Doug Mand wrote the script. Execs Louie Provost and Jessica Virtue are overseeing for the studio, Alex Young is shepherding for Mandeville Films/TV.

We have learned that production designer Steve Saklad has joined the crew for Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of ‘Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’. Akiva Schaffer will be directing the remake. ‘Dolittle’ screenwriters Doug Mand and Dan Gregor will write the screenplay for the film. The film is aiming to release in late 2021.

We have a small update for you on Disney’s long-in-development live-action adaptation of Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, based on the 90’s series of the same name. We have learned that production on the live-action/CGI hybrid is set to begin filming next spring in Los Angeles, California. The studio is also prepping this film as a part of their original films for Disney+. Another cool tidbit on the project we are hearing but have not been able to confirm, is the original voice cast for the Rescue Rangers team, Tress MacNeille (Chip and Gadget), Corey Burton (Dale and Zipper), and Jim Cummings (Monterey Jack) are all expected to return for the film.

We can now confirm that Corey Burton, original voice for Dale and Zipper, will be reprising those roles for this film. Other cast members such as Tress MacNeille (Chip and Gadget) and Jim Cummings (Monterey Jack) are expected to return as well, but not confirmed.

We have learned that Larry Fong will serve as the cinematographer on Disney’s live-action Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers film.

Dale is CGI while Chip has a traditional look.

According to the casting grid the official log line/synopsis for the film is as follows:

It’s been years since the end of the Rescure Rangers, and Chip and Dale, are currently living a life of mediocrity. Now Chip and Dale must renew their partnership to try and save a friend from a fate worst that death: video piracy.

In case that description isn’t enough to give you an idea of the general tone Schaffer is aiming for, or what the film will be about, a breakdown for a character named Ellie Whitfield offers some additional details:

Human, any ethnicity, Ellie is a newly promoted detective, eager and excitable, the only detective young enough to have grown up with and loved the Rescue Rangers TV show. Being human, she’s much larger than the cartoon characters with whom she interacts, which is all part of the fun as she embarks on helping Chip and Dale track down the sinister Mean Dean.

For Disney+, we're currently in development on a hybrid live action-animated feature with two perennial favorites in Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers. Popstar's Akiva Schaffer directs, and the hilarious John Mulaney and Andy Samberg are set to star in the title roles. Seth Rogen will cameo, and you'll be sure to recognize his voice in this early animation test we are sharing with you today. In our film, cartoons are living among us in all their animated forms, and let's just say, Dale may have gone a little overboard to keep up with the current popularity of CGI.

estefan wrote:Funnily enough, that's the kind of storyline I always thought would be the most appropriate for a Roger Rabbit sequel set in present day.