Tarzan (321SPONGEBOLT's film idea)

Tarzan is a live action retelling of the 1999 animated film of the same name. The film reunites Phil Collins as the songwriter of the film, providing new songs for the picture. Mark Mancina also returns to provide musical score for the film.

STORY
A young woman gives birth to a baby boy while she and her husband end up being shipwrecked on a deserted island in the middle of Africa. Meanwhile, Kerchak, the leader of the gorillas is excited to be a father. His mate, Kala, just gave birth to a baby gorilla. After a few days of the humans constructing a big house on top of a tree, a leopard named Sabor strikes out of nowhere in the middle of the night and kills the baby gorilla, much to the horror of Kala. To make matters worse, Kerchak blames himself for not keeping an eye on his son, and the next day vows to take his job as leader more seriously. That same night, Sabor attacked the human child's parents. Kala followed the baby's wails to the treehouse and decided to take him back to the jungle as her foster son. While Kerchak refuses at first, knowing that Tarzan is an outsider, he reluctantly decides he can stay.

As a young kid, Tarzan spends his fun and games with his step-cousin, Terk the gorilla. She shows Tarzan the ins and outs of living in the jungle and trying to win Kerchak's approval. Soon, Tarzan befriends Tantor the elephant, who unlike most elephants, is anything but brave, but is still good at heart.

As Tarzan reaches adulthood, Sabor comes back for revenge, and nearly kills Kerchak. Tarzan kills Sabor and has finally earned Kerchak's approval, until suddenly, a gunshot can be heard from miles away. With Kerchak distracted, Tarzan sneaks away from the gorillas and Tantor as he follows the sounds.

Deep in the bamboo forest, Tarzan finds two humans, then three when a beautiful girl shows up. It is explained that Jane and her father hired Clayton as their tour guide for the jungles of Africa, because she and her father came to study gorillas. Eventually, Jane ends up being separated from the group when a baboon snatches one of Jane's sketches from her book. After snatching it back, an angry group of baboons chase after Jane until Tarzan jumps down from the branches and swings to the rescue.

At first, Jane was frightened of the ape-man, but calms down as soon as she realizes they aren't so different after Tarzan feels her hand. Terk, Tantor, and some of their gorilla friends arrive at the campsite and look around, until one accident gives them an idea to make music with the human stuff. Tarzan and Jane come back to reunite with his friends, and Jane is surprised to see he's part of their family. However, Kerchak scares her, but before he can do anything else, he hears Clayton and the professor calling "Jane!" and leaves with the rest of his troop. Jane tells Clayton and the proffesor everything, and while Clayton isn't easily convinced, her father grows rather curious about this "Tarzan, the ape-man".

That night, Kerchak holds a meeting among the troops. Kerchak warns everyone about the humans, but while Tarzan tries to convince Kerchak that he saved one, and that the humans mean no harm, Kala tells his foster son to listen to Kerchak for once, because he may have a point. This hurts Tarzan, because he thought his mother would've supported him, and can't believe she never told him that there were other humans out there like him. Later that night, after a little discussion with Kala, Tarzan decides to sneak away from the gorillas whenever he could to visit Jane.

The next morning, when Jane explains to her father what Tarzan was like when he saved her life, the professor is proud of her daughter. Even when Clayton still thinks Tarzan is a "girlish fantasy" Jane imagined, Tarzan suddenly arrives and realizes Jane was right. After apologizing for doubting Jane, he suddenly gets a clever idea, that Tarzan could be the link to the gorillas. Tarzan keeps sneaking out successfully each day, as Jane shows Tarzan the world through slideshows and human stuff. Clayton insists Tarzan should take them to the gorillas, but even when Jane politely asks, he explains that he can't because of his foster father, Kerchak.

After seeing a slide where a man proposes to a woman with a bouquet of flowers, Tarzan decides to propose to Jane the next day and ask her to stay. Jane is stuck. She can't decide whether to stay with Tarzan or go back to London as planned. Clayton, however, convinces Tarzan that Jane never got to see the gorillas, making him think that if she does, she'll stay with Tarzan. Immediately, Tarzan agrees, but behind his back, Clayton talks to one of his henchmen.

With Tantor using his trunk to puppeteer the professor, and Terk wearing Jane's dress (which she did not agree to), Kerchak chases after them, allowing Tarzan, Jane, Professor Porter, and Clayton to enter the nesting grounds without worry. They see Kala, and she doesn't know whether to come near Tarzan's friends or not. In shyness, she walks away, but soon, they all see the gorillas as far as the eye can see. As Kala watches Jane and Professor Porter getting along with the gorillas, slowly starts to realize Tarzan may have a point as well. Clayton draws an X, marking the spot on his map, and few gorilla snatch his stuff in curiosity, which he gets impatient with.

Tarzan teaches Jane how to speak gorilla. She learns "Ooh-ooh-eee-ah-ooh" means "Jane stays with Tarzan", which makes her feel sad again, because she knows she can't stay with Tarzan. She has to leave for London tomorrow morning. She wants Tarzan to choose between staying in Africa, or coming to London and living there forever. However, Kerchak comes back, and he is furious that Tarzan disobeyed him. In his gorilla language, Tarzan explains to his foster father that these are the friends he was talking about. They mean no harm. Kerchak is about to realize what Tarzan meant, until he sees Clayton grab his gun back, thinking Clayton was going to shoot him when he really wasn't. Tarzan wrestles Kerchak to help his human friends flee, and stops as soon as they disappear. The gorillas are frightened by Tarzan and hide, while Terk and Tantor feel horrible for what about to happen.

Tarzan apologizes to Kerchak as he was about to explain, but Kerchak disowns Tarzan and banishes him saying, "Never set foot in this jungle again. I told you to protect our family, and you betrayed us all.". A few seconds later, Tarzan retorts back, calling him out for betraying him, even when he promised Tarzan can stay, even if he's not his son. Kala watches Tarzan calling her husband out for his mistakes and remembers Tarzan's past, and as Tarzan mopes on a distant treetop far away from the nesting grounds, Kala takes Tarzan to the treehouse.

Tarzan sees an old portrait of Tarzan's real parents, leading to Kala saying "Now you know. Tarzan, I can't make Kerchak change his mind. But I don't your exile to get you down. I just want you to be... happy. Whatever you decide.". Tarzan, after a bit of thinking, comes out of the house wearing his dad's dress clothes. Tarzan and Kala have a long sad hug, with Tarzan saying "Goodbye, Kala. No matter where I go, you will always be mother." and Kala tearfully replying "And you will always be in my heart.".

Come daybreak, Jane sees Tarzan in his father's suit and is impressed that Tarzan decided to come to London with Jane. As soon as they board the ship, a gang of pirates capture Jane and her father, while Tarzan struggles to fight them off and run for dear life, until they finally capture him. Tarzan calls for Clayton and pleads for help, but Clayton's true colors are revealed. Tarzan responds "Clayton, you tricked me! You..." before being knocked out. Down in the brig, Clayton explains his plan to Tarzan and thanks him for locating the nesting grounds. Tarzan lets out a scream, catching the ears of Tantor and Terk. Tantor theorizes Tarzan must be in trouble not too far from here, while Terk coldly explains she wants nothing to do with him. This makes Tantor furious enough to stand up to her and make her see reason as he charges through the jungle and swims to the boat.

Tarzan tries many different ways to free him, Jane, the professor, and even Captain Gerald, but soon gives up. He coldly says Clayton's name, and Jane apologizes for letting him get away with his plan. Tarzan however blames himself for helping Clayton, and that Kerchak was right about how some humans can't be trusted. Soon, the boat starts swaying left and right, due to Tantor's weight, and he and Terk fight the pirates. Tantor slams his foot through the trapdoor and the humans are free. Tarzan takes off his father's dress clothes and dives off the plank while Captain Gerald turns the ship around.

Clayton launches a flare into the sky and his men capture each and every gorilla with net traps or cages. Kerchak becomes scared as Clayton walks up to him and prepares to shoot him, but Tarzan's signature yell catches the jungle's attention. Tarzan frees Kerchak and Kerchak is surprised that Tarzan disobeyed him, this time to save the family. While watching Tarzan and his human friends free the gorillas, Kerchak shows deep regret and is about to apologize until he sees Tarzan get shot in the arm by Kerchak. Kerchak strangles Clayton, but ends up getting shot. Then, Tarzan goes after Clayton himself from the treetops. In the middle of their brawl, Clayton grabs a snake, mistaking him for a vine. Tarzan realizes that snake is deadly, and tries to save Clayton, but Clayton ends up getting bit and dies from the snake's poison.

Tarzan and the humans gather around Kerchak, and Tarzan asks if he can forgive him. In response, Kerchak says "No. Forgive me. For the way I treated you your whole life, and for not realizing that all this time, you always have been... one of us. Our family will look to you now.". As soon as Kerchak dies, Tarzan accepts Kerchak's apology with a hug, and accepts his responsibility as the new leader of the gorillas.

The next morning, Jane and Tarzan press their hands against each other's one last time, and Tarzan watches Jane and the professor leave as the captain paddles the canoe to the ship. Realizing Jane's not really happy about going home, he thinks it would be best if Jane stayed in Africa with Tarzan, because he can tell she's in love with Tarzan, and Tarzan deeply loves her in return. After a bit of encouragement, Jane hugs her father and jumps off the boat, swimming back to Tarzan and kissing him as soon as she reaches the shore. The professor decides to abandon ship too, and asks that the captain tells everyone back in London that they lost them.

Jane touches Kala's hand, and Kala smiles. Then Jane says "Ooh-ooh-eee-ah-ooh" and the whole jungle is overjoyed that Jane will stay in Africa with Tarzan. A year goes by, and Tarzan rules the jungles of Africa with Jane on her side. Some scenes during the first part of the end credits show clips of Jane spending time with Terk and Tantor, upon making some new discoveries.

CASTING CHOICES
'''NOTE: Not all characters are up here. This is based on who I'd pick for certain roles.'''

TRIVIA

 * Unlike the original animated film, this remake will be shot in the 2:39:1 aspect ratio, to give it more of an epic flavor.
 * Unlike in the live action remake for "The Lion King", the computer animation for the animals will try to look more closely to their respective animated counterparts.