The Seventh Brother

The Seventh Brother (or in German Bobo un die Hasenbande) is an upcoming computer animated movie released for 2021 by Walt Disney Pictures and Feature films. It is based on the German 1991 film of the same name. It stars Jacob Tremblay, Nolan Massey, Jane Lynch, Matt Damon, Millie Davis, and James Corden.

Synopsis
During the ride home a young puppy named Tiny gets separated from his family after a thunderstorm hits.

The next morning, Tiny is greeted by 6 rabbits but J.C thinks he can survive on his own but Rebecca and a few other rabbits (except J.C) decide to take him in as one of their own. But when danger strikes it's up to J.C and his siblings to help Tiny and get him home before winter arrives.

Tagline:"You're never alone when you helping someone else."

Cast

 * Jacob Tremblay as Tiny
 * Nolan Massey as J.C.
 * Millie Davis as Rebecca
 * Ian Armitage as Marty
 * TBA as Joanna
 * TBA as Cody
 * TBA as Mimi
 * James Corden as Mr.Rabbit
 * Matt Damon as Adult Tiny
 * Amy Poehler as Mrs. Rabbit
 * TBA as Dr. Albert E. Owl
 * Jane Lynch as Mrs. Magpie
 * TBA as Grandpa
 * TBA as Angie

Production
In 2017 It was announced that Nolan Massey wants to develop a Seventh Brother remake,He stated in a article,

"This movie was my childhood, I always loved this back when I was a kid but now since nobody has talked about this film for quite some time I think I want to bring this forgotten classic back to life!"

In May of 2017 a script was in the works from Nolan Massey, A rumor stated that Dreamworks wanted to own the rights to the film but Dreamworks stated: "We would love to make a adaptation for it but we have a lot of movies already planned for the near future". Nolan would later work with Dreamworks in the animated remake of "The Velveteen Rabbit" On June 1st Walt Disney Pictures bought the rights to The Seventh Brother and stated that they will distribute The Seventh Brother Movie from Nolan Massey. Later then Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee signed on the project to help write the script.On June 14th Rich Moore declared that he would direct the film along with Bryon Howard.On June 20th Feature Films for Families declared that they will co distribute the film. Nolan even stated that he will produce and voice a character for the movie. On June 24th Nolan stated that some of the characters of Bambi will be in the film but for a few small cameos.that same day Nolan states that they will reveal the original Seventh Brother.On July 1st It was later confirmed that Thumper would be the rabbit siblings original Seventh Brother. It was also announced that Bambi and The Seventh Brother would be linked in the same world together.

Casting
On July 12th Nolan stated that he will not play the role of Tiny but will play one of the rabbit siblings and on that same day Nolan wanted Jacob Tremblay for the role of Tiny, but however on July 14th, Tobey Maguire was rumored to play Adult Tiny but the role was given to Matt Damon. Jane Lynch was later added to the cast as Ms. Magpie.

Nolan wished that Robin Williams would have been the voice of Dr. Albert E Owl, as he stated this "I wish I would have worked with the guy he would have been a great part to the movie.But sadly due to his passing I'll never get that chance to work with him cause he's my hero but I won't give up to try and hear his voice again one last time but he will be Dr.Albert E Owl." On June 17th Nolan announced his role in The Seventh Brother as J.C. the oldest of his siblings.

On August 12th Jacob Tremblay signed on to play the role of Tiny.and that same year Millie Davis signed on to play Rebecca.

On October 3rd James Corden signed on to play Mr. rabbit.

On December 5th Amy Poehler was later casted as Mrs. Rabbit.

Petition
On August 17th 2016 a petition for the Seventh Brother film was made by Nolan Massey before the script was written.It got 10.000 views.

Release Date
On July 3rd the film was given a released date for April 2nd 2018 but was pushed back twice and stated it will be released on April 2nd 2020.But Nolan decided there isn't much films coming for the holidays so it was switched from April 2nd to December 22nd.It was later pushed up to 2021 due to the Seventh Brother will celebrate it's 30th anniversary.

Trivia
After the introduction to the rabbits Tiny says "that's it!" and J.C. follows up saying "What you were expecting a musical number where we dance around and takes us an hour to introduce ourselves? Yeah right."Which is a reference to the original where the rabbits danced around during The Name Song.

J.C. goes up to a tree where he says it has death all over it but just a tree carving with the number 100 on it which J.C. thinks a hundred rabbits were playing in the forest and never came back but is really how many acres of wood there is in the forest.This is a slight reference to Winnie The Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood.

J.C. tells Tiny that he used to have a brother that had a really big foot that liked to stomp real loud and wake the neighbors up. Which is a slight reference to Thumper from Bambi.

Another Bambi reference is that a hunter is aiming at a mother doe while her son is running the hunter is just about to shoot her but Tiny goes up behind him and bites him in the leg the hunter screams and he shoots his gun up in the air.

This is the mother shooting scene from Bambi but showing what actually happened to Bambi's mom.

Anniversary
The film will celebrate it's 30th anniversary with three things happening.1 a direct to Blu-Ray release 2 A remastered version of the original and finally The Disney Animated remake will hit theaters on December 22nd 2021 and during the midnight showing the first 1.000 people who buy tickets to it gets a free copy of the original from 1991 on Blu-Ray or DVD.

Transcript
Read The Seventh Brother/Transcript here.