Lady and the Tramp (2019 film)

Lady and the Tramp is a live-action film distributed by Disney+ which was released on November 12, 2019. As a remake of the 1955 Walt Disney Productions feature film of the same name, the film is directed by Charlie Bean from a screenplay by Andrew Bujalski and Kari Granlund, based on the short story Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog by Ward Greene. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures confirmed that the film will be released on their new streaming service instead of playing in theaters.

Cast

 * Tessa Thompson as the voice of Lady
 * Justin Theroux as the voice of Tramp
 * Sam Elliott as the voice of Trusty
 * Kiersey Clemons as Darling
 * Thomas Mann as Jim Dear
 * Ashley Jensen as the voice of Jock
 * Janelle Monáe as the voice of Peg
 * Benedict Wong as the voice of Bull
 * Yvette Nicole Brown as Aunt Sarah
 * Ken Jeong as Joe
 * F. Murray Abraham as Tony
 * Adrian Martinez as Elliot (Dogcatcher)
 * Arturo Castro as Marco
 * Jack Caron as the voice of Pedestrian
 * Anthony Bryant as Police Officer

Differences from the original film

 * In the original film, Jock and Trusty try to explain what a baby is to Lady. In the remake, it is Tramp who attempts to tell her what is a baby.
 * The baby was a nameless boy in the original film, while in the remake is a girl named Lulu.
 * The Siamese Cats are replaced in this film with a male pair of grey Devon Rex cats with stripes. There name’s is also changed to Devon and Rex.
 * In the remake, when a muzzle is put on Lady, her collar is removed
 * In this version, it is shown in a flashback that Tramp used to have a family, before being abandoned once his family got a child. In the original film, this was merely implied.

Production
In July 2018, Justin Theroux joined to voice Tramp, while Sam Elliott joined the cast to voice Trusty, and Ashley Jensen joined the cast as Jock. By the end of the month, Kiersey Clemons entered talks to portray Darling, Lady's owner. In August 2018, Tessa Thompson was announced to be voicing Lady, and Benedict Wong also joined the cast in a voice role.

Si and Am will be replaced by two new characters, whose song from the 1955 film will be remade into a new version.

The film began shooting in Atlanta, Georgia and Savannah, Georgia on September 2018.

On December 17, 2018, it was confirmed that real-life dogs will be used to portray the characters. Much like the Air Bud films.

Reception
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64% with an average rating of 6.21/10, based on 33 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Lady and the Tramp's cute dogs and likable cast work well enough, but the live-action update lacks some of the magic that made the original 1955 film such a delight." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."

Trivia

 * This film marks the first time Joseph Trapanese has ever composed a music score for any Disney film.
 * This is one of the first three films to be released on Disney+ alongside Noelle and Dolphin Reef.
 * The second Disney live-action adaptation of a Disney animated classic not to have a theatrical release after 1998's direct-to-video film The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story.
 * The tenth live-action adaptation of a Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be rated PG by the MPA, after Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, Maleficent, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Christopher Robin, Dumbo, Aladdin, and The Lion King.
 * In this film, Si and Am will be oriental cats, instead of Siamese cats.