Oscar-winner Sarah Polley is in talks to direct a live-action Bambi film for Disney. According to Deadline, the writer-director, who recently won the Academy award for best adapted screenplay for Women Talking, is in discussions with the studio on the project which would use photorealistic CGI. The film was initially announced in 2020 with Captain Marvel screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Sierra Burgess Is a Loser writer Lindsey Beer attached. It’s unclear if the screenplay will remain the same. The news follows Disney’s most recent live-action adaptation The Little Mermaid opening in May to mixed reviews and underwhelming international box office. The Guardian’s Ellen E Jones likened it to “a dying fish on deck” and while it’s made $229m domestically, it’s struggled overseas with some experts speaking of a racist backlash in certain countries given the lead role being played by a Black actor. Based on the book by Felix Salten, Bambi tells the story of a young deer who must find a new family when his mother is killed. It was released in 1942 and …