Disney has announced that, tragically, the live action version of the Rescuers has been abandoned after a horrifying incident with a mousetrap.
The Rescuers is a 1977 animated classic and features two New York City mice who work for Rescue-aid, an international organisation dedicated to helping cute orphans.
It has never been confirmed whether it was based on true events or not.
The live action remake was considered to be Disney’s most ambitious yet and was to feature two mice that had been artificially evolved to, if not quite human levels of intelligence, then certainly actor levels of intelligence.
“It’s just the most tragic news,” said director Rodent Emmerich
“We don’t know who left the mousetrap there. The most likely explanation is a jealous mouse who didn’t get the lead role, or pest control, I suppose.”
“But when I came in this morning, I found my lead actor, Casper Van Der B’Eek, dead and cold in the mousetrap. Just lying there.”
“I knew he had a cheese problem, but I didn’t think he was getting it off the floor. He knew how dangerous it was. God, it’s such a waste.
The production has now shut down with immediate effect, and there are serious safety concerns over the planned live action remake of A Bug’s Life.
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