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FIRST LOOK: Disney's live-action Dumbo takes flight as director Tim Burton kicks off production in behind-the-scenes photo

Published: 20:24 EST, 15 July 2017 | Updated: 20:50 EST, 15 July 2017

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It's set for a distant March 29, 2019 release.

And now the live-action version of the Disney classic Dumbo has just started filming, according to the studio.

To celebrate, Disney released a photo on Saturday of superstar director Tim Burton on set.

Ready to go! To celebrate news that the live-action Dumbo started filming, Disney released a photo on Saturday of superstar director Tim Burton on set

In the candid snap Burton, 58, appears to be enjoying himself in between takes.

The two-time Oscar-nominated director, who was behind such films as Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood, wears a red button-up shirt and a pair of retro shades as he smiles off-camera.

Dumbo, which will be a live-action version of the 1941 animated Disney classic, stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Danny DeVito, Finley Hobbins, and Nico Parker.

Burton has collaborated with many of the stars before.

What's old is new: Dumbo will be a live-action version of the 1941 animated Disney classic

New collaborator: Colin Farrell, 41, will play the starring role of Holt Farrier

Michael Keaton, 65, is making his first film with the director since Batman Returns, which also starred Danny DeVito, 72.

Eva Green, 37, worked with the virtuoso most recently, on Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children back in 2016.

Disney also took the opportunity on Saturday to release an official synopsis of the film.

Reunited: Back in the action together: Michael Keaton, 65, is making his first film with the director since Batman Returns, which also starred Danny DeVito, 72

Recent star: Eva Green, 37, worked with the virtuoso most recently, on Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children back in 2016

'Disney’s new live-action feature film Dumbo introduces Holt Farrier (Farrell), a former circus star who finds his life turned upside down when he returns from the war. Circus owner Max Medici (DeVito) enlists Holt to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when Holt’s children (Parker and Hobbins) discover that Dumbo can fly, persuasive entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere (Keaton) and an aerial artist named Colette Marchant (Green) swoop in to make the peculiar pachyderm a star.'

While Dumbo production is already underway, Disney just announced some major casting news for another the live-action version of an animated classic: Aladdin.

Mena Massoud will play the titular character, while Naomi Scott will play Jasmine alongside Will Smith's Genie.