Disney+ is beefing up its feature slate. The streamer has picked up Black Beauty, an adaptation of the beloved children’s book from Constantin Film and JB Pictures.
Mackenzie Foy and Kate Winslet star in the already-completed feature that will premiere on Disney+ later this year. The movie is a contemporary retelling of Anna Sewell’s 19th century novel and tells of the titular horse who is born free in the American West.
As she is rounded up and taken away from her family, her story intertwines with that of a teenager, Jo Green, similarly grieving over the loss of her parents.
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