There are greater than a dozen Disney live-action remakes in improvement. That is hardly shocking given how a lot success the current reimaginings of their traditional animated motion pictures have seen. It appears Disney will proceed to discover its beloved IP and provide up unique live-action interpretations for a few years to return — in addition to the spin-offs and tv sequence which will include that. Beginning with 2016’s live-action The Jungle Ebook, Disney has been steadily remodeling their again catalog of animated options into new, CGI-laden live-action choices.
In 2017, Magnificence and the Beast grossed over $1.2 billion on the world field workplace, whereas The Jungle Ebook was met with very favorable opinions upon its launch in 2016 and pulled in a formidable $966 million worldwide. Aladdin earned $1 billion after mass skepticism. Cinderella, Maleficent, and Pete’s Dragon have additionally seen success, and whereas initially the considered Disney remaking almost their total again catalog was worrying, most followers at the moment are trying ahead to seeing their favourite characters once more. That is simply as properly since Disney at present has a number of live-action remakes within the works. Moreover, there are a selection of spinoffs, sequels, and reinterpretations in varied phases of improvement.
Snow White – Releasing March 22, 2024
The subsequent live-action Disney remake set to be launched is the feature-length remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — the animated film that remodeled the studio virtually a century in the past. The Woman on the Prepare scribe Erin Cressida Wilson and Barbie’s Greta Gerwig penned the script with La La Land duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul writing all-new songs for the movie. Wonderful Spider-Man‘s Marc Webb is on board because the director.
As for the Snow White remake solid, West Aspect Story’s Rachel Zegler stars because the titular Snow White whereas Surprise Girl Gal Gadot performs the Evil Queen. Broadway star Andrew Burnap performs Snow White’s love curiosity, Jonathan. The story shall be deviating extra from the supply materials than most, and the live-action Snow White will supposedly be a special take than the one-dimensional Prince of the unique animated story. The musical is ready to replace the story considerably, giving Snow White extra company in her personal story.
Lilo & Sew – Releasing Might 10, 2024
The primary Disney film launched within the 2000s introduced to be getting the live-action therapy is Lilo & Sew. Little has been made recognized in regards to the film apart from will probably be written by Mike Van Waes and can characteristic a mixture of live-action and CGI. The Lilo & Sew remake additionally appears to be like set to go straight to Disney+.
The film entered manufacturing in March 2023. Up to now, solely a handful of bulletins have been made. Zach Galifianakis has been solid as Pleakley, Jumbo Kookiba’s alien associate. Newcomer Maia Kealoha has been cast as the titular Lilo. Sydney Elizabeth Agudong performs Lilo’s older sister Nani, Kahiau Machado performs Nani’s boyfriend, and Chris Sanders returns to voice Sew after taking up that position within the unique animated film. Lastly, Courtney B. Vance performs social employee Cobra Bubbles and Billy Magnussen signed on for an unknown position.
Mufasa: The Lion King – Releasing July 2024
After the $1.657 billion worldwide success of 2019’s The Lion King remake, which noticed a number of data damaged, manufacturing on a sequel was quickly introduced. The Lion King 2 will as soon as once more be penned by Jeff Nathanson. The CGI-crafted live-action sequel will discover the origins of Mufasa and contact on the aftermath of the primary film, officially titled Mufasa: The Lion King. In that regard, it is already been likened to The Godfather Half II. Although he is set to return as a producer, Jon Favreau handed on directing The Lion King 2. As a substitute, Moonlight‘s Barry Jenkins will take over the director’s chair, stating he was blown away by The Lion King 2‘s script.
Solely a handful of casting choices have been introduced, however the film has been scheduled for a July 2024 launch, which suggests it must be fairly far alongside within the manufacturing course of regardless of not releasing quite a lot of info to the general public. Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, and John Kani have been introduced as reprising their voice roles as Pumbaa, Timon, and Rafiki. Solid within the roles of Mufasa and Scar are Aaron Pierre (Krypton) and Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Elvis), respectively.
Moana – In Improvement
The Disney live-action remakes which have been launched to date are impressed by Disney’s traditional movies. For probably the most half, that’s. Magnificence and the Beast in addition to The Little Mermaid are each from the Disney Renaissance period, however classics have been the main target. That’s why it’s a shock for followers that Moana is being developed for a live-action movie.
The announcement was made by Dwayne Johnson by way of social media, who shall be reprising his position of Maui within the film. There’s no phrase if any of the remainder of the voice solid will return for the live-action remake. Johnson did specify that the film will depend on the Polynesian traditions of music and dance to inform the story, so it’s probably the live-action take shall be a musical identical to the animated model.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame – In Improvement
One other movie from the Nineteen Nineties Disney Renaissance, albeit not the most well-liked, set for a live-action remake is The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The movie is govt produced by Josh Gad who might star as Quasimodo and sing; this new Hunchback is reportedly nonetheless a musical. David Henry Hwang was introduced to be writing the screenplay. The movie could possibly be the trigger for some competitors as Idris Elba is reportedly starring in and directing a model of the unique story for Netflix (which additionally launched Andy Serkis’ competing Mowgli).
Nonetheless, there’s some concern that The Hunchback of Notre Dame live-action remake would possibly by no means occur. Disney composer Alan Menken said in a current interview that there are “quite a lot of actual, actual points which might be necessary points and must be explored to be mentioned. And there must be an settlement about how we take care of these points.” He stated the film is in limbo proper now.
The Aristocats – In Improvement
Reside-action/animated hybrids are a well-liked selection for Disney remakes proper now. The concept is that actual units and actual human actors are used to movie the film, however that animal characters are created with animation and visible results as an alternative of utilizing stay animals within the position. That’s the plan for Aristocats, the live-action remake of the 1970 musical.
The unique musical centered on the adventures of a household of cats, and that’s going to be coming to the massive display courtesy of Questlove. Not solely will Questlove make his feature film directing debut with the film, however he’ll even be overseeing the music. Will Gluck (Simple A, Peter Rabbit) and Keith Bunin (Onward) are penning the script.
Hercules – In Improvement
In April 2020, it was introduced that Disney’s live-action model of Hercules was within the works. Loosely based mostly on the Gods and heroes of Greek mythology, Hercules was launched to constructive opinions and a wholesome field workplace in 1997. Solely a brief method into pre-production, particulars have remained understandably scarce. These included whether or not it could stay a musical and whether or not it could faithfully adhere to the unique to merely spin the characters in a brand new course.
What was made clear, nonetheless, was that Avengers: Endgame administrators, Anthony and Joe Russo would function producers. In the meantime, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings scribe, Dave Callaham, signed on to write down the screenplay, and Man Ritchie is ready to direct. Ritchie beforehand directed Disney’s Aladdin remake. Joe Russo stated it has been stated to be taking inspiration from the social media app Tik-Tok.
“Because the storyteller, you’ve gotten to concentrate on altering habits… I feel Matilda was a terrific instance of a film that, due to TikTok, it grew to become a little bit of a sensation with an under-30 viewers.”
Cruella 2 – In Improvement
Following the important acclaim of Cruella, particularly by way of Emma Stone’s iconic portrayal, a sequel was quickly greenlit. Cruella 2 will likely be a further exploration of Cruella De Vil’s rise en-route to her 101 Dalmations villainy. As Cruella instructed its personal story utilizing a Disney film and character as inspiration — moderately than being a shot-for-shot remake of 101 Dalmatians — the identical will probably be true of Cruella 2.
Emma Stone will little doubt return together with different earlier solid members, together with Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Kayvan Novak, Paul Walter Hauser, and Joel Fry. Equally, Tony McNamara and Craig Gillespie had been additionally confirmed, getting back from the primary film to write down and direct Cruella 2, respectively. Paul Walter Hauser, who performed Horace within the first film, stated the beginning of manufacturing was not far off.
Tink – In Improvement
In 2010, Elizabeth Banks was introduced to star as Tinkerbell for Disney, however the venture didn’t transfer ahead. Tink was then introduced once more in 2015. The manufacturing is predicted to increase on the lifetime of Peter Pan’s fairy sidekick Tinkerbell, simply because the animated sequence of Tinkerbell motion pictures has. Reese Witherspoon was initially hooked up to star in and produce the film. Whereas her manufacturing firm continues to be hooked up to the film, it’s not clear if Witherspoon continues to be planning on starring within the live-action Disney film.
That’s particularly up within the air since Yara Shahidi took on the position of Tinkerbell for Peter Pan & Wendy, the live-action Disney remake of Peter Pan. It’s doable that Disney may resolve to middle a Tink spin-off on Shahidi’s model of the character as an alternative. That will preserve the characterization constant for Disney in live-action, simply because the animated motion pictures have been based mostly on Disney’s Tinkerbell design from their 1953 film.
The Sword In The Stone – In Improvement
The Sword In The Stone is one other live-action remake set to additionally debut on the Disney+ streaming service. Primarily based on the traditional Arthurian legend (and the 1963 animated adaptation), The Sword In The Stone was as a consequence of begin filming in Eire in September 2018, however was delayed. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was hooked up because the film’s director, working from a script by Recreation of Thrones‘ Bryan Cogman. There’s been little phrase since, besides to say that it is positively nonetheless on Disney’s live-action slate of remakes.
Jungle Ebook 2 – In Improvement
It is no shock that Disney needs a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2016 live-action Jungle Book within the works. Do not count on a launch date anytime quickly, although; director Jon Favreau will return, and he is simply shifted his focus off The Lion King. Given the huge quantity of labor concerned with the CGI course of, this one may take some time to succeed in screens. Whatever the truth it could possibly be an extended wait, Disney has remained adamant that Jungle Ebook 2 is on the way in which. The film will delve additional into Rudyard Kipling’s work, and likewise use some discarded concepts from the 1967 animated model of Jungle Ebook. Prime Gun: Maverick author Justin Marks is penning the script.
Bambi – In Improvement
To not be confused with Saturday Night time Reside‘s parody that includes The Rock, a live-action Bambi remake was introduced by Disney in January 2020. Following the adventures of a semi-orphaned white-tailed deer and her woodland mates, Bambi was initially launched in 1942. The film has gained (and damaged) the hearts of many generations of kids ever since. Following within the footsteps of The Jungle Ebook, the Bambi remake shall be a photorealistic computer-animated take that may blur the strains between animated and live-action. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer will pen the screenplay. A director, nonetheless, has but to be introduced.
Aladdin 2 – In Improvement
Regardless of a particularly divisive response, 2019’s Aladdin remake nonetheless collected over $1 billion on the field workplace. Consequently, a direct sequel (and a Disney+ Prince Anders spinoff) had been put in movement. It is unknown whether or not Man Ritchie will return to the director’s chair, however John Gatins and Andrea Berloff had been introduced as tackling the script. Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, and Will Smith had been all slated to return as Aladdin, Jasmine, and The Genie, respectively. Nonetheless, actor Massoud said in 2023 that the sequel was “most unlikely” to occur. Whereas the Aladdin 2 sequel is perhaps in peril, the Prince Anders spinoff is probably going nonetheless to occur. Aladdin star Billy Magnussen said that the film based mostly on his character was nonetheless in improvement. “It is in improvement. We’re within the phases of rewrites proper now, and it is nonetheless shifting ahead. Yeah, it is actually thrilling.“
Robin Hood – In Improvement
One other Disney traditional receiving the remake therapy and heading to Disney+ is Robin Hood. Launched in 1973, the legendary British outlaw skilled a musical reimagining with anthropomorphic animals assuming the historically human roles — and for a lot of, Disney’s model has since change into the definitive iteration of the well-known determine Robin Hood. With the long-lasting archer himself depicted as a fox, Robin Hood was a field workplace success that has endured in reputation throughout the a long time. In April 2020, a live-action/CG hybrid was introduced. Kari Granlund signed on to deal with the script, with Blindspotting‘s Carlos López Estrada directing.
The Black Cauldron – Display Rights Acquired
The Black Cauldron is commonly referred to as one of many “forgotten” Disney animated motion pictures as a result of it doesn’t obtain the fanfare so many different princess motion pictures get. The 1985 film is one in all Disney’s darkest animated initiatives, and it’s based mostly on the fantasy novels The Chronicles of Prydain. In 2016, Disney once more acquired the movie rights (which had lapsed) for The Chronicles of Prydain with the intention of creating a live-action adaptation of the novels. No author, director, or stars had been ever introduced as hooked up to the venture, so it’s not clear if Disney nonetheless intends on shifting ahead with the live-action remake or not.
