May 23, 2025 - Critics Consensus: Pete's Dragon continues Disney's current live-action winning streak with an update that gives the original a visual overhaul without overwhelming its sweet, soulful charm.

2 days ago - An O indicates the songwriter only wrote songs for its original version that were featured in the remake ... A prequel to Aladdin titled Genies, written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon and produced by Tripp Vinson, was announced in 2015. A spin-off film of Aladdin focused on Prince Anders for Disney+ was announced in December 2019, with Billy Magnussen reprising his role. After a time without news, Magnussen stated that the project was still in development in April 2021, which he later clarified in the following year. A live-action feature film adaptation of The Sword in the Stone entered development in July 2015, with Bryan Cogman writing the script and Brigham Taylor serving as producer.

Our favorite Disney live-action remake movies.

July 17, 2025 - Disney has remade several of its animated classics into live-action feature films recently, like 'Pete's Dragon,' 'The Jungle Book' and 'Aladdin.'

1 week ago - Though it is a live-action adaptation of the characters, Alice in Wonderland is not a remake of the 1951 film and is more adapted from and inspired by Lewis Caroll's original books. Tarzan is one of the notable films that is unknown to receive a live-action adaptation by Disney any time soon due to legal issues with the family of Edgar Rice Burroughs.[9] The characters of Tarzan had limited use in the 2000s after the film itself before Disney discontinued using them in subsequent medias following these legalities despite the original Tarzan books being in the public domain.

March 30, 2025 - While Disney's first-ever animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), is the latest to receive the live-action redo, the legacy studio has been pumping out these remakes since 2010 — and there's no sign of them putting the wand ...

June 29, 2023 - The Pete's Dragon remake is also much better than the original film which was mid (even though it was a live action/animation hybrid). Cruella, while not perfect, is a good movie. And some people consider it a Disney live action remake, even if it's a sequel to a live action film, but TRON: Legacy is one of Disney's best films.

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September 13, 2022 - The latest Disney live-action remake of their animated classics is Pinocchio, the iconic tale of a puppet who is brought to life and then navigates existential angst (relatable) with some help from a talking cricket (less relatable). Per usual, Disney has brought in a murderer’s row of names to headline the film, most notably getting Mayor of Hollywood Tom Hanks to play Geppetto, Pinocchio’s father figure/creator.

April 7, 2015 - But I've heard news that more animated classics are being made into live-action productions. So far we have: Alice in Wonderland Maleficent Cinderella And we are expecting: Beauty and ...

October 20, 2025 - After the devastating loss of Robin Williams who famously portrayed the Genie in the 1992 animated version of this movie, fans found it hard to believe that anyone would be able to fill his big shoes in the live-action remake. But, most viewers delighted by Will Smith’s take on the role in 2019’s Aladdin. Like the original, the new film follows ‘street-rat’ Aladdin, the charming Princess Jasmine, and the out-of-this-world Genie. ... This film is a live-action remake of the classic, 1941 animated Disney flick of the same name.

March 25, 2025 - Disney Live-Action Gaston movie in development.

December 15, 2024 - While some remakes have stayed true to the original, such as 2016's The Jungle Book and 2019's The Lion King, others have taken several liberties with the original story, including Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie, which gives more backstory ...

September 8, 2022 - It has done that by literally rewriting ... reboots currently in development and pre-production, including Peter Pan, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Bambi....

May 21, 2025 - Disney dabbled in live-action remakes of its classic animated movies in the '90s -- see: 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians -- but once the House of Mouse struck gold with 2015's Cinderella and 2016's The Jungle Book, there was no going back.

September 22, 2025 - After more than a decade of live action remakes, the cinematic landscape had been unalterably changed by sludgy, creatively low effort “live action” remakes of animated classics that are both shockingly expensive and shockingly profitable. The strategy has now spread beyond the Disney castle ...

May 23, 2025 - The Hawaii of the film is murky and depressing compared to the lively watercolors of the 2004 movie; the comedy is, by and large, shrill and irritating; and the family drama that made the original film feel so real comes across as sappy instead of earnest. The animated “Lilo & Stitch” is a childhood classic that has endured for 20 years; the live-action version will likely be forgotten in five weeks. ... It’s a rough fate for a film, after all of the unimaginative slop remakes that Disney has released in theaters, to be deemed second-tier and shunted off to Disney+. That’s the fate that befouled “Lady and the Tramp” in 2019, as the remake of the iconic doggy Romeo and Juliet story was cosigned to being a launch title for the company’s then-new streaming platform, where it was promptly forgotten.

August 31, 2025 - Disney is developing a live-action remake of its 1973 animated film Robin Hood. The new movie is confirmed to be a CGI/live-action hybrid in a similar style to the 2019 The Lion King film.

May 26, 2025 - Disney is no stranger to live-action remakes of its own movies. It's been doing it for decades. It's only over the past 10 years or so that the company has committed to making these live-action versions of its classic films almost every year.