Disney Animated Films That Could Benefit From A Live-Action Adaptation

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Disney has been on a campaign of gradually retrofitting the animated classics that defined many fans' childhoods into more modern live-action blockbusters for over 20 years now. While a couple of good films have come out of this project and it's unquestionably been profitable, most of the outings have received massive pushback from fans and audiences.

Currently, the two upcoming Disney live-action remakes that have captured the public consciousness are Robert Zemeckis' take on Pinocchio and Dean Fleischer-Camp's Lilo & Stitch. Neither of these films is out yet, the latter doesn't even have an announced release date, but the subject has become common. With dozens of these adaptations behind the company, there have been a lot of learning opportunities.

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The first example of this phenomenon is the utterly forgotten 1994 take on The Jungle Book. In that period, however, these live-action Disney films were few and far between. The studio brought out two live-action takes on 101 Dalmations, then shelved the gimmick for a decade. The real kick start for this technique was Tim Burton's 2010 adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. That film brought home over a billion dollars despite its mediocre reviews and laid the path for the rest of the franchise. Not every Disney live-action movie has been a financial success, but the ones that blew up wound up with comical piles of cash. Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King were smash hits, despite widely varied critical responses, mainly on name recognition. While Jon Favreau's take on The Lion King is unquestionably not a live-action film, it is a remake, and it's the seventh