A first glimpse at the captivating world of Disney's live-action The Jungle Book is here, and it's sure to give you chills -- and maybe some snake-centric nightmares. This is not the happy-go-lucky ...

Come the next Oscars submission season, Disney will be flush with top animation options for consideration. There will be “Zootopia,” of course, and the forthcoming sequel “Finding Dory.” And then ...

Most live-action remakes of animated films are creatively bankrupt despite their box office success, but here's how to make ...

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 ...

Levitt is a contributor for TIME. Disney/Everett (4); Disney Levitt is a contributor for TIME. Some things in life are inevitable: death, taxes, and Disney remaking their animated studio classics into ...

Over the past few years, Disney has made a concerted effort to revive many of its classic animated films with a live-action twist, bringing their iconic characters to life. While the reception ...

Universal’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake doesn’t fall under the Disney umbrella, but it does follow the formula of taking an animated film and putting it in the real world with actual ...

The movies that tend to do the best at the box office for the House of Mouse are successful live-action remakes of classic films. In 2025, Lilo & Stitch grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box ...

This live-action remake of the 2016 hit animated film, Moana, was announced in 2023 by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In the film and its sequel, Johnson voiced the demi-god, Maui, and will be reprising ...