Disney's Live-Action Thread

Can Pooh even translate into live-action? (Legit question as I can see arguments for and against.)

Why bother doing it in live-action when the only human, Christopher Robin, was never really that much of a presence in original film (and maybe later ones; can't remember)? Like he was there, but he was more of a side character that was just kind of there while the focus was on Pooh or the others. At least the Jungle Book's most important human character was the protagonist.

The good thing is that according to the article, it won't be a live-action adaptation of Winnie The Pooh. It's going to be, basically, Hook with Winnie The Pooh.

I sounds like it will be NOTHING like the books or the Disney animated films, which I welcome.

x2 Okay, that's a sound concept.

Think Very Melon should update the first page? Because Jungle Book had already been out for a good seven months.

edited 20th Nov '16 5:30:45 PM by TheFarmboy

A Winnie the Pooh story entirely from an adult Christopher Robin's perspective could be interesting. The real Christopher Robin apparently frequently got beat up for his association with Winnie the Pooh. Contrary to popular belief, his falling out with his parents was not over his father's use of his childhood fantasy world in the books, but over his mother's disapproval of his marriage (he apparently maintained a cordial relationship with his father). Even though he was frequently irritated by his association with Pooh, he eventually opened a book store, so one imagines he made his peace with it.

Crossposting from the Disney thread in Western Animation:

TBH a Black Cauldron remake has a lot of potential. Their art direction for Beauty and the Beast kinda tells me they could get the look right if they wanted.

The cast of Aladdin[1]

I hear they had trouble finding a Muslim/Indian actor to play Aladdin, so this is good news.

It's very odd how the announcement that they found their actor for Aladdin comes within days of that interview claiming they hadn't found one yet.

Maybe that interview was meant to be a tease and, when it backfired into 'Disney can't find an arab actor' and the shit storm that followed, they covered their ass.

Not well since I've yet to see anyone happy about the casting. Mostly due to Will Smith not being seen as a good or smart replacement for Robin Williams.

No one can replace Robin Williams (as we saw in Return of Jafar). The man was one of a kind and his comedy worked because HE made it work.

Their best bet, and I think that this is what they're going to do, is to go in a very different direction with the Genie.

Was it an interview? From what I remember it was a report from the Hollywood press (albeit from one of the more legitimate outlets) rather then any sort of sanctioned interview.

It's quite possible that Disney did indeed have problems finding an Aladin of an appropriate ethnic background, but they worked through those problems because it turns out they are a multi-billion dollar corporate behemoth and not some High School drama department^note I don't mean to disparage high school drama departments, I mean only to say that they tend to not have the broadest talent pool accessible to them, and ultimately landed on Mena Massoud. Who has probably been signed on for weeks at minimum.

In that case the report wasn't wrong so much as outdated. Likely the source was someone who was close enough to the production to know about the problems, but wasn't close enough to be notified when they actually did cast Aladin.

Agreed. Will Smith should try to be the best Will Smith Genie he can be, and not even think about trying to be a better Robin Williams Genie then Robin Williams.

edited 15th Jul '17 7:52:03 PM by Falrinn

No one can be as zany and OTT as Robin Williams, so yeah. Go your own way. It'll be an uphill battle to convince people though. Robin is too definitive a performance to follow. You have to find a way to market Will Smith on his own merits. I wish them luck.

edited 16th Jul '17 7:33:37 PM by edvedd

I don't disagree. I think Will Smith should do his own thing. But, even with Will Smith being the best Will Smith he could be and not even comparing to the original, I think its still kind of an awkward choice because I don't know what Smith really brings to thise role.

Jafar has been cast.

All I want to know is, how's his evil laugh?

To me there are two reasons why one should make a remake:

1. The first take was flawed.

2. Someone has an idea for a new angle.

Disney on the other hand keeps redoing their most beloved classic and when they do something different, the result has nothing to do with the original story (see Maleficent and Pete's dragon).

The sword in the Stone and the Black cauldron are obvious candidates for a remake, because Disney used only a fraction of the books back then and neither movie is so good that it feels like an untouchable classic.

Well, casting for that Christoper Robin movie has started... and Jim Cummings will still be Winnie the Pooh.

But not Tigger.

Liu Yifei will play Mulan.

Awwww.

I posted that on the thread for the live-action Mulan thread.

I got 'd...

YES!

Firs teaser poster for Christopher Robin◊ just arrived today. Teaser coming tomorrow.

edited 5th Mar '18 11:55:10 AM by brb1006