Line #67 Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes


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4	->''"From the studio that brought you ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Aladdin'', and ''The Lion King''... Twice."''
5	-->-- Trailer for '''''Film/FreeGuy'''''
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7	Since UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, Creator/WaltDisneyPictures has been making [[LiveActionAdaptation Live-Action Adaptations]], {{remake}}s, reimaginings, etc. akin to or directly based on films in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. While they're not the first live-action adaptations Creator/{{Disney}} has made, the current crop can be credited to the success of two films which were conceived around the same time: ''[[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and perhaps more importantly, ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' (2014).
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9	Unlike the later films, ''Alice in Wonderland'' was not a remake of their classic animated film [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland of the same name]] but rather a sequel with a grown-up Alice, inspired by [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland the book]] just like the animated film was, and filtered through the mind of Creator/TimBurton. It was one of the biggest hits of the year.
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11	In contrast, ''Maleficent'' was a live-action reimagining directly based on their classic animated film ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. It was a PerspectiveFlip AlternateUniverse take on the story. Maleficent isn't the evil fairy witch she is in the original, as instead she is a troubled, introverted fairy who was spurned into hating humans by a bad experience one year before Princess Aurora is born. Aurora, whose rather FlatCharacter was replaced with something more in-depth, grew up believing Maleficent was her FairyGodmother, as much as Maleficent tried to become her enemy. The film's interesting new take on ''Sleeping Beauty'''s characters ended in it becoming, like ''Alice'', one of the biggest hits of the year.
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13	With these successes, it was unsurprising that Disney tried doing a LiveActionAdaptation again. ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'' is a remake of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''. Unlike ''Maleficent'', it stays true-to-the-text for the most part and is still from the POV of Cinderella. However, the ''Cinderella'' remake adds new details and character elements to the story. It also [[AscendedFanon used a few long-held fan ideas]], such as how "Cinderella" is a nickname for "Ella" (or "Elizabeth"/[[InconsistentSpelling Elisabeth/etc]]). The remake ended up selling well, and as a result Disney decided to create ''more'' remakes of various animated films of theirs.
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15	Most of the films are SelfAdaptation reimaginings of the Disney Animated Canon originals. They might take inspiration from other adaptations, the original source, or even fan-ideas (for example, "Adam"[[note]]This comes from the 1998 video game called ''The D Show''.[[/note]] as the Beast's name was rarely officially used until the remake of ''Beauty and the Beast''), however they overall take note from the original Disney animated films. Some [[DevelopmentGag elements that were]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped in the original films development]] are known to be in the remakes. The remakes are not, however, shot-for-shot remakes of the original films. They are more historically accurate than the originals (at least in terms of sets and costumes), which means slight differences in designs and other elements, and feature [[AdaptationalPersonalityChange personality changes]], [[AdaptationNameChange name changes]], AdaptationExpansion, and even [[CanonForeigner completely new characters]].
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17	''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' is [[ExactWords technically]] not a live-action remake due to the absence of onscreen humans like the original, but still has everything else in common with the current line, hence its inclusion in it. ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' is also technically not a remake, rather a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', but it is a live-action film with CGI based on an earlier Disney animation property nonetheless.
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19	The trend is now [[FollowTheLeader influencing other studios]] into adapting major animated film [=IPs=] of their own. Creator/{{DreamWorks\|Animation}} and Creator/{{Universal}} are now working on a live-action adaptation of ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'', for instance.
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21	!!List of Disney live-action remakes:
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25	[[folder:Released films]]
26	!!!'''Early live-action remakes (1994-2000)'''
27	There were a few early films that prefigured the later trend of live-action remakes, but they are ''not'' part of the current series listed below.
28	* ''Film/TheJungleBook1994'' -- akin to ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', but with an adult Mowgli
29	* ''The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story'' (1998) -- akin to ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', and Mowgli is a child again; DirectToVideo
30	* ''Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' (1961)
31	** ''Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians'' (2000)
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33	!!!'''Later live-action remakes (2010-present)'''
34	[[index]]
35	* ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' -- akin to ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' (1951), but more of a sequel to the [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland book]]; still, it clearly inspired the trend. Directed by Creator/TimBurton and stars Creator/JohnnyDepp as the Mad Hatter, Creator/AnneHathaway as the White Queen, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter as the Red Queen, and Creator/MiaWasikowska as the titular, teenage Alice.
36	** ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' (2016), the sequel to the above.
37	* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' (2014) -- a PerspectiveFlip based on ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' (1959); Stars Creator/AngelinaJolie as the titular Maleficent and Creator/ElleFanning as Aurora.
38	** ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'' (2019)
39	* ''Film/Cinderella2015'' -- based on ''{{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}'' (1950); directed by Creator/KennethBranagh and stars Creator/LilyJames as Cinderella, Creator/CateBlanchett as Lady Tremaine, and Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter as the FairyGodmother.
40	* ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''; directed by Creator/JonFavreau and stars Neel Sethi as [[KidHero Mowgli]], Creator/BillMurray as Baloo, Creator/BenKingsley as Bagheera, Creator/ScarlettJohansson as Kaa, Creator/ChristopherWalken as King Louie, and Creator/IdrisElba as Shere Khan.
41	* ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' -- based on ''Film/PetesDragon1977''; directed by Creator/DavidLowery and stars Oakes Fegley, Creator/BryceDallasHoward, Creator/WesBentley, Creator/KarlUrban, Creator/OonaLaurence, and Creator/RobertRedford while Creator/JohnKassir voices the titular dragon.
42	* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''[[note]](the first film in the series to be [[TheMusical a musical]] like its source material)[[/note]] -- based on ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (1991); directed by Creator/BillCondon and stars Creator/EmmaWatson as Belle (the titular Beauty), Creator/DanStevens as the titular Beast[[note]]now named Adam here[[/note]], Creator/LukeEvans as Gaston, Creator/KevinKline as Maurice, Creator/JoshGad as [=LeFou=], Creator/EwanMcGregor as Lumiere, Creator/IanMcKellen as Cogsworth, Creator/StanleyTucci as Cadenza, Music/AudraMcDonald as Madame de Garderobe, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw as Plumette, and Creator/EmmaThompson as Mrs. Beatrice Potts; Music/AlanMenken returns for the score while Music/ArianaGrande and Music/JohnLegend record a new version of the 1991 pop duet of the theme song originally recorded by Music/CelineDion and Peabo Bryson. Dion herself returns to record a new original song with Music/JoshGroban.
43	* ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' (2018) -- based on the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' animated film series; directed by Creator/MarcForster and stars Creator/EwanMcGregor as the titular Christopher Robin, his wife Evelyn, and Creator/MarkGatiss as Giles Winslow, Jr. while [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] reprises his two roles as Winnie The Pooh and Tigger; [[Music/TheShermanBrothers Robert B. Sherman]] wrote three new songs.[[note]]despite it being listed here, it isn't a remake of any pre-existing ''Winnie the Pooh'' story, but an original DistantSequel that takes place several years after the ''Winnie the Pooh'' stories.[[/note]]
44	* ''Film/Dumbo2019'' -- based on ''{{WesternAnimation/Dumbo}}'' (1941); directed by Creator/TimBurton, written by Ehren Kruger, and starring Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/EvaGreen, Creator/DannyDeVito, and Creator/MichaelKeaton.
45	* ''Film/Aladdin2019'' -- based on ''{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}}'' (1992); directed by Creator/GuyRitchie and starring Creator/WillSmith as the Genie, Creator/MenaMassoud as the titular StreetUrchin, Creator/NaomiScott as Princess Jasmine, and Creator/MarwanKenzari as Jafar. Creator/FrankWelker reprises his three roles as Abu, Rajah, and The Cave Of Wonders, but Creator/GilbertGottfried does not as Creator/AlanTudyk replaces him as Iago; Music/AlanMenken returns for the score while Music/PasekAndPaul write a new song and new lyrics for the soundtrack in addition to [[Music/{{Zayn}} Zayn Malik]] and Zhavia Ward recording a new version of the 1992 pop duet of ''A Whole New World'' by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019''[[note]](it's technically not a live-action film, but a [[AllCGICartoon photorealistic animated film]])[[/note]] -- based on ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''; directed by Creator/JonFavreau and starring Creator/DonaldGlover as Simba, Music/{{Beyonce}} as Nala, Creator/SethRogen as Pumbaa, Creator/BillyEichner as Timon, Creator/JohnOliver as Zazu, Creator/JohnKani as Rafiki, Creator/AlfreWoodard as Sarabi, Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor as Scar, and Creator/JamesEarlJones as Mufasa; Music/HansZimmer returns for the score alongside Music/EltonJohn and new producer Music/PharrellWilliams
47	* ''Film/LadyAndTheTramp2019''[[note]](first direct-to-streaming film in the series, released on Creator/DisneyPlus)[[/note]] -- based on ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' (1955); directed by Charlie Bean and starring Creator/TessaThompson as the titular Lady, Creator/JustinTheroux as the titular Tramp,Thomas Mann as Jim Dear, Creator/KierseyClemons as Darling, Creator/SamElliott as Trusty, Ashley Jensen as Jock, Creator/BenedictWong as Bull, and Music/JanelleMonae as Peg.
48	* ''Film/Mulan2020''[[note]](originally planned for theaters but ultimately released direct-to-digital due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic)[[/note]] -- based on ''{{WesternAnimation/Mulan}}'' (1998); directed by Niki Caro and starring Liu Yifei as the titular Mulan, Creator/DonnieYen as Commander Tung, Yoson Anas Chen Honghui, Jimmy Wong, Chen Tang, and Doua Moua as Ling, Yao, and Chien-Po, Jun Yu as Cricket, Creator/JasonScottLee as Bori Khan, Creator/GongLi as Xian Lang, and Creator/JetLi as The Emperor.
49	* ''Film/{{Cruella}}'' (2021)[[note]](released in theaters and digitally through Disney+ with Premier Access)[[/note]] -- based on ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' (1961), a StartOfDarkness [=/=] {{Prequel}} story starring Creator/EmmaStone as Cruella De Vil.
50	* ''Film/Pinocchio2022Disney''[[note]](released on Disney+)[[/note]] -- based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' (1940); directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis, with Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as the titular character, Creator/TomHanks as Geppetto, Creator/CynthiaErivo as the Blue Fairy, Creator/LukeEvans as The Coachman, and Creator/JosephGordonLevitt as [[MotionCapture Jiminy Cricket]]
51	* ''Film/PeterPanAndWendy'' (2023)[[note]](releasing on Disney+)[[/note]] -- based on ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' (1953), starring Alexander Molony as Peter, Ever Anderson as Wendy, Creator/JudeLaw as Captain Hook, and Creator/YaraShahidi as Tinker Bell, while Creator/DavidLowery is set to direct.
52	* ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2023'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', starring Creator/HalleBailey as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, and Creator/MelissaMcCarthy as Ursula with Rob Marshall directing. Music/AlanMenken returned to work alongside producer and fellow songwriter Creator/LinManuelMiranda for the soundtrack.
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56	[[folder:Upcoming films]]
57	!!!'''In production'''
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60	* ''Lilo & Stitch'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' (2002); to be directed by Dean Fleischer Camp with Creator/ChrisSanders reprising his role as the latter titular alien.
61	* ''Snow White'' (2025) -- based on ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (1937); Marc Webb is set as director while Music/PasekAndPaul will write new songs. Creator/RachelZegler was cast as Snow White and Creator/GalGadot as the Evil Queen.
62	!!!'''In pre-production'''
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64	* ''Mufasa: The Lion King'' (2024) -- a multi-generational prequel/sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' focused on Mufasa's origins. Directed by Creator/BarryJenkins
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66	!!!'''In development'''
67	* Untitled sequel to ''Film/TheJungleBook2016''
68	* Untitled sequel to ''Film/Aladdin2019'' -- not a direct adaptation of ''[[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar The Return of Jafar]]'' or ''[[WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves The King of Thieves]]'', but takes inspiration from both.
69	* Untitled sequel to ''Film/{{Cruella}}'', with Craig Gillespie, Tony [=McNamara=] and Emma Stone returning to direct, write and star respectively
70	* ''The Sword in the Stone'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'' (1963)
71	* ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'' (1996); [[Film/TheMuppets2011 David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman]] are set to produce alongside Creator/JoshGad. It should be noted, however, that Alan Menken has come out saying that [[https://comicbook.com/movies/news/alan-menken-shares-update-live-action-hunchback-of-notre-dame-movie-hercules-broadway-exclusive-interview/ the film as a whole is in limbo and he's not sure if it'll ever see the light of day.]]
72	* ''Hercules'' -- based on ''{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}}'' (1997); Creator/TheRussoBrothers will serve as producers while David Callaham is set to write the screenplay
73	* ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' -- based on the same book series that ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' (1985) was originally adapted from; Juan Carlos Fresnadillo serves as director, while Brigham Taylor and Bryan Gogman will serve as producer and writer, respectively
74	* ''Bambi'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' (1942); A [[AllCGICartoon "photorealistic CGI feature-length remake"]] in the same vein as ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019''; Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer will co-write the script
75	* ''Robin Hood'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''; A [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] / [[AllCGICartoon CGI hybrid remake]]; Carlos Lopez Estrada is set to direct, while Justin Springer and Kari Granlund are set to produce and write, respectively
76	* ''The Aristocats'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' (1970); Will Gluck and Keith Bunin will pen the script, with Gluck producing through his "Olive Bridge Entertainment" banner, while Questlove of Music/TheRoots will direct
77	* ''Moana'' -- based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' (2016); Creator/DwayneJohnson will produce and reprise his role as Maui
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80	[[folder:Upcoming Disney+ series]]
81	* ''Little Town'' -- spinoff of ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast\|2017}}''; features Creator/LukeEvans and Creator/JoshGad reprising their roles as Gaston and [=LeFou=]
82	* Untitled Prince Anders series -- spinoff of ''Film/{{Aladdin\|2019}}''; features Creator/BillyMagnussen reprising his role as Prince Anders
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85	!!Tropes common to these films:
86	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: It's commonplace for characters' traumas to be enhanced or to add tragic backstories to relatively minor characters.
87	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Notably concerning the villains. Creator/AngelinaJolie is sure an embellished Maleficent (especially in her youth), and Creator/CateBlanchett in ''Film/Cinderella2015'', Josh Gad in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'', Creator/MarwanKenzari in ''Film/{{Aladdin\|2019}}'' and Creator/EmmaStone are much more attractive (sometimes, younger) versions of Lady Tremaine, Lefou, Jafar and Cruella.
88	* AdaptationExpansion: The cartoons ranged from 64 to 90 minutes, so the movies add in some more material to pad the runtime to 2 hours.
89	* AdaptationalModesty: The ''Aladdin'' remake in particular.
90	** Jasmine doesn't wear her BedlahBabe outfit and spends most of the film in longer dresses. The scene where Jafar [[GoGoEnslavement forces her into a skimpy red number]] doesn't happen here. That being said, her outfits are still quite flattering to the cleavage.
91	** In the same film, the sexy girls who also wore BedlahBabe outfits during "One Jump Ahead" are now replaced with school girls wearing long robes.
92	** Averted in the ''Little Mermaid'' remake. In the animated film, when Ariel is first turned into a human, she still has her bra on. In the remake, during her transformation, her bra comes off, leaving her completely naked.
93	* AdaptationNameChange: At least one character per adaptation has their name altered. These include Diablo / Diaval in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', Plumette and Madame de Garderobe in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''[[note]]both unnamed in the original film, but named Babette and Madame de la Grande Bouche in the Broadway musical adaptation[[/note]] and Banzai and Ed / Azizi and Kamari in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019''.
94	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Bad or neutral guys often do a HeelFaceTurn, or turn out to be good from the start. The title character in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' turned out to be the real heroine, but also [[spoiler: Lefou turned his back on Gaston at the end of ''Beauty and the Beast'']]. The Ringmaster aka Max Medici also TookALevelInKindness, as [[spoiler: V. A. Vandevere turned out to be even worse in ''Film/{{Dumbo\|2019}}''.]]
95	* AdaptationalVillainy: In contrast to the above, this happens to [[spoiler:Aurora's father]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' and [[spoiler:the Duke]] in ''Film/Cinderella2015''.
96	* AffirmativeActionGirl:
97	** ''Cinderella'' physically shows Ella's mother as a character before her death and inserts a romantic rival for Ella - the Princess Chelina, whom the prince is supposed to marry. It also expands the role of the FairyGodmother into the NarratorAllAlong.
98	** ''Aladdin'' gives Jasmine a lady in waiting called Dalia, who acts as a love interest for the Genie.
99	** ''Dumbo'' gives the elephant a human girl as a friend.
100	* AscendedExtra: One human character tend to get more screentime in many of the remakes. There was the ringmaster in ''Film/{{Dumbo\|2019}}'', Aurora and Diaval (a renamed Diablo) in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', and the Enchantress in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''.
101	* CanonForeigner: Several new characters were added, such as the Captain in ''Cinderella'' and Prince Anders in ''Aladdin''.
102	* CostumePorn: The live action media allow to do more sophisticated costumes (in terms of material and pattern), especially for female characters. In contrast with the two or three outfits they had in the original, most of the time, they have an UnlimitedWardrobe in the remakes. Jasmine in particular has some more splendid finery compared to her animated counterpart, and Cinderella's ball gown may be ''the'' most gorgeous gown ever seen onscreen.
103	** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2023'' though, as Ariel originally had five dresses ([[ImprovisedClothes the sail one]], the pink one, the blue one, the magical purple dress, and her FairytaleWeddingDress). In the remake, the number fall to three: a dress made of gunny sacks, a blue dress, and a white and pink one with an identical design.
104	* DarkerAndEdgier: [[RealIsBrown Literally]] and figuratively. The shift to live-action means that the remakes tend to go for a more down-to-earth perspective to varying degrees, using a darker color palette and having some darker themes than their animated counterparts.
105	* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: The King]] in ''Cinderella'', and [[spoiler: both Aurora's parents]] in ''Maleficent''.
106	* DemotedToExtra: [[NonHumanSidekick Animals sidekicks ]] tends to fall under this, as they lost their voice with the change of medium.
107	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
108	** ''Maleficent'' helped kick off the trend of live-action remakes but it's ''not'' a remake. It's a PerspectiveFlip and is loose with its canon (most noticeable in Maleficent's character change and how the majority of the story is completely different from ''Sleeping Beauty'''s) to the point of AlternateContinuity. Although, ''Cruella'' indicates that more films will take the PerspectiveFlip approach, so the weirdness might not apply anymore.
109	** Even before ''Maleficent'', there was ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', which isn't a remake either, but a sequel, and supposedly a sequel to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland the original book]] (although like ''Maleficent'', it plays fast and loose with its canon), not [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Disney version]].
110	*** ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'' is often considered a precursor to the trend of remakes, even frequently being lumped in with them despite it actually being a [[WritingAroundTrademarks lawyer-friendly]] prequel to [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM's]] ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. This is likely because ''Oz'' takes close inspiration from ''Alice'' in its visual style and narrative, as well as being a modernized expansion of a classic literary story where (much like the Disney remakes) general audiences are more familiar with a classic film adaptation than the original work.[[note]]The ''[[Franchise/LandOfOz Oz]]'' series had been adapted by Disney before with ''Film/ReturnToOz'', though ''Great and Powerful'' does not tie in with that work.[[/note]]
111	** 1996's ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' is ''very'' different from the live-action remakes that followed. In contrast to the current DarkerAndEdgier approach, it goes in the complete opposite direction and plays the story for broad slapstick. It has often been said that the live-action ''101 Dalmatians'' is, ironically, more cartoonish than the actual cartoon version, despite the fact that the dogs don't talk.
112	** ''{{Film/Cinderella 2015}}'' was also quite a loose remake that merely used the same names as Disney's characters and used AdaptationExpansion to tell a different version of a familiar story. ''Beauty & the Beast'', ''Aladdin'' and ''The Lion King'' were more direct remakes of the animated versions.
113	* GenderFlip:
114	** ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' gives one to Kaa, who is now voiced by a female.
115	** ''Cinderella'' turns one of the mice, Jacq, into a female named Jacqueline.
116	** ''Peter Pan & Wendy'' makes a few Lost Boys into girls.
117	** ''The Little Mermaid'' turns Scuttle into a female.
118	* LiveActionAdaptation: These movies are live-action remakes (or reinterpretations) of animated films.
119	* LostInImitation: The films naturally stick closer to the animated versions Disney made of fairy tales and novels than they do to said fairy tales and novels. Cinderella's ball gown likewise is coloured blue, like it is in the Disney Princess merchandise, rather than the white from the original film.
120	* NamedByTheAdaptation: Characters who weren't named in the animated originals, such as the Beast and ''Cinderella''[='=]s Prince Charming, are given names in the remakes.
121	* PerspectiveFlip: The ''Maleficent'' films and ''Cruella'' tell stories based on the ''Sleeping Beauty'' and ''101 Dalmatians'' worlds respectively, but from the perspective of the villains.
122	* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Several of the instance of RaceLift described below result in curiosities such as locations having a noticeable POC population during a time where there was little or depicting relationships between people of different racial backgrounds when they were highly improbable (''Film/LadyAndTheTramp2019'').
123	* RaceLift:
124	** Plumette and Madame de Garderobe in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' are played by black actresses, while town inhabitants are more ethnically diverse.
125	** In ''Film/Aladdin2019'', the Arab Prince Achmed became the European Prince Anders. And while the Genie appeared as white when he was masquerading as a human (with visibly lighter skin tone than the Arab citizens of Agrabah), he is played by Creator/WillSmith in the remake.
126	** In ''Film/LadyAndTheTramp2019'', the white Darling became bi-racial as played by Creator/KierseyClemons.
127	** ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2023'': Ariel, who looked like a European woman originally, is played by an African-American actress. Her sisters, who were also originally white, are now a variety of races, representing the seven seas.
128	** ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'': Rachel Zegler is of Colombian-Polish descent and will play the Caucasian Snow White.
129	** ''Lilo & Stitch'': Nani Pelekai, who was native Hawaiian, will be played by Elizabeth Agudong of Caucasian, Filipino, and Polynesian descent.
130	* RealIsBrown: As just one of the ways these films attempt to look more [[UnintentionalUncannyValley "realistic"]] than their respective original animated versions, these versions tend to have noticeably darker color palettes and scenes that are much more dimly lit.
131	* SceneryPorn: A lot of efforts are usually put into the look of the settings, which are filled with impressive details.
132	* {{Xenafication}}:
133	** ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' is all about Alice donning armor to slay the Jabberwocky.
134	** ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' turns Maleficent into a front line general who fights her enemies personally, as opposed to the original where she used her magic from afar before she turned into a dragon.
135	** ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' has Belle already trying to escape the castle the moment she's locked in her room, and preparing to fight Gaston in the climax.

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