Line #7 Trivia/DisneyLiveActionRemakes


1	* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the live-action remakes have been shot in the U.K., where none of them take place unless you count ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' or Creator/TimBurton[='s=] ''[[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 Alice in Wonderland]]'' as part of the franchise. This includes ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]'', making it a U.S. production that uses the U.K. to double for the U.S.
2	* CashCowFranchise: ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast\|2017}}'', ''Film/{{Aladdin\|2019}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|2019}}'' have grossed over $1 billion each at the worldwide box office[[labelnote:*]]as did ''Film/{{Alice in Wonderland\|2010}}'', if you count it[[/labelnote]], and ''Film/{{The Jungle Book\|2016}}'' ended up pretty close. ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' was big enough of a hit (over $750 million) to warrant a [[Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil sequel]]. Even with the other films being modest-to-OK grossers and some releases going straight-to-streaming on Creator/DisneyPlus (and probably a lot more of them in the future due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic), the trend shows no sign of stopping and has become a major film franchise in its own right for Disney alongside the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, ''Franchise/StarWars'', the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Animated Canon]] and Creator/{{Pixar}}.
3	* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/DeanDeBlois [[https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/18/21295874/lilo-and-stitch-live-action-remake-director-dean-deblois-annecy-2020 is not pleased with Disney's decision to remake their animated films,]] especially his and Creator/ChrisSanders's ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' (even though Sanders is reprising his iconic voice role for the adaptation), saying that it [[AnimationAgeGhetto "suggests the animated version of it is lesser"]]. He even stated that he knows that Disney can take risks, yet is bothered that they're choosing not to. Despite this statement, he's since moved on to be personally involved in the live-action adaptation of ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
4	* FakeNationality:
5	** The predominantly British/American cast of ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'', playing Frenchmen and women.
6	** The half-European, half-Indian Creator/NaomiScott portrays the Middle Eastern princess Jasmine in ''Film/Aladdin2019'', although it's mitigated by the character's mother coming from an India-inspired country.
7	** The whole American/Scottish cast of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', most notably Creator/AngelinaJolie and Creator/ElleFanning as Maleficent and Aurora, who are French, while giving them British accents.
8	** The American Creator/EmmaStone as the British Estella [[spoiler:Hellman]]/Cruella de Vil.
9	* FollowTheLeader: Creator/{{DreamWorks\|Animation}} and Creator/{{Universal}} are now working on adapting major animated film [=IPs=] of their own. Live-action ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is set for release in 2025.
10	* RoleReprise:
11	** Creator/JamesEarlJones reprised his role as the voice of Mufusa in the ''Lion King'' remake while Creator/FrankWelker reprised his roles as the voices of Abu, Rajah, and The Cave of Wonders in the ''Aladdin'' remake.
12	** ''Lilo & Stitch'' creator, co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders will be reprising his iconic voice role as Stitch for the remake of his film.
13	* SelfAdaptation: The films are (mostly) live-action remakes of hit Disney animated films by Creator/WaltDisneyPictures.
14	* SequelGap: All franchises in the series are hit with this, due to how long it's been since the Creator/DisneytoonStudios days. The shortest gap is the seven years between ''WesternAnimation/DisneyPrincessEnchantedTalesFollowYourDreams'' and ''{{Film/Maleficent}}''. If direct-to-video spin-offs don't count, then the shortest gap is the 22 years between the [[{{WesternAnimation/Mulan}} 1998]] and [[Film/Mulan2020 2020]] versions of ''Mulan''. The longest gap is the 82 years between the [[{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}} 1940]] and [[Film/Pinocchio2022Disney 2022]] versions of ''Pinocchio'', which never had any direct-to-video spin-offs.
15	* UrbanLegendOfZelda:
16	** In 2019, rumors that the line was going to include a remake of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', with Creator/GuillermoDelToro directing and Creator/TomHolland starring, popped up on the internet. Despite the fact that the rumors were discredited (by del Toro himself, no less) and Disney has not said anything about it, many people still believe that it's going to happen.
17	** Similar rumors of a ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' remake started circulating the internet around 2020, even thought there's no evidence of such a remake being planned.

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