Following a Wicked-style retelling, Maleficent revisited Sleeping Beauty, this time focusing on the powerful Disney villain. This movie reframed the wicked fairy who cursed a baby out of spite, ...

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There’s a certain sacrilege that comes with remaking a masterpiece. Some of the better entries on this list prove that you can take a classic and craft something fresh; other times, the result feels a ...

Everyone seems to agree that live-action remakes of animated classics are bad and lack creativity, but they still somehow ...

Fans called the remake 'dazzling' and 'visually stunning' on Rotten Tomatoes, where the film currently holds an 89% audience rating.

Disney first started re-imagining its animation classics into live-action features during the '90s, and that trend has only accelerated in the 21st century. The next remake on the horizon is Moana, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new rumor suggests that Disney is developing a live-action remake of their billion-dollar animated hit, Frozen. The movie, ...

Costume designer Marina Toybina has pulled off one of the biggest jobs of her career – putting together the costumes for Disney’s “The Lion King” 30th anniversary celebration at the Hollywood Bowl.