List of Disney live-action remakes of animated movies facts for kids
This is a list of the live-action reimaginings saga produced by Walt Disney Pictures of its animated films. This list does not include remakes of live-action/animation hybrid films (such as Mary Poppins or Pete's Dragon), animated movies or live-action movies that were produced by another studio and later reimagined into live-action films by Disney (such as The Wizard of Oz and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms), live-action films another studio made based on the same story as a Disney feature that were later acquired (such as Fox’s Ever After or Pathé‘s The Wind in the Willows/Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride), the direct to video release The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story, or based on animated television shows (such as Kim Possible).
Contents
Films
Released
| Film | Original animated film | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Format | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book | The Jungle Book (1967) | December 25, 1994 | Stephen Sommers | Stephen Sommers, Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman | Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel | Theatrical | |
| 101 Dalmatians | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) | November 27, 1996 | Stephen Herek | John Hughes | John Hughes and Ricardo Mestres | ||
| 102 Dalmatians | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) | November 22, 2000 | Kevin Lima | Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White | Edward S. Feldman | ||
| Alice in Wonderland | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | March 5, 2010 | Tim Burton | Linda Woolverton | Richard D. Zanuck, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd and Jennifer Todd | ||
| Maleficent | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | May 30, 2014 | Robert Stromberg | Joe Roth | |||
| Cinderella | Cinderella (1950) | March 13, 2015 | Kenneth Branagh | Chris Weitz | Simon Kinberg, Allison Shearmur and David Barron | ||
| The Jungle Book | The Jungle Book (1967) | April 15, 2016 | Jon Favreau | Justin Marks | Jon Favreau and Brigham Taylor | ||
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | May 27, 2016 | James Bobin | Linda Woolverton | Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd and Tim Burton | ||
| Beauty and the Beast | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | March 17, 2017 | Bill Condon | Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos | David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman | ||
| Christopher Robin | Winnie the Pooh films | August 3, 2018 | Marc Forster | Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, Allison Schroeder, Greg Brooker and Mark Steven Johnson | Brigham Taylor and Kristin Burr | ||
| Dumbo | Dumbo (1941) | March 29, 2019 | Tim Burton | Ehren Kruger | Justin Springer, Ehren Kruger, Derek Frey and Katterli Frauenfelder | ||
| Aladdin | Aladdin (1992) | May 24, 2019 | Guy Ritchie | John August and Guy Ritchie | Dan Lin and Jonathan Elrich | ||
| The Lion King | The Lion King (1994) | July 19, 2019 | Jon Favreau | Jeff Nathanson | Jon Favreau, Karen Gilchrist and Jeffrey Silver | ||
| Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | October 18, 2019 | Joachim Rønning | Linda Woolverton, Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue | Joe Roth, Angelina Jolie and Duncan Henderson | ||
| Lady and the Tramp | Lady and the Tramp (1955) | November 12, 2019 | Charlie Bean | Andrew Bujalski and Kari Granlund | Brigham Taylor | Disney+ |
Upcoming
| Film | Original animated film | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(rs) | Producer(s) | Format | Status | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulan | Mulan (1998) | July 24, 2020 | Niki Caro | Elizabeth Martin, Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | Chris Bender, Tendo Nagenda, Jason T. Reed and Jake Weiner | Theatrical | Completed | |
| Cruella | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) | May 28, 2021 | Craig Gillespie | Aline Brosh McKenna, Jez Butterworth, Dana Fox, Kelly Marcel, Tony McNamara and Steve Zissis | Kristin Burr, Andrew Gunn and Marc Platt | Post-production | ||
| Peter Pan & Wendy | Peter Pan (1953) | TBA | David Lowery | David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks | Joe Roth and Jim Whitaker | Pre-production | ||
| The Little Mermaid | The Little Mermaid (1989) | Rob Marshall | Jane Goldman and David Magee | Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Marc Platt | ||||
| Untitled The Jungle Book sequel | The Jungle Book (1967) | Jon Favreau | Justin Marks | Jon Favreau and Brigham Taylor | ||||
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | Marc Webb | Erin Cressida Wilson | Marc Platt | ||||
| Pinocchio | Pinocchio (1940) | Robert Zemeckis | Chris Weitz and Robert Zemeckis | Chris Weitz and Andrew Milano | In development | |||
| The Sword in the Stone | The Sword in the Stone (1963) | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Bryan Cogman | Brigham Taylor | Disney+ | |||
| Robin Hood | Robin Hood (1973) | Carlos López Estrada | Kari Granlund | Justin Springer | ||||
| Untitled Aladdin spin-off | Aladdin (1992) | TBA | Jordan Dunn and Michael Kvamme | Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich | ||||
| Lilo & Stitch | Lilo & Stitch (2002) | Mike Van Waes | ||||||
| Untitled Aladdin sequel | Aladdin (1992) | John Gatins and Andrea Berloff | Theatrical | |||||
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) | David Henry Hwang | David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Josh Gad | |||||
| Rose Red | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | Justin Merz, Evan Daugherty and Kristin Gore | Tripp Vinson | |||||
| Bambi | Bambi (1942) | Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano | |||||
| Hercules | Hercules (1997) | David Callaham | Anthony and Joe Russo, Jeffery Silver and Karen Gilchrist |
Possible projects
A live-action film about Tinker Bell with Victoria Strouse writing the script and Reese Witherspoon playing Tinker Bell, is in the works. It was also reported that a live-action spin-off of Prince Charming titled Charming is in development with Stephen Chbosky writing and directing. A prequel of Aladdin titled Genies, written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift and produced by Tripp Vinson, was announced in 2015.
