10 Best Disney Live-Action Movie Remakes Ranked Worst To Best
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The Disney company has devised a long term plan with its celebrated and beloved classic animation films, which is to make as many of them as possible into live-action and reap the rewards of box-office nostalgia. So far they have had huge success both critically and commercially with the majority of their efforts and have even committed to making sequels to these remakes in some cases.
The huge budgets and photorealistic techniques used to re-create the jungles of India or the savanna's of Africa have given Disney a renewed license to take their many classic animated films to new heights and gain younger audiences.
Whether they release in the cinema to a billion-dollar windfall or choose to lovingly place it on Dinsey+ and see their subscription base grow even further, it certainly has been a phenomenal idea to bring old adventures back to life.
Disney actually started this proactive plan process some time ago now, and it all kicked-off when we saw Alice In Wonderland thump its way to the top of the box-office in 2010. Since then they have done 9 other theatrical remakes and have another 16 projects based on their animated classic planned and moving forward.
10. Alice Through The Looking Glass
The simple rule of successful big-budget movies is that they will have a sequel. Ever since The Godfather spawned The Godfather Part 2, movie studios have been pushing out sequels to movies that were even vaguely profitable. Disney is no exception and when they saw Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter and the billion dollars that followed, they knew a sequel was priority one.
Unfortunately, Depp's own star power was beginning to fade due to various personal issues and public fallouts. So, the fast-tracked sequel to Alice In Wonderland didn't just flop at the box-office, it totally fell apart.
A shoddy story and a star that clearly did it for the money, Alice Through The Looking Glass was a disaster for Disney and lost them somewhere in the region of $70 million dollars. Nothing has ever been mentioned by the way of another Alice project since by the House of Mouse and most of the cast, with the exception of Depp moved on quickly to other things.
It is a shame that this also marked the final performance of the legendary Alan Rickman, who provided his voice in the film. Though it could have been a far bigger Disney property, a mixture of ill-judgement and bad timing ended those hopes.