Highlights
- Rumors suggest that Disney may be planning live-action remakes of Frozen, Princess and the Frog, Tangled, and Tarzan, though nothing has been officially announced.
- These films are not as old or popular as previous Disney live-action remakes, raising questions about the need for their adaptations.
- While Disney is known for churning out live-action remakes, some fans question the purpose of remaking films that are not yet nostalgic for viewers, like Moana and Tangled.
Frozen, Princess and the Frog, Tangled, and Tarzan live-action remakes may be in the works at Disney.
No formal announcement has come out yet, but an online rumor has surfaced that Disney plans to remake four movies regarded as classics by their fans. However, the original animated films aren't quite as old nor as popular as some other films they have remade, like Cinderella, The Lion King, and Aladdin.
While giving the latest updates on other remakes, The DisInsider reported that those four animated movies had been floated as the next Disney live-action remakes to be greenlit. "There are also remakes in development for Princess and the Frog, Tangled,Frozen, and Tarzan," the outlet wrote. "While there have been tons of rumors floating around regarding who Disney has as their top choice for these films, sources have told us that none of that is true, and these are very much in early development."
Disney currently has three live-action movies based on their animated movies slated for release over the next two years: Snow White, Mufasa: The Lion King, and Moana. After them, Disney has multiple live-action remakes in development, like Lilo & Stitch, Hercules, Bambi, The Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, The Aristocrats, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney is churning these movies out so fast that even some of the more obscure Disney movies from eons ago are getting live-action adaptations, so it is no surprise that they are remaking films barely old enough for fans to consider them nostalgic.
Given the pattern of releasing animated movies that came out decades ago, Tarzan and Lilo and Stitch are getting remakes. Enough time has passed that the children who grew up with those movies are old enough to have their own children old enough to watch them. But Moana and Tangled? Who are these movies for? The kids who grew up in those movies are in high school or college. Those movies aren't nearly old enough for people to be nostalgic for a live-action adaptation.
However, the silver lining here is that fanbases have been privileged to see revered material get quality live-action adaptations despite this stigma of them being lazy, unoriginal cash grabs, like Netflix's One Piece. Of course, Disney's live-action remakes have steadily declined in quality since they first started doing this in 2014. Some remakes have been given more effort than others, but fans will never give these the same amount of respect as their animated predecessors. Unless, of course, they add some new flavor to the material.
Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, and Tarzan can all be streamed on Disney Plus.
Source: The DisInsider