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remakes produced by

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of its

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. The list also includes the film's sequels and spin-offs within their

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. This list does not include remakes of live-action/animation hybrid films (such as '' Pete's Dragon''), animated films that were produced by another studio and later adapted as live-action films by Disney, live-action films another studio made based on the same story as a Disney feature, which were later acquired (such as the direct to video release '' The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story''), or based on animated television shows (such as '' Kim Possible'' or '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'').

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Other projects

In 2016,

had re-acquired the film rights to ''

The Chronicles of Prydain ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company. The series includes: ''The Book of Three'' (1964), ''The Black Cauld ...

'', on which the animated film '' The Black Cauldron'' was based, with the intention to adapt the book series into a live-action film series. The project was in early development at the Walt Disney Studios with no director, producer, or screenwriter attached yet. Since then, there has been no new news about the project. In January 2022, Jennifer Lee revealed that

Stella Meghie Stella Meghie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature films ''Jean of the Joneses'' (2016), '' Everything, Everything'' (2017)'', The Weekend'' (2018), and '' The Photograph'' (2020). Meghie has also directed e ...

, writer and director of '' Tiana'', wanted to develop a live-action adaptation of ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the ...

''.

Scrapped projects

A live-action film based on Prince Charming (of ''Cinderella'' and other fairy tales), titled ''Charming'', entered development in 2017 with

Stephen Chbosky Stephen Chbosky (; born January 25, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director, novelist, television writer, and television producer. He is best-known for writing the bestselling coming-of-age novel ''The Perks of Being a Wal ...

writing and directing. A prequel to '' Aladdin'' titled ''Genies'', written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon and produced by Tripp Vinson, was announced in 2015. In March 2016, the studio announced a new film in development titled ''Rose Red'', a live-action spin-off of ''

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as T ...

'' which was to be told from the perspective of Snow White's sister, Rose Red. The film was to be produced by Vinson and written by Justin Merz, Evan Daugherty, and

Kristin Gore Kristin Carlson Gore (born June 5, 1977) is an American author and screenwriter. She is the second daughter of former U.S. vice president Al Gore and advocate Tipper Gore (née Aitcheson). Early life Gore was born in Carthage, Tennessee. She ...

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was considered for the title role. In May 2021, it was reported that all of those projects were scrapped. Alan Menken confirmed that one Disney Classic film, ''

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'', will not be remade as a live-action adaptation in the near future. According to Menken, it is deemed impossible due to modern sensibilities.

Reception

Box office performance

Many Disney remakes rank along the highest grossing films upon their release; currently, ''The Lion King'' (8th), ''Beauty and the Beast'' (19th), ''Aladdin'' (39th), and ''Alice in Wonderland'' (45th) are on the list. ''The Lion King'' is also the highest grossing animated film of all time and the highest-grossing musical film of all time. It also set the record for the biggest opening for an animated film and a musical before ''

Frozen II ''Frozen 2'' (stylized as ''Frozen II'') is a 2019 American computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 58th animated film produced by the studi ...

'' surpassed both records in November that year.

Critical and public response

Academy Award wins and nominations

Notes

References

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