Tag: live-action
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Disney’s Live-Action “Bambi” Might Have Found a Director
Disney is continuing its trend of rebooting animated classics as live-action films. There have been several animated musical that have gotten the live-action treatment, but now Disney is pivoting and trying something a little bit different. Disney is looking to developing the animated film Bambi as a live-action film. Much like The Lion King live-action…
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Disney’s Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Finds Its Lilo
Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch has found its Lilo. For the remake of the 2002 animated film, Maia Kealoha has been cast as Lilo. The film is being directed by Dean Fleischer Camp. Camp is known as an India director and for directing the best animated feature Oscar nominee Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. Kealoha…
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Questlove to Direct Live-Action Remake of ‘The Aristocats’ for Disney
Disney is making a “live-action” remake of its animated film The Aristocats and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will be directing it. Questlove is the Oscar award-winning director behind Summer of Soul. The film will be a hybrid of live-action and CGI. Thompson will not only be directing but also overseeing and producing the film as well.…
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Meet Disney’s New Snow White: Rachel Zegler From West Side Story
Disney has unveiled who will be portraying Snow White in its live-action remake of Disney’s first animated feature. Rachel Zegler, who is in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story as Maria, will be portraying Disney’s first princess. Earlier today she posted a video of her and Snow White with the caption “homegirl we have LOTS to…
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Disney Releases New Sneak Peek At Cruella
Disney has released a new sneak peek at its new live-action film Cruella. The film stars Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. It is directed by Craig Gillespie. The sneak peek originally debuted during the 2021 GRAMMY Show on Sunday night. Now, it is here for all to enjoy. Cruella will be released on Friday, May 28, 2021.…
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Yara Shahidi to Play Tinker Bell in Disney’s Live-Action “Peter Pan”
This week, Disney came out with big casting news! In the new Disney live-action film Peter Pan and Wendy, Yara Shahidi from ABC’s Black-ish and Grown-ish will be portraying the lovable fairy Tinker Bell! Yara Shahidi joins Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson who are slated to play the title characters. Jude Law will also play the infamous Captain Hook!…
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Disney’s Live-Action Mulan – Mr. DAPs Review
Disney’s live-action Mulan has arrived on Disney+ for those who choose to purchase premiere access. This comes after its release being delayed more than once due to the COVID-19. The movie tells the story of a young spirited girl who goes off to fight for the Emporer to save her father’s life. She hides her…
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Disney Releases Music Video for Reflection by Christina Aguilera From Live-Action Mulan
Disney has released a new music video for Reflection from multi-platinum and global award-winning superstar singer/songwriter Christina Aguilera ahead of the live-action Mulan arriving on Disney+. This music video is directed by Niki Caro (“The Zookeeper’s Wife,” “McFarland, USA”), who also directed Mulan. The release of this music video comes a week ahead of the movie arriving…
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New Featurette on Finding Mulan Released Ahead of Disney+ Arrival of Live-Action Mulan
Ahead of the September 4th arrival of the live-action Mulan on Disney+, a new featurette on finding the proper person to play Mulan has been released by Disney. In it, director Niki Caro tells how she found the perfect actor to play Mulan. It also includes commentary from Yifei Liu, Tzi Ma and Yoson An.…
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Tom Hanks in Discussions to Portray Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis’ Pinocchio
Tom Hanks is reportedly in early discussions to play Geppetto in a new version of Pinocchio being directed by Robert Zemeckis. The news, being reported by Deadline, has Tom Hanks reaching out to Zemeckis to express interest after reading the script. The Disney remake has wanted Tom Hanks for the role of Geppetto for quite…
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Robin Hood Remake Being Developed For Disney+
Disney has set its sights on Robin Hood as the next movie to be remade. Kari Granlund is working on a script for this project. This is the same person who wrote last year’s live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp is now working on a remake of Robin Hood. The remake will be a…
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New Mulan Stunt Featurette Released by Disney
Disney has released a featurette on its upcoming live-action retelling of Mulan that focuses on what goes into the stunts for the film. This release comes one day before tickets go on sale for the movie. Mulan will be in theaters everywhere on March 27, 2020. Check out the featurette below and share what you think of…