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s 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 ''

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'' or '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'').

Released

Upcoming

Other projects

In 2016,

had re-acquired the film rights to ''

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'', 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 ''

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''.

Scrapped projects

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

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writing and directing. A prequel to ''

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...

'' titled ''Genies'', written by

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and produced by

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, was announced in 2015. In March 2016, the studio announced a new film in development titled ''Rose Red'', a live-action spin-off of ''

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'' 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 Evan Daugherty (born 1981) is an American screenwriter. He wrote the films '' Killing Season'', ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' and the film adaptation of '' Divergent''. Career Daugherty’s first screenplay was ''Shrapnel''. It won first plac ...

, 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 Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for ''The Little Mermaid'' (1989), ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ''A ...

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 st ...

'' surpassed both records in November that year.

Critical and public response

Academy Award wins and nominations

Notes

References

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