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16 Live-Action Disney Movies within the Works After ‘Maleficent

Disney might be pumping out live-action variations of its animated classics for a very long time to return. Here’s a listing of titles within the works, together with the discharge date of the unique.

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“Cruella” Extracted from the well-known villainess of 1961’s “One Hundred and One Dalmatians,” this origin story of a girl who declares open season on purebred puppies — Cruella de Vil — stars Emma Stone. The reigning live-action Cruella is Glenn Close, who herself starred in two live-action diversifications. It’s due in theaters May 28, 2021.

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“Jungle Cruise”
OK, OK, “Jungle Cruise” may not depend as live-action movie primarily based on a beforehand animated traditional, however it’s primarily based on a experience at Disneyland, so we’ll embody it. Plus, we’ll take any probability to speak about Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in the identical sentence. It will hit theaters July 30, 2021.

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“The Little Mermaid” So now we’re entering into movies which are in some stage of improvement however have not essentially been slated for launch. After all, Disney has so many untitled movies slated, it is onerous to depend. But a live-action model of “The Little Mermaid” has been lengthy mentioned, as it’s arguably one of the crucial well-liked and worthwhile films in Disney’s vault. Rob Marshall is on board direct, with newcomer Halle Bailey set to star as Ariel and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula and Daveed Diggs because the voice of Sebastian the crab.

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“Pinocchio”
“Pinocchio” can also be within the works, with Tom Hanks enjoying Geppetto.

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“The Jungle Book 2” This is a no brainer follow-up to Favreau’s hit from spring 2016, primarily based on the animated traditional launched in 1967.

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“Rose Red” This one is trippy (no pun over producer Tripp Vinson), however promising creatively. In the German fairy story, Rose Red is Snow White’s sister. Disney and Vinson are collaborating on introducing the world to the sibling of the well-known apple-loving princess. Disney launched the unique “Snow White” in 1937.

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“Snow White” Forget her sister — the unique baddest chick within the Disney animated kingdom is coming again for her personal standalone movie. It was introduced on the finish of October 2016.

“Aladdin 2”
After the $1 billion-plus field workplace success of 2019’s Will Smith-led “Aladdin,” the studio introduced in February 2020 that John Gatins and Andrea Berloff would write a sequel.

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“Hercules”
Talk about going from zero to hero. The unique 1997 retelling of Greek myths was a field workplace underachiever, however developed a large enough cult following that the studio introduced plans for a live-action remake in April 2020, with “Avengers: Endgame” administrators Joe and Anthony Russo producing.