Disney Live-Action Remakes by the Numbers: $10 Billion, 12 Films, and a Clear Trend Line
Disney has spent a decade remaking its animated classics. We put every film through the data β box office, budgets, critic scores, audience scores, and ROI. The numbers tell a story the studio probably doesn't want you to see.
From Snow White to Moana: Disney Has Been Remaking Its Own Movies for a Decade β Here's the Full Timeline
In 2015, Disney released a live-action Cinderella and quietly launched the most ambitious remake experiment in film history. Ten years and a dozen films later, we're still watching them do it β and the results are more complicated than you think.
Disney Just Bet Everything on Moana Going Live-Action β And July's Only Getting Bigger
Catherine Laga'aia steps into the biggest Disney live-action debut since Halle Bailey's Little Mermaid, Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui, and this is just the warmup β Nolan, Evil Dead, and Spider-Man are all coming before August.
The Syndicate Lives: Maul β Shadow Lord Renewed for Season 2 Before It Even Premieres
Lucasfilm just confirmed a second season of Star Wars: Maul β Shadow Lord days before the first episode even hits Disney+. When the galaxyβs most relentless Zabrak gets a vote of confidence this early, you know the Force is strong with this one.
Maul Gets His Own Show This Sunday β and It Might Be the Best Star Wars Decision in Years
Star Wars: Maul β Shadow Lord drops on Disney+ April 6 with a two-episode premiere. Set after The Clone Wars, the animated series gives one of the franchise's most electrifying villains the spotlight he's deserved since 1999 β and everything we know so far sounds like pure dark side energy.