This is a list of live-action or photorealistic remakes produced by Walt Disney Pictures of its animated movies. The list also includes the movies' sequels and spin-offs within their fictional universe. This list does not include: remakes or legacy sequels of live-action/animation hybrid movies (such as Pete's Dragon and Mary Poppins Returns ), the made-for-television movie Geppetto , the direct-to-video movie The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story , animated movies that were produced by another studio and later adapted as live-action movies by Disney, live-action movies made by another studio based on the same story as the Disney movies based on animated television shows (whether based on Disney shows such as Kim Possible or Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers , or on animated shows from third-party studios such as Inspector Gadget or Underdog ).
| Film | Original film | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book | The Jungle Book (1967) [a] | December 25, 1994 | Stephen Sommers | Stephen Sommers, Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman | Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel | Basil Poledouris | Vegahom Europe, Baloo Productions and Jungle Book Films | [1] |
| 101 Dalmatians | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) | November 27, 1996 | Stephen Herek | John Hughes | John Hughes and Ricardo Mestres | Michael Kamen | Great Oaks Entertainment | [2] |
| 102 Dalmatians | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) [b] | November 22, 2000 | Kevin Lima | Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White (screenplay) Kristen Buckley and Brian Regan (story) | Edward S. Feldman | David Newman | Cruella Productions and Kanzaman S.A.M. Films | [3] |
| Alice in Wonderland | Alice in Wonderland (1951) [c] | March 5, 2010 | Tim Burton | Linda Woolverton | Richard D. Zanuck, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd and Jennifer Todd | Danny Elfman | The Zanuck Company, Roth Films and Team Todd | [4] [5] |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Fantasia (1940) [d] | July 16, 2010 | Jon Turteltaub | Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard and Matt Lopez (screenplay) Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal and Matt Lopez (story) | Jerry Bruckheimer | Trevor Rabin | Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Saturn Films and Broken Road Productions | [6] [7] [8] |
| Maleficent | Sleeping Beauty (1959) [e] | May 30, 2014 | Robert Stromberg | Linda Woolverton | Joe Roth | James Newton Howard | Roth Films | [9] [10] [11] |
| Cinderella | Cinderella (1950) | March 13, 2015 | Kenneth Branagh | Chris Weitz | Simon Kinberg, Allison Shearmur and David Barron | Patrick Doyle (score) Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston O Patrick Doyle, Kenneth Branagh and Tommy Danvers N (songs) | Kinberg Genre, Allison Shearmur Productions and Beagle Pug Films | [12] [13] [14] [15] |
| The Jungle Book | The Jungle Book (1967) | April 15, 2016 | Jon Favreau | Justin Marks | Jon Favreau and Brigham Taylor | John Debney [f] (score) Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and Terry Gilkyson (songs) | Fairview Entertainment | [16] [17] [18] |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Alice in Wonderland (1951) [g] | May 27, 2016 | James Bobin | Linda Woolverton | Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd and Tim Burton | Danny Elfman | Roth Films, Team Todd and Tim Burton Productions | [19] |
| Beauty and the Beast | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | March 17, 2017 | Bill Condon | Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos | David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman | Alan Menken R (score) Alan Menken R Howard Ashman O Tim Rice N (songs) | Mandeville Films | [20] [21] [22] |
| Christopher Robin | Winnie the Pooh films [h] | August 3, 2018 | Marc Forster | Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy and Allison Schroeder (screenplay) Greg Brooker and Mark Steven Johnson (story) | Brigham Taylor and Kristin Burr | Jon Brion and Geoff Zanelli (score) Richard M. Sherman (songs) | 2DUX² | [23] [24] |
| Dumbo | Dumbo (1941) | March 29, 2019 | Tim Burton | Ehren Kruger | Justin Springer, Ehren Kruger, Derek Frey and Katterli Frauenfelder | Danny Elfman | Tim Burton Productions, Infinite Detective Productions and Secret Machine Entertainment | [25] |
| Aladdin | Aladdin (1992) | May 24, 2019 | Guy Ritchie | John August and Guy Ritchie | Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich | Alan Menken R (score) Alan Menken R Howard Ashman and Tim Rice O Benj Pasek and Justin Paul N (songs) | Rideback | [25] |
| The Lion King [i] | The Lion King (1994) | July 19, 2019 | Jon Favreau | Jeff Nathanson | Jon Favreau, Karen Gilchrist and Jeffrey Silver | Hans Zimmer R (score) Elton John R Tim Rice O Beyoncé, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Labrinth N (songs) | Fairview Entertainment | [27] [25] [28] |
| Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Sleeping Beauty (1959) [j] | October 18, 2019 | Joachim Rønning | Linda Woolverton, Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue | Joe Roth, Angelina Jolie and Duncan Henderson | Geoff Zanelli | Roth/Kirschenbaum Films | [29] [30] |
| Lady and the Tramp [k] [l] | Lady and the Tramp (1955) | November 12, 2019 | Charlie Bean | Andrew Bujalski and Kari Granlund | Brigham Taylor | Joseph Trapanese (score) Sonny Burke and Peggy Lee O Nate "Rocket" Wonder, Roman GianArthur and Janelle Monáe N (songs) | Taylor Made | [5] [31] [32] |
| Mulan [m] | Mulan (1998) | September 4, 2020 | Niki Caro | Elizabeth Martin, Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | Chris Bender, Tendo Nagenda, Jason T. Reed and Jake Weiner | Harry Gregson-Williams (score) Matthew Wilder and David Zippel O Harry Gregson-Williams, Billy Crabtree, Rosi Golan and Jamie Hartman N (songs) | Jason T. Reed Productions and Good Fear Productions | [33] [34] [35] |
| Cruella [m] | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) [n] | May 28, 2021 | Craig Gillespie | Dana Fox and Tony McNamara (screenplay) Aline Brosh McKenna, Kelly Marcel and Steve Zissis (story) | Andrew Gunn, Marc Platt and Kristin Burr | Nicholas Britell | Gunn Films and Marc Platt Productions | [30] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] |
| Pinocchio [k] | Pinocchio (1940) | September 8, 2022 | Robert Zemeckis | Chris Weitz and Robert Zemeckis | Chris Weitz, Robert Zemeckis, Derek Hogue and Andrew Milano | Alan Silvestri (score) Leigh Harline and Ned Washington O Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard N (songs) | ImageMovers and Depth of Field Studios | [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] |
| Peter Pan & Wendy [k] | Peter Pan (1953) | April 28, 2023 | David Lowery | David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks | Joe Roth and Jim Whitaker | Daniel Hart | Whitaker Entertainment and Roth/Kirschenbaum Films | [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] |
| The Little Mermaid | The Little Mermaid (1989) | May 26, 2023 | Rob Marshall | David Magee | Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Marc Platt | Alan Menken R (score) Alan Menken R Howard Ashman O Lin-Manuel Miranda N (songs) | DeLuca Marshall and Marc Platt Productions | [56] [57] [58] |
| Mufasa: The Lion King [l] | The Lion King (1994) [o] | December 20, 2024 | Barry Jenkins | Jeff Nathanson | Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak | Dave Metzger [p] (score) Lin-Manuel Miranda (songs) | N/a | [59] [60] |
| Snow White | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | March 21, 2025 | Marc Webb | Erin Cressida Wilson | Marc Platt | Jeff Morrow (score) Frank Churchill and Larry Morey O Benj Pasek and Justin Paul N (songs) | Marc Platt Productions | [61] [62] [63] |
| Lilo & Stitch | Lilo & Stitch (2002) [q] | May 23, 2025 | Dean Fleischer Camp | Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes | Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich | Dan Romer | Rideback and Blue Koala Pictures, Inc. | [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] |
| Film | Original film | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Production status | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moana | Moana (2016) | July 10, 2026 | Thomas Kail | Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller | Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Beau Flynn and Lin-Manuel Miranda | Mark Mancina R (score) Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foaʻi and Lin-Manuel Miranda R (songs) | Seven Bucks Productions and Flynn Picture Co. | Post-production | [70] [71] [72] [73] |
| Tangled | Tangled (2010) | TBA | Michael Gracey | Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | Kristin Burr and Lucy Kitada | TBA | Burr! Productions | In development | [74] [75] |
| Hercules | Hercules (1997) | Guy Ritchie | TBA | Anthony and Joe Russo | AGBO | [76] [77] | |||
| Bambi [l] | Bambi (1942) | TBA | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano | Depth of Field Studios | [78] [79] [80] | ||||
| Third Maleficent film | Sleeping Beauty (1959) [r] | Linda Woolverton | TBA | TBA | [81] [82] [83] | ||||
| Untitled Lilo & Stitch sequel | Lilo & Stitch (2002) [s] | Chris Sanders | Jonathan Eirich | Rideback | [84] | ||||
| Untitled Gaston-centered film | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | Dave Callaham | Michelle Rejwan | TBA | [85] | ||||
| Cruella 2 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) [t] | Craig Gillespie | Dana Fox Tony McNamara | Andrew Gun Marc Platt Kristin Burr | [86] |
The prequel to Aladdin titled Genies, written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon and produced by Tripp Vinson, was announced in 2015. [87] A spin-off film of Aladdin focused on Prince Anders for Disney+ was announced in December 2019, with Billy Magnussen reprising his role. [88] After the time without news, Magnussen stated that the project was still in development in April 2021, [89] which he later clarified in the following year. [90]
The live-action remake of The Sword in the Stone entered development in July 2015, with Bryan Cogman writing the script and Brigham Taylor serving as producer. In January 2018, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was announced as director. [91] The next month, it was revealed that the movie would premiere exclusively on Disney+. Enrique Chediak joined to serve as the cinematographer in September, while Eugenio Caballero joined to serve as the production designer in December. However, in March 2024, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo revealed that the project was scrapped. [92]
In 2016, Walt Disney Pictures re-acquired the movie rights to The Chronicles of Prydain , on which the animated movie The Black Cauldron was based, with the intention to adapt the novel series into the live-action movie 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 news about the project. [93]
In March 2016, Disney announced the new movie in development titled Rose Red, the live-action spin-off to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which was to be told from the perspective of Snow White's sister, Rose Red. The movie was to be produced by Vinson and pitched by Justin Merz, based on the script by Evan Daugherty. [94] The live-action movie based on Prince Charming (of Cinderella and other fairy tales), entitled Charming, entered development in 2017 with Stephen Chbosky as writer and director. [95]
In 2019, Alan Menken suggested that the movie Pocahontas would not have the live-action remake in the near future, since remaking Pocahontas would likely be impossible due to modern sensibilities. [96] In 2023, Menken further suggested that the planned live-action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame titled simply Hunchback, which was announced in January 2019 to be written by David Henry Hwang, produced by Josh Gad, David Hoberman, and Todd Lieberman (through Mandeville Films), and based on elements from both the animated movie and Victor Hugo's novel, [97] [98] was stalled for similar reasons. [99]
The live-action remake of Robin Hood entered development in early 2020, with Kari Granlund writing the screenplay, Justin Springer producing, and Carlos López Estrada as the director. [100]
During that month, it was also announced that the live-action remake of The Aristocats was in development with Will Gluck producing under his Olive Bridge Entertainment banner and Keith Bunin writing the script with Gluck. [101] Questlove was attached to direct the movie in March 2023. [102] In August 2025, Questlove revealed that Disney was no longer moving forward with the movie. [103]
Many Disney remakes rank along the highest grossing films upon their release, currently, The Lion King (11th), Beauty and the Beast (25th), Aladdin (46th), and Lilo & Stitch (57th) are on the list. The Lion King is also the highest-grossing musical film of all time. [u] It also set the record for the largest opening for an animated movie and the musical before The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Frozen II surpassed the records respectively.
| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | All-time ranking | Budget | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | U.S. and Canada | Worldwide | ||||
| The Jungle Book | December 25, 1994 | $43,229,904 | $9,159,498 | $52,389,402 | 1,950 | 3,098 | $30 million | [106] |
| 101 Dalmatians | November 27, 1996 | $136,189,294 | $184,500,000 | $320,689,294 | 428 | 422 | $75 million | [107] |
| 102 Dalmatians | November 22, 2000 | $66,957,026 | $116,654,745 | $183,611,771 | 1,186 | 898 | $85 million | [108] |
| Alice in Wonderland | March 5, 2010 | $334,191,110 | $691,276,000 | $1,025,467,110 | 65 | 44 | $200 million | [109] |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | July 16, 2010 | $63,150,991 | $152,132,751 | $215,283,742 | 1,397 | 783 | $150 million | [110] |
| Maleficent | May 30, 2014 | $241,410,378 | $517,129,407 | $758,539,785 | 138 | 93 | $180 million | [111] |
| Cinderella | March 13, 2015 | $201,151,353 | $342,363,000 | $543,514,353 | 201 | 179 | $95 million | [112] |
| The Jungle Book | April 15, 2016 | $364,001,123 | $602,549,477 | $966,550,600 | 48 | 43 | $175 million | [113] |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | May 27, 2016 | $77,041,381 | $222,415,643 | $299,457,024 | 1,011 | 470 | $170 million | [114] |
| Beauty and the Beast | March 17, 2017 | $504,014,165 | $759,506,961 | $1,263,521,126 | 14 | 16 | $160 million | [115] |
| Christopher Robin | August 3, 2018 | $99,215,042 | $98,529,335 | $197,744,377 | 746 | 834 | $75 million | [116] |
| Dumbo | March 29, 2019 | $114,766,307 | $238,518,314 | $353,284,621 | 592 | 371 | $170 million | [117] |
| Aladdin | May 24, 2019 | $355,559,216 | $695,134,737 | $1,050,693,953 | 51 | 34 | $183 million | [118] |
| The Lion King | July 19, 2019 | $543,638,043 | $1,113,305,351 | $1,656,943,394 | 11 | 7 | $260 million | [119] |
| Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | October 18, 2019 | $113,929,605 | $377,800,484 | $491,730,089 | 608 | 220 | $185 million | [120] |
| Mulan | September 4, 2020 | N/a [v] | $69,965,374 | $69,965,374 | N/a [v] | 2,429 | $200 million | [121] |
| Cruella | May 28, 2021 | $86,103,234 | $139,706,829 | $233,510,063 | 993 | 702 [122] | $100 million | [123] |
| The Little Mermaid | May 26, 2023 | $298,172,056 | $271,454,233 | $569,626,289 | 105 | 199 | $240.2 million | [124] [125] |
| Mufasa: The Lion King | December 20, 2024 | $254,567,693 | $468,018,667 | $722,586,360 | 150 | 161 | $200 million | [126] |
| Snow White | March 21, 2025 | $87,203,963 | $118,341,472 | $205,545,435 | 982 | 922 | $270 million | [127] |
| Lilo & Stitch | May 23, 2025 | $423,778,855 | $614,253,646 | $1,038,032,501 | 39 | 49 | $100 million | [128] [129] |
| Total | $4,408,270,739 | $7,802,715,924 | $12,210,986,663 | – | – | $3.303 billion | ||
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In certain cases, the surviving cast and crew who worked on the original movies may return for the remake. Of note, Dwayne Johnson will not only reprise his role as Maui in Moana (2016), but also produce the live-action remake under his production company Seven Bucks Productions. Alan Menken returned to the role of composer and songwriter three times. Disney’s live-action remakes form part of the long-running effort to revisit its animated movie catalogue for new audiences. According to Reuters, the studio has produced the steady stream of live-action remakes spanning several decades, ranging from earlier releases such as 101 Dalmatians (1996) to more recent movies including Cinderella (2015), Beauty and the Beast (2017), The Lion King (2019), and The Little Mermaid (2023). The 2025 live-action remake of Snow White continues this pattern, reflecting the ongoing prominence of animated-to-live-action remakes within Disney’s movie output. [189] In some live-action remakes of Disney’s animated movies, individuals associated with the original productions have returned to participate in new roles and various capacities. For example, in the 2025 live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch , Chris Sanders, who co-wrote and co-directed the original 2002 animated movie and voiced Stitch in that version, returned to voice the character in the remake, and original cast member Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani, appears in the new role. [190] Other live-action remakes have similarly drawn on talent associated with earlier versions of the stories. While not all original cast members have returned, these participations illustrate how some remakes maintain connections with their animated predecessors through returning voices or creative contributions. [191]
| Cast/crew | Role in original film | Original film | Remake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Menken | Original songs and scores | Aladdin | Aladdin |
| Beauty and the Beast | Beauty and the Beast | ||
| The Little Mermaid | The Little Mermaid | ||
| Frank Welker | Voice actor of Abu, Rajah, and the Cave of Wonders | Aladdin | Aladdin |
| Jim Cummings | Voice actor of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger | The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [w] | Christopher Robin |
| Dwayne Johnson | Voice actor of Maui | Moana | Moana |
| James Earl Jones | Voice actor of Mufasa | The Lion King | The Lion King |
| Hans Zimmer Tim Rice Elton John | Original songs and scores | ||
| Chris Sanders | Voice actor of Stitch | Lilo & Stitch | Lilo & Stitch |