If you are a Disney fan, you may have noticed a resurgence of your childhood in recent years. A company that has prided itself on high quality original content, the studio has not been averse to the current Hollywood trends, including the ever popular use of remakes and revivals. While the studio continues to bring truly one of a kind original films and shows to life, some of the best and worst films in recent years have been the remakes of some of your favorite Disney films. Two of the best films in recent years that received a special live-action remake have to include Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. These two films showed how wonderful technology and actin♊g talent has evolved to allow the beauty and vision of these stories to come to life in all of their magical glory.
Yet not all Disney live-action remakes are as great as those two fi🦩lms were. From terrible live action remakes on the Disney channel, (where cheesy films are already a staple on the network,) to films that had major star power and fantastic directors attached, but still managed to fall flat, the House of Mouse has definitely suffered from some major setbacks in the live action department. Even some films that haven’t released yet have been plagued with behind the scenes drama and story changes that are sure to upset fans.
So today we are going to explore the fifteen worst live action remakes o💫f Disney films, as well as 10 bad Disney films that deserve a live action remake to improve the original movies. Let us know what you think down below!
25 🅘 Bad Remake: Kim Possible
One classic Disney property that should never have been remade was the very popular animated television and film franchise Kim Possible. The show and subsequent films followed teenage Kim Possible, who went to school by day and saved the world by night with her best friend Ron Stoppable and other friend Wade as a world traveling super spy. The classic starring Christy Carlson Romano and Will Friedle was highly acclaimed, and yet the recent Disney Channel live action remake is ꦇnot drawing nearly the same praise. In fact many fans found the many changes to the show’s canon in this film unfavorable, and the film earned a 4.1 rating on IMDB.
24 ಌ Bad Remake: Freaky Friday
Based on a 1972 novel, the Freaky Friday films have been a staple of the pop culture scene, especially one of Disney’s more popular reജmakes with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. Yet to everyone’s disappointment, Disney decided to try their hand at making the popular film about a mother and daughter who switch bodies and live each other’s lives into a full blown musical. It was an utter di💟saster, with the film averaging a 3.7 rating on IMDB from users.
23 Bad Remake: The Jungle Book (1994) 🐲
One of the first Disney remakes of the classic animated hit The Jungle Book based on Rudyard Kipling’s stories was this 1994 live action film directed by Stephen Sommers, who directed the hit film The Mummy starring Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weiz. The remake failed to capture the thrill of the animated film,🍰 with the animal characters stripped completely of their personalities and the focus instead being on the plight of British colonizers an📖d their treatment of Mowgli, which was often horrible.
22 Needs A Remake: A Christmas Carol ✨
Not since A Muppet’s Christmas Carol have we seen a live action remake of the classic Charles Dickens story of the same name. However, Disney did attempt a CGI/Motion-Capture based animated film starring Jim Carey as the infamous Mr. Scrooge, but sadly the film failed to live up to the story’s reputation. The special effects often took away from the performances of Carey and co-star Gary Oldman. A live action retelling in this decade could be just what we need for the upcom♏ing holiday season.
21 𓆉 Needs A Remake: Robin Hood 𒈔
The 1973 hit animated film based on the classic mythological characters of Robin Hood brought the story to life using animated animals replacing the classic heroes and villains of the tale. The story of a vigilante hero who stole from the corrupt rich nobility of the land and gave it all to the poor has been an inspired tale for a long time, and yet the film lacked the same level of excitement and beauty of classic films that came to Disney before it. However, in 2014, the rights to a live action remake were bought by Disney, and is expected to be filmed in the same vein as the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise, so one can only hope t🉐he remake is bet🐭ter in this case.
20 𝐆 Bad Remake: Christopher Robin
A remake based on the classic animated films in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, 2018 brought to life a live action remake titled Christopher Robin. While the acting by lead protagonist Christopher Robin (played by the incredible Ewan McGregor,) was highly praised, the dull, lifeless and kind of eerie visual effects of the classic Winnie the Pooh characters and a predictable plot about a father who must redi𝓡scover his inner child again after focusing too much on work and not enough on his children, make this a very boring and unoriginal remake to be sure.
19 Bad Remake: Alice: Through The Looking Gl🙈ass ♑
The sequel to the live action remake of the classic Alice in Wonderland animated film suffered from its own set of problems apart from the original’s already existing problems. While the sequel seemed to capture the color and visuals of a Wonderland story, the story itself was hard to watch unfold, as Alice was put into a time-travel scenario in which she ended up becoming the sole responsible party that set the problems of Wonderland into motion, including the extinction of an entire people. That’s not the kind of story fans are looking for in an Alice in Wonderland story.
18 Bad🧸 Remake: Alice In Wonderland ꦅ
The original remake b𝄹y Tim Burton in 2010 had its own set of problems that overshadow those of its🔯 sequel. The film was incredibly dark and bleak in nature.
While making Alice a bonafide hero and warrior was a welcome change in the story, the wit and humor of the classic Lewis Caꦍrrol story was missing, and the setting of Wonderland had turned into a war zone that could only be rectified by more war. It was not the kind of thing that one would hope to see in a Wonderland remake.
17 🍸 Needs A Remake: Atlantis: The Lost Empire ♌
If there was ever a film more worthy of a remake, it was Atlantis: The Lost Empire. While the film did not receive nearly the good scores one would typically see from Disney films in the early 2000s, the visual effects and mythology of Atlantis retold through this Disney film make it a prime candidate for a live action remake. Especially when considering the fact that Aquaman has recently🌟 debuted to widespread acclaim, making it the prime time to bring this hit film into a live action setting.
16 ♎ Need๊s A Remake: The Black Cauldron
If there has ever been one of Disney’s animated hits that was a perfect candidates for a fantasy driven live action narrative, it would be The Black Cauldron. Often considered one of Disney’s worst animated films, the story of a young boy who must protect Hen Wen, who knows the location of a mystical item kn🙈own as the Black Cauldron, which has the power to either save or destroy the world, is꧋ perfect for a live action fantasy action adventure film.