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While the phrase “Disney live-action remake” has definitely seen a spike in usage since 2010, Alice in Wonderland wasn’t actually the first movie from the Mouse House to fit that bill. Instead, Disney took a crack at live-action remakes in the mid-1990s, with Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and 101 Dalmatians, the latter of which got a 2000 sequel, the appropriately titled 102 Dalmatians.
However, with Disney releasing a new live-action remake of one of its animated classics every year (or two a year, as is the case for 2025), there are now over two dozen re-imaginings of their animated features. While Snow White hasn’t won over the Disney fandom (or SAW writer Romona Comet, according to her review), some of the company’s live-action remakes are actually quite entertaining and dare I say great.
So, the question I ask today is: what is the best Disney live-action remake?
Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book is probably the best live-action remake in my opinion, if we’re judging it on staying true to the original while adding some originality. If we’re just going with using the same characters and telling a largely new story then I have to go with either Pete’s Dragon or Christopher Robin.
So what about you, screenagers? Which live-action remake of Disney’s animated classics is the best?
I’ll see you in the trenches.
