20 Live-Action Movies Disney Is Already Developing

For a few years now, Disney has had the task of reminding us with great nostalgia how much we’ve grown, bringing back its best classics, but now with a new ingredient that has been a resounding success and we also love: the images closest to reality that the animation, something that is called live action.

O awesome.club has for you some information and data about the premieres of this year and other projects of live action that Disney is already working on. Not all are movies.

Process advances: Dumbo is more than ready to hit theaters in the first quarter of the year.
premiere date: March 29, 2019
Direction: Tim Burton

actors: Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton (who will break our hearts separating Dumbo from his mother), Niko Parker, Finley Hobbins
Narrative: the story will tell how a circus director hires a war veteran and former star to take care of Dumbo, the little elephant. But the veteran’s children will discover that Dumbo can fly, which will lift the circus and attract an entrepreneur looking to make money from this new attraction and its ability.
Curiosities: despite being a live actionthere are no real animals — they were created using CGI (Computer Generated Image) technology, the same technology used in the movie Mowgli: Between Two Worlds🇧🇷

Process advances: the film is in final preparations to hit theaters in the middle of the year.
premiere date: May 24, 2019
Direction: Guy Ritchie

actors: Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith

Narrative: the story is mainly based on the animated version, but it will also be mixed with passages from The one thousand and one nights and The Thief of Baghdad🇧🇷 In this version, Princess Jasmin will have an ally named Dalia, who will somehow replace Rajah the tiger. In addition, there will be another character named Achmed, a prince who will court the princess.
Curiosities: Alan Menken was in charge of the scores for both versions, but in live action the composers of La La Land — Singing Seasons participated.

Process advances: The Lion King is in the final preparations to debut in the middle of the year.
Premiere date: July 19, 2019, the 25th anniversary of the animated version
Direction: Jon Favreau

Actors: James Earl Jones / Mufasa; Donald Glover / Simba; Beyonce / Nala; John Oliver / Zazú
Narrative: it is a fully retooled version of the animation.
Curiosities: James Earl Jones brought Mufasa to life in 1994 and in this version he does it again. Hans Zimmer, responsible for the soundtrack in 1994, also returned with the same position. Also, Elton John returned to redo his compositions. There will be a new song featuring Beyoncé, Elton John and Tim Rice.

Process advances: mulan is in its filming stage, which began in August last year.
Premiere date: March 27, 2020
Direction: Niki Caro

Actors: Liu Yifei, Yoson An, Jason Scott Lee, Donnie Yen, Gong Li

Narrative: the story is still unclear. What we do know is that Mulan will have a commanding mentor, that Shang will be replaced by a character named Chen Honghui, that there will be a con artist, a witch, and that Mulan will have a sister.
Curiosities: in the first announcement of the project it was mentioned that it would not be a musical, like the animated version. But luckily for many, the director denied this news saying that the role of music in the film was still being explored.

Process advances: the film is already in its shooting process.
Premiere date: scheduled for fall 2019.
Direction: Charlie Bean

Actors: Tessa Thompson / Lady; Justin Theroux / Tramp; Janelle Monae / Peg; Ashley Jensen / Jackie; Benedict Wong / Bull; Kiersey Clemons / Darling; Thomas Mann / Jim Dear
Narrative: the context of the story will be developed in the 20th century and completely inspired by the animated version. Yes, the classic spaghetti scene will also be in this version
Curiosities: The movie is being made with real dogs and CGI technology will be used to animate the puppies’ mouths. Unfortunately for many, this movie will premiere exclusively on the new streaming service. streaming from Disney+.

Process advances: the first stills and shots of the film have already been taken.
Premiere date: its premiere is scheduled for May 20, 2020.
Direction: Joachim Ronning

Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley

Narrative: The story will be set some time after the first film and will focus on Aurora and Maleficent’s relationship. In addition, new alliances will be formed and new adversaries will appear to protect the moors and the magical creatures that live in them.
Curiosities: The cast will also be joined by Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein, Harris Dickinson, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Robert Lindsay.

Process advances: until October last year the film was in the process of writing the script, in charge of Mike Van Waes.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: it is not known
Actors: not yet disclosed
Narrative: so far it is known that it will be the same story as the animated version.
Curiosities: will be a hybrid between CGI and reality, and will be produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, the same producers of live action from Aladdin.

Process advances🇧🇷 Pinocchio is still in the script, in charge of Simon Farnaby, and until August of last year, filming was expected to begin in 2019.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: Paul King was in charge of directing, but it was recently reported, voiced by Seamus McGarvey, that, due to personal problems, Paul King would be stepping down from the position. Disney is still trying to make the movie happen.
Director of photography: seamus mcgarvey

Actors: in November 2018, Disney held the first conversations with Tom Hanks to play Geppetto.
Curiosities: Simon Farnaby is already the second screenwriter of this live action and he also co-authored, with Paul King, the sequel to Paddington🇧🇷

Process advances: Peter Pan is already a few years into the script writing process.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: David Lowery

Actors: O casting It hasn’t been revealed yet, but there’s a high probability that Reese Witherspoon is involved.
Narrative: So far, the only thing David Lowery has foreseen is that at some point he would have wanted to improve on the 2003 live-action version, but his main goal is to get it done.
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Curiosities: James Whitaker, the producer of A Wrinkle in Timeis also involved in this project.

Process advances: story development is still in process.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: The name of the director has not yet been revealed.
Actors: Reese Witherspoon will play Tinker Bell.
Narrative: so far, the only thing known about the story is that it will play with the narrative timeline of Peter Pan🇧🇷
Curiosities: the film will also be produced by Reese Witherspoon, along with Bruna Papandrea, and will have a moderate to mid-range budget.

Process advances: In 2016, Disney announced that a live action in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was in the works, but shortly after announced a film called Rose Red. So far it’s unclear if they will be the same or two different movies.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: what has since been known about the project is that it is based on a screenplay by Justin Merz rewritten by Evan Daugherty.
Actors: not yet revealed
Narrative: Rose Red, Snow White’s sister, will team up with the seven dwarfs to save her after being poisoned with the apple.
Curiosities: Evan Daugherty also wrote the story of Snow White and the hunter🇧🇷

Process advances: it was expected that in mid-2018 filming work had begun.
Premiere date: There is no launch day yet.
Direction: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Actors: unknown
Narrative: will be based on the animated version.
Curiosities: the script is in the hands of Bryan Cogman, writer and producer of game of Thronesand the film is set to premiere exclusively on Disney+, the streaming service. streaming from the company.

Process advances: just over a year ago there was already an initial script by Matt Fogel, which is now being rewritten by the director.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: Steven Chbosky

Actors: unknown
Narrative: it seems that the story will really focus on the twin brother of the prince of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, who is responsible for taking care of the identity of all his brothers. He must team up with Snow White to save a princess (could it be Rose Red) and her own kingdom.
Curiosities: an attempt is made to give this film a tone similar to that of Pirates of the Caribbean and will definitely have no connection with Cinderella🇧🇷

Process advances: although this story seemed forgotten, everything indicates that it was resumed at the end of last year and is still in the process of writing the script.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: at first, Alex Timbers was announced as director. However, he left the role and now there are negotiations with Craig Gillespie to replace him.
Actors: so far it is known that Emma Stone will be Cruella de Vil.
Narrative: will be a story with punk aesthetics set in the 1980s and will tell the origin of the villain.
Curiosities: This one live action will be produced by Marc Platt and Andrew Gunn.

Process advances: the project is still in its first stages of development.
Premiere date: unknown
Direction: Rob Marshall

actors: Recently it was said that Disney wanted Zendaya for the lead role and Lindsay Lohan mentioned that she would love to play the character of Ariel, but the company has not yet confirmed anything.
Narrative: the story will be based on the animated version.
Curiosities: Alan Menken and Lin Manuel Miranda are involved in the soundtrack that will mix the classics of the animated version with new songs.

Process advances: in 2014, Disney announced that Robert Rugan was writing the first draft of the script. Since then nothing more has been known.
Premiere date: unknown
Director: it is speculated that Robert Rugan could be the director as well, but this has not been confirmed by Disney.
Production: Mandeville Films

Narrative: a kind of origin story based on the animated series will be told Chip and Dale and the Defenders of the Law🇧🇷
Curiosities: the main project is planned to be a hybrid of CGI and live action🇧🇷

Process advances: In 2016, Disney announced that James and the Giant Peach would be one of your…