Live-action movies are now another staple of success in the Disney movie library, and it looks like there are a lot more to come. Plans have been announced for a lot more than are on the horizon, and Disney has signed up some huge names for them as well.
Well, well…
Many know of the recently released live-action version of The Jungle Book and how it is already tearing up the box office. Disney has also had great success in the past few years with Cinderella, Maleficent, and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Well, there are a lot of new ones coming and that includes sequels to both The Jungle Book and Maleficent, but there’s so much more. The Disney live-action slate is growing and it looks like this.
- Alice Through the Looking Glass – May 27, 2016
- Pete’s Dragon – Aug. 12, 2016
- Beauty and the Beast – March 17, 2017
Disney has also announced some new release dates for films, but they have yet to state which films will be going in those spots.
- July 28, 2017 instead of Dec. 22, 2017
- Apr. 6, 2018
- Aug. 3, 2018
- Dec. 25, 2018
- Dec. 20, 2019
Two other dates were already known for a couple of its untitled live-action fairy tales: Nov. 2, 2018, and Nov. 8, 2019.
Here are other live-action projects on the Disney slate:
Cruella, with Emma Stone set to star and Kelly Marcel writing
Dumbo, with Tim Burton directing and Ehren Kruger writing
Maleficent 2, with Angelina Jolie set to star and Linda Woolverton writing
A Wrinkle in Time, with Ava DuVernay attached to direct and Jennifer Lee writing
Jungle Cruise, withDwayne “The Rock” Johnson set to star and John Requa and Glenn Ficarra writing
Mary Poppins sequel set to star Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, with director Rob Marshall
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms with Lasse Hallström directing and Ashleigh Powell writing
The Jungle Book 2 with Jon Favreau directing and writer Justin Marks writing
Tinker Bell project with Reese Witherspoon set to star and Victoria Strouse writing
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