Animated Movie Characters Vs. Live-Action Versions

Animated Movie Characters Vs. Live-Action Versions Who didn’t love watching cartoons and reading comics growing up? With so many animated shows getting adapted into TV shows and movies, here’s a roundup of what the original characters looked like vs. the actors who played them IRL. Take a look: 1. To start, here’s the animated version …

Why ‘Star Wars’ animation fans have mixed feelings about live-action Ahsoka

In a franchise with as many offshoots as Star Wars, there can be some tension between the core canon and the more tertiary spinoffs. A lot of old-school fans are still invested in the status of the vintage Expanded Universe (now known as Star Wars Legends), which was declared non-canonical in 2014. Some characters like …

Three New Live-Action ‘Star Wars’ Movies Are Coming

Lucasfilm The Star Wars franchise is about to get a whole lot bigger. On Friday, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced a slate of three new live-action films while speaking at London’s Star Wars Celebration. According to The Daily Beast, the three movies — collectively — will span the entire Star Wars timeline. Daisy Ridley will …

Is Dwayne Johnson in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Moana’ Remake?

Source: Jesse Grant/Getty Images Dwayne Johnson on stage at a 2015 event for Disney’s ‘Moana.’ Several beloved Disney animated films have gotten live-action remakes—and Moana is the latest to receive that treatment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson appeared during the company’s April 3, 2022 shareholders’ meeting to formally announce a …

Questlove Is Set To Direct Disney’s Next Live-Action Remake, ‘The Aristocats’

Getty Image Questlove has been a pretty busy guy lately — but not so busy that he can’t take on just one more high-profile project, potentially his biggest one yet. While he’s got a lot on his plate — in addition to continuing his role as The Roots’ bandleader on The Tonight Show, he’s launching …

19 Celebrities To Cast In Disney Live-Action Remake Movies

Here’s why the AI bot thinks Emma or Lily should be cast: “Emma Stone has a similar look to the character, with her red hair and fair skin. She also has experience playing strong, independent female characters, like in La La Land and Easy A, which could translate well to Meg’s personality. Also, Lily James …

‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Is Coming Back, This Time As A Live-Action Reboot (With Lots Of CGI, Of Course)

Paramount It hasn’t been that long since the last How to Train Your Dragon movie. The threequel, subtitled The Hidden World, only came out four years ago. But the franchise about a nice Viking boy who befriends a nice flying fire-breathing lizard is already getting a reboot, with a pretty obvious twist. As per Variety, …

Is Troy Baker in the ‘Last of Us’ Live-Action Show? Here’s What We Know

Source: Getty Images As far as live-action adaptations of popular and acclaimed video games go, these stories tend to run the gamut. When they first came about with the likes of Super Mario Bros. in 1993 and Mortal Kombat in 1995, they were a tough sell as low-budget and half-hearted attempts to recreate gaming icons …

Sony Is Making Live-Action Spider-Man Shows For Amazon (That Won’t Actually Have Spider-Man In Them)

Marvel So you know how Sony has been making movies about Spider-Man characters like Venom and Morbius, but they don’t actually have Spider-Man in them due to a convoluted rights-sharing agreement with Marvel? Well, surprise! Sony is bringing that whole mess to streaming. Starting with the new live-action series, Silk: Spider Society, Amazon will become …

The Russo Brothers Say Their Live-Action ‘Hercules’ Remake Will Be Influenced By TiKTok (Whatever That Means)

Disney Disney has been doing live-action redos of their animated films for a good while now, and they tend to come in one of two flavors: renegade (think Maleficent and Cruella turning villains into at least semi-heroes) and more or less slavishly faithful (The Lion King, Cinderella, The Jungle Book). It sounds like the forthcoming …