The Californian company wants to continue making cash with already known stories, but aesthetically renewed with the help of the most avant-garde technology.
Who has lived the disney golden ageespecially in the late 90’s, you will know the magic that the animated films of the Mickey mouse factory gave off. In recent times, we have witnessed a recreation of old adventures in live actionwhich have divided the audience, but have achieved something for which Disney continues to flood cinemas and the Disney + catalog: massive income coming from all over the world. And the North American company still has a lot to replicate in the coming years.
The future of the production company involves recycling old ideas
Recently, The New York Times has published an interview with the mind behind these live action movies based on Disney classics. Sean BaileyPresident of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, it states that there are still at least 50 projects to come to light and that they are waiting for their opportunity in the chamber. If there was already controversy with the versions of The Lion King and the recent The Little Mermaid, we will have to be prepared for what is to come.
Sean Bailey runs Disney’s animated film “reimagining” factory, overseeing live-action remakes like “The Little Mermaid.” For years, it was a job of quiet efficiency and superhero-sized results. But now, it has put him in the middle of a partisan divide. https://t.co/kUykKPDBRY
—The New York Times (@nytimes) June 4, 2023
One of the arguments wielded by the head of Disney’s live-action film division for create these new projects it is in the point of view used in the animated films of the last century. Sean Bailey assures that these adaptations are the company’s way of bet on stories that are not so retrogradewhich translated would come to say that he wants to put less white characters, more gender diversity and change scripts that could be controversial for white plots so as not to hurt sensibilities.
The president also affirms that his division will carry out two or three big budget movies a year to be released to movie theaters and other two or three tapes that will go directly to Disney +, with cut budgets. At the moment, Disney is immersed in the live action movies of Moana and of Lilo and Stitchin addition to preparing the development of mufasathe prequel to The Lion King.
By the way, the third part has been confirmed, too, of return of the witches and Sean Bailey has ensured that the franchise of Pirates of the Caribbean will be reinstated, although he did not want to answer the question about whether Johnny Depp will reprise his role as Jack Sparrow. That said, if money is the end, the end of the purest Disney has arrived.