Frozen Not Being Planned For Live Action Remake By Disney Despite Beauty And The Beast Success

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Frozen fans rest easy as you should not expect a live action remake of the animated film. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is proving another success for the company in adapting one of their animated classics into a live action feature. Currently, there is no slowing down by Disney to remake its animated classics into live-action features.

But surprisingly one thing that those at the studio are not keen to do is to adapt some of their more modern success stories into this format. 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast” marks the most recent the animated films they’ve mined for source material, though 1989’s “The Little Mermaid,” 1992’s “Aladdin,” 1994’s “The Lion King” and 1998’s “Mulan” are on the way.

However, Disney fans should not expect anything from the 21st century in the near futre, especially not the hugely successful 2013 film “Frozen.” President of Motion Picture Production at Walt Disney Studios Sean Bailey has confirmed to Vulture that, regarding their live-action reboots, they are not touching anything that came out after the year 2000:

“We’re not looking at anything very recent, [anything] that still feels like it’s still the provenance of current Disney animation.”

Bailey further stated that Disney is taking a few pointers from Marvel and Star Wars in terms of how to keep their live-action franchise relevant among its fans.

Bailey further stated that Disney is taking a few pointers from Marvel and Star Wars in terms of how to keep their live-action franchise relevant among its fans.

Beauty and the Beast amassed a spectacular estimated $170 million to notch the highest debut for a March title in history. The $160 million Bill Condon production bests the $166 million total posted by previous record holder Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice just under one year ago. Worldwide, Beauty and the Beast ropes in an excellent $180 million, which brings its global total to $350 million after just three days.

Disney has just under 60 animated classics considered to be canon, with many of them potentially available for adaptations including some of the lesser known ones such as “The Black Cauldron” whose live-action version is in the works. Other notable films not yet announced include “Bambi,” “Snow White,” “Lady and the Tramp,” “Robin Hood,” “The AristoCats,” “The Rescuers” and more.

In Frozen, when their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna (Kristen Bell) joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna’s sister, Snow Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel), and break her icy spell. Although their epic journey leads them to encounters with mystical trolls, a comedic snowman (Josh Gad), harsh conditions, and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff bravely push onward in a race to save their kingdom from winter’s cold grip.

What do you think of the Disney’s plans to remake live versions of some of their classic animated films?