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adjl posted...

As far as I understand, these live-action remakes are less about putting the old movies back on the map and more about protecting the trademarks. That doesn't necessarily apply to stuff like Moana that's getting remade only a few years later, and if The Lion King was in danger of that I would think the ship would already have sailed for Snow White because it's 60 years older, but whatever the nuance of it that's the general rationale for squirting out remakes.

that's true, possibly, no real reason to doubt it

but that doesn't mean they need to be a live action cgi slopfest that loses them millions of dollars because they ballooned their budget ten fold for no particular reason

like, i'm sure hiring studio ghibli would cost like, half of whatever live action remake they do, and the result would be a nominally better product most likely.