Disney has fully committed to remaking its animated classics as live-action films, even though they're almost always mediocre ...

: This story was originally published March 20, 2025; it was updated on May 27, 2025 with the addition of Lilo & Stich.

Disney has embraced a surprising vision than ever before: turning its beloved animated classics into live-action movies. At ...

How to Train Your Dragon’s Rotten Tomatoes score floors Disney live-action remakes. See who saved it from total shame!

Let’s rewind and take a look at every live-action adaptation Disney has released so far, and if it was a hit or a miss in the ...

How to Train Your Dragon is predicted to replicate Lilo & Stitch 's success. Its director Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the 2010 original alongside Chris Sanders (the duo, ironically, also made the ...

Its relative success is because “Dragon” was already an action-adventure story with aerial chases, fire-breathing beasts and ...

“Lilo & Stitch” walked a fine line in terms of changes made to the live-action flick. Many of the modifications, such as the ...

Backlash against Disney’s live-action remakes is nothing new. The movies are widely panned by fans who see them as vapid cash ...

The plot is identical. The Viking island of Berk is under constant attack from dragons. Young Hiccup, son of the chief, ...

Original 'How to Train Your Dragon' screenwriter Dean DeBlois solo-directs this take on the popular franchise, which follows ...

It’s time Disney turned to overlooked films for its live-action remakes. These stories deserve a second chance.