John Musker, the Disney legend left "bemused" with Disney's live-action remake spree

Disney legend John Musker recently in a statement talked about how bemused he feels with amount of live-action remakes animation studio is making. In his statement, John Musker also talked about how he prefers character being hand-drawn rar than being completely animated. Re on to kw more details about what Disney legend said in his statement.

John Musker t happy with remakes

John Musker and Ron Clements are Disney’s most iconic direction team. John Musker worked with Walt Disney Studio but recently anunced his retirement. John Musker recently commented on Walt Disney Studio’s remake spree.

According to a report by PTI, John Musker in a statement said that he is bemused by amount of Disney live-action remakes. For those who are t aware of this, John Musker and Ron Clements were directors of Disney’s Little Mermaid, Aldin, and Treasure Planet. This directorial duo also worked on Disney’s Hercules.

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In his statement, John Musker also commented about how he feels remakes that are successful according to him are ones that ironically reinterpret original stories. He n went on to talk about Angelina Jolie's Maleficent as an example. Maleficent is a different take on storyline of Sleeping Beauty.

John Musker also commented about recent remake of Lion King. He said that he finds Lion King director Jon Favreau a brilliant filmmaker but inexpressive animation in this remake did t help him in getting involved with plot of film and its iconic characters. Disney Legend also mentioned that shot-for-shot fealty in comparison to hand-drawn characters in  Lion King was also a contributing factor to feeling uninvolved.

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John Musker also commented that in general, he would like to see more original content. He furr ded that in case of fairy tales particularly he would like to see new stories and t an extension, repetition of alrey present narratives. Since 2010, Disney has produced several live-action remakes and continues to do so with Mulan, 101 Dalmatians, Cruella, Little Mermaid, and Bambi being on way.  

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