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A live-action reimagining of Disney Animation’s 2016 hit Moana is in early development at Disney, Dwayne Johnson revealed Monday. The announcement came in a pre-recorded message from Hawaii as part of Disney’s annual shareholder meeting led by CEO Bob Iger.

Sure, “Black Adam” bombed at the box office. But that isn’t keeping Dwayne Johnson away from tentpole filmmaking anytime soon.

#MOANA’s beautiful story to the live action big screen!#MAUI changed my life (miss you grandpa) and I’m honored to partner with @DisneyStudios to tell our story thru the realm of music & dance, which at the core is who we are as Polynesian people

A live action version of Hercules is officially a go, but that’s not the only animated film from Disney that’s being turned into a live action movie.

Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho are working to bring more Moana magic to the big screen!

William Earl Dwayne Johnson announced a new live-action remake of “Moana” during the Disney 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Webcast on April 3. “Humbled to say we’re bringing #MOANA’s beautiful story to the live action big screen! #MAUI changed my life (miss you grandpa) and I’m honored to partner with @DisneyStudios to tell our story thru the realm of music & dance, which at the core is who we are as Polynesian people,” Johnson tweeted as the announcement dropped. Johnson spoke more during a pre-recorded segment with his daughters: “We are so excited and happy to announce that a live action reimagining of ‘Moana’ is in the works.

Legendary Entertainment has secured an exclusive license to the live-action film and television rights for the iconic Capcom video game franchise “Street Fighter,” the studio announced on Monday.All projects will be co-developed and produced in conjunction with Capcom, including the feature film in development.The first “Street Fighter” game was released in arcades in 1987 and has sold over 49 million units worldwide, becoming one of the most well-known and highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. It featured two playable characters, Ryu and Ken, who traveled the world fighting other martial artists in a tournament.

Disney is currently in the works on a Lilo & Stitch live-action movie and the studio has found a young actress to play the title role of Lilo!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “The Haunting of Hill House” writer Jeff Howard has been hired to develop Junji Ito’s manga “Bloodsucking Darkness” into a live-action feature film. Fangoria Studios, a genre film and TV company, is backing the film. It’s set to be the first of three projects that Fangoria plans to adapt from Ito’s hit vampire series “Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection.” “Fangoria Studios is going to adapt my manga! I’m so excited to see how it will turn out,” said Ito, who is serving as a producer. “I hope I get to see the trailer in my dreams tonight.” Ito began his career as a manga horror writer while working as a dental technician. Manga became his full-time job in the late 1980s and in 1998 as he began writing and illustrating “Uzumaki” in Big Comic Spirits. Since then, he has continued to publish works such as “Gyo” and “Smashed.”

 in 1937, sparking an artistic movement that has since allowed audiences across the world to fall in love with countless animated characters, creatures, animals and more.Now nearly a century later, Disney also leads the movement to retell these beloved classics with live-action techniques, making waves for their fresh takes on films like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and, just around the corner, Here is ET's guide to the live-action remakes of your favorite animated films. Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, was the first full-length animated feature film and Disney's first princess. Disney is currently in production on a live-action remake starring Rachel Zegler as the titular princess. Gal Gadot will also star, along with Andrew Burnap and Martin Klebba.

Last year, we saw Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson win an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for his fantastic acclaimed musical doc “Summer of Soul” which focused on the Harlem Culture Festival in 1969. The composer, filmmaker, producer, musician, historian, and travel/culture enthusiast (a true modern renaissance man) has been reportedly courted by Disney to tackle another one of their live-action remakes.

Questlove is set to direct a new adaptation of The Aristocats for Disney.The Roots musician, producer and filmmaker – real name Ahmir Khalib Thompson – will reimagine the animated 1970 movie as “a live-action/hybrid”, according to Deadline. He’ll also serve as an executive producer and oversee the film’s music.Will Gluck and Keith Bunin are said to be helming the script. Tarik Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman will executive produce the forthcoming title on behalf of Questlove’s production company Two One Five Entertainment.In a statement (via Pitchfork), Questlove said: “During those first months of the pandemic back in 2020, I allowed my inner 9-year-old to have a voice he wouldn’ta had back in 1980.

Questlove is looking to branch out from documentary filmmaking into narrative storytelling with a live-action adaptation of Disney's Questlove — most famous for his work as the frontman for The Roots — has been tapped to make his feature film directorial debut for Walt Disney Studios, helming a live-action/hybrid «reimagining» of the House of Mouse's acclaimed 1970 animated feature.Questlove is also set to serve as an executive producer on the film, as well as oversee the music for the film, according to, who first reported the news.The script for the new project is being penned by Will Gluck and Keith Bunin, while Gluck's production company, Olive Bridge, is set to produce.Walt Disney's, released to ciritcal praise in 1970, tells the tale of a family of Parisian cats whose owner — a wealthy opera singer — dies, and leaves all her money to her beloved felines.

A live action version of Hercules is officially a go, but that’s not the only animated film from Disney that’s being turned into a live action movie.

The Aristocats is the latest Disney film getting the live action treatment – but with a twist!

EXCLUSIVE: After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary last year, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has found his feature film directing debut as sources tell Deadline he will helm a live-action/hybrid reimaging of The Aristocats for Walt Disney Studios. Thompson also is executive producing and overseeing music for the film, whose script is by Will Gluck and Keith Bunin. Tarik Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman will exec produce on behalf of Two One Five Entertainment.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic It’s an interesting, telling choice that “Up Here,” Hulu’s new musical sitcom starring Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes, is set in 1999. Not merely is the turn of the century, according to the roughly 20-year nostalgia cycle, currently in vogue, but the particular sort of moment the Y2K era was lends texture and meaning to the story “Up Here” tells. Assaying a time just before the social web allowed loners to find one another, “Up Here” presents a winning and lovely pair of oddballs singing their hearts out, in disbelief at having found one another. Here, Whitman plays Lindsay, who was lectured in childhood to shield her spiky and odd side from peers in order to be liked. “You show people the nice parts, because believe me, that’s all that people want to see,” her mother (Katie Finneran) tells her; grown up, she’s terrified to show vulnerability at all.

His greatest catch! Mets pitcher Edwin Díaz and wife Nashaly Mercado have been by each other’s side for more than a decade.

Spaihts said in a statement to Variety which first reported the news. “It wants to be cinema, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to help that happen.”The Coalition added: “We’re thrilled to partner with Jon and the Netflix team to bring Gears of War to life.

Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song's romance almost seemed predestined, and the pair have done a solid job of developing their relationship outside of the scrutiny of the public spotlight.Both stars began their Hollywood careers when they were children, and the shared experience of that sort of life seems to add a sort of kismet to their love story in the minds of fans. Although both Culkin and Song don't seem to let their private lives get too public.After the pair began dating five years ago, they cultivated a beautiful family life and even welcomed a child together in 2021.