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Ranking Disney’s Live-Action Remakes

When a studio is as old and has as big a catalog of hits as Disney, it's inevitable to look back through past decades of success stories for a property that can be refreshed and re-appropriated for a modern audience. Lately, Walt Disney Pictures has been making headlines for its rampant revisits to some of its most beloved animated classics, with this year's The Jungle Book serving as the most recent example of the studio taking a story from animation to live action. However, in addition to translating these iconic stories into a new visual style, Disney has also sprinkled in several notable remakes of its own live-action films.

Pete's Dragon

8) That Darn Cat (1997)

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Of all the live-action Disney comedies, the original 1965 version of this film was perhaps one of the more memorable the studio released that decade, as it marked the final film that Hayley Mills (more on her later) made for the studio.

This remake – which retells the story of a young woman and government agent who team with a wily cat to solve a crime – stars Christina Ricci and Doug E. Doug and, as such, bears a decidedly 1990s spin on the classic property.

Though not especially well-received, it did feature the return of Dean Jones, who co-starred with Mills in the original film. Director Bob Spiers also directed the infamous Spice Girls film Spice World later that same year, but while that musical film has gained a sort of cult following for it’s so-bad-it’s-good replay value, his directorial debut with this Disney entry has largely been forgotten.