Personally, I'm a big fan of Treasure Planet and I'm really torn on the idea. On one hand I would really love another movie and just to be able to have something new involving the franchise instead of Disney just continuing to abandon it, but I worry about the kind of changes they might make, not just overall, but more specifically to Jim Hawkins. Maybe it's just me, but in a lot of remakes or reboots (and not just the ones from Disney) it seems to me that the personality of the main character or characters changes a lot. More specifically, they seem to be made more weak and submissive especially if there is a new lead character introduced, they just don't seem to act like themselves at all.
Something like this would go completely against Jim's character and the whole point of the story itself. It's supposed to be about him growing as a person and moving on from the negative things in his life and bettering himself while going towards a brighter future. He starts out with a lot of self-doubt and immaturity but then grows into a more well-rounded and confident person. I would hate to have this all squandered only for him to be kowtowing to some new character they decided to insert. But that's only the worst case scenario, it could end up being a really good sequel that really adds to the lore and moves Jim's story along in a way that I'd really like.
So overall I really just remain torn on the idea and I'm interested in the opinions of others in this community. If nothing else, at least a remake might lead to some more official merchandise being made kind of like what happened with Hocus Pocus 2. There really is quite a lack of merchandise out there for Treasure Planet and I wouldn't mind seeing some more collectables come out, so that might be a consolation if a remake ever does come out and it's terrible.
What do you guys think?
