Atlantis Live-Action?

[Avaitor]

There's a lot of potential here, and I like the ideas being spit-balled, but I have no faith with Disney's current live-action division. I can't recall the last one I really liked from them that wasn't a Muppets movie. Enchanted?

On the one hand, I do like that their live-action films don't have the same kind of formulaic management that WDAS, Pixar, and Marvel do, where even their best recent stuff still feels slightly manufactured. At the same time, there's just no quality control with these movies, and they come out as blandly competent at best, disgraceful at worst. As mentioned, I do think the directing talent is part of the problem. There are some strong names being picked up sporadically, like Favreau, but most of the best tend to go to Marvel and Star Wars, while Disney gets washed up directors like Tim Burton. It does make sense to give them names like Ryan Coogler and Taika Waiti, but wouldn't it be something if they made something for Disney proper, as well?

And even the most successful of the remakes have little lasting power in the public consciousness. I never hear anyone talk about the live-action Jungle Book or Beauty and the Beast anymore, even though those were quite popular when they came out. I'm way more likely to see people bring up Zootopia or Coco instead by comparison. As I should, since those are better movies, but you'd think these big budgeted remakes would have more of an impact. Even at the parks, their presence is all but forgotten in favor of the originals by now.

[JeanGreyForever]

Din't the orginal movcie lose Disney tons of MONEY !!

Seems like insanity than to remake !!!!!

Is Disney run by the nuthouse !!

WHO MADE THIS decision !!!!

Isn't your favorite Home on the Range?

[JeanGreyForever]

This is the only non-musical I wanted to ever see get a remake. I love the original, but it is hollow and has so little character development when it comes to Kida and Milo’s relationship. Half the film is just the journey to the city and we barely spend 25 minutes in the city before the climax hits and we are being rushed out again. A lot of the logic doesn’t really make sense... such as them forgetting to read their own language when Kida and her father were both alive during the sinking of the city and thus others were too and they clearly could use the technology back then. Also the scale of the city wildly bothers me. At times it looks huge, other times it feels so small. There’s so much to fix and expand on that I would be really excited to see what they could come up with.

This could be the next Pirates. The next Indiana Jones. But something unique to itself. I could see this becoming a franchise even. But Disney has got to cut it out with these cardboard bland directors being given their biggest properties. It’s time to let the remakes me art, and really have emotion and stakes and be given the ability to be better than its predecessor.

Wasn't the plothole that Kida and her father couldn't read because of the fact that they wanted it to be Kida in the prologue of the film for that emotional connection so this meant making the Atlanteans had to be thousands of years old? Had they not gone that route, the illiteracy thing wouldn't be an issue.

I fully endorse this idea, along with Tom Holland in the role. Could be fun in a sci-fi John Carter-y way, but hopefully better.

I'd love to see Tom in the role! Funnily enough, Cole Sprouse dressed up as him for Halloween once.

There's a lot of potential here, and I like the ideas being spit-balled, but I have no faith with Disney's current live-action division. I can't recall the last one I really liked from them that wasn't a Muppets movie. Enchanted?

On the one hand, I do like that their live-action films don't have the same kind of formulaic management that WDAS, Pixar, and Marvel do, where even their best recent stuff still feels slightly manufactured. At the same time, there's just no quality control with these movies, and they come out as blandly competent at best, disgraceful at worst. As mentioned, I do think the directing talent is part of the problem. There are some strong names being picked up sporadically, like Favreau, but most of the best tend to go to Marvel and Star Wars, while Disney gets washed up directors like Tim Burton. It does make sense to give them names like Ryan Coogler and Taika Waiti, but wouldn't it be something if they made something for Disney proper, as well?

And even the most successful of the remakes have little lasting power in the public consciousness. I never hear anyone talk about the live-action Jungle Book or Beauty and the Beast anymore, even though those were quite popular when they came out. I'm way more likely to see people bring up Zootopia or Coco instead by comparison. As I should, since those are better movies, but you'd think these big budgeted remakes would have more of an impact. Even at the parks, their presence is all but forgotten in favor of the originals by now.

Disney has always been pretty remiss of their live-action films. There are very few Disney live-action films in the public consciousness to this day and the only ones that come to mind are Mary Poppins, Old Yeller, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Maybe Narnia to an extent but that's sorta faded too since Disney didn't continue that franchise. And the live-action remakes only have hype at the beginning but they're all pretty much forgotten afterwards which is for the best.

[Disney's Divinity]

This could be the next Pirates. The next Indiana Jones. But something unique to itself. I could see this becoming a franchise even. But Disney has got to cut it out with these cardboard bland directors being given their biggest properties. It’s time to let the remakes me art, and really have emotion and stakes and be given the ability to be better than its predecessor.

I agree, it definitely has the potential for that--IF done right.

And even the most successful of the remakes have little lasting power in the public consciousness. I never hear anyone talk about the live-action Jungle Book or Beauty and the Beast anymore, even though those were quite popular when they came out. I'm way more likely to see people bring up Zootopia or Coco instead by comparison. As I should, since those are better movies, but you'd think these big budgeted remakes would have more of an impact. Even at the parks, their presence is all but forgotten in favor of the originals by now.

Yeah, I’ve always said the re-makes would be here today and gone tomorrow. They make money, but don’t have much shelf life among audiences.

[Sotiris]

Universal is working on their own Atlantis movie. Hopefully, that's the boost Disney needs to put the remake into production.

https://deadline.com/2020/06/jurassic-w ... 202966215/

[DisneyFan97]

I think this will lose money

[blackcauldron85]

Um, take with a grain or two of salt:

Disney Reportedly Eyeing Ryan Reynolds For Live-Action ‘Atlantis’
https://fullcirclecinema.com/2020/09/26 ... -atlantis/

(I still don't know if that site is reputable.)

[Disney's Divinity]

(Speaking as if it is true) It's hard for me to imagine Ryan Reynolds in an explorer role like Milo. Even if this actually came about, I'd expect the film to be very different from the animated film, considering the original wasn't successful at all. I'd imagine they'd only be considering this because they could use the name itself and the vague concept of finding Atlantis to ideally create something with franchise potential.. Maybe the protagonists would still be called Milo and Kida, although I doubt they'd be exactly like the characters from the animated film.

[DisneyBluLife]

There's a lot of potential here, and I like the ideas being spit-balled, but I have no faith with Disney's current live-action division. I can't recall the last one I really liked from them that wasn't a Muppets movie. Enchanted?

Saving Mr.Banks was good.

[blackcauldron85]

He's been mentioned earlier in the thread:

Exclusive: Tom Holland Wanted By Disney For Atlantis Live-Action Remake
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/e ... antis.html

Disney Reportedly Wants Tom Holland to Star in Live-Action ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ Remake
https://wdwnt.com/?p=545568

[Sotiris]

Giant Freakin' Robot is one of those unreliable clickbait sites like We Got This Covered.

[unprincess]

I wouldn't expect a live action Atlantis to be anything like the animated film either... as long as they keep Kida, Milo and the dieselpunk aesthetic Im good...





...ok maybe Vinnie too, and Audrey, and Mole(I am one of his very few fans, lol)

oh crap and Helga, it needs Helga cuz she's awesome!





meh who am I kidding? the LA film will suck if it doesn't have most of the cast...these characters already got screwed out of their animated series the least they could do is give them a LA film.

[Disney's Divinity]

I read Uncharted with Tom Holland is doing good business, on top of the recent Spider-Man film having done well. I could definitely see some franchise--a reimagining like Maleficent that only keeps some of the visuals more than a direct remake--of Atlantis with him as the awkward explorer working. I don't even think they'd need to keep much of anything beyond the story of finding Atlantis and the visuals of Kida and the Heart of Atlantis combining. Everything else they could pretty much invent, imo.

[Sotiris]

Disney is looking for a writer to commission a script for a remake of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9T0nBda8XU

[Sotiris]

I will leave you all with this, early this year, I was having lunch with a friend in the industry, talking Disney, and they brought up that they were speaking with someone at Disney and Atlantis: The Lost Empire was brought up. While I have no context at this time, we know Atlantis is fan favorite and developed a huge following as years went on.

Source: https://thedisinsider.com/2023/10/18/al ... the-works/