by Timon the great » December 17th, 2020, 3:47 am
[Quote="Iberian"] Have they ever mentioned it would be "live action" again? I just hope they would come to their senses and just invest a little bit on their 2d animation department again. [/Quote]
While I highly support bringing pure or hand drawn 2D (and not some hybrid junk) films back into mainstream again, unless everyone miraculously stops watching their CGI and live action stuff (including Marvel and Star Wars stuff), that's just not going to happen anytime soon. Why? Because, simple. It's Always been about that peculiar little word called:
""""""Money""""""
Even nearly 20 years ago, the majority of Disney/Pixar CGI movies were already making more revenue than basically all of their 2D classics ever did (except the original LK, but even that was beaten out by 'Frozen' back in 2014). So that's why Disney turned away from it more and more, till now? No more 2D Disney films.
See the short and sweet reasoning for yourself here: https://youtu.be/r18YjL0smqE
Also, you've got guys like Don Bluth who have essentially been preaching for a while now that 2D will make a comeback soon. But nothing still has changed. Problem is in general, most people out there don't find 2D to be anywhere as eye catching as CG animation and visuals are. 2D is widely seen as a "kiddie" thing.
[Quote="Elton John"] .... The new one made a lot of money but was a critical flop and didn't get prestige.
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Well yes... If the remake hadn't made Disney its highly anticipated revenue on it, they wouldn't be talking about a follow up prequel like they are now.
Non-mainstream movie reviewers like on YouTube predicted last year in 2019, that almost no one out there would be talking about the remake after 1 year. And that has pretty much turned out to be the case. Plus, you hardly, Hardly ever see any LK fan art based on the realism style of the remake even after more than a year now. And that actually says A Lot in itself.
Unless they find a way to make the visuals uniquely appealing with realism that's Not copied from the nostalgia cash grab remake, the prequel probably won't be as financially successful (though many films out there aren't, but are still sometimes way more creative than ones that are). Disney Execs seem to be pulling their guns out on this prequel move and just risking it (because they obviously have the experimental opportunity right now to do so), and because they know it wouldn't affect their standing in the competition even if it does flop financially. They know those ropes.
"I found a place that was beyond my wildest dreams. But..., it still wasn't home." - Timon; Lion King 1 1/2 (3)
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