Disney revealed Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravalho are returning for a live-action version of Moana after starring in the original in 2016.
Disney cast Maia Kealoha, a young actress from Hawaii, to play Lilo, The Hollywood Reporter revealed in March 2023.
Barry Jenkins recently gave a first look at his Lion King spinoff movie Mufasa: Lion King, which is expected to drop in 2024 following the 2019 remake of the original movie. Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen will reprise their roles of Timon and Pumbaa, Jenkins said at D23 in 2022.
"Mufasa was actually an orphaned cub who had to navigate the world alone by himself," Jenkins said, "and in telling this story, we get to experience the real journey of how Mufasa found his place in the circle of life."
Fans will go under the sea on May 26, 2023 with the new movie, starring Halle Bailey along with Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy.
Heigh Ho! Expected out in 2024 is a remake of the 1937 classic, starring West Side Story's Rachel Zegler and Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot.
Questlove is directing the remake about the French cat clan, Deadline reported in March 2023.
The villain-centric spinoff Cruella (2021) is getting a sequel, also starring Emma Stone, per Entertainment Tonight.
Marvel directors Joe and Anthony Russo are directing the live-action adaptation of the 1997 film with Guy Ritchie. Joe told Variety in November 2022 that their version will be "a little bit more experimental in tone, a little bit more experimental in execution."
In 2019, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the studio is creating a Hunchback remake with Frozen's Josh Gad and writer David Henry Hwang.
In 2020, Entertainment Weekly confirmed that Disney hired Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel) and Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) to write a script for a Bambi movie.