Live action remakes of classic animated films are all the rage. Disney in particular have honed in on this market with dozens of their animations being given the live action treatment. Beauty and the Beast was a huge hit for them last month, the same month which saw The Jungle Book bag an Oscar for its stellar visual effects. But what if things were reversed?
Could you see Casablanca redrawn as an animated movie? Gone With the Wind retold with an even-more animated Scarlett O’Hara? Would you like to see an anime Star Wars? This is prospect Vue cinemas and artist Amrit Birdi have sketched out for us with these classic films, redrawn as animated movies.
Some of them are fairly obvious, others need to be scoured for clues. It’s a interesting time in cinema history where anything is possible…
We thought it would be fun to ask you, our fine readers, to take a look below and guess which films Vue have deemed ripe for an animated makeover.
The cinematic experience is one of constant reinvention, Eduardo Leal, Senior Film Content Manager at Vue Entertainment said,
“Though [Disney have] been active in acquiring other brand portfolios (Marvel, LucasFilm, Pixar), remaking their own classic animations into live action (e.g. Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty/Maleficent, Cinderella) is a natural way of updating these franchises to a new generation whilst taking full advantage of the recent advances in make-up and CGI.
This growth in production is fuelled by success, meaning the number of animated films released is only likely to increase in future.”
Which means we’re sure to see more of these in the future, so here are ten films you might be seeing back in a cinema near you soon…
We have updated the images below with the answers – how many did you get?
Movie #1 – Raiders of The Lost Ark
Movie #2 – Pirates of the Caribbean
Movie #3 – Lord of the Rings
Movie #4 – Jurassic Park
Movie #5 – Jaws
Movie #6 – Grease
Movie #7 – Ghostbusters
Movie #8 – Forrest Gump
Movie #9 – E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Movie #10 – Back to the Future
