Over the last few years, live-action adaptations of classic Disney properties have been hit or miss. One of the more controversial full-length features came with Snow White, which stars Rachel Zegler as the titular Disney princess opposite Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen. The film flopped at the box office and faced harsh criticism and review bombing from fans. Disney turned things around later in the year, though, with the release of the live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, which grossed over $1 billion at the box office. It will look to continue this success later this year with the live-action Moana movie starring Dwayne Johnson.
Everyone is always curious to see what the next Disney property will be to get the live-action treatment. News broke this afternoon that Disney is reportedly developing a new Peter Pan spin-off focused on the popular character, Tinker Bell. Titled Tink, this project is still in the infantile stages of development at this time, and it’s far too early to know who will play the character, or even what the story will be. Liz Heldens and Bridget Carpenter are developing the project for Disney, and it’s expected to be a Disney+ series, not a full-length feature film.
This isn’t the first time that a live-action Tinker Bell project titled Tink is in the works. Reese Witherspoon was previously in line to play the character in a film of the same name, but the project was put on ice in 2021 after former Disney President and Chief Creative Officer Gary Marsh stepped down to form his own banner. Marsh is reportedly involved in the new project, which will use bits and pieces of the movie that was set to star Witherspoon, who is not reported to be involved in the project at all.
Disney’s Live-Action Projects Are Cash Cows
Fans will always complain about more live-action Disney remakes and fewer new original animated movies, but Disney isn’t doing this to turn its nose up at its viewers. In fact, it’s the opposite. The studio continues to remake animated classics into live-action because they are consistently some of the studio’s highest-grossing movies. Snow White was something of an exception, flopping at the box office with its $200+ million budget, but by and large, Disney has found a proven formula with its live-action remakes of late.
via Collider