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10 Disney Movies That Actually Need A Live-Action Reboot Or Sequel

Disney are enjoying something of a second renaissance period right now as, with big properties like Marvel and Star Wars in their pocket, they have a guaranteed bunch of hits lined up.

There have already been several different adaptations of the Aladdin story, but none of them follow the lines that the Disney film took. For one, the Genie could be a much darker character, similar to the genie in the classic Thief of Bagdad, with more of the trickster in him. Furthermore, while we could see just a straight live-action adaptation, it would be even more interesting to play a gender-swap and have street urchin Jasmine proving her worth to Prince Aladdin, with the help of a genie in a bottle – or something to that effect. With Disney’s current fervor for turning their princess narratives into feminist fantasies, Aladdin certainly has a lot to offer.

5) Bedknobs And Broomsticks

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2018 will see the release of Mary Poppins Returns, a (very) belated sequel to the 1964 family favourite with Emily Blunt starring as the practically-perfect nanny. If that goes well, Disney may well look to sequelize other classics. And, if they do, the first one they should turn to is Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

Very much in a similar style to Poppins, Bedknobs may owe a debt to that more famous film but it is also hugely charming in its own right. Set in WWII, it sees a bunch of kids sent to live with a trainee witch who has a magical bed that can travel to animated lands.

A Bedknobs sequel would easily fit into Disney’s newly-found niche for movies that combine a quaint, old-fashioned story with cutting-edge technology – for instance, The Jungle Book or The BFG.

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