Ranking Disney’s Live-Action Remakes

When a studio is as old and has as big a catalog of hits as Disney, it's inevitable to look back through past decades of success stories for a property that can be refreshed and re-appropriated for a modern audience. Lately, Walt Disney Pictures has been making headlines for its rampant revisits to some of its most beloved animated classics, with this year's The Jungle Book serving as the most recent example of the studio taking a story from animation to live action. However, in addition to translating these iconic stories into a new visual style, Disney has also sprinkled in several notable remakes of its own live-action films.

Robert Yaniz Jr.

Published: Aug 12, 2016 11:00 am

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9) The Shaggy Dog (2006)

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Disney mainstays Tommy Kirk (Old Yeller) and Fred MacMurray (The Absent-Minded Professor) starred in the original black-and-white version of this story about a teen and his father who develop a greater understanding of each other after the former is turned into a dog. So it stands to reason that Tim Allen — another actor with a long-term relationship with the studio — would headline an ill-conceived remake as the clichéd businessman who has trouble connecting to his family until he too begins transforming into a dog.

Unimaginative and uninspired, the film might work for younger viewers, but for the most part, it wastes a talented supporting cast, including Robert Downey Jr., Kristin Davis and Spencer Breslin, on material that is so blatantly beneath them.

Despite dreadful reviews and three Razzie nominations, the film still managed to earn $87 million worldwide.

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Robert Yaniz Jr.