Why all the live action remakes?

I am not a huge fan of remakes. BATB fell flat though I adored some select characters in it. Cinderella was fine but meh. I actually adored Aladdin. I thought TLK was blah. Little mermaid I will watch but not care much one way or another. I do really enjoy Halle Bailey so I expect her to be okay at least. It looked like animal characters will be CGI.

I am interested in the new Wendy & Peter Pan movie. I don't mind those - spin offs.

Not sure I see what you are saying with Anime. But, it was super popular when I was a teen as it is now - it is a nice genre though. However sometimes the stories were repeated as well LOL

I too just don’t see the attraction of live action remakes.

For me, the Disney classic movies don’t need remaking. I see it as laziness on Disney’s part. I know Disney do live action movies, but it just seems like a money grab to re-do old ones.

That said, I also hate the look of the new animation, like the Incredibles etc. It just make me shudder. Probably explains why I haven’t seen many of the “recent” ones. I did see Soul and quite liked it.

The live remakes have been hit and miss for us too. We enjoyed BATB and Cinderella but did not care for Aladdin and Lion King. We will go and see Little Mermaid as my daughter LOVES Ariel so I am hoping for good things!

Very, very true.

True and sad. Star Wars 7 8 and 9 made me hate star wars. I am tired of live action remakes, and Marvel 45 ect. I really want something new and creative. When anything new comes out and does well, disney buys it, and innovation is lost. 

The only live action I’ve liked is Maleficent. Kids and I haven’t liked any of the others. The problem with the newer original movies is that the stories just plain stink. They aren’t interesting. My kids haven’t liked any of them. I think the last original Disney movie we liked was Inside Out or Wreck It Ralph. With the live action remakes, I just think it’s boring to watch a remake that doesn’t change the story at all but has CGI and live actors instead of animation.

For a movie to be considered a success, the general rule of thumb is that it needs to make 3x its production budget. This is because the studios only get a portion of the revenue from the movies in ticket sales, merchandise, etc. Also, marketing is very expensive. If you look up many of the recent Disney movies, many of them have actually lost money or barely broken even which jives with what has been reported as one of the major things that Iger is trying to fix.

We enjoyed the various Marvel Movies up to Avengers Endgame but haven't cared about Black Panther 2,  Ant Man 3 (or is it 29.5).  We are tired of trying to keep track of all the moving pieces and as importantly, poorer stories because each story has to tie into other movies which limits the story possibilities.  It is one thing such as a television show (Babylon 5 has interlocking plots over its 5 year run and was very well done) but with movies coming out months apart and focused on different characters, it is just no longer enjoyable to us. 

More bean counters running studios and less risk tolerance because the cost of each movie has grown dramatically (ignoring studio accounting which I understand makes mob accounting look honest).  Most movies have to be an "event" or tentpole.  Thus, let's repeat what we have done (and save cost since the animated movie provides the structure for the live action remake) and not take a risk. 

While "independent" movies come out, they tend not to be the focus of the studio advertising and what is pushed in front of moviegoers attention.  I have seen previews of movies when going to a theater for movies not coming out for 15 months; I think that is a relatively new.