Seeing a bunch of posts about a live action remake of a DreamWorks Animation film I loved, and I'm kinda disappointed, but not terribly surprised.
Why? Look at the live action remakes Disney has been doing since the 90s, and almost every year since 2015. With only three exceptions (out of 10 releases), every single one made more money at the box office than the original animated film, even after accounting for inflation. Heck, some made multiple times the original's gross.
It seems awfully likely that if you release a "live action" movie, more people are going to see it. And with so many people still out there thinking "animated = only for kids", that makes sense.
Will I watch the live action version of How To Train Your Dragon? Probably not - the original animated film still exists. But DreamWorks & Universal are clearly trying to copy a strategy that's been working for over a decade.
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