In the wake of Snow White's middling performance, Disney seems to be rethinking the pace and potential of its live-action remakes.

In the wake of Snow White’s middling performance, Disney seems to be rethinking the pace and potential of its live-action remakes.

  • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    4 days ago

    CGI is expensive. Traditional animation is less expensive, but studio execs don’t think it’ll sell. And at the end of the day, nothing gets made of the execs don’t like it. Disney - and most of Hollywood’s - stance on traditional 2D for years has been “it’s ancient and nobody wants to see it anymore”.

    • Spawn7586@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      4 days ago

      All while the anime industry was booming in the west. It’s funny how entertainment for young people is planned by old people. Then they get surprised when ghey flop

    • ApollosArrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I think there’s other reasons involved now by this point as well. Once you have the 3D model, that can then be used for toys, merchandise and video games to some extent.