This article was originally published on May 26, 2023. It’s been updated to include Disney’s latest “live-action” prequel, Mufasa: The Lion King.
When, at the height of the so-called Disney Renaissance in 1994, the studio that was producing a string of animated hits decided to revisit an old favorite in a new way, no one could have predicted what a gigantic industry Disney’s live-action versions of its own animated movies would become....