Live-action remakes of animated projects are a dreadful prospect, as there is very little to be gained from them. Something is always lost in translation, and live-action can never fully replicate the magic of the animated original. These are the death of creativity, even if they make obscene amounts of money.
Granted, there are exceptions to the rule, and a few projects exist that managed to capture what made the original special and provide something new. Such was the case with Jon Favreau’s