However,Disney’s live-action remakes began decades ago.
The first was 1994’sRudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book,followed by101 Dalmationsand102 Dalmationsin 1996 and 2000 respectively.
In reality, 2010 is when these movies really started to pick up.
In 2010, Disney put out two live-action remakes.
This success led to a 2016 sequel, and ongoingsuccess for Disney and its live-action remakes.
Yetthat success also overshadowed that year’s other Disney remake:The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
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The Sorcerer’s Apprenticesection ofFantasiawas set to the symphonic poem “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Paul Dukas.
However, the cost of makingThe Sorcerer’s Apprenticesurpassed what the short film could make.
Eventually,The Sorcerer’s Apprenticegot its own movie in the form of the 2010 live-action version.
Balthazar Blake and and Maxim Horvath are rival sorcerers, hundreds of years old. In modern-day Manhattan, Balthazar fights the forces of evil, while Horvath searches for the person destined to inherit the powers of the mythical Merlin. This turns out to be Dave Stutler, whom Balthazar takes in as a reluctant apprentice to help him stop Horvath from destroying the world.
With a budget of $150 million, the film only grossed $215 million.
Furthermore, it was mostly panned by critics, who felt that the movie suffered from a derivative story.
Consequently,The Sorcerer’s Apprenticeearned just 40%on Rotten Tomatoes.
