The REAL Reason There are So Many Live Action Remakes

Film Theory

Tv & Film

4.8 • 894 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Why are there SO MANY live action remakes? Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, Snow White, Mufasa, The Little Mermaid…WHY? Well, the truth is… they’ve kind of been making them all along, and we just didn’t really realize it…Join Film Theory Host Lee as he breaks it all down in today's episode!

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