Since this 2010 release there have been a further 13 Live action Disney adaptations with 16 more reportedly in the pipeline. The combination of nostalgia and anticipation to discover how the originals could be tweaked for a new generation had audiences hitting theaters in droves. Directed by Tim Burton and starring an all-star cast including Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, the Alice In Wonderland live-action adaptation grossed over $1 billion worldwide. It wasn't until 2010, however, that Disney truly discovered the winning formula. On the other hand, Disney did begin to notice an increase in popularity in its live action output with the National Treasure and especially the Pirates of The Caribbean franchises performing particularly well in this period. Movies like Finding Nemo, Wall-E and UPwere setting Box Office records and clearing up at awards ceremonies but releases from its own Walt Disney Animation Studios such as Brother Bear, Home on the Range and Chicken Little were failing to have the same impact. Its work with Pixar was some of its most successful, both critically and commercial, of all time. The next decade was a strange one for Disney releases. This was followed by the vastly more successful 101 Dalmatians (1996) and 102 Dalmatians (2002) starring Glenn Close in a terrifying portrayal of Cruella De Vil that has most certainly been permanently etched into the minds of many of those who grew up in the 90s. Its first outing was the critically lauded but commercially disappointing live action Jungle Book, based on the studio's iconic 1967 animated classic of the same name, itself based on Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book novel. Walt Disney first began testing the waters with the idea of adapting its beloved animated features into live-action remakes in the 1990s.
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