Next Disney Fairytale

[Liv's Runaway Snail]

Considering the success of Frozen and that it is staple that Disney makes movies inspired by fairytales, which fairytale would you like to be disneyfied next?

So far there has been (not including the animated shorts):

Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, King Arthur, Hercules (Greek Mythology), Emperor's New Clothes, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ballad of Mulan, Henny Penny, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel and The Snow Queen. (I might have missed a few).

Personally I would love Six Swans to be adapted, perhaps not by Disney as I want a specific book (Daughter of the Forest) to be made into dark, animated movie/or live action tv mini series. But if that cannot happen Disney would be my next choice.

That and the light princess, only because I love George Macdonald.

What about you? Are there any more fairytales you want to adapted?

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Oh, we're counting mythology as fairy tales? Let me just get my book o' myths down here...

Right, here it is.

Kalevala, The Disappearance of the Sun, Midas and the Golden Touch, The Travels of Bran, and almost any stories from Scandinavian mythology.

The problem with many myths is that they're often way too grisly to make straight adaptations out of, what with all the incest, genocide, divine punishment, violence, murder, torture etc. We saw what Disney had to do to Hercules to make it a family-friendly film, so I think they should look more to lesser known, more adventure-oriented mythologies than the stuff everyone is already familiar with. They could make a whole series of films out of Norse mythology.

But most of all I'd like to see Kalevala, not least because I'm Finnish myself, but it also has a really vast amount of material to draw from.

But a Disney film about Ragnarök would be kick-ass too. I wonder how they could pull that off.

 

[JoJo]

Going with what bartholen said, if we're including mythology and such, I'd add some of the Celtic, Arthurian and other British legends into the mix. I know we've had King Arthur in the 'Sword in the Stone' but as far as I can remember (it's been over a decade since I watched it) that film only focuses on him becoming King as a boy, there's still plenty of ground that could be covered in his later life. I would say the quest for the grail, a favourite of mine, but I'm not sure how well the overt Christian angle would go down >.>

 

[Casual Shinji]

Jack the Giant Slayer

No not that stupid movie that we got, but one based on the actual fairy tale. The one where Jack is rather certifiable taking so much pleasure in killing giants. Even going as far as tricking one into disemboweling himself. Far fetched that Disney would ever touch this, but a guy can dream.

I wouldn't mind maybe seeing something Shinto inspired done by Disney.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Jack the Giant Slayer

No not that stupid movie that we got, but one based on the actual fairy tale. The one where Jack is rather certifiable taking so much pleasure in killing giants. Even going as far as tricking one into disemboweling himself. Far fetched that Disney would ever touch this, but a guy can dream.

I wouldn't mind maybe seeing something Shinto inspired done by Disney.

We already have Mickey and the Beanstalk and The Brave Little Tailor with Mickey in the role of giant-slayer and a side of Donald and Goofy.
Here's a thought - can we have a brand new theater movie with Mickey, Donald and Goofy in it?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Here's a thought - can we have a brand new theater movie with Mickey, Donald and Goofy in it?

What are they supposed to do with them though at this point? Mickey Mouse especially has become nothing more then cold, lifeless icon. They can't really pump any personality into him anymore, for fear of hurting his brand.

Now a new Duck Tales movie, that could hold a lot of promise.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Here's a thought - can we have a brand new theater movie with Mickey, Donald and Goofy in it?

What are they supposed to do with them though at this point? Mickey Mouse especially has become nothing more then cold, lifeless icon. They can't really pump any personality into him anymore, for fear of hurting his brand.

Let's make an origins movie where Mickey (voice of Owen Wilson) is a shy teen who goes to high school and gets ditched into the loser's clique but he makes friends with class moron Goofy (voice of Will Ferrell) and angry nerd Donald (voice of Vince Vaughn) and he needs a date for prom and wants to ask Minnie out but doesn't dare because he's too shy and insecure and has glasses and is ugly but then he gets an extreme make-over and loses the glasses and becomes super hot so he asks Minnie out but she's Pete's biatch and so Pete challenges Mickey and his friends to a competition of whatever and Donald learns the true meaning of friendship and Goofy doesn't learn anything but he's funny because he trips a lot and is constantly high and so the prom night happens and Minnie learns she was objectivized at some point and flees but Mickey chases her and they make out in an airport. Also, very important: lots of meme jokes.

 

[Rossco64]

You could probably turn "Three Billy Goats Gruff" into a coming of age story from the smallest goat's perspective. "Donkey Skin" sounded interesting after hearing about it in "The Wolf Among Us".

Speaking of "The Wolf Among Us" what about a film based around the Big Bad Wolf. He shows up quite a bit in fairy tales so there is a lot of stories they can work with.

"Dracula"? I know it's not a fairytale but it is in the public domain, and heavily based on Easter European folklore.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Let's make an origins movie where Mickey (voice of Owen Wilson) is a shy teen who goes to high school and gets ditched into the loser's clique but he makes friends with class moron Goofy (voice of Will Ferrell) and angry nerd Donald (voice of Vince Vaughn) and he needs a date for prom and wants to ask Minnie out but doesn't dare because he's too shy and insecure and has glasses and is ugly but then he gets an extreme make-over and loses the glasses and becomes super hot so he asks Minnie out but she's Pete's biatch and so Pete challenges Mickey and his friends to a competition of whatever and Donald learns the true meaning of friendship and Goofy doesn't learn anything but he's funny because he trips a lot and is constantly high and so the prom night happens and Minnie learns she was objectivized at some point and flees but Mickey chases her and they make out in an airport. Also, very important: lots of meme jokes.

Nearly perfect, except that Seth Rogen would obviously voice Goofy, and Jay Baruchel would voice Mickey. James Franco would probably be in there somewhere too, not really commiting to the part.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Let's make an origins movie where Mickey (voice of Owen Wilson) is a shy teen who goes to high school and gets ditched into the loser's clique but he makes friends with class moron Goofy (voice of Will Ferrell) and angry nerd Donald (voice of Vince Vaughn) and he needs a date for prom and wants to ask Minnie out but doesn't dare because he's too shy and insecure and has glasses and is ugly but then he gets an extreme make-over and loses the glasses and becomes super hot so he asks Minnie out but she's Pete's biatch and so Pete challenges Mickey and his friends to a competition of whatever and Donald learns the true meaning of friendship and Goofy doesn't learn anything but he's funny because he trips a lot and is constantly high and so the prom night happens and Minnie learns she was objectivized at some point and flees but Mickey chases her and they make out in an airport. Also, very important: lots of meme jokes.

Nearly perfect, except that Seth Rogen would obviously voice Goofy, and Jay Baruchel would voice Mickey. James Franco would probably be in there somewhere too, not really commiting to the part.

Franco could make one of those self-deprecating cameos as Pluto. Also McBride for Donald.
I guess it's a matter of which elitist comedy group you like better.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Franco could make one of those self-deprecating cameos as Pluto. Also McBride for Donald.
I guess it's a matter of which elitist comedy group you like better.

No way man, McBride for Pete! He would be perfect.

Leslie Mann as Daisy.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I'm gonna go against the grain here and say this: considering Disney's recent work (Frozen, Once Upon a Time), I'd prefer to see Disney take a shot at... REMAKES.

The original Snow White and Cinderella are... well, not very good. They have a certain classical appeal, but are otherwise pretty crappy.

For example - in the 1800s, there were two versions of the Cinderella story. One is the super religious version which ended up inspiring the Disney film (with a Fairy Godmother replacing God/the ghost of her dead mother). The other involves Cinderella attempting to reclaim her stolen kingdom (that is, she wasn't a peasant girl - she was dethroned royalty). She wanted an alliance with the Prince rather than love/marriage. Also, she's quite skilled with a sword and fights Trolls.

I want to see Disney makes THAT version of Cinderella.

They could even retitle it if they don't want to conflict with their previous film. And add another Princess to their lineup at the same time.

As for Snow White... well, it would be kinda hard to beat the one from Once Upon a Time.

....

Oh, and keeping Once Upon a Time in mind... no one has mentioned "Little Red Riding Hood" so far.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Oh, and keeping Once Upon a Time in mind... no one has mentioned "Little Red Riding Hood" so far.

Little Red Riding Hood doesn't really suit a feature length format though. The whole story takes place in a very small time frame, and just consists of a girl walking through the woods to bring her grandma a basket. Which is why I assume Disney never bothered with it, despite it being a very popular fairy tale. You'd have to pad out the story like crazy to make a decent movie out of it.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

Oh, and keeping Once Upon a Time in mind... no one has mentioned "Little Red Riding Hood" so far.

Little Red Riding Hood doesn't really suit a feature length format though. The whole story takes place in a very small time frame, and just consists of a girl walking through the woods to bring her grandma a basket. Which is why I assume Disney never bothered with it, despite it being a very popular fairy tale. You'd have to pad out the story like crazy to make a decent movie out of it.

Or make it about werewolves.

Which worked in a standalone movie and in Once Upon a Time. Hence my namedropping right before I mentioned the idea.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Or make it about werewolves.

Which worked in a standalone movie and in Once Upon a Time. Hence my namedropping right before I mentioned the idea.

The thing is, there's been an annoying trend for the past few years to turn classic fairy tales into fantasy epics. Putting werewolves in Little Red Riding Hood, apart from being a bit over done, would just relegate it to that type of movie. Where Red Riding Hood would probably wear somekind of elf get-up with a red hood, and she'd have a bow or something, and be a werewolf killer by trade. And there you go, another juiced up fairy tale retelling trying to capatilize on the Lord of the Rings formula.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

The thing is, there's been an annoying trend for the past few years to turn classic fairy tales into fantasy epics. Putting werewolves in Little Red Riding Hood, apart from being a bit over done, would just relegate it to that type of movie. Where Red Riding Hood would probably wear somekind of elf get-up with a red hood, and she'd have a bow or something, and be a werewolf killer by trade. And there you go, another juiced up fairy tale retelling trying to capatilize on the Lord of the Rings formula.

That... isn't even remotely similar to the plot of "Red Riding Hood" or the Red Riding Hood character in "Once Upon a Time."

Without giving spoilers, the plot of "Red Riding Hood" is that Red is just a young (teenaged) woman in a lonely mountain town. A werewolf (for reasons I won't spoil) takes a specific interest in her and is stalking her. A werewolf hunter is called into the town to fight the wolf, but the hunter is, in some ways, worse than the wolf itself and sets off a witch hunt for "allies of the wolf" - in which Red gets implicated because of the wolf's strange interest in her.

So yes, the story is expanded. But it is in no way ripping off LotR or trying to "juice up" Red herself.

In Once Upon a Time...

Spoiler

Red IS the wolf. The story is, instead, is about the fact that A) she doesn't know that (so people around her keep getting killed by it), B) her grandmother trying to use magic to repress the wolf so she won't turn (the red hood is enchanted to suppress her transformation), and C) Red finding out who she is, what she's done, and trying to learn to control it so she won't hurt anyone else.

There is also a B-plot where she thinks that her grandmother and/or boyfriend is the wolf for a while.

Yeah, there was no way to do that without spoilers.

In any case, neither of those stories did anything like what you described. The fact that you even brought that up makes me think you have no familiarity with Once Upon a Time.

 

[Ishigami]

I like Tangled and Frozen. Disney managed to recapture the magic of their renaissance era pieces with those perfectly as far as I am concerned.

But let?s not forget that some of the good works from Disney are not based on or inspired by fairytales.
The Hunchback from Notre Dame is a novel adaptation and so is Tarzan , Peter Pan or The Jungle Book. Pocahontas is based loosely on history. The Lion King is even an original work.
I just want to say that I don?t want to limit them to fairytale adaptations only.

Furthermore for example Frozen had to be changed so much to fit Disneys idea of family entertainment that it shares only very little with The Snow Queen it is inspired by.
You just wouldn?t know how a Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Rose Red or Hansel and Gretel would turn out in the end.
If you want another example of a rather unexpected "adaptation" I may recommend Jin-Roh. That is "basically" an Anime inspired by Red Riding Hood. (Jin-Roh is not family friendly)

In any case I think Disney is on the very right track with Tangled and Frozen. The humor and songs are really good.
Tarzan for example while being a good story and having stellar animation is held back by Phil Collins for me. I have nothing against Phil Collins mind you. But instead of having him sing about stuff on the screen I would enjoy the more traditional musical numbers way more.

 

[Casual Shinji]

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What I'm saying is that Hollywood would likely pull something to that effect once you introduce werewolves. Just look at Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Huntsman, and Hansel and Gretel. And to a lesser extend Oz the Great and Powerful.

 

[Objectable]

What they need to do is an animated version of Into The Woods. Just get it all out of their system.