Disney Renaissance

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Following the deaths of Walt and Roy O. Disney (in 1966 and 1971, respectively), Walt Disney Productions was left in the hands of Donn Tatum, Card Walker, and Walt's son-in-law Ron Miller. Under their supervision, creative leadership over feature animated films largely fell to Wolfgang Reitherman.{{cite journal |last1=Keck |first1=William|title=Drawing the Line: Directing at Disney, the new book by Pete Docter and Don Peri, sheds light on Walt Disney and his complicated relationships with the largely unknown directors of classic Disney Animation |journal=Disney Twenty-three |date=Fall 2024 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=42–47 |publisher=Walt Disney Company |location=Burbank |issn=2162-5492 |oclc=698366817}}

While certain films such as The Rescuers (1977) were commercially and critically successful,{{cite book|last=Cawley|first=John|via=Cataroo.com|title=The Animated Films of Don Bluth|chapter=The Rescuers|url=https://www.cataroo.com/DBrescu.html|access-date=April 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311015411/http://www.cataroo.com/DBrescu.html|archive-date=March 11, 2007|url-status=dead}} on the whole the films released over the 18-year period following the death of the Disney brothers did not perform as well as the studio's previous work. One issue was that Reitherman was determined to produce only family-friendly material certain to turn a profit, and consequently he softened Disney villains so that they were more comical or pitiful than scary. An especially hard blow was dealt during production of The Fox and the Hound (1981), when long-time animator Don Bluth left Disney's animation department to start his own rival studio, Don Bluth Productions, taking 11 of Disney's 65 animators with him.{{cite web | work=Cataroo| title=Don Bluth Ireland|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBireland.html| access-date=November 5, 2009}}{{cite web | work=Don Bluth Official Website | title=Biography|url=http://www.donbluth.com/hstry/dnsbio.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303085821/http://donbluth.com/hstry/dnsbio.html|archive-date=March 3, 2009| access-date=December 5, 2009}} With 17% of the animators now gone, production on The Fox and the Hound was delayed by six months.Sito, Tom (November 1998). [https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.8/3.8pages/3.8sitofox.html "Disney's The Fox and the Hound: The Coming of the Next Generation"]. Animation World Magazine. Retrieved December 2, 2021. Don Bluth Productions produced The Secret of NIMH (1982), whose story had originally been rejected by Disney for being too dark, and the company became Disney's main competitor in the animation industry during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Disney made major organizational changes in the mid-1980s after narrowly escaping a hostile takeover attempt by businessman and financier Saul Steinberg. Michael Eisner, formerly of Paramount Pictures, became CEO in 1984, and was joined by his Paramount associate Jeffrey Katzenberg as studio chairman, while Frank Wells, formerly of Warner Bros. Pictures, became president. In 1985, Peter Schneider was hired as president of Disney's feature animation department, which was soon to be rebranded as Walt Disney Feature Animation.

On February 1, 1985, to make more room for live action filmmaking, the animation department was moved from the main Disney lot in Burbank to a supposedly temporary location in various hangars, warehouses, and trailers about {{Convert|2|mi|km|abbr=}} east in nearby Glendale, where it would remain for the next ten years.{{cite news |last1=Farley |first1=Ellen |title=Being Moved From Longtime Home, New Series to Be Done Overseas : Disney Animators Fear for Future |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-07-fi-5397-story.html |access-date=January 5, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 7, 1985}}{{cite book |last1=Finch |first1=Christopher |title=The Art of Walt Disney |date=2004 |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |location=New York |isbn=9780810949645 |page=271 |edition=Revised and expanded}} Most of the Disney Renaissance films were produced there, in the former Grand Central Airport, then known as the Grand Central Business Centre.

Following the box office failure of the PG-rated The Black Cauldron (1985), the future of the animation department was in jeopardy. Going against a 30-year studio policy, the company founded a television animation division (now Disney Television Animation), which produced such shows as DuckTales. In the interest of saving what he believed to be the studio's core business, Roy E. Disney, who resigned from the company in 1984, persuaded Eisner to let him return and supervise the animation department in the hopes of improving its fortunes.

File:1400flowerstreet.jpgDisney released The Great Mouse Detective (1986) a few months before Don Bluth released An American Tail (1986). An American Tail outperformed The Great Mouse Detective and became the highest grossing animated film to that date.{{cite web|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBbio.html | title=Don Bluth Biography | access-date=September 13, 2009}} Despite An American Tail{{'}}s greater level of success, The Great Mouse Detective was still successful enough (both critically and commercially) to instill executive confidence in Disney's animation department. Oliver and Company (1988) would later be released on the same day as The Land Before Time (1988). Despite The Land Before Time becoming globally the highest grossing animated film to that date, breaking the previous record of An American Tail, Oliver and Company outgrossed it in the United States, launching an era of increased theatrical turnout for Disney.{{cite web|title=Oliver & Company|publisher=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oliverandcompany.htm|access-date=January 5, 2012}}

In the 1980s, Disney collaborated with filmmaker Steven Spielberg—producer of An American Tail and The Land Before Time and a long-time animation fan—to produce Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), a live-action/animation hybrid that featured animated characters of the 1930s and 1940s from many different studios together. The film was a critical and commercial success, winning three Academy Awards as well as a Special Achievement Academy Award, and renewing interest in theatrical animated cartoons. In addition to the film itself, Spielberg also helped Disney produce three Roger Rabbit shorts. Disney moved to first place in box office receipts by 1988, with Who Framed Roger Rabbit being the summer's biggest hit.{{cite book|first=James|last=Stewart|title=DisneyWar|year=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/94 94]|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=0-684-80993-1|author-link=James B. Stewart}}

The Disney Renaissance was prompted by competition with Don Bluth's animated productions, along with the evolution of overseas animation, most notably the Studio Ghibli anime productions from Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.{{cite book |last1=Pallant |first1=Chris |title=Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation |date=2011 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4411-7421-5 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6RBHAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA90}} His Lupin the Third film adaptation of the animated TV series based on the Monkey Punch comics, Castle of Cagliostro (1979), influenced the climax of The Great Mouse Detective, which in turn paved the way for the Disney Renaissance. The two-minute climax scene used computer-generated imagery (CGI), making it the first Disney film to extensively use computer animation, a fact that Disney used to promote the film during marketing.{{cite web|last=Korkis|first=Jim|title=How Basil Saved Disney Feature Animation: Part Two|url=https://www.mouseplanet.com/9549/How_Basil_Saved_Disney_Feature_Animation_Part_Two|website=Mouse Planet|date=March 2, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Motamayor |first1=Rafael |title=Revisiting 'The Great Mouse Detective', the Unsung Kickstarter of the Disney Renaissance (And One of Disney's Creepiest Movies) |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-great-mouse-detective-revisited-2/ |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=/Film |date=2 April 2020}} Glen Keane, a leading animator for Disney films, has also credited Miyazaki's work as a "huge influence" on Disney's animated films.Lee, Michael J. October 24, 2010. "[http://movies.radiofree.com/interviews/tangled_glen_keane.shtml An Exclusive Interview with Glen Keane]." RadioFree.com.

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Disney had been developing The Little Mermaid (1989) since the 1930s, and by 1988, after the success of Touchstone Pictures' Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the studio had decided to make it into an animated musical, much like many of its previous animated movies, but with a more Broadway feel to it. Lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken, who worked on Broadway years earlier on Little Shop of Horrors alongside now-Walt Disney Feature Animation president Peter Schneider (who served as company manager on the stage musical),{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/09/26/the-real-hitmaker-behind-alan-menkens-little-shop-of-horrors/|title = The real hitmaker behind Alan Menken's 'Little Shop of Horrors'|date = September 26, 2019}} became involved in the production, writing and composing the songs and score for the film."Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'" [documentary featurette]. Bonus material from The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition [DVD]. Walt Disney Home Entertainment. 2006. Ashman worked to have the songs stitched into the movie and bringing the musical theater tradition into Disney.{{Cite news |title=The Little Mermaid' Has Been Subverting Expectations for Decades |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/little-mermaid-was-way-more-subversive-you-realized-180973464/ |last=Landis |first=Michael |date=2019-11-05 |access-date=2023-05-10 |work=Smithsonian}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX0gZY9VKlM |title=What Makes Disney Music Sound Nostalgic |date=2019-02-01 |last=Sideways |publisher=YouTube}}

Upon release, The Little Mermaid was a critical and commercial success and garnered a higher weekend gross than Don Bluth's All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), which was released on the same day,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/mpaarating.htm?rating=G&yr=1989&p=.htm | title=1989 Yearly Box Office for G-Rated Movies | publisher=Internet Movie Database | work=Box Office Mojo | access-date=July 29, 2010}} eventually breaking The Land Before Time{{'}}s record of highest-grossing animated film.

It won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song ("Under the Sea") and for Best Original Score, earning an additional nomination for Best Original Song for "Kiss the Girl".{{cite web|title=The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=September 28, 2011}} It also marked a significant turn by the studio back towards the darker and scarier villains typical of the films it had produced before Walt Disney's death.

The Rescuers Down Under (1990) was released as the first sequel produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The film garnered mainly positive reception, but was not as financially successful as The Little Mermaid.{{cite video|people=Hahn, Don |title=Waking Sleeping Beauty |medium=Documentary film|publisher=Stone Circle Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|location=Burbank, California |date=2009}} However, it was notable for being the first film to be completely produced using Disney's new Computer Animation Production System (CAPS).{{cite web |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-fully-digital-feature-film/ |title=First fully digital feature film |work=Guinness World Records |access-date=2016-03-18 }} The rest of the traditionally-animated films during this period would be produced using CAPS.

Beauty and the Beast (1991) was Disney's next film and proved to be an immense critical and commercial success. It was the first animated film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, remaining the only animated film nominated for Best Picture when that category had only five entries (1944–2008), and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) and two Academy Awards, for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("Beauty and the Beast").{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast (1991) – Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101414/awards|access-date=January 8, 2010|website=IMDb}}{{cite web|title=The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992|access-date=September 28, 2011|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}} Beauty and the Beast also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound, as well as two additional nominations for Best Original Song.{{cite web|title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993|access-date=September 28, 2011|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}} In addition to being Disney's highest grossing animated movie at the time, it was the first animated film to reach $100 million at the box office in the US.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetech.org/about-us/media-room/disneys-animated-beauty-and-beast-celebrates-10th-anniversary-worldwide-large |title=Disney's Animated "Beauty and the Beast" Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Worldwide Large Format Debut at Record 100 Theaters on Jan. 1 |publisher=The Tech Museum |access-date=May 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103194800/http://www.thetech.org/about-us/media-room/disneys-animated-beauty-and-beast-celebrates-10th-anniversary-worldwide-large |archive-date=January 3, 2013}} The box office success also gave way to a profitable merchandising campaign. In 1994, it was the first Disney Renaissance film to receive a Broadway adaptation.Lund, Dan (2005). Dream on Silly Dreamer (Documentary film). Orlando, Florida: WestLund Productions.

=== 1992–1994: Aladdin and The Lion King ===

Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994) followed, respectively, with both films having the highest worldwide grosses of their respective release years.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1992&p=.htm | title=1992 Yearly Box Office Results | website=Box Office Mojo | access-date=January 8, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1994&p=.htm | title=1994 Yearly Box Office Results | website=Box Office Mojo | access-date=January 8, 2010}} Aladdin was the highest-grossing animated film at the time of its release, but later became second after being surpassed by The Lion King, which became the highest-grossing animated film at the time and remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film in history.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=animation.htm |title = Highest-grossing animated films| website = Box Office Mojo |access-date=December 24, 2009}}

Howard Ashman wrote several songs for Aladdin before his death, but only three were ultimately used in the film. Tim Rice ultimately joined the project and completed the score and songs with Alan Menken. Rice later went on to collaborate with Elton John and Hans Zimmer for The Lion King after ABBA had turned down the offer to write songs for the film. Both films won Academy Awards for Best Original Song ("A Whole New World"; "Can You Feel the Love Tonight") and Best Original Score,{{Cite web|title=The Lion King (1994) – Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/awards|access-date=January 8, 2010|website=IMDb}}{{cite web|title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=September 28, 2011}} and also like Beauty and the Beast won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy). Aladdin also earned an additional Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and nominations for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing, for a total of five nominations. The Lion King earned two additional Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song, giving it a total of four Academy Award nominations.

File:622610circle7drive.JPGBetween the two in-house productions, Disney diversified in animation methods and produced the stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) with former Disney animator Tim Burton, which was directed by also former Disney animator Henry Selick. That film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects becoming the first animated film to do so, losing to Spielberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park. {{cite news|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|title='Nightmare Before Christmas' Turns 20: From Shameful Spawn To Disney's Pride|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2013/10/15/how-the-nightmare-before-christmas-went-in-20-years-from-shameful-offspring-to-disneys-favorite-son/|access-date=December 14, 2013|newspaper=Forbes|date=October 15, 2013}} Thanks to the success of the early films of the Renaissance era, Disney management was able to allocate sufficient money to bring Feature Animation back from its ten-year exile to Glendale. A 240,000-square-foot building designed by Robert A. M. Stern opened across the street from the main Disney lot in Burbank on December 16, 1994.

The next Disney animated film, Pocahontas (1995), opened to mixed reviews, though it still earned $346 million worldwide and garnered two Academy Awards for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Song ("Colors of the Wind").{{cite web|title=The 68th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=September 28, 2011}} However, its box office gross was far lower in comparison to what The Lion King earned the previous year.{{cite book|first=James|last=Stewart|title=DisneyWar|year=2005|pages=233–234|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=0-684-80993-1|author-link=James B. Stewart}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons/Pocahontas/Lion-King-The#tab=day_by_day_comparison|title=Movie Comparison: Pocahontas (1995) vs. The Lion King (1994)|work=The Numbers |publisher=The Numbers.com|accessdate=May 26, 2021}} The following year, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Disney's first animated film produced at a budget over $100 million, opened to better reviews than Pocahontas, but a lower total box office of $325 million. Both films feature composer (now serving only as lyricist to Menken's music) Stephen Schwartz.

When Hercules (1997), with songs by Menken and David Zippel, earned $252 million—$73 million less than The Hunchback of Notre Dame—at the box office, news media began to openly suggest that Disney animation was on a downward trend of their animated film releases. Although it gained more positive criticism than Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, it was still vulnerable to competition from companies such as DreamWorks Animation and Pixar.{{cite news|last=Hicks |first=Chris |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/604591/Is-Hercules-a-weakling-Not-by-a-long-shot.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318183028/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/604591/Is-Hercules-a-weakling-Not-by-a-long-shot.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |title=Is 'Hercules' a weakling? Not by a long shot |newspaper=Deseret News |date=August 10, 1997 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/10/business/hercules-is-too-weak-to-lift-disney-stock.html | work=The New York Times | first=Geraldine | last=Fabrikant | title=Hercules Is Too Weak to Lift Disney Stock | date=July 10, 1997}}

Disney's penultimate Renaissance film, Mulan (1998), with a score by Jerry Goldsmith and songs by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel, earned $304 million at the worldwide box office, restoring the commercial and critical standing of Disney's output.

The release of Tarzan (1999) is retrospectively seen as the end of the Renaissance era.{{cite book|last1=Pallant|first1=Chris|title=Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation|date=2011|publisher=Continuum Publishing|location=New York|isbn=9781441150462|page=95|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOCoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95|access-date=December 24, 2014}}{{cite book|last1=Booker|first1=M. Keith|title=Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara|isbn=9780313376726|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jD9_0jxVmqUC&pg=PA65|access-date=December 24, 2014}} With a score by Mark Mancina and songs by Phil Collins, Tarzan won an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("You'll Be in My Heart"),{{cite web|title=The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/72nd-winners.html|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=September 28, 2011}} and became Disney's most commercially successful film since The Lion King, earning $448 million at the box office and widespread positive reviews.

Most of the films Disney released in the Renaissance era were well received. According to review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, six of the movies—The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, and Tarzan garnered approval ratings of over 85%, with the first four being referred to by Roger Ebert as the "big four" in 1997.{{Cite book|title=Roger Ebert's Video Companion|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=1997|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|pages=786}} Pocahontas has the lowest reception of Disney's Renaissance films – it averaged 54% positive reviews.

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{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Disney Renaissance films}}

The Rescuers Down Under is the only film in the Renaissance era not to have been nominated in both Annie and Oscar ceremonies. Nine of the ten films in the Disney Renaissance were nominated for Academy Awards, six of which won at least one Academy Award; six Best Original Song and five Best Original Score, with the first five films won awards in both categories. The Disney Renaissance is also notable for its film Beauty and the Beast becoming the first animated film ever to be nominated for Best Picture. Eight of the films were nominated for Annie Awards, with seven of each films winning at least one:

All soundtracks were initially released under Walt Disney Records in the format of CD and cassette.

Many have attributed the success of the Disney Renaissance to a collection of key similarities found in most if not all of the films from 1989 to 1999. Broadway-style musical numbers were put into place that forwarded the narrative of each film. Characters used songs to showcase their internal emotions. Most of the Renaissance films had songs that have the main character singing what they want out of life as well as chorus numbers led by the supporting cast.{{Cite web|last=Determan|first=Sophie|date=February 18, 2021|title=The many merry eras of Disney|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/many-merry-eras-disney|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=British Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218180646/https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/many-merry-eras-disney |archive-date=February 18, 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Crow|first=David|date=March 17, 2017|title=The Disney Renaissance: The Rise & Fall of a Generational Touchstone|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/the-disney-renaissance-the-rise-fall-of-a-generational-touchstone/|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Den of Geek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428143243/https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/the-disney-renaissance-the-rise-fall-of-a-generational-touchstone/ |archive-date=April 28, 2020 }} Critics have also said that the music style of Renaissance films varies from film to film. An example would be The Little Mermaid having Calypso-style musical numbers and Hercules utilizing Motown in its soundtrack.{{Cite web|last=Bellotto|first=Adam|date=November 17, 2014|title=The Tried-and-True Formula for Disney Magic|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-tried-and-true-formula-for-real-disney-magic-fb00a260bc73/|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Film School Rejects|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117005938/https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-tried-and-true-formula-for-real-disney-magic-fb00a260bc73/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021 }}

The use of CAPS, action sequences, and inclusion of celebrity voice talent is also said to have drawn audiences in. Robin Williams' performance as Genie in Aladdin is the reason why many believe other studios began to cast celebrities as voice actors in their animated films.{{Cite web|last=Meslow|first=Scott|date=October 28, 2011|title=How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731120907/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481/|archive-date=July 31, 2018|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=The Atlantic|publisher=The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC}}

Due to Disney never acknowledging an official timeline of films for their Renaissance, it is debated what film should be considered the end of the era. Some consider Dinosaur (2000) for its use of CGI or The Emperor's New Groove (2000) for its comedic tone to be the end of the Renaissance. Given its release in 1999, Fantasia 2000 is included in the line-up of films if either Dinosaur or The Emperor's New Groove is seen as the end of the era. Brandon Zachery of Comic Book Resources states that Tarzan is widely considered to be the finale of the Renaissance as it was the final film in a row of Disney's that, "still adhered to many of the era's standard traits, including multiple songs, cutting-edge visuals and celebrity cameos in small roles."{{Cite web|last=Zachery|first=Brandon|date=June 21, 2021|title=Which Movie REALLY Ended the Disney Renaissance?|url=https://www.cbr.com/disney-renaissance-end-tarzan-pocahontas-dinosaur/|url-status=live|access-date=December 2, 2021|website=Comic Book Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629035119/https://www.cbr.com/disney-renaissance-end-tarzan-pocahontas-dinosaur/ |archive-date=June 29, 2021 }}

Disney MovieToons, later known as Disneytoon Studios, was established by Disney to produce direct-to-video sequels to many of the Renaissance films utilizing the crew of their television animation studios. The Return of Jafar (1994), a sequel to Aladdin, was the first film to be released.{{Cite web|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|date=February 17, 2004|title=The Boy Who Never Grew Up Makes Comeback in Disney's 'Peter Pan' Sequel|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=20020217&id=PockAAAAIBAJ&pg=1102,2300694|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214015558/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=20020217&id=PockAAAAIBAJ&pg=1102%2C2300694 |archive-date=February 14, 2021 }} Further sequels to Renaissance films include Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000), The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), Mulan II (2004) and Tarzan II (2005).{{Cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Ilene|date=November 1997|title=Buena Vista Home Entertainment: A Very Lucky Accident Indeed|url=http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.8/2.8pages/2.8hoffmanbvhe.html|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Animation World Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202015134/http://www.awn.com:80/mag/issue2.8/2.8pages/2.8hoffmanbvhe.html |archive-date=December 2, 1998 }}

The success of the Disney Renaissance attracted the attention of many animation studios and film studios. Major film studios established new animation divisions such as Fox Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, and DreamWorks Animation to replicate Disney's success by turning their animated films into Disney-styled musicals. Examples of said musicals include Cats Don't Dance (1997), Anastasia (1997), Quest for Camelot (1998), and The Prince of Egypt (1998).{{cite book|last=Koenig|first=David|title=Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks|edition=2nd edition, Kindle |date=2011|publisher=Bonaventure Press|chapter= 8}}

Audiences have hailed Walt Disney Animation Studios' theatrical film releases from 2009 (The Princess and the Frog) to 2019 (Frozen 2) as a return to form, referring to this era in Disney history as the Disney Revival or even the new Disney Renaissance. Most films in the Revival use computer animation to tell stories set in fantastical settings while incorporating the Renaissance's Broadway musical style. Several crew members from the Renaissance returned to help create Revival-era films. Ron Clements and John Musker returned to direct The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Moana (2016).{{Cite web|last=Sarto|first=Dan|date=November 23, 2016|title=The Irascible Ron Clements and John Musker Talk 'Moana'|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/irascible-ron-clements-and-john-musker-talk-moana|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Animation World Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124232810/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/irascible-ron-clements-and-john-musker-talk-moana |archive-date=November 24, 2016 }} Alan Menken scored Tangled (2010) and was a composer for songs for Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).{{Cite web|last=Pond|first=Steve|date=December 10, 2018|title=How 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' Got Alan Menken to Write the Ultimate Alan Menken Parody|url=https://www.thewrap.com/ralph-breaks-the-internet-alan-menken-parody-song/|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=TheWrap|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211023916/https://www.thewrap.com/ralph-breaks-the-internet-alan-menken-parody-song/ |archive-date=December 11, 2018 }}

The Disney Revival has become the most profitable era in Disney animation history.{{Cite web|title=Brand: Walt Disney Animation Studios|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/brand/bn3295869442/?ref_=bo_bns_table_9|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622021311/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/brand/bn3295869442/?ref_=bo_bns_table_9 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 }} Frozen, for instance, grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide. The film held the title of highest-grossing animated film,{{Cite web|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|date=March 30, 2014|title=Box Office Milestone: 'Frozen' Becomes No. 1 Animated Film of All Time|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-milestone-frozen-becomes-692156/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330185602/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-milestone-frozen-becomes-692156|archive-date=March 30, 2014|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter}} fifth-highest-grossing film of all time,{{Cite web|title=All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228223109/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/|archive-date=February 28, 2009|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} and Walt Disney Studios' second highest-grossing film (behind The Avengers) in 2013.{{Cite web|last=Bacle|first=Ariana|date=March 3, 2014|title='Frozen' hits $1 billion mark at worldwide box office|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/03/frozen-billion-worldwide-box-office/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306040545/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/03/frozen-billion-worldwide-box-office/|archive-date=March 6, 2014|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Rotten Tomatoes}} Frozen also was Walt Disney Animation Studios's first feature-length motion picture to win an Academy Award since Tarzan.{{Cite news|last=Richwine|first=Lisa|title=Disney's 'Frozen' wins animated feature Oscar|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oscars-animation-idUSBREA1R0MN20140303|url-status=live|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Reuters|date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109214436/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oscars-animation-idUSBREA1R0MN20140303 |archive-date=January 9, 2016 }}

The era succeeding the Revival era started with Raya and the Last Dragon, and has continued with less financial success,{{Cite web |title=How has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Animation Industry? |url=https://www.voicemag.uk/blog/12480/how-has-the-covid-19-pandemic-affected-the-animation-industry |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Voice Magazine}} with the exception of Moana 2.{{Cite web |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=2025-01-21 |title='Moana 2' tops $1 billion, extending Disney's box office domination |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/21/moana-2-1-billion-dollars-box-office.html |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=CNBC }} The mixed critical response has been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, budgetary problems, and poor word of mouth, with films such as Strange World and Wish being box-office bombs.{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Jamie |date=2023-04-17 |title=Disney's 'Strange World' Was 2022's Biggest Box Office Flop, According To New Report |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/strange-world-light-box-office-bombs-227881.html |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Cartoon Brew }}{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=2024-05-10 |title=Disney's 'Wish' Lost Over $130 Million, According To New Report |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/disneys-wish-lost-over-130-million-according-to-new-report-241125.html |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Cartoon Brew }}

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Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon, was released on March 17, 2017, as the first live-action adaptation of the Disney Renaissance.{{cite web|date=March 16, 2015|title=Emma Thompson and Kevin Kline Join Beauty and the Beast, Release Date Set|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/420081-emma-thompson-and-kevin-kline-join-beauty-and-the-beast-release-date-set|access-date=March 16, 2015|publisher=comingsoon.net}} Alan Menken returned for writing a new score and new songs with Tim Rice.{{cite news|last=Tapley|first=Kristopher|date=June 4, 2014|title='Twilight' director Bill Condon will translate Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' to live action (UPDATED)|work=HitFix|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/twilight-director-bill-condon-to-translate-disneys-beauty-and-the-beat-to-live-action#XlmGEuY4YfavH3C3.99|url-status=dead|access-date=June 5, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140605035738/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/twilight-director-bill-condon-to-translate-disneys-beauty-and-the-beat-to-live-action%23XlmGEuY4YfavH3C3.99|archive-date=June 5, 2014}} The film grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide,{{cite news|author=Brooks Barnes|date=March 19, 2017|title='Beauty and the Beast' Clobbers Record With $170 Million Opening|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/movies/beauty-and-the-beast-clobbers-record-with-170-million-opening.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320000640/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/movies/beauty-and-the-beast-clobbers-record-with-170-million-opening.html|archive-date=March 20, 2017}}{{cite web|author=Sarah Whitten|date=March 17, 2017|title='Beauty and the Beast' could be Disney's first $1 billion film of 2017|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/17/beauty-and-the-beast-could-be-disneys-first-1-billion-film-of-2017.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319195036/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/17/beauty-and-the-beast-could-be-disneys-first-1-billion-film-of-2017.html|archive-date=March 19, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2017|publisher=CNBC}}{{cite magazine|author=Pamela McClintock|date=March 20, 2017|title='Beauty and the Beast's' Secret to Success: Female Power and Comfort|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beauty-beasts-secret-success-female-power-comfort-987258|url-status=live|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320193622/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beauty-beasts-secret-success-female-power-comfort-987258|archive-date=March 20, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2017}}{{cite web|author=Nathan McAlonemar|date=March 21, 2017|title='Beauty and the Beast' could make $1.5 billion at the box office, and it has big implications for Disney's future|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/beauty-and-the-beast-could-make-1-5-billion-at-the-box-office-and-it-has-big-implications-for-disneys-future/articleshow/57757803.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323234624/http://www.businessinsider.in/beauty-and-the-beast-could-make-1-5-billion-at-the-box-office-and-it-has-big-implications-for-disneys-future/articleshow/57757803.cms|archive-date=March 23, 2017|access-date=March 23, 2017|website=Business Insider}} becoming the highest-grossing live-action musical film, second-highest-grossing film of 2017, and the tenth-highest-grossing film of all time.{{cite web|title=2017 Worldwide Box Office|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2017/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|access-date=March 7, 2020|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb}} Beauty and the Beast received positive reviews from critics, with many praising its faithfulness to the original animated film, the elements used from the Broadway musical, performances, visual style, musical score, songs, costume design, and production values, though criticism was drawn toward its character designs, the auto-tuning of the singing voices, and the inclusion of new Menken songs that deviated in tone from his previous creative zenith.{{cite news|date=March 16, 2017|title=Live-action 'Beauty and the Beast' is still enchanting (but the original is better)|work=The Charlotte Observer|publisher=Robert W. Butler|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/article138958938.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170910195915/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/article138958938.html|archive-date=September 10, 2017}}{{cite web|author=Chris Hunneysett|date=March 17, 2017|title=Beauty and the Beast review: Irresistible charm shows no one casts a spell quite like Disney|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-review-9971177|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170910200005/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-review-9971177|archive-date=September 10, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2017|work=Daily Mirror}}

Aladdin, directed and co-written by Guy Ritchie, is the second live-action Disney Renaissance adaptation theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2019.{{cite web|author=Spencer Perry|date=September 12, 2017|title=Walt Disney Studios Sets Release Dates for Aladdin, Artemis Fowl, and More|url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/news/887043-walt-disney-studios-sets-release-dates-for-aladdin-artemis-fowl-and-more#/slide/1|access-date=September 13, 2017|website=Comingsoon.net}} Alan Menken returned again to write new music and songs with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.{{cite web|title=VIDEO: Pasek & Paul to Team with Menken on Live-Action ALADDIN; Miranda Confirmed for LITTLE MERMAID|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Pasek-Paul-to-Team-with-Menken-on-Live-Action-ALADDIN-Miranda-Confirmed-for-LITTLE-MERMAID-20170717|website=Broadway World}} It grossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2019.{{cite web|title=2019 Worldwide Box Office|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2019/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|access-date=March 16, 2020|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb}} The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its music, costume design, and the performances of actors, but criticism for Ritchie's direction and the screenplay.{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Mark|date=May 22, 2019|title=Review: Smith's fine in 'Aladdin.' Another guy's the problem|url=https://www.apnews.com/a1f64272e92943898d6d395c9dd4dd05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621132549/https://www.apnews.com/a1f64272e92943898d6d395c9dd4dd05|archive-date=June 21, 2019|access-date=June 21, 2019|work=Associated Press}}

The third live-action Disney Renaissance remake became CGI remake The Lion King (directed and produced by Jon Favreau). It was theatrically released in the United States on July 19, 2019.{{cite magazine|last=Snetiker|first=Marc|date=April 25, 2017|title=Disney sets release dates for Frozen 2, Lion King, and more|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/25/frozen-2-lion-king-disney-release-dates/|url-status=live|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419232247/https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/25/frozen-2-lion-king-disney-release-dates/|archive-date=April 19, 2020|access-date=April 25, 2017}} Hans Zimmer returned as composer, and Elton John and Tim Rice returned to write new songs with Beyoncé.{{cite news|date=February 10, 2018|title=Sir Elton John confirms new Tim Rice collaboration for Disney's The Lion King remake|work=Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/the-lion-king/news/a849649/disney-lion-king-remake-sir-elton-john-tim-rice-beyonce-collaboration/|url-status=live|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083148/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/the-lion-king/news/a849649/disney-lion-king-remake-sir-elton-john-tim-rice-beyonce-collaboration/|archive-date=February 12, 2018}} It grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide, becoming highest-grossing animated film of all time, the highest-grossing musical film of all time, the highest-grossing remake of all time, the highest-grossing Walt Disney Pictures film of all time, the second-highest-grossing film of 2019, and the seventh highest-grossing film of all time.{{Cite news|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|date=August 11, 2019|title='The Lion King' Just Broke A Disney Box Office Record, But It's Not Exactly Clear Which One|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/08/11/lion-king-frozen-beauty-and-the-beast-disney-star-wars-avengers-marvel-harry-potter-black-panther-jurassic-box-office/ |url-status=live|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811184448/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/08/11/lion-king-frozen-beauty-and-the-beast-disney-star-wars-avengers-marvel-harry-potter-black-panther-jurassic-box-office/#23033179196e|archive-date=August 11, 2019}} The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its visual effects, music, and vocal performances, but criticism for its lack of originality, and facial emotion on the characters.{{Cite web|date=July 19, 2019|title=Movie Review: 'The Lion King' remake is amazingly lifelike, lacks original's soul|url=https://wtop.com/entertainment/2019/07/movie-review-the-lion-king-remake-is-amazingly-lifelike-lacks-originals-soul/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817203543/https://wtop.com/entertainment/2019/07/movie-review-the-lion-king-remake-is-amazingly-lifelike-lacks-originals-soul/|archive-date=August 17, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019|website=WTOP}}

The fourth live-action adaptation, Mulan, was released on September 4, 2020.{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=August 4, 2020|title='Mulan' Going On Disney+ & Theaters In September; CEO Bob Chepak Says Decision Is A "One-Off", Not New Windows Model|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/mulan-new-release-date-disney-earnings-call-1203003942/|access-date=August 4, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood}} It was directed by Niki Caro with Harry Gregson-Williams acting as the new composer and songwriter for the film.{{Cite web|title=Harry-Gregson-Williams to Score Disney's 'Mulan' Live-Action Movie|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/08/22/harry-gregson-williams-to-score-disneys-mulan-live-action-movie/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824135101/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/08/22/harry-gregson-williams-to-score-disneys-mulan-live-action-movie/|archive-date=August 24, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018|website=Film Music Reporter}} Originally scheduled to be a wide theatrical release in March 2020, it was ultimately cancelled in the United States after being delayed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Disney instead premiered the film on September 4, 2020, on Disney+, for a premium fee in countries where the service had launched. The film had a traditional theatrical release in countries without Disney+ where theaters have re-opened. With a production budget of $200 million, the film was a financial disappointment (partially due to the pandemic), grossing only $70 million, not including digital earnings from Disney+. The film received generally positive reviews from western critics, who praised the action sequences, visuals, and performances but criticized the screenplay. It received unfavorable reviews from Chinese audiences, who criticized the character development, inaccurate depictions of Chinese history and mishandling of Chinese cultural elements.{{Cite web|date=September 8, 2020|title=Disney's Mulan compared with Western Chinese food|url=https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3100528/disneys-mulan-hit-bad-reviews-china-pirated-copies-circulate-online|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910052717/https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3100528/disneys-mulan-hit-bad-reviews-china-pirated-copies-circulate-online|archive-date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 10, 2020|website=South China Morning Post}}{{Cite web|last=Pan|first=Christina|date=November 14, 2020|title=Exceptionally Awful, Shockingly Stupid, and Despicable|url=https://www.stuyspec.com/ae/film/exceptionally-awful-shockingly-stupid-and-despicable-mulan-2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116202523/https://www.stuyspec.com/ae/film/exceptionally-awful-shockingly-stupid-and-despicable-mulan-2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020}}

The fifth live-action adaptation, The Little Mermaid, was released on May 26, 2023 (directed and produced by Rob Marshall).Kit, Borys (September 10, 2021). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/disneys-live-action-the-little-mermaid-memorial-day-weekend-opening-1235011622/ "Disney's Live-Action 'The Little Mermaid' to Open on Memorial Day Weekend in 2023"]. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 2, 2021. Alan Menken also returned as the film's composer and wrote new songs alongside producer Lin-Manuel Miranda.{{Cite magazine|last=Snetiker|first=Marc|date=August 16, 2016|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alan Menken team up for live-action Little Mermaid|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/16/little-mermaid-lin-manuel-miranda-alan-menken|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223022208/http://ew.com/article/2016/08/16/little-mermaid-lin-manuel-miranda-alan-menken/|archive-date=February 23, 2017|access-date=March 4, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The Little Mermaid grossed $298.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $271.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $569.6 million.{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=5971474 |title=The Little Mermaid (2023) |access-date=July 5, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Little-Mermaid-The-(2023)#tab=box-office|title=The Little Mermaid (2023)|website=The Numbers|access-date=July 5, 2024|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527030603/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Little-Mermaid-The-(2023)#tab=box-office|url-status=live}} Critics praised the performances of the cast and the musical sequences but criticized the visual effects and character designs. Vanessa Armstrong of /Film called it a live-action remake "done well" that "improves on the original" and had no doubt that "it will become an indelible part of many a young person's childhood, and I can't wait to watch it with my daughter."{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2023 |title=The Little Mermaid Review: A Riveting Live-Action Tale That Improves On The Original |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1292418/the-little-mermaid-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523094316/https://www.slashfilm.com/1292418/the-little-mermaid-review/ |archive-date=May 23, 2023 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=/Film}} Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post called it an "on-the-other-fin mixed bag of a movie that honors its source material with a big, color-saturated production, while never precisely proving that it ever needed to exist."{{cite news |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |date=May 24, 2023 |title='The Little Mermaid': An Ariel for a new generation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/05/24/the-little-mermaid-movie-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529182535/https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/05/24/the-little-mermaid-movie-review/ |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |access-date=May 25, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

A live-action adaptation of Hercules{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=April 30, 2020|title='Hercules' Live-Action Remake in the Works From Disney, 'Shang-Chi' Writer (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hercules-live-action-remake-works-disney-shang-chi-writer-1292684|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506191536/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hercules-live-action-remake-works-disney-shang-chi-writer-1292684|archive-date=May 6, 2020|access-date=April 30, 2020|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} is currently in development with Guy Ritchie to direct it.{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/hurcules-guy-ritchie-live-action-movie-disney-aladdin-1235047935/ |title='Aladdin' Director Guy Ritchie Teams With Disney & AGBO On Live-Action 'Hercules' |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 17, 2022 |access-date=June 22, 2022}}

With the exception of The Rescuers Down Under, the Disney Renaissance films had video game releases during the 1990s: The Little Mermaid (1991), Aladdin (1993), Beauty and the Beast (1994), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1996), The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy Games (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998) and Tarzan (1999).{{cite web|url=https://sea.ign.com/ducktales-disney/173890/news/remember-when-disney-magic-extended-to-tie-in-video-games|title=Remember When Disney Magic Extended to Tie-In Video Games?|work=IGN Southeast Asia|date=July 5, 2021 }}

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• Waking Sleeping Beauty – 2009 documentary film chronicling the beginning and success of the Disney Renaissance from 1984 to 1994.
• Kunze, Peter C. Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2023.

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• [http://www.decentfilms.com/articles/quovadisdisney Decent Films: Notes on the End of the Disney Renaissance]

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