Disney announce a Home Alone reboot and fans are divided
It's not the only film to be announced...
Last updated 7th Aug 2019
Over recent years, Disney fans have been able to enjoy multiple live-action remakes of their classic animations, such as Aladdin and most recently The Lion King. And now, Disney has announced the very exciting news that they'll be remaking classic films Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Cheaper By the Dozen.
Revealing the exciting news, Disney's chief executive Bob Iger described the new films as "reimaginations" explaining that they would feature on Disney's new streaming service, Disney+, which is set to be launched later this year in the US and next year here in the UK.
It is not clear exactly how the films will be reimagined, and despite no further information being released about the new films, fans are divided. Twitter has been flooded with that iconic scene of Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone, when he puts on his dad's aftershave.
And whilst some fans are excited about the news saying, 'My favourite movie xxx', others aren't so sure about the news commenting, 'It's not the same without Macaulay Culkin.'
Of course, Home Alone has become an iconic film since its release in 1990, and just last year, the star of the film, now 38-years-old, recreated some of the film's iconic scenes. In the short advert, 'Kevin' can be seen realising he is home alone, but the scenes are brought into the present day with the help of Google Assistant. Take a look below...
This year has been a phenomenal one for Disney, who have recently broken a box office record. Speaking to investors, Bob Iger told them, "So far this year we've released five of the top six movies.
"Including four which have generated more than a billion dollars in global box office."
Bob went on to explain, now that Disney owns 20th Century Fox, "We're also focused on leveraging Fox's vast library of great titles to further enrich the content mix on our ... platforms."
Disney+ is expected to have 7,500 episodes of TV and 400 movies when it launches.
In the meantime take a look at some Netflix series you can look forward to:
Nightflyers
Based on a short book, set in the future, Nightflyers follows a crew of explorers on a journey on the most advanced ship in the galaxy, The Nightflyer. As they near their destination, they discover their ship might actually be taking them towards deadly and unspeakable horrors!
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2
Star Trek: Discovery is back for another series! The first season of Star Trek: Discovery featured a new ship, new characters, and new missions, while staying true to the original franchise.
The Umbrella Academy
Based on a popular, award-winning comics and graphic novels, The Umbrella Academy follows forty-three babies who are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women. Seven of the children are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire industrialist, however as teenagers the family becomes fractured.
The Rain Season 2
The first season of The Rain was released in 2018 and has been so successful it's back once again in 2019. The Rain is set six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia. However, two Danish siblings have survived and emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilisation gone.
Our Planet
Our Planet was filmed over four years, and combines the spectacular photography of Planet Earth with an unprecedented look at the planet's remaining wilderness areas and their animal inhabitants.
ELITE Season 2
ELITE returns for another season in 2019. Following the children at Las Encinas, the best and most exclusive school in Spain, in the first season viewers got to see what happened when three working class kids were admitted to the elite school after their academy was destroyed by an earthquake.
Disenchantment Season 2
From the creator of The Simpsons, Disenchantment returns for a second season. This adult animated comedy fantasy series was super popular earlier this year and returns for Netflix in 2019.
Stranger Things 3
Another popular Netflix series that we can watch is Stranger Things 3.
Now take a look at all of Disney's live-action remakes and their all-important release dates.
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