{"id":288092,"date":"2026-07-10T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/the-disney-movie-that-should-have-been-made-with-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:25:13","slug":"the-disney-movie-that-should-have-been-made-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/the-disney-movie-that-should-have-been-made-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disney Movie That Should Have Been Made With AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Disney Movie That Should Have Been Made With AI<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/carolinereid\/2026\/07\/10\/the-disney-movie-that-should-have-been-made-with-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-10 15:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Disney is famous for innovation, but the new ‘Moana’ remake has generated criticism for a lack of originality. (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Few genres of film have been as much of a gamble for Disney as the live-action remakes of its classic cartoons. Last year alone, Lilo & Stitch grossed $1 billion and became almost as beloved as the animated original while Snow White lost an estimated $170 million and cast a dark spell on the studio due to a slew of negative coverage. The latest addition to Disney\u2019s stable is coming for Snow White\u2019s crown as the criticism of it is so harsh that it raises the question of whether it would have been better to make the movie with Artificial Intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n

The movie in question is Moana, starring newcomer Catherine Laga\u2019aia as the eponymous Polynesian teenager who joins demigod Maui, played by Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson, on a seafaring adventure to restore prosperity to her people. Johnson voiced the character in the 2016 computer animated original but that\u2019s far from the only similarity between the two films.<\/p>\n

Although the movie debuts today it has already been panned by critics for its lack of originality. \u201cMuch of the film is shot-for-shot, line of dialogue-by-line of dialogue a veritable clone,\u201d wrote Deadline. For the same reason, Digital Spy\u2019s review described it as \u201cthe most pointless Disney live-action remake yet\u201d and The Wrap even highlighted this in its headline saying \u201cIt\u2019s the Same Film, Disney Just Wants You to Pay for It Again\u201d.<\/p>\n

This cynicism was a common thread in the reviews with entertainment journalists noting that the remake was released soon after the original in order to squeeze yet more money out of the movie which had already spawned a successful sequel in 2024. \u201cAny live-action remake from Disney\u2019s canon does beggar the question of \u2018why,\u2019\u201d wrote Deadline adding that \u201c\u2018because it brings in money,\u2019 is an answer as obvious as it…<\/p>\n

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