00:01Since the 1930s, Disney has defined generations of childhoods with their films.
00:06Now, with the rise of CGI and 3D technology,
00:09Disney is turning their animated classics into live-action spectacles.
00:13And with each remake, they see bigger success.
00:22Disney first turned to Sleeping Beauty, originally released in 1959.
00:26It recounts the tale of a young princess forced into slumber by an evil fairy,
00:30and the prince who saves her with true love's first kiss.
00:33In 2014's Maleficent, the tale is told from the villain's perspective.
00:38With superstar Angelina Jolie in the role of the possibly not-so-evil fairy,
00:42audiences certainly didn't sleep on this blockbuster.
00:45Disney waved their wands at the rags-to-riches tale of Cinderella.
00:49Originally released in 1950, a new version came out 65 years after the original classic.
00:55The renewed magic was a perfect fit for young audiences
00:58and got an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design,
01:01along with earning half a billion dollars worldwide.
01:04The Jungle Book, released in 1967, was an unlikely film for the studio at the time.
01:09Adapted from the Rudyard Kipling novel,
01:11it added an infusion of jazz culture with Louis Prima as a Mad King orangutan.
01:16The 2016 version traded Prima for Christopher Walken
01:19and went on to score nearly a billion dollars worldwide.
01:22Beauty and the Beast was one of the biggest hits in Disney's vault
01:25and one of the defining films of an era that millennials worldwide remember fondly.
01:30Clearly, the pedal hasn't fallen off the rose yet,
01:33as the remake starring Emma Watson brought in 1.3 billion dollars worldwide
01:37and is currently the highest-grossing movie of 2017.
01:41With reboots of Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan in development,
01:46Disney is eager to get a bit more magic out of these beloved stories.
01:51Coinage. Life well spent. Presented by GEICO.
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