There is a third option, however: the radical reinvention of a story, one that is also very much a Disney creation.
Disney’s recent live-action remakes have proved to be massive hits with fans and, mostly, critics as well.
They’ve allowed Disney to show off new technologies and create classic stories in a new way.
But then again, the remakes are just that: remakes of stories we’ve seen before, and many of them are a bit too close to the original productions to really feel like they’re anything special.