Disney May Be Remaking Pocahontas. Here’s Why That’s A Terrible Idea
According to a new rumour, 'Pocahontas', the oft-criticized 1995 animated movie, a whitewashed take on the horrifying true story, is the latest classic Disney film being eyed for a live-action remake. Unlike other problematic films in Disney’s catalogue, Pocahontas is one movie that simply cannot be fixed, and would be a terrible choice, especially if your goal is to improve Indigenous representation in film. On the heels of the successful live-action take on Aladdin, and the heavily anticipated CGI Lion King, with an epic all-star cast, Disney has found a major cash cow in it’s new remakes of some of it’s most popular animated classics. Many of these movies have thrived on the childhood nostalgia of these beloved stories, while others have opted to take a new direction from the source material (such as 2014’s ‘Maleficent’, which not only retold ‘Sleeping Beauty’, but explored the tragic backstory of it’s mystical villain, and provided a new take, as well as some twists, ...