Tales Reimagined: 9 Live-Action Movies, Retellings, & Sequels To Stream On Disney+

Fresh stories for beloved characters, from Marvel heroes to fairy tale icons.

Familiar stories have a way of calling us back, so we’ve rounded up nine movies and series available on Disney+, that revive cherished tales with bold visuals, surprise twists, and fun new perspectives. Whether it’s a blind vigilante returning for justice, a couture-clad antihero rewriting her origin, or the revival of a beloved animated series, these modern retellings and legacy sequels don't just satisfy our nostalgia but introduce fresh eyes to beloved stories.

Legacy Sequels & Revivals on Disney+

Marvel Animation's X-Men ’97

Marvel Animation’s "X-Men '97" revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

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Christopher Robin

With the Hundred Acre Wood deserted and his hunny jar empty, Winnie the Pooh opens a magical door to London to reunite with his long-lost friend Christopher Robin, now all grown up. But with career-minded Christopher facing his own challenges, it's up to his old friends — and his new family — to remind him how to laugh again, and that “sometimes doing nothing leads to the very best something.”

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Disney Live-Action Retelling

Freaky Friday

Dr. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) have one thing in common: they don't relate to each other on anything. Not clothes or men or Anna's passion to be in a rock band. Nothing. Then one Friday night, a little mystic mayhem changes their lives, and they wake up to the biggest freak-out ever — Tess and Anna are trapped inside each other's body. With Tess's wedding on Saturday, the two must find a way to switch back… and fast. Literally forced to walk in each other's shoes, will they gain respect and understanding for the other's point of view?

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Stories Reimagined

Cruella

Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (La La Land) stars in Disney’s Cruella, an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. Cruella,  which is set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets.

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Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again

In Marvel Television’s Daredevil: Born Again, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.

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Goosebumps: The Vanishing

Fraternal twins Devin and Cece Brewer head to Gravesend, Brooklyn, for a summer with their scientist dad and stumble upon a decades-old mystery: four teens who vanished in 1994. Joined by new friends, the siblings navigate coming-of-age jitters, creeping shadows, and classic R.L. Stine scares across eight tightly linked episodes. Executive Producers Nicholas Stoller, Rob Letterman, and Hilary Winston craft an anthology series that balances heartfelt family drama with pulse-quickening supernatural twists.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

The story of Disney's most iconic villain continues in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. The years have been kind to Maleficent and Aurora. Their relationship, born of heartbreak, revenge, and ultimately love, has flourished. Yet hatred between man and the fairies still exists. Aurora's impending marriage to Prince Phillip is cause for celebration as the wedding serves to unite the Kingdom of Ulstead and the neighboring Moors. But, when an unexpected encounter introduces a powerful new alliance, Maleficent and Aurora are pulled apart to opposing sides in a Great War, testing their loyalties and causing them to question whether they can truly be a family. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil stars Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Queen Ingrith.

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Once Upon a Time

Emma Swan arrives in Storybrooke, Maine, and discovers that its residents are real fairy-tale figures under a memory-wiping curse. After Emma learns she is Snow White and Prince Charming’s long-lost daughter, she becomes the town’s best shot at breaking the curse. The series jumps between the Enchanted Forest and present day, exploring hope and identity across seven seasons of spellbinding character reinvention.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Season 1

Based on Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series by award-winning author Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians follows Percy Jackson on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus’ master bolt and stop an all-out war. After losing his mother, Percy is sheltered at Camp Half-Blood, a sanctuary for demigod children. He must prove himself and confront his origins once he discovers he, too, is a demigod, and will take off into the perils of pursuing enemies in search of the Underworld. With the help of his quest mates Annabeth and Grover, Percy’s journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, if he'll ever see his mother again, and if he can ever find out who he’s destined to be.

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