Disney’s The Little Mermaid is the newest live-action adaptation from the studio, and the original is one of the biggest and most important animated movies the company has ever produced. We know that we’re set to get even more Disney live-action remakes, all in different stages of development, as well as a host of sequels to Disney’s animated hits. However, while watching the new Little Mermaid recently, I realized there’s another classic Disney franchise that needs to be revisited. It’s time to make Fantasia 2025.
In 1940, Walt Disney tried to improve the public’s perception of what animation was by pairing it with classical music in Fantasia. 60 years later Walt’s nephew Roy E. Disney spearheaded Fantasia 2000, which brought modern animation techniques to the concept. But animation, in all its forms, has come further in the last 25 years than it had in the previous 60, and it’s time to celebrate them all.
