How to Use live-action in a Sentence

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  • In a live-action film, the scene would cost a ton and still look cheesy.
    Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
  • However, the cameo meant the two Ariel actors got a chance to meet on the set of the live-action movie.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • Here's why some people are grumpy about the live-action ''Snow White'' movie.
    USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Details on Hemsworth's part in the live-action film are still unclear.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • Traces of the creators’ work on the live-action series still remain.
    EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024
  • To put it bluntly, live-action movies and shows based on games have largely sucked.
    Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
  • There's just no telling how far Disney’s Moana live-action movie will go!
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 7 July 2024
  • The reverse was the case for Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2023
  • Further cast announcements for both Moana 2 and the live-action Moana are still to come.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Lilo & Stitch will be getting the live-action treatment.
    Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 14 June 2023
  • Nicolas Cage is ready to don the Spider-Man Noir suit again — only this time, in live-action.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 14 May 2024
  • The cut-outs point to Stenberg’s role as an assassin named Mae in the Disney+ live-action series.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 29 May 2024
  • As with the live-action agreement, the animation deals do not forbid the use of AI.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
  • With a live-action Barbie movie on the way, two new pop-up restaurants will give fans a chance to step into the doll's world – at least for a meal.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
  • These are the latest first looks Netflix has given for the live-action series.
    Variety, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And the same obviously goes for the inclusion of the brief glimpses of Sony’s live-action Spider-Men.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2023
  • The first trailer for the upcoming live-action Snow White movie has arrived.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The short, which starred Fionnula Flanagan, won the live-action short Oscar in 1977.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The movie will be the first major live-action story featuring the world’s greatest thief.
    Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Kids who enjoy the cartoon series will have fun with a live-action retelling; just be prepared to explain the weed jokes.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The series, which is the first live-action project to feature the character Spider-Man Noir, was picked up to series in May.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Worse still is another key aspect of the announcement: that the film is going to be live-action.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • There’s one huge problem with Disney’s first trailer for the live-action Snow White remake.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Just a week after the show first premiered, Amazon has confirmed that there’s more of its live-action Fallout series on the way.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Like its competitors, Fox has had to put live-action programs on hold since writers walked off the job in early May.
    Rob Golum, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • The film seamlessly blends live-action with CGI to create stunning narratives as seen in the first look.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But her successor Halle Bailey has become both the voice and the face of the red-headed mermaid in Disney’s live-action remake of the film.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
  • The pull of freedom, and defying what’s expected, marks this year’s live-action shorts.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Romero has the esteem of being the first actor to portray the Joker in live-action TV and film, reprising the character for the Batman movie, which was released theatrically in 1966.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Last quarter, the U.K. and Canada each saw more live-action, scripted titles with budgets of at least $10 million actively filming within their borders.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024

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