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 -
Two of the films are animated and one is a live-action movie starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch.
— Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024 -
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 -
The film earned $116 million worldwide, the most ever for a live-action Japanese film.
— Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
But in 2022, things did come back around when Moana writer-director Jared Bush and Disney reached out about a new live-action version of the film being planned.
— Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
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