Brother Bear (2023 live-action/CGI remake)

Brother Bear is a 2022 American fantasy road comedy-drama film directed by Travis Knight and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a live-action/CGI remake of Disney's 2003 film of the same name.

Synopsis
Kenai, a young boy who sees bears as killers, finds himself walking on somebody else's shoes when he, after killing a bear out of revenge for his brother's death, is turned into a bear by the Great Spirits. Now Kenai must find a way to turn back to normal before his midle brother kills him. Kenai soon crosses path with a young bear cub named Koda, whom he soon begins to see as his little brother.

Plot
Many centuries ago, shortly after the ice age, in Alaska, lived an Inupiaq tribe. According to their culture, those who died become part of the "Great Spirits", who make magical changes around the world. In the aformentined tribe, lived three brother: Sitka, the oldest, Denahi, the middle, and Kenai, the youngest. The three brothers watch the aurora in which the Spirits can be seen as their father explains them that the Great Spirits create totems, which determine what their owner must do to call himself a man. Kenai declares that his totem will be the greatest of them all, before watching his father go to fight a bear.

The years passed, and the brother grew together, with Kenai developing an intense hatred for bears, as he believes them to be killers and thiefs, in spite of Stka's attempts to convinvce him to see things from their point-of-view, while Denahi teased him for various reasons. Still, Kenai and his brother had a very close bond to each other. Eventually, Kenai turned 16, meaning it is time for him to finally gain his totem. At the end of Kenai's ceremony, he's given "The Bear of Love", much to his anger.

The next day, Kenai watches a bear near the tribe, which he instantlly tries to kill. Sitka and Denahi follow him, earing he may get killed if he goes alone. The three fight the bear, and their battle soon reaches of a glacier, which Sitka eventually has to stab in order to stop the bear from killing his brothers. Both Sitka and the bear survive, but Sitka, unable to got back with his brothers, tells them to meet him in the woods. After a two day journey, they reach their meeting spot, but they instead find Sitka dead lying dead in the ground.

Cast

 * Andrew Garfield as Kenai
 * JD McCrary as the voice of Koda
 * TBA as Denahi
 * Chris Pine as Sitka
 * Will Smith as the voice of Tug
 * Lupita N'yongo as Tanana
 * Alfre Woodard as the voice of Koda's mother

Release
The film would be released on June 30, 2022.

Soundtrack
Recurring Knight collaborator Dario Marianelli and the original film's co-composer/songwriter Phil Collins would compose the remake's score. The score would feature classical Inuit instruments and elements, while still drawing themes from the original film's score.

Collins would also be set to rewrite his songs from the original film, as well as to write a new song, performed by Garfield and Collins, and to write and perform a new song for the film's credits. Collins would also write and perform a new reprise of the song "Great Spirits" from the original film. Additionally, "This Can't be My Destiny", a deleted song from the original film, would be featured in the remake, with Collins performing the song.

Differences from the original film

 * The original film opened with an old Denahi telling onscreen the story to the audience, while, in the remake, it would instead open with an off-screen narration by an old Denahi.
 * In the original version, Kenai's swimming abilities were never mentioned. In the remake, it would be explicity stated by Denahi that Kenai dosen't know how to swim.
 * Instead of stealing the fishes from Kenai's tribe at day while everybody is in his ceremony, Koda's mother woud suddenly enter thevillage, while Kenai would impusively try to attack her, even througth she was clearly harmless.
 * In the original film, Sitka was instantly killed when he breaks the ice to save his brothers, while in the remake, he would instead survive the fall, throught he would instead die from wounds seemingly caused by Koda's mother, througth it would later be revealed that it were caused by an avalanche.
 * Kenai would argue with Tanana instead of Denahi in this version. Additionally, Kenai would also claim the he would kill all bears after killing Koda's mother. Also, Kenai would throw his totem to a river.
 * In this version, Koda's mother would be wounded shortly before being killed by Kenai.
 * Instead of seemingly disappearing, Tanana would explain to Kenai that she can't go with him, since the tribe could need her for another ritual.
 * Kenai and Koda would do a verbal promise to take each other to their destinies in the remake
 * Rut and Tuke wouldn't be featured in this version.
 * The montage sequence would be instead focused on Kenai, with the song "This Can't be My Destiny" playing in the background instead of "On My Way"
 * The remake would focus more on Kenai's journey, with some sequences being added or altered:
 * Koda would teach Kenai how to live as a bear in this version
 * The film would feature another skirmish with Denahi, during which Koda would save Kenai from drowning.
 * Kenai would discover the true reason for Sitka's death during the journey, causing him to feel guilt after realizing he killed an innocent creature, leadding to a brief chat between him and Koda.
 * When watching the Great Spirits, Koda would reveal his fears that his mother could be there two, causing Kenai to try to comfort him by acknowledging that he feels as lost as Koda after Denai's death.
 * Kenai and Koda would go to an abandoned village in the night to rest, with Kenai singing to Koda a lullaby Sitka used to sing to him. After singing the lullaby, Kenai would reflect and realize that Sitka sung him that song because he wanted him to look beyond the surface.
 * Kenai and Koda would argue a lot less during the journey.
 * "On My Way" would play after the scene in the village, with this version instead clearly focusing on Kenai's feelings instead of Koda's.
 * The sequence would also feature an additional scene in which Koda teaches Kenai how to swim.
 * Right before finding the salmon run, Kenai would say to Koda that he dosen't know why hunters hate bears, througth he did thougth why, but he's no longer sure, instead of claiming it was because bears are killers.
 * The "Welcome" sequence would be shown fully from Kenai's perspective. Additionally, Kenai would keep some distance between him and the bears, before choosing to have fun with them, finding his totem in the process.
 * When Kenai admits to Koda that he killed his mother, the two would argue briefly, while "No Way Out" would instead play in a sequence during which Kenai searches for Koda.
 * In this version, Kenai would keep searching for Koda instead of going to the mountain.
 * However, Kenai would indeed be tempted to got to the mountain, throught he would ultimately choose to instead keep searching for Koda.
 * The climax would take place in Kenai's village.
 * Koda would choose to forgive Kenai after remembering Kenai's brotherly love for him.
 * Kenai and Koda would reconcile on-screen after Kenai gets caught in a trap while escaping Denahi.
 * Kenai would take Koda to a safe place and try to fight Denahi even throught he would kill him in order to protect Koda. Koda would initially resist adn try to help, but he would ultimately agree when Kenai states he can't lose the only brother he has left.
 * When requesting Sitka to change him back to a bear, Kenai would state not only that Koda needs him, but also that he needs Koda. Also, Kenai and Denahi's last talk would have the original film's dialogue swaped, with Kenai being the one stating that they will always be brothers.
 * The remake's final shot would be an scene in whiich Kenai and Kda play throught the forest after Kenai's manhood ceremony.

Trivia

 * This would be Travis Knight's first remake of a Disney film, througth it would also be his second film based on an already exisitng property, after Bumblebee.
 * Phil Collins would be the third composer to return for a Disney Remake, after Alan Menken (who returned for Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin) and Hans Zimmer (who returned for The Lion King).
 * However, Brother Bear would be the first film to feature both new and returnig composers.