Overview

• In a new interview on Score: The Podcast, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson said the planned live-action The Aristocats has been shelved and he has stepped away.
• Thompson described successive administration shuffles at Disney that left the project on the back burner.
• Disney has not issued an official comment on the status of the remake.
• The project was first announced in 2022, with Questlove signing on to direct in 2023.
• Coverage links the pause to Disney’s reassessment of live-action remakes following Snow White’s losses and the earlier halt of Tangled, with animal-centric adaptations noted as challenging.