live-action

[lahyv-ak-shuhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation.

   A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.

2. Informal.,  live.

Other Word Forms

• live action noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of live-action¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The list of PG hits this year also included the live-action remake of “How to Train Your Dragon,” which improbably beat the latest “Mission: Impossible.”

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This was also a year when Pixar’s “Elio” flopped and Disney’s live-action “Snow White” was left for dead.

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It is also the highest PG-rated ticket pre-seller ever on the Fandango platform, passing 2017’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast,” 2019’s animated hit “Frozen 2” and the first “Wicked.”

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The first teaser trailer for the live-action Disney film released Monday features star Catherine Laga’aia singing a few lines of her character’s signature “I Want” song as the footage offers glimpses of the island and people of Motunui, the demigod Maui, the seafaring Kakamora and Moana’s clumsy rooster Heihei.

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Stitch, Disney’s favorite blue alien experiment, has revealed that a sequel for the live-action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ is in development.

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