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
• Halle Berry first portrayed the role in the live-action 2000 film X-Men.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
• 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
• But wait, didn't a ragtag team of Rebels do that in the live-action spinoff movie Rogue One?
  — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
• 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
• The live-action kick-off stars the most iconic hero in the world and early indications seem to be that it’s…quite good.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
• 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
• Gabby The show’s live-action character, tween-aged Gabby, is the one who brings the dollhouse to life!
  — Alex Vance, Parents, 13 Feb. 2025
• 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
• He's also set to reprise his Polynesian demigod Maui in the live-action remake of Moana next year.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
• 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 news came alongside a new teaser, which gives a glimpse of key sequences from the game recreated in live-action.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The show then cut to a faux public service announcement showing a live-action depiction of Trump taking off his clothes and crawling through a desert.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 30 July 2025
• The network’s current live-action comedy slate consists of the single-camera series Animal Control and Going Dutch.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 July 2025