A personal favorite of mine and the film that truly kicked off the Disney Renaissance, "The Great Mouse Detective" is about a pair of mice living in Sherlock Holmes’s flat that take on his characteristics. The art style is ripe for reinvention and the storyline, which saw a villainous rat (voiced, impeccably, by Vincent Price) plotting to overthrow the mouse society. The material is really rich and would make for a sumptuous makeover, with animated characters on live-action sets (or something). For added oomph, Disney could cast Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Basil and Dawson.
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