The Tangled remake is back, and Scarlett Johansson may be joining her

tangled It has been disentangled. last year, Greatest Showman Director Michael Gracey It was accompanied by a live-action remake From the hit 2010 Disney musical but after the live action snow white bombed at the box office, Disney put a pin in it. Now, that pin has been pulled, especially with Scarlett Johansson He is said to be revolving around the role of the evil Mother Gothel.

Delivery time Spread the news of his return, Quoted from snow white As a reason to stop. But also, explaining that “there’s a big difference in terms of the audience appeal of older Disney motion pictures that receive live action, versus those post-1989 titles.” Little mermaid “Musical Renaissance.”

Basically, except Little mermaidAlmost all live-action adaptations of classic animated films originally released in that era – Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast– It performed much better than… snow white. The most recent example is lilo and stitch, Which remains the only $1 billion total of the year so far.

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson wrote the screenplay for the remake, which is expected to follow the beats of the 2010 film that featured the voices of Mandy Moore as Rapunzel and Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider. There’s no word on who will play these roles yet, but Johansson as Mother Gothel, who kidnaps and imprisons the magical Rapunzel in order to preserve her youth, would be a huge win for the studio.

The original film grossed nearly $600 million worldwide and won a Grammy Award for its signature song, “I See the Light.” She remains a beloved addition to the Disney animated musical family, along with her ride It recently opened at DisneySea in Tokyo, Japan. If this movie happens, it will have every chance of being a huge hit like many of those other movies.

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