At the beginning, Scarlett Johansson was in the mix. But when it came to choosing the villain of Tangledof course it had to be Agatha all along. Listen to his music.
Several points of sale now report that Kathryn Hahn, star of Marvel Studios shows WandaVision And Agatha throughoutis in talks to play Mother Gothel in the live-action remake of Tangled. Finding the film’s villain was next on the agenda, earlier this weekDisney has announced the casting of its two protagonists, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. They will be played by newcomers Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim. But, of course, Rapunzel doesn’t get stuck in that tower without Gothel’s bad intentions, so it’s a key role, and who better than Hahn, who already has all the witch cred in the world thanks to her Marvel role?
THE Tangled The remake had a somewhat rocky road to get to this point. (Like the Witches Route, perhaps? Cue another song.) End of 2024, The greatest showman And better man director Michael Gracey it was revealed that he was developing the project. But after Disney snow White was released and did not meet expectations, Tangled was put on hold. What happened in the months that followed? We don’t know. But six months laternews broke that Johansson was circling the role of Mother Gothel and the film was back on. Johansson ended up not taking the role, but his interest seemed to kick things back into high gear. With Croft, Manheim and now probably Hahn on board, it’s full steam ahead.
Disney has not set a release date for Tangledbut we’d venture to guess that the studio hopes to release it perhaps by summer or fall of 2027. Meanwhile, another Disney princess is moving from live-action to animation. Moana hits theaters on July 10.
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