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Disney is proceeding with its live-action \u201cTangled\u201d after putting the project indefinitely on pause earlier this year. Casting hasn\u2019t been solidified but Scarlett Johansson is being eyed to star as Mother Gothel.<\/p>\n
Disney halted the production in April <\/a>following the commercial failure of March\u2019s \u201cSnow White\u201d adaptation. But in the following months, the studio\u2019s \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d remake struck a major chord at the box office to the tune of $1 billion globally. A key difference between \u201cSnow White\u201d and \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d was cultural relevance (or lack thereof), insiders suggest. The original \u201cSnow White\u201d was released in 1937 and is no longer the rage with kids today. Meanwhile \u201cLilo & Stitch,\u201d based on the 2002 film, never waned in popularity; it\u2019s been a top title on Disney+ and, in 2024 alone, drove over $2.6 billion in retail sales. And that towering figure was before the adorable blue agent-of-chaos even returned to the big screen. Clearly the studio is hoping that \u201cTangled\u201d has a similar cache with younger audiences.<\/p>\n More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cTangled,\u201d like the original 2010 animated movie, is based on the Brothers Grimm story about the magically long-haired princess Rapunzel. In this adventure, she is eventually rescued from her secluded tower by an outlaw named Flynn Rider. Mandy Moore voiced the musically inclined heroine in the first film, which generated $592 million at the global box office. That would have been a better result had the movie not reportedly carried a $260 million production budget. However the film, which boasts the Oscar-nominated song \u201cWhen Will My Life Begin,\u201d has remained a creative source for Disney with spinoffs as the 2012 short film \u201cTangled Ever After\u201d and 2017 TV series \u201cRapunzel\u2019s Tangled Adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Greatest Showman\u201d filmmaker\u00a0Michael Gracey remains in talks to direct the remake from a script by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Sony\u2019s \u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer\u201d reboot). Additional casting has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Disney is proceeding with its live-action \u201cTangled\u201d after putting the project indefinitely on pause earlier this year. Casting hasn\u2019t been solidified but Scarlett Johansson is being eyed to star as Mother Gothel. Disney halted the production in April following the commercial failure of March\u2019s \u201cSnow White\u201d adaptation. 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