The information came from one of the main entertainment newspapers in the world, the The Hollywood Reporter. That even with little information available, he stated that the Hercules Live Action will be produced by the giant disney. The production of the project will be in charge of the Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo (Avengers Endgame directors), but only the production, not the direction of the film.
According to the site, Disney has hired the screenwriter of Shang-Chi to write the screenplay for the film, but information such as dates, direction and cast were not made available.
Disney has been investing for the last few years in a series of Remakes in the form of Live Action of its Classic works, and with a huge acceptance of the public and box office successes, it is guaranteed that Hercules will not be the last, and that much more must in will soon be announced and produced.
As mentioned above, there is no information beyond that, it is not known how faithful the adaptation will be to the original work. For example, there is no information about whether or not to keep the musicals present in the film.
About Disney's Hercules
Disney's Hercules (1997) is an animated fantasy musical film based on the story of the Greek demigod Hercules, son of Zeus. The feature released in the 90s managed to match its predecessor, the Hunchback of Notre Dame at the box office, grossing 56 million dollars in two weeks in theaters. In total, the film grossed US$252.7 million worldwide!
Animation was handled by Ron Clements and John Musker, who wrote and directed. This duo is responsible for 6 Disney animations in addition to Hercules. And they are:
- Basil Rat, the Grand Master of Detectives (1986)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Aladdin (1992)
- The Treasure Planet (2002)
- The princess and the Frog (2009)
- moana (2016)
List of Disney Live Actions
With the announcement of Disney's newest Live Action: Hercules, the list gained another member, but it is not recent that the giant produces live Actions of its classic works. The first of them was launched even in the last century! More precisely, on December 24, 1994, the company's first live action was released, The Jungle Book ( in Brazil called Mowgli - The Wolf Boy), although this version is little known since the live action has already received a remake by disney studios, and one by Netflix, see the trailer. In total, the company has already produced 1 Live Actions, remakes of classics or related to such. Finally, check out the list:
- Mowgli - The Wolf Boy (1994).
- 101 Dalmatians 1 and 2 (1996 / 2000).
- Alice in Wonderland (2010).
- maleficent (2014).
- Cinderella (2015).
- Mowgli - The Wolf Boy (remake)(2016).
- Alice through the Looking Glass (2016).
- Beauty and the Beast (2017).
- Christopher Robin (2018).
- Dumbo (2019).
- Aladdin (2019).
- The Lion King (2019).
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).
Although Mulan that is possibly already ready, but does not make the list, as it has not yet hit theaters. In the same way that Disney will do with Hercules, the company will also produce 13 more Live Action movies. Among them a sequel to Mowgli, an adaptation of The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan, but apart from Cruella scheduled for December 2020, all of them still don't have a release date.
Anyway, what do you think of the live action remakes that Disney has been doing? And which ones would you like to receive an adaptation, or would you prefer to stay only in the untouchable original? Comment there.
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