Tangled (Live Action Remake, 2024 film)

Tangled is a 2024 American musical adventure fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Story from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Roth/Kirschenbaum Films, and The Story Company, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 2010 animated film Tangled, which itself is loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" in the collection of folktales published by the Brothers Grimm. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character, and Chris Pratt in lead roles, with Susan Sarandon, Patrick Warburton, Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, and Bobby Cannavale. It marks the fifth collaboration between Taylor-Joy and Pratt, following The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2017), The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 (2023), PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023), The Smurfs (2023). Tangled tells the story of Rapunzel, a lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. She accepts the aid of an intruder to take her out into the world which she has never seen.
In October 2018, Disney announced Story would direct a live-action remake of Tangled. Taylor-Joy, and Pratt joined In November 2021. Filming took place from June to September 2022 in Vancouver. Composer Alan Menken returned to augment the score and write new songs alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda and Glenn Slater.
Tangled premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on May 11, 2024, and was released in the United States on May 24. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of the cast, visual effects, Story's direction, stunts, screenplay, runtime and the musical sequences.
== Cast ==
== Production ==
=== Development ===
In December 2014, Tangled's producer, Roy Conli, revealed that the production team had been "heavily pushed" for a feature-length sequel to the film, but when the writers and directors got together to develop one, they realized, "she cut her hair. It's over!" Conli explained that at Disney Animation under Lasseter, it is always the filmmakers who decide whether they are ready to make a sequel (not marketing or merchandising). In January 2015, Conli again provided a similar explanation when pressed on this point, and also mentioned that directors Greno and Howard ultimately "weren't really interested" in continuing the story.
On October 10, 2018, it was announced that Tim Story would direct a live-action Tangled film for Walt Disney Pictures, with Matthew Fogel attached as screenwriter and Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum will produced the film. The studio said that the film would be "an ambitious and nontraditional" take on the tale of Tangled that would keep the musical elements of the original film. On the nontraditional aspect, the studio had originally planned for the film to be told in a nonlinear format.
In May 2020, Hannah Shaw-Williams of Screen Rant asked whether the success of the movie would lead to a sequel (apart from the short film Tangled Ever After), stating there is no word of it being in active development, while also stating that Disney is "developing a live-action movie about Rapunzel," and stating that it would take several years for a possible movie to reach theaters.
=== Casting ===
In November 2021, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg was announced to play as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, however, these did not pan out. Later that day, Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Pratt were confirmed to playing.
=== Filming ===
Principal photography began in Vancouver on June 15, 2022, with Peter Lyons Collister served as cinematographer. Pratt said that filming had wrapped by September 14, 2022.
=== Visual effects and animation ===
Visual effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic, Moving Picture Company, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Method Studios, and Framestore. Additional visual effects services was provided by Animism Studios, Fish Flight Entertainment, Fatbelly VFX, Unit Motion Design, and Track VFX. Stereo D also provided the stereo conversion.