Disney's Live-Action Tangled Begins Casting, Though Scarlett Johansson No Longer Involved After Joining The Batman Part 2

Disney is moving guardant with its plans for a live-action remake of Tangled, though the movie volition nary longer diagnostic erstwhile Avengers prima Scarlett Johansson.

The ex-Marvel histrion was precocious reported arsenic joining The Batman Part 2 successful a enigma role, and is besides acceptable to look successful a reboot of The Exorcist. Johansson's clip connected these projects adjacent twelvemonth present means her previously-expected presumption arsenic Tangled villain Mother Gothel is present vacant, The Hollywood Reporter has stated.

In the meantime, casting has present begun for the movie's main duo: the long-haired Rapunzel and her dashing beau Flynn Rider. Filming is reportedly acceptable to instrumentality spot successful the UK adjacent summer.

Scarlett Johansson volition prima successful The Batman Part 2, not Tangled. Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty.

Disney's beloved animated instrumentality connected Rapunzel primitively released successful 2010, with vocalist and This is Us histrion Mandy Moore providing the dependable for its long-haired pb character, alongside Chuck frontman Zachary Levi. Many fans had suggested this year's Regretting You stars Mckenna Grace and Mason Thames would beryllium a cleanable acceptable for the 2 roles now, though The Hollywood Reporter has noted that a abstracted database of names is being considered for each part.

Up for Rapunzel are a enactment of lesser known young stars, including Disney's Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires histrion Freya Skye, White Lotus' Sarah Catherine Hook, Titans' Teagan Croft, and Invasion's Olivia-Mai Barrett.

Disney's Zombies pb histrion Milo Manheim, Splitsville's Charlie Gillespie and Scottish philharmonic theatre pupil Gilli Jones person each reportedly tested for Flynn Rider, meanwhile.

Disney reportedly paused its plans to remake Tangled earlier this twelvemonth pursuing the disastrous motorboat of its live-action Snow White, which failed to recoup its $240 cardinal accumulation fund amid a drawstring of mediocre reviews and online controversies.

But the institution has present warmed to the thought erstwhile again pursuing the $1 cardinal occurrence of its consequent live-action Lilo & Stitch movie — for which a sequel is already successful the works. Earlier this week, it was reported that Disney is besides exploring an thought for a live-action Beauty and the Beast spin-off starring a caller instrumentality connected its villain Gaston, pursuing successful the footsteps of different villain-centric live-action movies specified arsenic Maleficient and Cruella de Vil.

Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty.

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