Last year, two of Disney’s biggest releases were Aladdin and The Lion King. With each earning more than a billion in worldwide grosses, the studio will continue to make live-action remakes of some of their beloved animated classics. At least until the well runs dry. Let’s hope they don’t get to a point where they’re remaking Pixar movies too.
Mulan was up next with a summer release. But due to COVID-19, the movie has been delayed indefinitely. But what’s next for the Mouse House? They’re already planning remakes of Robin Hood, Lilo & Stitch and Atlantis: The Lost Empire and now comes news that they are also looking at Hercules.
Jeffry Silver (Tron: Legacy, The Lion King) and Karen Gilchrist (The Mandalorian, The Lion King) are producing the remake of the 1997 animated film. Plans are for it to be a theatrical release and it will include songs from the original in addition to a few new ones.
As for possible directors, four could be in the mix. According to The Disinsider, Jon Favreau, the Russo Brothers and Gore Verbinski are all in consideration. Nothing is set in stone, but the studio is looking at these names.
Favreau is a logical choice having already directed The Jungle Book and The Lion King to immense success. But does he really want to do it for a third time? He’s already deep into The Mandalorian so I can’t imagine he would.
The Russo Brothers are interesting, too, and also have a fruitful relationship with Disney having directed four Marvel movies including the last two Avengers films. But their interests appear to lie in more dramatic and mature material at the moment. They wrote and produced Extraction at Netflix and their next directorial effort is Cherry, a story about a drug addict (Tom Holland) who decides to rob banks to pay off huge debts. I doubt we’ll be seeing any song and dance numbers in that one.
Verbinski, meanwhile, could work but then again, Disney might be hesitant to give him a massive budget after The Lone Ranger bombed in 2013. He makes visually stunning movies but the problem is they’re never cheap.
These names are just rumors, but they all have years of experience working on big projects so it makes sense Disney would look to them to shepherd another live-action remake. Hercules is a well-known story and one that has already been told not once but twice in the past six years. But with that Disney seal of approval, you can expect a more successful and family-friendly version this time.
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