Disney pumped the brakes on its live-action remake of the 2010 animated hit “Tangled” after “Snow White” tanked on the field workplace.
Executives put the film on pause regardless of having already employed “The Biggest Showman” director Michael Gracey to helm it, studio insiders advised the Hollywood Reporter Thursday.
Up till now, the venture had been transferring full steam forward with a script by “Thor: Love and Thunder” co-writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson within the works.
The film had been in pre-production levels and executives began their hunt for expertise earlier than issues abruptly got here to a halt, in keeping with Deadline.
Each retailers reported that Disney’s resolution was largely because of the disastrous rollout of the live-action “Snow White” remake, which hit theaters March 21.
The studio spent $270 million to make and promote the Rachel Zegler-starring film, which grossed solely $70 million domestically and $146 million worldwide.
The “Snow White” launch was plagued with controversy from the very begin, from racist backlash over Zegler’s casting because the titular character to the choice to make use of computer-generated little individuals somewhat than actual actors.
Zegler, 23, added gasoline to the fireplace when she slammed the unique 1937 animated movie as “bizarre” and “dated,” joking that the prince “actually stalks” Snow White.
She additionally rustled some feathers at Disney when she blended promotional content material for the film along with her political beliefs on-line.
On prime of that, Zegler and co-star Gal Gadot reportedly had stress over their differing opinions on the Israel-Hamas battle. Whereas Zegler describes herself as “pro-Palestine,” Gadot, 39, beforehand served within the Israel Protection Forces.
Disney determined to reduce premieres for the pricey film on account of all of the drama, limiting crimson carpets to solely photographers somewhat than the media.
The studio is reportedly now reevaluating its technique of bringing again motion pictures from the vault regardless of experiencing previous success with “Mufasa: The Lion King,” which grossed $720 million worldwide, “Magnificence and the Beast” and “Aladdin,” which introduced in $1.263 billion and $1 billion, respectively.
Nonetheless, Disney already has live-action remakes of “Lilo & Sew” and “Moana” coming the theaters inside the subsequent yr and a half.
It seemingly will use audiences’ reception of the movies to make a last resolution about the way forward for a “Tangled” remake.
