Hercules? Honey, you mean Hunkules. For the Russo brothers, the live-action remake shouldn’t actually be either, and that’s allegedly causing some “creative tension” with Disney.
After their explosive success with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, things have been a bit quieter for the Russo brothers of late (we’ll skip over The Electric State). They’re coming back to Marvel with Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, but they’re still a few years out yet.
Disney confirmed a live-action remake was coming in 2022, with Guy Ritchie initially attached to the project. For an unspecified reason, this fell apart, and it was the Russos who swooped in to save the day.
With Doomsday currently in production, it’ll likely be a while before we see any movement on the Hercules remake – but thanks to “creative tension,” there’s another reason for potential issues too.
Russo brothers Hercules live-action take causes “creative tension” with Disney
Don’t panic! The live-action Hercules is still in development. However, according to Hollywood scooper DanielRPK, the director duo wants to take a different direction. “Creative tensions” have allegedly come from the Russos wanting to shift direction, focusing on the original movie’s villain Hades instead.
In fact, they even want to supposedly change the name to Hades too, echoing past Maleficent movies rather than a live-action Sleeping Beauty. However, Disney would allegedly prefer to make a faithful adaptation of the hit 1997 animation.
While we don’t know if these tensions are actually confirmed, we also don’t know if either party has reached an agreement. The last public update stated the Russos were still “waiting on a script,” with Dave Callaham of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings attached to write when the project first circulated online in 2020. Whether this is still the case remains to be seen.
After Snow White with Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, it was assumed Disney would wind down its live-action remakes with the likes of Mufasa: The Lion King and The Little Mermaid each having issues for different reasons. However, the box office success of Lilo & Stitch, which hasn’t even been out a full month yet, could be set to change this.
Other rumored upcoming live-action projects, including Cruella 2, The Jungle Book 2, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Aristocrats, appear to be on hold indefinitely.
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