HERCULES Live-Action Remake Officially In The Works With The Russo Brothers Attached As Producers

HERCULES Live-Action Remake Officially In The Works With The Russo Brothers Attached As Producers

After getting word this morning that Disney may be developing a live-action Hercules movie, it's now been made official with the Russo Brothers attached as producers and Shang-Chi's Dave Callaham writing.

By RohanPatel - Apr 30, 2020 07:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Disney
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed this morning's report that Walt Disney Studios are indeed developing a live-action remake of their 1997 animated classic Hercules, and have tapped Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings; Wonder Woman 1984; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2) to write the script. 

Additionally, THR has confirmed that Avengers: Endgame filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo will be involved with the project, but only as producers under their AGBO banner. Their names were initially floated around as being potential directors, but that doesn't appear to be the case, although that is always subject to change depending on the development cycle. 

The project is still in the very early stages of development, so it will probably be a while before we get any sort of casting news, but that hasn't stopped overeager fans from floating out potential big names, including Ryan Gosling, Idris Elba and Ariana Grande. 

The original animated film featured the voice talents of Tate Donovan (MacGyver; Argo) as the mighty demigod, Danny DeVito (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; Dumbo) as Philoctetes, James Woods (Family Guy; Justice League Action) as Hades, Susan Egan (Spirited Away; Steven Universe) as Megara, Rip Torn (Dodgeball; 30 Rock) as Zeus, and Samantha Eggar (All My Children; The Astronaut's Wife) as Hera.

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Highflyer
Highflyer - 4/30/2020, 7:48 PM
Highflyer
Highflyer - 4/30/2020, 7:49 PM
dracula
dracula - 4/30/2020, 7:51 PM
Russos are involved so thats good, cant be any worst than the last 2 Hercules adaptions

although is a remake specificily of the disney version really needed, there are so many versions, plus its not like Hercules is one of their best films
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/30/2020, 8:07 PM
@dracula - "cant be any worst than the last 2 Hercules adaptions"
I mean... it can
dracula
dracula - 4/30/2020, 8:10 PM
@tmp3 - Those were pretty terrible. Will be sad if they are actually better
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/30/2020, 8:21 PM
@dracula - I suppose you have a lot more faith in this project than I do. Haha.
dracula
dracula - 4/30/2020, 8:39 PM
@tmp3 - Just hoping they take the Mulan route, instead of a straight up remake, a new take on the source material. Also no musical stuff, like Mulan and Jungle Book, Hercules just wouldnt work as a musical in live action.
inkniron
inkniron - 4/30/2020, 9:48 PM
@dracula - Come on, Legend rocked. Kellen Lutz is the bomb yo!
dracula
dracula - 4/30/2020, 9:59 PM
@inkniron - Both of them were your usual 300/Spartacus(tv series) knock off. Lutz is not a good actor
inkniron
inkniron - 4/30/2020, 10:32 PM
@dracula - I seriously turned it off after about 15 minutes. Completely forgot his name and what that version was called. I had to look it up.
E4Nigma
E4Nigma - 4/30/2020, 7:51 PM
Disney better not [frick] up one of my favorite animated movies!

dracula
dracula - 4/30/2020, 7:53 PM
@E4Nigma - Cant be worst than the hercules films of recent years
E4Nigma
E4Nigma - 4/30/2020, 9:09 PM
@dracula -

That is true. Here's hoping for the best.
Nebula
Nebula - 4/30/2020, 7:54 PM
Nebula
Nebula - 4/30/2020, 7:55 PM
Ariana Grande as Megara. Please, thank you, you're welcome.

LeBronStan
LeBronStan - 4/30/2020, 8:07 PM
im actually ok with this one. the remakes i wanna see are atlantis and treasure planet but since those films didn't do well at first i dont see that happening
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/30/2020, 8:08 PM
Dave Callaham's everywhere, lmao. Just found out he co-wrote the 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot too.
Nebula
Nebula - 4/30/2020, 8:16 PM
@tmp3 - It's pretty unnerving considering his track record's actually pretty shitty as far as I'm concerned. I mean, he's got DOOM (2005) to his name for god's sake. In fact, it seems Godzilla (2014) is the highest-rated (according to Rotten Tomatoes) that he's responsible for writing. Has he written a good movie?
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/30/2020, 8:17 PM
@Nebula - To be fair, he didn't write the screenplay for Godzilla '14, he only contributed to the story. He's the sole screen-writer for Spider-Verse 2, the sequel to one of the best written CBMs ever made, so he's got big shoes to fill... lets hope he doesn't screw up. Gulp.
Nebula
Nebula - 4/30/2020, 10:56 PM
@tmp3 - That's exactly why it's unnerving.
Vigor
Vigor - 4/30/2020, 8:10 PM
Whats the chance this connects with mcu Hercules

I kid
Luigi
Luigi - 4/30/2020, 8:12 PM
If it's not a musical they should throw it in the MCU cause why not?
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