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Michael Gracey In Negotiations To Direct Live-Action ‘Tangled’ For Disney


Disney's 'Tangled' has Michael Gracey in negotiations to direct a live-action adaptation for the studio.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the Christmas Day release of his experimental Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, Michael Gracey has entered negotiations to direct a live-action Tangled film for Disney, Deadline can reveal. Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, the original Tangled starred Mandy Moore as Rapunzel, a spirited young princess with magical, golden hair who escapes from her isolated tower for the first time to experience the world, embarking on an adventure with a charming thief (Zachary Levi), only to discover her true identity and face the dangerous truth about the woman (Donna Murphy) who kept her captive. Co-writer alongside Taika Waititi on his Marvel pic Thor: Love and Thunder, she prior to that wrote, directed and exec produced Netflix’s 2019 rom-com Somone Great, starring Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, and DeWanda Wise, in her feature debut.

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