News Live-Action Tangled Remake in Development

[Disney Irish]

The thing that many don't realize when they are doing their "fan casting" is there are many factors to casting a film. Studios don't always have the ability to get anyone and everyone who "we" think they should cast. Actors schedules, actors pay demands, actors desire to work on other projects, actors contractual obligations with other studios, actors desires to only want to work with certain co-stars or directors, they were asked but turned it down, external issues preventing their casting, and more all prevent a studio from casting a particular actor in a role that "we" think they would be perfect for. Not to mention that sometimes they do an audition and it just doesn't meet the vision of the writer/director so they aren't cast in the role.

For an example brought up here, Jim Carrey was supposedly Disney's first choice for Genie before Will Smith was ever brought up, but Jim was busy at the time with a lawsuit and couldn't commit so had to turn it down.

So fan casting is fun, but there are many reasons why it doesn't happen the way "we" think it should.

 

[Alice a]

And sometimes fan casting is just wrong.

Remember the unhappiness over Chris Evans’ Captain America casting, with him mostly known for the terrible Fantastic 4 and 90s teen movies?

Or the outrage from Holmes fans over the BBC casting Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock for being too young to play the famous literary detective?

I stand by the fan casting of Sebastian Stan for Luke Skywalker, though *chef’s kiss*

 

[Chi84]

When it comes to casting the most important things are looks and abilities. First and foremost they need to look like the character. You can't fully suspend your beliefs if in the back of your mind you're thinking "He doesn't look like that."

I wouldn’t limit everyone that way. Some people have greater breadth of imagination. Others actually prefer something new and fresh instead of an exact copy.

Also I think you mean suspend disbelief.

People seem to have no problem suspending their beliefs.

 

[erasure fan1]

And sometimes fan casting is just wrong.

Remember the unhappiness over Chris Evans’ Captain America casting, with him mostly known for the terrible Fantastic 4 and 90s teen movies?

It's the studios job to make the casting work. Fan casting, just as fan theories, only really become a thing when we get bad results. In the case of Evans, yea I looked at it a bit sideways as well. But that's the job of casting. They're the one's seeing the auditions. They are going to take the fall for it not working just as they take the credit if it really works. And when it doesn't work, of course the, "they should have done...." will come out.

 

[Agent H]

Allow me to interject here. Any actor can theoretically do a role justice. That’s why I don’t pay much attention to who’s in the movie. Unless there’s someone I’m already a big fan of I don’t think that much about it.

 

[Giss Neric]

They're just gonna postpone it. They'll just wait for Lilo and Stitch to earn a billion (which I'm pretty much sure it will do) and green light it back on.

 

[WorldExplorer]

Jack Black should play Rapunzel.

He's on a huge hot streak right now, great at playing likable people, AND he can sing.

I've seen him in enough films to assure the doubters that he would nail the role.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Jack Black should play Rapunzel.

He's on a huge hot streak right now, great at playing likable people, AND he can sing.

I've seen him in enough films to assure the doubters that he would nail the role.

Dear Santa - I found it to be a great movie; a cross between a Christmas story, its a wonderful life and a Christmas Carol featuring Jack Black.

 

[erasure fan1]

They're just gonna postpone it. They'll just wait for Lilo and Stitch to earn a billion (which I'm pretty much sure it will do) and green light it back on.

That's the money bet right there. When they are riding high off of stitch, how fast will this be back on again? That's the question. Now if by some chance stitch does significantly underperform, that's when you see them back off of live action. But I'd be completely flabbergasted if that happened.

 

[Brer Panther]

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To be fair, if it was Jim Carrey as the Genie, not only would the "live action" Genie still have looked pretty creepy, but they likely still would have forced him to imitate Robin Williams. Same goes for Gabriel Iglesias, who was apparently also considered to play the Genie.

They would've been better off just not doing a live action remake of Aladdin at all.

It's all one big gimmick. Stunt casting. Doesn't matter if they're the most qualified or best actor for the job. Same goes for voice acting. There was a time when movie studios actually cast the right people for the role. I agree, Casting has been a wash for awhile now.

Ee-yup. This is why we've had Beyonce as Nala and Emma Watson as Belle. And, in a non-Disney example, Chris Pratt as Garfield. It's all about whoever's popular at the moment.

 

[WorldExplorer]

Ee-yup. This is why we've had Beyonce as Nala and Emma Watson as Belle. And, in a non-Disney example, Chris Pratt as Garfield. It's all about whoever's popular at the moment.

I remember hearing about how Disney ticked off Beyonce when they made Princess and the Frog and expected her to audition instead of just automatically handing her the role.

If it's true, it's one of those things that really highlights the contrast between the company now and then.

 

[Brer Panther]

Honestly, it could've been worse. At least they didn't cast, say, Chris Rock as the Genie.

 

[Brer Panther]

As for the Tangled remake (to get things back on topic), I agree that they'll probably just wait until the Lilo and Stitch remake makes mucho moolah at the box office and then put it back into production. And probably greenlight MORE live action remakes while they're at it.

 

[Brer Panther]

Maybe they learned their lesson about casting girls of color just to use them as human shields against criticism.

Seriously, don't look in the Snow White thread.

 

[Chi84]

Maybe they learned their lesson about casting girls of color just to use them as human shields against criticism.

Seriously, don't look in the Snow White thread.

I don’t think the “human shield” theory makes much sense. So many people seem triggered by that type of casting.

Maybe they should try harder to suspend disbelief. Halle Bailey was wonderful as Ariel.

 

[Disney Irish]

The Color Blind casting choices just take me out of movies and shows. Normal people don’t care about their outside reasons and aren't going to pat them on the back for it. Cast the best and right person for the job, that's all people want. Someone who looks like the character and can act. There's not enough of the Disney Loyalists to keep them afloat, on the sinking boat they’re on.

Funny, since outside of a few "not my Ariel" and other similar sentiments a majority of reviews praised Bailey for her portrayal of Ariel in TLM.

So if it personally takes you out of the movie or show, well that is valid for you. But that doesn't make it the same for everyone.

 

[Brer Panther]

The reason I say "human shield" is because it feels like they only cast people of color as Ariel and Snow White so that if anyone complained about the remakes, they and their fans could simply go "you just don't like it because you're RACIST!". Which is exactly what they did.

And that's not a slam at Halle Bailey, who I'm sure did a great job as Ariel.

 

[Chi84]

The reason I say "human shield" is because it feels like they only cast people of color as Ariel and Snow White so that if anyone complained about the remakes, they and their fans could simply go "you just don't like it because you're RACIST!". Which is exactly what they did.

I never saw Disney do this.

As far as the fans, people can and do say just about everything. Some of the stuff I’ve seen on social media surely fits the label.

 

[DKampy]

These are the same people that called the fans bigots before the Obi-Wan series even premiered. So they could make the show The Reva Show guest starring Darth Vader and Obi-Wan.

Please show the receipts… I don’t remember any such stances