{"id":154536,"date":"2025-12-19T06:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=154536"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:11:06","slug":"disney-begins-testing-the-tangled-live-action-with-milo-manheim-lola-tung-sarah-catherine-hook-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/disney-begins-testing-the-tangled-live-action-with-milo-manheim-lola-tung-sarah-catherine-hook-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney begins testing the Tangled live-action with Milo Manheim, Lola Tung, Sarah Catherine Hook, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Tangled live-action is now in the works in London<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Disney<\/strong> is officially climbing Rapunzel&#8217;s tower again! According to The Hollywood Reporter on December 19, 2025, Walt Disney Pictures recently held screen tests and chemistry reads in London for its upcoming<strong> live-action adaptation of Tangled<\/strong>, the beloved 2010 animated film. The studio is currently searching for its new Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, with auditions taking place just last week. It is early casting season, but the names involved are a hint of the company\u2019s intention to bring a star-packed cast.<\/p>\n<h2>The names being considered for Rapunzel and Flynn Rider<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/2001827413119111378?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actresses who recently tested for Rapunzel:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sarah Catherine Hook<br \/>\u2022 Teagan Croft<br \/>\u2022 Freya Skye<br \/>\u2022 Olivia-Mai Barrett <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0fadQ1hfpW\">pic.twitter.com\/0fadQ1hfpW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/2001827413119111378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/2001786079318544561?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lola Tung was considered for the role of Rapunzel in the live-action \u2018TANGLED\u2019 movie.<\/p>\n<p>However, she ultimately did not proceed to screen test, reportedly due to a potential scheduling conflict.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rmT0b6SIor\">https:\/\/t.co\/rmT0b6SIor<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6F7jgaQXd\">pic.twitter.com\/K6F7jgaQXd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/2001786079318544561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, multiple actresses tested for <strong>Rapunzel<\/strong>, including\u00a0Freya Skye from Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires, White Lotus standout Sarah Catherine Hook, Titans actress Teagan Croft, and Olivia Mai Barrett from Invasion. Other sources indicate that Lola Tung from The Summer I Turned Pretty was considered but did not test due to potential scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/2001786388857905578?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Milo Manheim has tested for the role of Flynn Rider in the \u2018TANGLED\u2019 live-action movie.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ENBrYB2W1D\">https:\/\/t.co\/ENBrYB2W1D<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCQihCZ1l8\">pic.twitter.com\/TCQihCZ1l8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/2001786388857905578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the <strong>Flynn Rider<\/strong> side, Disney has tested Milo Manheim of the Zombies franchise, Charlie Gillespie from Julie and the Phantoms, all of whom bring musical expertise to the table. In addition, Scottish-Indonesian breakthrough actor Gilli Jones also screen-tested for the role. He has primarily worked in theater, being credited in productions such as Brigadoon and Les Mis\u00e9rables, among others.<\/p>\n<h2>The countdown is on, with the Tangle live-action expected to be shot next year<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Michael Gracey<\/strong>, director of The Greatest Showman, is set to helm the project, keeping the musical heart of the original intact. Disney is probably the film shot in the UK, beginning in June, though casting could shift timelines. Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi voiced the original leads, while Scarlett Johansson is no longer attached as Mother Gothel due to other filming commitments. A casting decision could come very soon, so the countdown is officially on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tangled live-action is now in the works in London Disney is officially climbing Rapunzel&#8217;s tower again! According to The Hollywood Reporter on December 19, 2025, Walt Disney Pictures recently held screen tests and chemistry reads in London for its upcoming live-action adaptation of Tangled, the beloved 2010 animated film. The studio is currently searching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":154537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399,7],"tags":[1370],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-154536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies","9":"category-news","10":"tag-disney"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154536"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=154536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}