Carlos L\u00f3pez Estrada revealed during a recent Reddit AMA that the studio was not moving forward with his planned musical, <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s dead, sadly,\u201d the Mexican filmmaker wrote in response to a fan asking for updates on the project. \u201cI say \u2018sadly\u2019 because I actually thought there was something really special (and original!) there. Some truly extraordinary music we had figured out for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Estrada added: \u201cI keep daydreaming about doing it independently with different characters.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hollywood Reporter <\/a>first reported in 2020 that Kari Granlund had been attached to write a script for the feature, a live-action and CGI hybrid. <\/p>\n Granland previously worked on the screenplay for Disney\u2019s 2019 remark of Lady and the Tramp.<\/a><\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Disney\u2019s animated film \u2018Robin Hood\u2019 was the subject of a planned remake, now abandoned (Walt Disney Studios)<\/p>\n The animated Robin Hood was first released in 1973 and used anthropomorphic animals \u2013 with both the title character and his love interest, Maid Marian, as red foxes \u2013 to tell the tale of the heroic outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. <\/p>\n Elsewhere during the Reddit AMA, Estrada spoke about his experience co-directing Disney\u2019s 2021 animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon, calling working with the studio \u201cso special and so hard\u201d. <\/p>\n He noted that he was the first person of colour to lead the directing department in Disney\u2019s history.<\/p>\n \u201cNeedless to say, I lasted only a few years there,\u201d he said. \u201cBut they were really great years. I wouldn\u2019t trade them for the world. But I do have some proper crazy Disney stories that I should share someday.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Among Disney\u2019s most successful live-action remakes is its 2019 adaptation of \u2018Mulan\u2019<\/p>\n Disney has been releasing a steady stream of live-action remakes of its animated titles, including Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Jungle Book and Mulan. <\/p>\n A live-action version of the Rapunzel-inspired film Tangled is back in development, THR reports, after being paused following the underwhelming performance of Snow White<\/a> at the box office last year.<\/p>\n Director Thomas Kail\u2019s live-action remark of Moana will land in cinemas this summer, while Disney is also working on Guy Ritchie\u2019s Hercules remake and a live-action spinoff of Beauty and the Beast villain Gaston. <\/p>\n![\"Disney\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/robinhood-disney.jpg\")
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