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LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Disney<\/a> will let down Rapunzel\u2019s lengthy hair once again.<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Pictures said Wednesday its live-action adaptation of \u201cTangled\u201d will star Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim in the lead roles of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider.<\/p>\n

The 2010 animated hit followed Rapunzel, the magically long-haired princess locked away in a tower, whose carefully ordered life is upended when she teams up with Flynn Rider, a charming outlaw on the run. The original film featured the voices of Mandy Moore<\/a> and Zachary Levi,<\/a> grossed more than $590 million worldwide, and spawned both the short film \u201cTangled Ever After\u201d and the Disney Channel series \u201cRapunzel\u2019s Tangled Adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new \u201cTangled\u201d will be directed by Michael Gracey, best known for \u201cThe Greatest Showman,\u201d with a screenplay by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.<\/p>\n

No release date has been announced.<\/p>\n

Croft, an Australian actor, is best known for starring as Rachel Roth, aka Raven, on the DC series \u201cTitans,\u201d and her role on Netflix\u2019s \u201cTrue Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manheim is already a familiar face to Disney audiences after leading the \u201cZombies\u201d franchise. The actor and singer, who is also the son of Emmy and Golden Globe winner Camryn Manheim, finished as runner-up on season 27 of \u201cDancing with the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTangled\u201d was first reported to be in early development in December 2024. It\u2019s the latest animated Disney title to receive the live-action treatment. The studio\u2019s growing slate includes \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast,\u201d \u201cAladdin,\u201d \u201cThe Little Mermaid, \u201cSnow White\u201d<\/a> and \u201cLilo & Stitch,\u201d the first $1 billion release of 2025.<\/p>\n

A live-action version of \u201cMoana\u201d is scheduled to hit theaters this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Disney will let down Rapunzel\u2019s lengthy hair once again. Walt Disney Pictures said Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[32625,191138,3827,88,191137,793,20077,21452,120941,176979,206,191139,1505,11524,965,48107],"class_list":["post-394917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-animation-and-comics","tag-camryn-manheim","tag-domestic-news","tag-entertainment","tag-flynn-rider","tag-general-news","tag-jennifer-kaytin-robinson","tag-mandy-moore","tag-michael-gracey","tag-milo-manheim","tag-movies","tag-rachel-roth","tag-television","tag-walt-disney","tag-world-news","tag-zachary-levi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}