Marvel's Agatha Harkness, Kathryn Hahn, Set to Play Tangled Live-Action Remake's Mother Gothel

Kathryn Hahn looks acceptable to play Tangled villain Mother Gothel successful Disney's upcoming live-action remake, pursuing what appears to beryllium a beauteous clear-cut societal media tease.

Within the past hour, Hahn has posted a video to her Instagram relationship wherever she acts arsenic if she's simply showing disconnected her outfit of the time — which mostly consists of a fan-made Mother Gothel shirt.

Fans person agelong called for Hahn to play Mother Gothel, pursuing her scene-stealing appearances arsenic the antiheroine Agatha Harkness successful some Wandavision and Agatha All Along. Now, seemingly, Hahn has officially accepted the relation — arsenic her station contiguous has besides been shared by Disney's authoritative account.

It had been expected that Disney would soon sanction its prime for Mother Gothel, pursuing connection of casting for the film's pb roles of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider past month. Rather than immoderate of the much well-known options suggested by fans for those roles, Tangled's starring duo volition alternatively beryllium played by Titans histrion Teagan Croft and Zombies histrion Milo Manheim.

Disney's effort astatine a Tangled live-action was archetypal reported successful December of 2024, and has been successful and retired of improvement implicit the past year. The archetypal animated mentation of Tangled, meanwhile, garnered plentifulness of affirmative reviews and grossed $592.5 cardinal worldwide backmost successful 2010, earning it a spot alongside different caller fashionable classics.

Work connected this caller adaptation appeared to person been paused past twelvemonth pursuing the widely-reported struggles faced by respective different Disney live-action attempts, astir notably the company's Snow White remake. But this was intermission was short-lived, however, arsenic the consequent $1 cardinal container bureau show of Lilo & Stitch got the shot rolling again.

Earlier today, it was reported that Disney is present processing a live-action Peter Pan spin-off centered connected tiny fairy Tinker Bell, to motorboat connected Disney+. Other upcoming live-action Disney remake projects successful the works see the plans to remake Hercules and Bambi. A live-action Lilo & Stitch sequel is besides successful development, arsenic good arsenic plans to marque a Beauty and the Beast spin-off starring Gaston.

Before each those, however, Disney volition motorboat its live-action Moana remake successful July.

Image credit: Kathryn Hahn/Disney Studios

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