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Disney Revives Tangled Remake with Diego Luna, 2026 Shoot

5/2/2026

Summary

Diego Luna Joins

Disney announced Diego Luna joins the live-action Tangled remake in a newly created role.
The film will star Teagan Croft as Rapunzel, Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider, and Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel.
Production will start in Spain in June 2026 and continue in the United Kingdom, with Michael Gracie directing.
Disney paused the remake after Snow White underperformed in early 2025 and resumed it two months later following the success of Lilo & Stitch.

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Diego Luna Shines

Diego Luna's Andor performance earned Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations.
Luna's drama Ashes (Ceniza en la boca) will premiere at Cannes on May 13.
Luna stars in Netflix’s Mexico 86 as bureaucrat Martin de la Torre who secured the 1986 World Cup.
Disney Live-Action VP of production Jessica Virtue is overseeing the Tangled adaptation.
Screenwriters Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and Michael Montemayor wrote the Tangled script.

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Diego Luna Cast

The Hollywood Reporter announced on May 1 2026 that actor Diego Luna, represented by William Morris Endeavor (WME) and ID PR, has been cast in Disney’s live-action Tangled remake.
Lucy Kitada will serve as executive producer while the film is slated to begin shooting in Spain in June 2026.
He co-founded La Corriente del Golfo with filmmaker Gael García Bernal, a Latin-American storytelling venture, and previously starred in La Máquina and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

History

Historical Context

Disney’s 1991 animated Beauty and the Beast earned $331 million worldwide, won a Golden Globe and an Oscar, and proved the studio’s Renaissance formula of musical storytelling and CGI. That triumph anchored Disney’s later strategy of converting animated classics into live-action films, a path that now guides the planned 2026 Tangled adaptation.

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Diego Luna Joins

Disney announced Diego Luna joins the live-action Tangled remake in a newly created role.
The film will star Teagan Croft as Rapunzel, Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider, and Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel.
Production will start in Spain in June 2026 and continue in the United Kingdom, with Michael Gracie directing.
Disney paused the remake after Snow White underperformed in early 2025 and resumed it two months later following the success of Lilo & Stitch.

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