@Getty Images
Actor. Producer. Director. Marvel superhero. Hollywood icon. Scarlett Johansson is simply, to pinch a phrase from Gen Z, mother. But soon she may also actually be mother — Mother Gothel, that is. Yes, following reports earlier in the year that Disney was putting a pin in its live-action Tangled plans following Snow White's sub-optimal box office showing, Deadline are reporting that the House of Mouse's live-action remake of its hit 2010 animation is back in early development — and ScarJo is circling the role of Rapunzel's villainous 'adoptive' mother.
Although, bizarrely, nothing has been formally greenlit yet so far by Disney, we do know a thing or two already about the studio's plans to bring Tangled to live-action life. For starters, Michael Gracey — a man who's no stranger to a showstopping musical number or a toxic cinematic parent-child relationship having helmed both The Greatest Showman and Better Man — is still believed to be attached to direct the project. Additionally, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson of Do Revenge and I Know What You Did Last Summer fame remains on board as the remake's screenwriter, which may hint towards a live-action treatment with a slightly darker and sharper edge to it.
Click here to preview your posts with PRO themes ››
Should Tangled's live-action remake get the green light, and should Scarlett Johansson land the role of Mother Gothel, we already know that the mutli-hyphenate star has the singing chops to back up her acting credentials. Not only has ScarJo released two studio albums (the first of which, 'Anywhere I Lay My Head', features two David Bowie appearances and four Tom Waits penned tracks), but she's also sung on-screen — albeit in porcupine form — as punk rocker Ash in Sing and its sequel. So while we don't have confirmation of anything just yet, consider this space under careful watch!