Guy Ritchie to Direct Live-Action Version of Disney’s ‘Hercules’

Disney is bringing the zero-to-hero Hercules back to the big screen with the Russo Brothers to produce through their company AGBO. And now the project finally has a director… Guy Ritchie! Deadline revealed the live-action “Aladdin” director would be taking on the project.

Dave Callaham (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) has written the first draft of the Hercules live-action remake. ComicBook suggested that the movie will go behind one installment, potentially spinning off into an entirely new franchise.

Joe Russo previously said: “They want to see something really cool that they wanna get lost in it for a decade, so that’s our mission is to provide them with that experience.”

Disney’s 1997 animated “Hercules” made $252 million at the box office. Several other successful Disney animated movies from the 1990s have already become live-action remakes, including “Beauty and the Beast”, “Aladdin” and “The Lion King.”

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The producing duo’s addition of Guy Ritchie to the team is only the first of many milestones to come.

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