Since Kathryn Hahn revealed she would be playing Mother Gothel via Instagram earlier this year, it had all gone relatively quiet on the Disney live action Tangled front. However, at last I See the Light with set pictures appearing online, giving us our first glimpes of Teagan Croft as rapunzel and Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider.
🚨 | FIRST LOOK AT TEAGAN CROFT AS RAPUNZEL ON SET OF THE LIVE ACTION 'TANGLED'.
— Tangled Updates (@TangledUpdates) July 17, 2026
NOW FILMING IN SPAIN. pic.twitter.com/uPMXUKf3Uc
🚨 | FIRST LOOK AT MILO MANHEIM AS FLYNN RIDER ON SET OF THE LIVE ACTION 'TANGLED'.
— Tangled Updates (@TangledUpdates) July 17, 2026
NOW FILMING IN SPAIN! pic.twitter.com/qqViUaYQdi
Other pictures include streets and inside Girona Cathedral decorated in tapestries, adorned with Crona's crest of a sun, with filming taking place in Spain.
🚨| NEW LOOK inside of the castle set of the live-action 'TANGLED' in Spain!
— Tangled Updates (@TangledUpdates) July 17, 2026
It shows the castle set with the new blue tapestries and the village market.
Filming started late last month and is ongoing. pic.twitter.com/lbSb6mi0KN
🚨| New look at the castle of kingdom Corona!
— Tangled Updates (@TangledUpdates) July 20, 2026
New images show the set for Disney’s live action Tangled being filmed in Girona Cathedral in Spain.
The images showcase the castle decorated with blue and gold curtains and tapestries. Filming here is set to last until August 3rd. pic.twitter.com/5W7UbdbZSV
All signs point towards a 2027 release given the Tangled Disney live action remake has now begun filming, though an official release date remains unconfirmed. Here's everything we know so far about this upcoming Disney movie.
Who has been cast in the Tangled Disney live action so far?
Alongside Kathryn Hahn’s recently announced casting as Mother Gothel, Tangled’s villainous stepmother who wishes to harvest the power of Rapunzel’s hair and bask in eternal youth, there is, of course, the main gal herself.
Rapunzel will be played by Teagan Croft while Flynn Ryder will be played by Milo Manheim, both relatively fresh faces in the world of Hollywood.
Who will direct the Disney live action of Tangled?
Michael Gracey is signed on to direct the Tangled Disney live action. No stranger to big productions, he’s the man behind The Greatest Showman and the Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (who auditioned for the role of Miley Cyrus’ best friend in Hannah Montana when she was 16) is set to write the script.
Is the Tangled Disney live action definitely happening?
Now that we've had pictures directly from the set, it doesn't get more official than that. The Tangled Disney live action is very much cooking. While development of a live action Rapunzel movie started in December 2024, it was indefinitely put on hold. However, thanks to the Lilo & Stitch live action becoming a part of everyone’s ohana and proving incredibly popular, alongside Scarlett Johansson’s interest in the role of Mother Gothel, it reentered development a year later in December 2025, with filming kicking off in Spain in July 2026.
Since then, the cast announcements have been coming thick and fast. While Scarlett Johansson had to withdraw interest due to filming conflicts, we got our Mother Gothel and are so excited to see Kathryn Hahn in the role.
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