Tangled (franchise)
Disney franchise starting with a 2010 animated film
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Tangled is a media franchise owned by The Walt Disney Company that began with the 2010 American CGI-animated film of the same name, directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman. Produced by Roy Conli, the film featured songs by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, while Glen Keane, John Lasseter, and Aimee Scribner served as its executive producers. The film was loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" from the 1812 collection Grimms' Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm.
| Tangled | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Dan Fogelman[1] |
| Original work | Tangled (2010) |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Years | 2010–present |
| Based on | |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) | Tangled (2010) |
| Short film(s) | Tangled Ever After (2012) |
| Animated series | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017–2020) |
| Television film(s) | Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) |
| Theatrical presentations | |
| Musical(s) | Tangled: The Musical |
| Games | |
| Video game(s) |
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| Audio | |
| Soundtrack(s) | Tangled (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2010) |
| Original music | |
| * Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of a crossover. | |
The franchise consists of a feature film, a video game, a short sequel, a stage musical, and a television series, as well as a television film.
Films
Animated
Tangled (2010)
Tangled is a 2010 American CGI-animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" from the 1812 collection Grimms' Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm. Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi,[2] the film tells the story of a lost, young princess with long magical hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. Against her mother's wishes, she accepts the aid of a handsome intruder to take her out into the world which she has never seen. Composer Alan Menken, who had worked on prior Disney animated features, returned to score Tangled.
Live-Action
Tangled (upcoming film)
In January 2026, Disney announced the casting of Teagan Croft as Rapunzel, and Milo Manheim as Eugene.[3] Kathryn Hahn will play the role of Mother Gothel in the film.[4] Production for the film will take place in Spain in June 2026, with Michael Gracey as director.[5]
Short film
Tangled Ever After
Disney released a short sequel named Tangled Ever After in theaters in early 2012. The plot revolves around Rapunzel and Eugene's wedding day and about Pascal and Maximus losing the wedding rings and bringing them back.
Television
TV film
The television sequel Tangled: Before Ever After, set between the events of Tangled and Tangled Ever After, was released on March 10, 2017.[6] Tangled: Before Ever After doubled as a pilot for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017 TV series)
A television series based on the film premiered on Disney Channel on March 24, 2017, entitled Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.[7] The series takes place between the events of original film and the 2012 short Tangled Ever After, with Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi reprising their roles.[8]
Cancelled spin-off series
Shortly following the series finale of Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, series' storyboard artist Kaitlyn Ritter revealed that she and Anna Lencioni had pitched an idea for a spin-off focusing on Varian titled Varian and the Seven Kingdoms. The series saw Varian learning that his mother, Ulla, was an alchemist and sets out on a journey to search for her after discovering her almanac. He teams up with three other young heroes named Princess Nuru, Yong and Hugo to learn the seven alchemical stages of transformation and collect a totem for each so as to be reunited with his mother while also evading her former partner Donella who wants the totems for herself. Varian would have also encountered his long lost cousins who shared his scientific fascinations.[9] Storylines would have revolved around Hugo being a hired agent of Donella who later turns on her and Ulla revealed to be the villain of the series with Varian trying to turn her good based on his own personal experience. According to Ritter, while Disney was enthusiastic with the project and even received support and encouragement, they ultimately passed as they felt that a series that focused on a Rapunzel-related character without Rapunzel would be risky. Disney even suggested changing Varian to a completely original character so as to be an original brand, but Ritter and Lencioni refused.[10]
Musical
| Tangled the Musical | |
|---|---|
 Stage musical logo | |
| Music | Alan Menken |
| Lyrics | Glenn Slater |
| Book | Glenn Slater[11] |
| Basis | |
| Premiere | November 11, 2015: Disney Magic |
A stage musical adaptation of the film premiered on board the Disney Magic of the Disney Cruise Line on November 11, 2015, featuring three new songs by Menken and Slater. The show is one hour long, forty minutes shorter than the movie. The new songs are "Flower of Gold" (about the flower), "Wanted Man" (Eugene's backstory), and "When She Returns" during the festival.[12]
Music
- Tangled (2010)
- Tangled: The Series (2018)
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2019)
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure: Plus Est En Vous (2020)
Video games
Tangled: The Video Game, a video game based on the film was released on November 23, 2010, for two Nintendo consoles, Nintendo DS and Wii, as well as for the PC platform by Disney Interactive Studios.[13]
The figure of Rapunzel is available for the Disney Infinity video game series,[14] and is compatible with all three editions.
Rapunzel, Flynn, Maximus, Mother Gothel, and Pascal are playable characters in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms.[15]
A world based on Tangled, "Kingdom of Corona", made its debut in the Kingdom Hearts series in the game, Kingdom Hearts III.[16]
Mother Gothel, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider are characters that appear in Disney Dreamlight Valley, along with items based on the film.
Cast and characters
Key
- A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.
- A Y indicates an actor or actress who portrayed a younger version of their character.
| Characters | Film | Short film | Television film | Television series | Live-action film | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangled | Tangled Ever After | Tangled: Before Ever After | Tangled: The Series | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Tangled | ||
| Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | |||||
| Rapunzel | Mandy Moore | Mandy Moore | Mandy Moore | Mandy Moore | Teagan Croft | ||
| Delaney Rose SteinY | Ivy GeorgeY | ||||||
| Eugene Fitzherbert Flynn Rider |
Zachary Levi | Zachary Levi | Milo Manheim | ||||
| Sean GiambroneY | |||||||
| Mother Gothel | Donna Murphy | Photograph | Donna Murphy | Kathryn Hahn | |||
| Queen Arianna | Silent role | Kari Wahlgren | Julie Bowen | Caitríona Balfe | |||
| King Frederic | Silent role | Clancy Brown | Elliot Cowan | ||||
| Pascal | Uncredited voice | Dee Bradley Baker | TBA | ||||
| Maximus | Uncredited voice | Nathan Greno | |||||
| Captain of the Guards | M. C. Gainey | M. C. Gainey | M. C. Gainey | TBA | |||
| Sideburns Stabbington | Ron Perlman | Nathan Greno | Ron Perlman | Ron Perlman | Patrick McPherson | ||
| Brian HullY | |||||||
| Patchy Stabbington | Ron Perlman | Hugo McPherson | |||||
| Cassandra | Eden Espinosa | ||||||
| Lance Strongbow | James Monroe Iglehart | ||||||
| Varian | Jeremy Jordan | ||||||
| TBA | Diego Luna | ||||||
