''Tangled'' is a

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started by the 2010

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Tangled ''Tangled'' is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the Grimms' Fairy Tales, German fairy tale ''Rapunzel'' ...

'', which was directed by

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and

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from a screenplay by

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and produced by

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, with songs by

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and

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and Aimee Scribner served as the film's executive producers. The original film was loosely based on the German fairy tale "

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" in the collection of folk tales published by the

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. 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.

Film and television

''Tangled'' (2010 film)

''Tangled'' is a 2010 American 3D

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produced by

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and released by

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. Loosely based on the German fairy tale "

" in the collection of folk tales published by the

, it is the 50th Disney animated feature film. Featuring the voices of

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and

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, 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

, who had worked on prior Disney animated features, returned to score ''Tangled''.

''Tangled Ever After'' (2012 short film)

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.

''Tangled: Before Ever After'' (2017 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. ''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

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on March 24, 2017, entitled ''

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''. The series takes place between the events of original film and the 2012 short ''

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'', with

and

reprising their roles.

Musical

A stage musical adaptation of the film premiered on board the ''

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'' of the

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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) and "Wanted Man" (Eugene's backstory) and "When She Returns" during the festival.

Music

*''

'' (2010) *'' Tangled: The Series'' (2018) *''

'' (2019) *'' Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure: Plus Est En Vous'' (2020)

Video games

A video game based on the film was released on November 23, 2010 for two

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consoles,

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and

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, as well as for the PC platform by

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. The figure of

is available for the ''Disney Infinity'' video game series, and is compatible with all three editions. Rapunzel, Flynn, Maximus, Mother Gothel and Pascal are playable characters in the video game ''

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''. A world based on ''Tangled'', "Kingdom of Corona", made its debut in the ''

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'' series in the game, ''

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''.

Cancelled spin-off

Shortly following the

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of ''

'', 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. 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.

Cast and characters

Key * A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film. * A indicates an actor or actress portrayed a younger version of their character.

References

External links

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