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Disney's Live-Action 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' May Not Be Happening - Find Out the Reason Why!

Disney's Live-Action 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' May Not Be Happening - Find Out the Reason Why!

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the many Disney classics set for a live-action adaptation.

Back in 2019, the remake of the 1996 film was announced, then titled Hunchback, with Josh Gad attached to produce the project. (And as of this year, a fake fan poster also floated around with his name attached to star.)

Keep reading to find out more…

Disney composer Alan Menken recently gave an interview with Comicbook.com, where he opened up about the film’s progress – and revealed it’s stalled.

“I have no idea. It’s a tough one, because the Hunchback movie, Hunchback story involves a lot of real, real issues that are important issues and should be explored to be discussed,” he said.

“And there has to be an agreement about how we deal with those issues. You know, do we do a Hunchback without ‘Hellfire?’ I don’t think so…so it sits in this limbo right now, but the Hercules movie is apparently underway and I got some inklings of what’s going on, but just some, and I’ve been more involved with the Broadway show off of Hercules, which is coming, and it’s really exciting.”

Disney’s live action movies are huge money makers. So far, they’ve released 16 live action movies, and there are so many more on the way. Find out how much they’ve made!

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