Guy Ritchie and Disney are teaming up once again, this time to make a live-action version of Hercules

The talented and personal British director Guy Ritchie, recognized for titles such as Snatch: pigs and diamonds and the biology of Sherlock Holmess with Robert Downey Jr., will work with Disney for the second time in a live film version of the 1997 classic Herculesafter directing the project with the same characteristics that in 2019 led to the premiere of the success Aladdin.

According to the specialized website Deadline, the director will also develop the film together with AGBO, the production company founded by brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, better known as the leaders of the megapopular Avengers: End of the gamefrom the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ritchie had already enjoyed his experience with Disney when Aladdinstarring Mena Massoud and Will Smith, it was the first film in the Englishman’s career to break the billion-dollar grossing record.

The screenwriter

So far it has emerged that the film is already in pre-production and that, although it is looking for screenwriters, it already has a first draft made by the American Dave Callaham, who has just written other Hollywood blockbusters such as Godzilla (2014), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Mortal combat (2021) and Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings (2021).

For his part, Guy Ritchie will embark on the project shortly after filming ends on his next film, an action thriller tentatively titled The interpreter with Jake Gyllenhaal and a cast consisting of Alexander Ludwig (Vikings), Anthony Starr (The boys), Dar Salim (Borgen) and Emily Beecham (cruel).

Additionally, English will premiere on July 28th Agent Fortune: The big hoaxan action spy comedy starring Jason Statham, Hugh Grant and Josh Hartnett, among others.

Hercules, animated version

Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the original and animated version of Hercules became with its release the 35th film in the Disney canon and the eighth made during its “renaissance”, when the company returned to the production of folk tales adapted as musicals, something it had already bet on in the decades of the 1930s. it’s 60s.

With the voices of Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, James Woods and Susan Egan, the narrative freely brought to the screen the legend of the title character, son of the Greek gods Zeus and Hera, who is deprived of his immortality as a child and he must become a real hero to get her back.

It had a budget of $ 85 million and grossed $ 252 million worldwide.

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