Diego Luna Joins Disney Live-Action Tangled in Original Role
diego luna has signed on for Disney’s live-action Tangled remake in a wholly original role, adding another recognizable name to a project built around the 2010 original. The film is expected to start filming next month in Spain, keeping the production on a tight launch timetable.
Disney's 2010 Tangled
The original Tangled brought in more than $590 million at the box office, which is the scale Disney is still chasing with another live-action pass at one of its animated titles. Luna’s part is being written specifically for this version, rather than lifted from the earlier film, so the casting does more than simply swap one performer into an existing template.
Michael Tracy is directing the new version, and Kathryn Hahn was announced earlier this year to play Mother Gothel. Those choices point to a remake that is being assembled with clear role assignments rather than a broad placeholder cast, and Luna’s addition gives the production a second major piece after Hahn.
Kathryn Hahn and Michael Tracy
Luna was last glimpsed in last year’s series finale of Star Wars: Andor, which makes this a quick move back into a major studio franchise after that run ended. His Andor character flew off to become a much younger version of himself who then gets himself killed in Rogue One, a strange bit of franchise continuity that now gives way to a very different Disney assignment.
The practical takeaway is straightforward: Disney has moved Tangled from long-brewing development into the preproduction phase where casting and schedule matter most. With filming expected next month in Spain, the remake is no longer just another title in the company’s live-action pipeline; it has an original role, a director, a Mother Gothel, and a start date that puts the project on an actual clock.
Spain Next Month
For viewers, the useful signal is that Disney is not treating this as a minor update to the 2010 film. It is building a new production around a wholly original part for Luna, and that usually means the studio wants this version to stand on its own rather than operate as a scene-for-scene replay.
