{"id":243269,"date":"2023-08-07T04:34:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=301631"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:31:37","slug":"disney-cancels-hunchback-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/disney-cancels-hunchback-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Pulls the Plug: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Live-Action Adaptation Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/dwayne-johnson-remake-moana-disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney&#8217;s live-action<\/a> remakes just keep coming<\/strong>. For the past few years, the studio has focused on adapting its animated classics into live-action films, and in most cases, this move has proven to be a winning formula, resulting in significant box office successes. However, one of their upcoming projects might have hit a snag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hunchback of Notre Dame seemed like a logical next <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/when-they-release-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-at-disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney<\/a> remake, and the studio had even cast an actor for the lead role: Josh Gad (voice of Olaf in Frozen). But as revealed by <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisinsider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The DisInsider<\/a>, <strong>Disney&#8217;s plans have shifted<\/strong>, and they are no longer pursuing a live-action version of this iconic film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/josh-gad-800x450-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Iger is not the biggest fan of The Hunchback of Notre Dame&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Now that <strong>Bob Iger is back in the driver&#8217;s seat<\/strong>, it&#8217;s highly unlikely the project will move forward, as Iger is not the biggest fan of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and a new version isn&#8217;t high on his priority list,&#8221; explained the source. &#8220;Of course, things can change, but this is the most recent information we have on the project.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Disney CEO <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/apple-buy-disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bob Iger<\/a> currently navigating a challenging year for the company<\/strong>, one of the early outcomes could be the cancellation of this project. In exchange, as reported, Iger is keen on pursuing a live-action remake of the movie Tangled, which tells the story of Rapunzel. Additionally, the live-action Hercules remake is expected to continue, which makes sense given the recent success of The Little Mermaid remake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/quasimodo-1024x573-1-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243277\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll have to wait and see what Disney&#8217;s plans are in the near future<\/strong>, but it&#8217;s evident that they might need to adjust their strategy to ensure things go well and help them recover the money lost during a significant portion of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney&#8217;s live-action remakes just keep coming. For the past few years, the studio has focused on adapting its animated classics into live-action films, and in most cases, this move has proven to be a winning formula, resulting in significant box office successes. However, one of their upcoming projects might have hit a snag. The Hunchback &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/disney-cancels-hunchback-notre-dame\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Disney Pulls the Plug: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Live-Action Adaptation Canceled&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9257,"featured_media":243273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-243269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318683,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243269\/revisions\/318683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243269"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=243269"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=243269"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=243269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}