Tangled

Tangled (originally titled Rapunzel, which will be retained as the film's European release title or the working title Rapunzel Unbraided) is an upcoming American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and starring Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, and will be the 50th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics canon, planned for release on November 24, 2010 in North America. The story is based on the classic German fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm.

Plot
When the kingdom’s most wanted—and most charming—bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn’s curious captor, who’s looking for her ticket out of the tower where she’s been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.

Confirmed Cast

 * Rapunzel – Mandy Moore
 * Flynn Ryder – Zachary Levi
 * Madame Gothel – Donna Murphy
 * Hookhand – Brad Garrett
 * Stabbington Brother - Ron Perlman
 * Captain of the Guard - M.C. Gainey
 * Lord Jamie – Jeffrey Tambor
 * Captain Timber – Paul F. Tompkins

Technical details
The movie's visual style will be based on the painting "The Swing", by the French Rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Because Glen Keane wanted this to be an animated movie that looked and felt like a traditional hand-drawn Disney Classic in 3D, he first had a seminar called "The Best of Both Worlds", where he, with fifty Disney animators (both CGI and traditional artists), focused on the pluses and minuses of each style. Because of advancements in computer technology, many basic principles of animation used in traditional animated movies but which have been absent in CGI films due to technical limitations are now becoming possible also in this field of animation, where they will be used together with the potential offered by CGI. Keane has stated numerous times that he is trying to make the computer "bend its knee to the artist" instead of having the computer dictate the artistic style and look of the film. By making the computer become as "pliable as the pencil," Keane's vision of a "three dimensional drawing" seems within reach, with the artist controlling the technology. Because many of the techniques and tools that were required to give the film the quality Keane demanded of it didn't exist when the project was started, WDFA had to make them on their own.

To create the impression of a drawing, Non-photorealistic rendering is going to be used, making the surface look like it is painted but still containing depth and dimensions.

Animation
The film is being made in CGI though Rapunzel will resemble traditional oil paintings on canvas: "There’s no photoreal hair. I want luscious hair, and we are inventing new ways of doing that. I want to bring the warmth and intuitive feel of hand-drawn to CGI. "For inspiration, Keane and his animators are referencing a painting by French Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard, The Swing, applying a certain richness that they have never attained in animation before." "A fairy tale world has to feel romantic and lush. So we were able to duplicate the shot with the girl on the swing in 3D, to do a dimensional tree where the leaves turn, but it still feels like it has calories if you look at it too long. Very painterly. "The next step was to do an animated human character: to get a softness, a feel of blood in the veins. I want skin moving across bone and tendon and there’s a subtlety to this. The thing is, I don’t want realism. "Kyle Strawitz really helped me start to believe that the things I wanted to see were possible… that you could move in a Disney painterly world. He took the house from Snow White and built it and painted it so that it looked like a flat painting that suddenly started to move, and it had dimension and kept all of the soft, round curves of the brushstrokes of watercolor. Kyle helped us get that Fragonard look of that girl on the swing… We are using subsurface scattering and global illumination and all of the latest techniques to pull off convincing human characters and rich environments." One of the main ambitions of the makers of Rapunzel is to create movements that are just as soft and fluid as of that in the old Disney Classics.

Music
Original music was composed for the movie by Alan Menken with lyrics written by Glenn Slater.undefinedMenken said he attempted to blend medieval music with 1960s folk rock to create the new songs.

The Complete Song List: "
 * "Prologue" by Donna Murphy as "Mother Gothel" and Delaney Stein as "Young Rapunzel"
 * "When Will My Life Begin?" by Mandy Moore as "Rapunzel
 * "When Will My Life Begin? (Reprise 1)" Performed by Mandy Moore as "Rapunzel"
 * "Mother Knows Best" by Donna Murphy as "Mother Gothel"
 * "When Will My Life Begin? (Reprise 2)" by Mandy Moore as "Rapunzel"
 * "I've Got a Dream" by Brad Garrett as "Hook-Hand Thug," Jeffrey Tambor as "Big Nose Thug," Mandy Moore as "Rapunzel," Zachary Levi as "Flynn Rider" and Ensemble
 * "Mother Knows Best (Reprise)" by Donna Murphy as "Mother Gothel"
 * "I See the Light" by Mandy Moore as "Rapunzel" and Zachary Levi as "Flynn Rider"
 * "Healing (Incantation)" by Mandy Moore as "Rapunzel"
 * "The Tear Heals" by Mandy Moore as "Rapunzel"
 * "Something That I Want" by Grace Potter (Ending Credits)

Schedule

 * On April 12, 2007 it was revealed Annie-nominated animator and story artist Dean Wellins will be co-directing the film alongside Glen Keane.
 * On October 9, 2008, it was reported Glen Keane and Dean Wellins would be stepping down as directors and would be replaced by a new team of Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, director and storyboard director of 2008's Bolt. Keane would stay on as the Executive Producer and Wellins has moved onto developing other short films and feature films.

Title change
Disney's previous animated feature The Princess and the Frog in 2009, while being highly critically acclaimed and taking in nearly $270 million worldwide, was not as successful as Disney had hoped. Disney expressed the belief that the film's emphasis on princesses may have deterred young boys from seeing the film. In order to market the film to both boys and girls, Disney changed the film's name from Rapunzel to Tangled, while also emphasizing Flynn Rider, the film's prominent male character. Disney was criticized for altering the classic title and story as a marketing strategy. Floyd Norman, a former Disney and Pixar animator, said, "The idea of changing the title of a classic like 'Rapunzel' to 'Tangled' is beyond stupid. I'm convinced they'll gain nothing from this except the public seeing Disney as desperately trying to find an audience."