Hercules, the 1997 animated classic, will have a live action remake and we already know some information.
It was recently announced that the director Guy Ritchie would be in charge of the film Hercules in live action. Something that was not surprising, because she took it upon herself to do the same with Aladdin in 2019 and with great success. Since on that occasion Disney grossed over $1.05 billion worldwide.
Furthermore, in the production of Hercules will be the russo brothersresponsible for films like Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and now they will premiere The Gray Man (The Invisible Agent) in Netflix. Which means that they will bring a plus of quality to this version.
has been his own Joe Russo who has given the first details of the film:
“It will certainly pay homage to the original with a more modern twist. What Anthony and I love about the original is how fun and subversive it is. I think we tried to embrace that sense of humor in the new version.”
It will be interesting to see what it means. “a more modern touch”, for a story set in classical Greece. But what is clear that the most important thing is to know which actor will play Hercules. Since he has to be young but with a prodigious physique. Especially after the stage of him training with Phil, which is already rumored not to be a satyr so it won’t be offensive. Since he was chasing girls all the time.
What is the original story about?
A long time ago, the titans tried to lay waste to the Earth, but Zeus managed to lock them up. So after a long time of peace and quiet, Hades, the God of the Underworld, decides that his time has come and he wants to rule on Olympus. But when he learns that his grand plan can only go wrong if his son Zeus Y Heracalled Hercules When he gets older, he decides that his henchmen kill him when he is just a baby. To do this they make him drink a formula that turns him into a human, although they leave a drop and he retains his strength. Therefore, he cannot live on Olympus and grows up with his adoptive parents, although he never fully adapts. Mainly because of the trouble he gets into because of his enormous strength.
When some time passes, he decides to train with Phil to be worthy of Olympus, but Hades will find out that he is still alive and will constantly attack him with different monsters, but his only weak point is Meg, a young woman he meets and falls in love with at first sight. So, she must save the whole world from the return of the titans and show that she is a god.
The movie of Hercules animation can be seen in the Disney Plus streaming platform.