Animated TANGLED 2 Plans Scrapped by Disney Due to Lack of Solid Story Plan

Disney had been working on a sequel to the beloved animated film Tangled, but those plans are reportedly scrapped. Nathan Greno, director of the 2010 original, confirmed that while discussions about a sequel took place, a continuous story made little sense.

Greno shared the news with The Direct while promoting his upcoming Netflix animated film, Swapped, starring Michael B. Jordan, which debuts on the streamer on Friday, May 1st.

When asked whether any ideas had ever been developed at Disney for a Tangled sequel, Greno said there had previously been discussions. The 2010 film was a massive box office success, earning $591.7 million globally, yet a follow-up was never officially greenlit at Disney Animation. 

He explained that continuing Rapunzel's story is a uniquely difficult creative challenge, drawing comparisons to other beloved Disney classics:

"No... Again, I'm not against sequels. There was, I will say, after we finished 'Tangled'... It's a tricky place, because I'll put it this way: once Pinocchio becomes a real boy, what else is there to say? Once the Beast becomes a human, what else is there to say?"

Despite that, Greno revealed that the creative team did make a genuine attempt to crack the story, but unfortunately, nothing came of it:

"We actually did an off-site at Disney, and we got the original team together, and we really all talked about it for hours, and we kind of walked away saying, 'We couldn't find a story worth telling.'"

It’s actually nice that despite the team being up for the job, they bowed out when a solid story wasn’t found, and they didn’t just make something for the cash grab. I love Tangled, but I don’t really see a full sequel as necessary.

I do like the fact that Rapunzel and Eugene run in the same circles as Anna and Elsa from Frozen though. Maybe we will see them again at Anna and Kristoff’s wedding.