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96-450: The story of the short, counting also the TV series produced 5 years later (otherwise it would take place just after the original film as originally intended), picks up approximately three years after the events of Tangled , explored throughout Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure , from the television film, Tangled: Before Ever After to the three-part series finale, " Plus est en Vous ". In the short,

192-447: A Dream," which it lost to Toy Story 3 and Burlesque . "I See the Light" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 83rd Academy Awards , but lost to " We Belong Together " from Toy Story 3 . It has also been nominated for 37th Saturn Award for Best Animated Film . Tangled won best 3D scene of the year at the second annual International 3D Society Creative Arts Awards. Tangled

288-454: A bunch of billionaire guys who run massive entertainment franchises. On November 24, 2010, the day of the film's release, directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard disputed reports that the title change was a marketing decision. They said they changed the title from Rapunzel to Tangled because Rapunzel is not the only main character in the film. They went on to say that "you cannot call Toy Story " Buzz Lightyear ," and they really needed

384-524: A cost that has been estimated at $ 260 million, which, if accurate, would make it the most expensive animated feature film ever made and one of the most expensive films of all time. The film employed a unique artistic style by blending together features of computer-generated imagery (CGI) and traditional animation while using non-photorealistic rendering to create the impression of a painting. Composer Alan Menken , who had worked on prior Disney animated features, returned to score Tangled , and also wrote

480-444: A film that could stand with the studio's classics, but the world will have to make do with Tangled , a passably entertaining hodgepodge of old and new animation techniques, mixed sensibilities and hedged commercial calculations." The film has been nominated for a number of awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Tangled for two Golden Globe Awards , for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song for "I See

576-403: 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." Rather than focusing on realism,

672-406: A giant frying pan. This causes a few residents to think it was a gong and they release the doves and the lanterns. Pascal finally finds the ring, but realizes he is very high. Meanwhile, the carriage Maximus is in finally stops and is launched into the air (passing Pascal, but he doesn't know that and looks at the camera). He lands on a decoration and a flock of doves passes Pascal, causing him to lose

768-458: A gift, sending her on a three-day journey. Rapunzel strikes a deal with Flynn, promising to return the crown in exchange for taking her to see the lanterns. When they stop at the Snuggly Duckling pub, menacing thugs try to capture the wanted Flynn, but Rapunzel charms them into revealing their softer sides. When royal guards arrive, the thugs help Rapunzel and Flynn escape. Gothel returns to

864-407: A hair simulation program named Dynamic Wires, originally developed for Bolt , was eventually used. To make hair float believably in water, and to surmount other similar challenges, discrete differential geometry was used to produce the desired effects, freeing the animators from executing these specific tasks directly, which would have taken days instead of minutes. When first put into production,

960-416: A lot of chaos around the kingdom and explosions start to happen, but it was revealed to be Maximus' daydream. With more time, they go after the rings only to be launched in two directions. One of them lands in a pot of soup and Pascal goes after it. When coming out, he causes chaos around the tables and finally retrieves the ring, only to find his tongue stuck in an ice sculpture. Meanwhile, Maximus runs after

1056-509: A new record for films showing in a single theater. As part of Disney's 100th anniversary, Tangled was re-released in Helios theaters across Poland on October 21, 2023. Tangled was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment as a four-disc combo pack on March 29, 2011. The combo pack includes a Blu-ray 3D , standard Blu-ray , DVD , and digital copy. A two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and single DVD are also available. Bonus features for

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1152-506: A record 2,970,052 units (the equivalent of $ 44,521,079) in its first week in North America, the largest opening for a 2011 DVD. It dominated for two weeks on the DVD sales chart and sold 6,657,331 units ($ 102,154,692) as of July 18, 2012. It has also sold 2,518,522 Blu-ray units ($ 59,220,275) by May 29, 2011. As of January 20, 2016, the film has earned a total of $ 215 million in home video sales in

1248-604: A romantic way. This idea was apparently replaced with the two songs "Mother Knows Best" and " I See the Light ". The song "Something That I Want" written and performed by Grace Potter from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is featured in the closing credits. The Latin American Spanish version of the song, titled " Algo quiero querer ", was recorded by Colombian pop-singer, Fanny Lú . The soundtrack, released on Walt Disney Records on November 10, 2010, and peaked at number 44 on

1344-487: A screenplay written by Dan Fogelman . Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore , Zachary Levi , and Donna Murphy , Tangled tells the story of Rapunzel , a lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. She accepts the aid of an intruder, the outlaw Flynn Rider , to take her out into the world which she has never seen. Originally conceived and proposed by Disney animator Glen Keane in 2001, Tangled spent six years in production at

1440-438: A short film, Tangled Ever After , was released later in 2012, and a television series premiered in 2017. A drop of sunlight falls from the sky and produces a magic flower with healing properties. An old woman named Gothel uses it to retain her youth. Centuries later, the flower is taken by soldiers from the kingdom of Corona and used to save their ill, pregnant queen. She gives birth to Rapunzel , whose blonde hair contains

1536-424: A tar factory. Just as the priest finishes, he asks for the ring, only to find Pascal and Maximus covered in tar and they hand them the rings. The priest declares them husband and wife and they kiss. Just as everybody cheers, Maximus accidentally causes the cake trolley to roll out of the castle. Tangled Ever After was first released on Cinderella : Diamond Edition on October 2, 2012. It was also later released on

1632-427: A title that represented what the film is, and that it stars the duo of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. In March 2014, executive producer John Lasseter explained that Disney had changed the name to improve the film's appeal to the four quadrants : "There was an audience perception that these movies were just for little girls but when boys, men, whatever actually see these movies they like them. So on Rapunzel … we changed

1728-401: A vibe" and a feel for the music and the singing, then were asked to go in isolation booths to record the actual tracks. In order to aid animators in animating the characters, the filmmakers did interviews with the voice actors and filmed their facial expressions throughout the recording sessions. Disney animated films are usually animated to synchronize with recorded dialogue rather than asking

1824-569: A worldwide total of $ 592.5 million; making it the third-highest-grossing animated film of 2010, behind Shrek Forever After and Toy Story 3 , and the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2010. It was the third Disney film appearing in the Top 10 films of 2010. As of 2017, it was the sixth-highest-grossing film worldwide produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios , behind Frozen , Zootopia , The Lion King , Big Hero 6 , and Moana . Tangled earned $ 11.9 million on its opening Wednesday, breaking

1920-519: Is a 2010 American animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . Loosely based on the German fairy tale " Rapunzel " in the collection of folktales published by the Brothers Grimm , the film was directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard (in the former's feature directorial debut), and produced by Roy Conli , from

2016-411: Is based on the 2010 film Tangled and features the returning voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi , alongside Eden Espinosa , Clancy Brown , Julie Bowen , James Monroe Iglehart , Jeff Ross , Paul F. Tompkins , and Jeremy Jordan . In February 2017, ahead of the series premiere, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 24, 2018. In May 2018, ahead of the premiere of

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2112-418: Is out there beyond this crazy tower she's lived in for 18 years," and that "she's very independent, she can take care of herself, and she's definitely come up with really entertaining ways to keep herself busy." Moore also stated that she herself had little influence on Rapunzel: "The character was developed way before I had anything to do with it." According to Greno, one of the most difficult problems during

2208-414: Is used individually on each separate element that adds depth to a scene, like background, foreground, and characters, without adjusting for the relation with the other pairs. When sandwiched together later in production, the result was something that would be visually impossible in the real world, but which created an appealing look to the film. As a counterpart to the appealing and cute design of Rapunzel,

2304-667: The Billboard 200 , number 7 on the Soundtrack chart, and number 3 on the Kid Albums chart. Four years later, a double LP picture disc titled as Songs from Tangled was released on March 21, 2014. Tangled premiered in Paris on November 17, exclusively screening at the Grand Rex theater two weeks in advance of its French wide release . With over 3,800 tickets sold on its opening day, it set

2400-730: The Disney Channel in Southeast Asia. Then on September 12 of the same year, it began airing on the Disney Channel for Latin America . Also in 2017 it aired as part of the Disney Channel Saturday morning block, then named "Get Animated". Tangled: Before Ever After and the first four Tangled: Short Cuts were released on DVD on April 11, 2017. Tangled: Queen for a Day was released on DVD on December 12, 2017. The entire series

2496-651: The Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Blu-ray on August 18, 2015. Rapunzel%27s Tangled Adventure Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (also known as Tangled: The Series in its first season) is an American animated television series developed by Chris Sonnenburg and Shane Prigmore, and produced by Disney Television Animation . It premiered on Disney Channel as a Disney Channel Original Movie titled Tangled: Before Ever After on March 10, 2017. Its regular episodes premiered on March 24, 2017. The series

2592-415: The 3D team used an aesthetic approach. Robert Newman, the film’s stereoscopic supervisor said that "We’re using depth more artistically than ever before, and we’re not as concerned with the literal transcription of depth between camera and projector as we are the interpretation of it." To do this, they used a new technique called multi-rigging, which is made up of multiple pairs of virtual cameras . Each pair

2688-561: The Beast ($ 219 million), Aladdin ($ 217.4 million), and Ralph Breaks the Internet ($ 201.1 million). On its opening weekend, it earned $ 17.4 million in eight territories and ranked second for the weekend behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ;– Part 1 ($ 117.3 million). It reached first place at the weekend box office outside North America three times in 2011. It marked

2784-556: The Blu-ray include deleted scenes, two alternate opening sequences, two extended songs, and an inside look at how the film was made. The DVD includes only the two Original Storybook Openings and the 50th Animated Feature Countdown. Sales of Tangled in the US and Canada exceeded $ 95 million in DVD and Blu-ray sales, the highest-grossing DVD of the year 2011; its home video sales exceeded the film's earnings in its first week in theaters. The film sold

2880-503: The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 , which earned $ 49.1 million. Tangled had the sixth-highest opening weekend for a film that did not debut at #1. Over the traditional Wednesday–Sunday Thanksgiving holiday period, it tallied $ 68.7 million, again finishing in second place. Tangled also marked the second-largest 3-day and 5-day Thanksgiving opening after Toy Story 2 . During its second weekend (post-Thanksgiving), Tangled declined 56% to $ 21.6 million, although it jumped to first place at

2976-472: The Frog ' s excellent quality would bring in all audiences notwithstanding the word "princess" in the title was their version of "a stupid pill". In order to market the new film to both sexes and additional age groups, Disney changed the title from Rapunzel to Tangled while also emphasizing Flynn Rider, the film's prominent male character, showing that his story is just as important as that of Rapunzel. Disney

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3072-556: The Light", but lost to Toy Story 3 and Burlesque , respectively. The film also received two nominations for the Broadcast Film Critics Association in the same categories, though lost to Toy Story 3 and 127 Hours , as well as nominations for two Annie Awards , for Best Animated Feature Film and for Writing in a Feature Production. Tangled was also nominated for two Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Best Animated Film and Best Original Song for "I've Got

3168-425: The Light". Moore thought that this was "a good exercise in employing your imagination". When recording action scenes, the voice actors had to jog a little in place in order to make their voices sound realistic. For the songs, Moore and Levi recorded on a soundstage with a 65-piece orchestra under the supervision of composer Alan Menken. They sang live with the orchestra for several times in order to help everyone "get

3264-512: The Maghreb region ($ 39.4 million) and the UK, Ireland and Malta ($ 32.9 million). Tangled received largely positive reviews from critics upon release. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 89% based on 229 reviews and an average score of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus is: "While far from Disney's greatest film, Tangled is a visually stunning, thoroughly entertaining addition to

3360-462: The Moonstone and Sundrop's power to take over and destroy Corona. On June 3, 2015, Disney Channel announced that the series was in development. On February 15, 2017, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season ahead of the series premiere. The series features new songs from Alan Menken and Glenn Slater . Menken previously scored the original film, while he and Slater wrote

3456-458: The Stabbingtons on the shore, he goes to apologize and offers them the crown. The brothers tie him up, tricking Rapunzel into thinking he abandoned her. They try to capture Rapunzel, but Gothel stages a rescue by knocking them out and takes Rapunzel back to the tower. Eugene is arrested, but Maximus and the pub thugs help him escape. Meanwhile, Rapunzel realizes she has subconsciously incorporated

3552-494: The United States and Canada ($ 155 million from DVD sales and $ 60 million from Blu-ray sales). Tangled was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on November 5, 2019. Tangled had a worldwide opening weekend of $ 86.1 million, and reached the summit of the worldwide box office once, on its eleventh weekend (Feb 4–6, 2011), with $ 24.9 million. The film earned $ 200.8 million in North America, and $ 391.6 million in other countries, for

3648-441: The United States and Canada, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2010 . Tangled received positive reviews from critics, who praised for its animation, writing, characters, and musical score. The film was nominated for a number of awards, including Best Original Song at the 83rd Academy Awards . It was Richard Kiel ’s last film role before his death in 2014. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 29, 2011;

3744-475: The best Disney features." Corliss included Tangled at 19 in a list of top 25 All-time Best Animated films. Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times awarded the film four stars out of five; he described the film as a "gorgeous computer-animated look that features rich landscapes and characters that look fuller and more lifelike than they have in the past." Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media gave

3840-569: The black rocks directing her to the Dark Kingdom. The second season centers around Rapunzel's group traveling to the Dark Kingdom while accompanied by Lance, Hook Foot, and Shorty and joined by the mysterious sword-wielding Adira of the Dark Kingdom. The group soon learn that the rocks are created by the Sundrop's counterpart, the Moonstone Opal. During the journey, Rapunzel gets the chance to explore

3936-485: The box office. With a final gross of $ 200.8 million, it is the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2010 , and the tenth 2010 film to pass the $ 200 million mark; it was the fourth-slowest film to pass this mark. Unadjusted for inflation, it is the ninth-highest-grossing film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, behind The Lion King ($ 422.8 million), Frozen ($ 400.7 million), Zootopia ($ 341.3 million), Moana ($ 248.7 million), Big Hero 6 ($ 221.3 million), Beauty and

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4032-461: The castle, they come upon some black rock spikes that magically restore Rapunzel's long blonde hair. Rapunzel, Cassandra, Eugene Fitzherbert , Pascal the chameleon, Maximus the horse , and a young alchemist named Varian uncover the mystery of her hair's return and its connection to the black rocks growing around Corona. Eventually, Rapunzel learns that the Sundrop Flower's power resides in her with

4128-407: The complexity of a human form, many basic principles of animation used in traditionally animated movies had been absent from earlier CGI films; but technological advancements made it easier to blend the two, combining the strengths of each style. Keane stated repeatedly he was trying to make the computer "bend its knee to the artist" instead of having the computer dictate the artistic style and look of

4224-455: The crown, telling her to give it to Eugene to test his loyalty. The next morning, Maximus tracks down Eugene and attempts to arrest him, but Rapunzel convinces them to strike a truce. Rapunzel and Eugene enter the kingdom and attend a festival in honor of the "lost princess". After a day of celebration, they sail onto the lake to watch the release of the lanterns. Rapunzel gives Eugene the crown, and they confess their mutual love. When Eugene sees

4320-677: The development of the film's plot was how to get Rapunzel out of the tower without immediately ending the movie, in that she had thereby escaped Mother Gothel and did not have any other specific objectives to pursue. At a meeting one day, animator John Ripa floated an idea which turned out to be the solution they had been looking for: the mysterious floating lanterns. In Tangled , as with most animated films, all voice actors had to record their dialogue separately from one another to avoid bleeding into each other's tracks. Mandy Moore later recalled that during recording, she had never met Donna Murphy and only met Zachary Levi once when they recorded "I See

4416-412: The directors wanted to make Flynn Rider "the most handsome, most attractive male lead Disney has ever had." They held a large "Hot Man Meeting" where they gathered about 30 women from the studio and asked them what they considered attractive in a man. They brought in hundreds of images of their favourite male actors and celebrities, which were torn and pasted back again. After much deliberation, his look

4512-486: The empty tower and finds the crown and a wanted poster of Flynn. She strikes a deal with the Stabbington brothers to find Rapunzel. Flynn and Rapunzel become trapped in a fast-flooding cave; believing they will suffocate, Flynn reveals his true name, Eugene Fitzherbert. Rapunzel uses the magic glow of her hair to reveal a hidden exit beneath the water, and they escape. That night, Gothel confronts Rapunzel alone and gives her

4608-485: The experiences as "pretty fun" but didn't put much hope in getting the part because she believed there would be much competition for this role; she just performed her best without any anxiety. When she received a callback from Disney telling that she got the part, Moore described herself as being "over the moon": "I was working in New York at the time. I was with some friends and my husband—and I screamed as soon as I found out

4704-445: The film alongside Keane. On October 9, 2008, it was reported that Keane and Wellins had stepped down as directors due to other commitments, and were replaced by the team of Byron Howard and Nathan Greno , director and storyboard director, respectively, of Disney's 2008 animated feature Bolt . Keane stayed on as an executive producer and animation supervisor, while Wellins moved on to developing other short and feature films. After

4800-477: The film as "the 50th animated feature from Disney, and its look and spirit convey a modified, updated but nonetheless sincere and unmistakable quality of old-fashioned Disneyness." Time film critic Richard Corliss wrote that Tangled "wades into the DreamWorks style of sitcom gags and anachronistic sass," while praising the film for achieving "the complex mix of romance, comedy, adventure and heart that defines

4896-659: The film five out of five stars, writing, "Fantastic princess adventure is fun, with great messages." Gael Cooper of NBC News expressed that Tangled may be the best Disney film of all time. James Berardinelli commented on his review website ReelViews that the film is "entertaining and enjoyable, but not groundbreaking." He also stated Rapunzel is "not as memorable as Snow White , Ariel , or Belle " as well as stating "the songs are neither catchy nor memorable." Todd McCarthy, film reviewer for The Hollywood Reporter opened his review with, "It would have been nice if Disney's self-touted 50th animated feature were one of its best,

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4992-406: The film was promoted as having the title Rapunzel Unbraided , which was later changed to Rapunzel . Disney's previous animated feature, The Princess and the Frog (2009)—while being well received by various critics and taking in nearly $ 270 million worldwide—was not as successful as Disney had hoped, and Catmull later admitted in writing that Disney Animation's faith that The Princess and

5088-607: The film". According to Ed Catmull , Eisner himself had proposed using modern-day San Francisco as the initial setting of the film. The story initially centered on two teenagers, Claire and Vince, who live in San Francisco and are transported into the fairy tale world, where they inhabit the bodies of Rapunzel and her prince Beau. Rapunzel and Beau themselves are turned into a squirrel and a dog. In July 2004, Reese Witherspoon and Kristin Chenoweth were in talks to portray roles, with

5184-493: The film's release, Keane revealed that he had "stepped back" from the role of director because of a heart attack in 2008. The directors auditioned hundreds of young actresses to find Rapunzel's voice, among them were Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell , but both were rejected for not sounding right. On September 10, 2009, it was announced that singer-songwriter and actress Mandy Moore , who previously worked with Disney on Disneytoon Studios ' Brother Bear 2 , had been cast as

5280-520: The film's songs with lyricist Glenn Slater . Before the film's release, its title was changed from Rapunzel to Tangled , reportedly to market the film gender-neutrally. Tangled premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2010, and went into general release on November 24. The film earned $ 592 million in worldwide box office revenue, $ 200 million of which was earned in

5376-439: The film's songs. On May 31, 2018, it was announced that the second season would premiere on June 24, 2018, and that the series had also been renewed for a third season. Additionally, it was also announced that the series would be re-titled Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure . On March 10, 2017, Tangled began airing on the Disney Channel . It was titled Tangled: The Series for its first season. On May 21, Tangled began airing on

5472-512: The film. By making the computer become as "pliable as the pencil", Keane's vision of a "three-dimensional drawing" seemed within reach, with the artist controlling the technology. Many of the techniques and tools that were required to give the film the quality Keane demanded did not exist when the project was started, and Walt Disney Animation Studios had to create them on their own. Keane said, "There’s no photoreal hair. I want luscious hair, and we are inventing new ways of doing that. I want to bring

5568-399: The final film; " When Will My Life Begin? " replaced an earlier version called "What More Could I Ever Need?". Menken reported that that opening number went through five or six different versions. Elsewhere, Menken reported that there was originally a love song called "You Are My Forever" that Mother Gothel sang to Rapunzel in a motherly way, but was reprised later in the film by Flynn Rider in

5664-407: The flower's magic. Gothel sneaks into the castle and cuts a lock of her hair, but it turns brown and loses its magic. She instead kidnaps Rapunzel and raises her in a hidden tower in the woods. Each year on Rapunzel's birthday, the king and queen release sky lanterns , hoping they will guide Rapunzel home. Rapunzel is fascinated by the annual lights and, on the eve of her 18th birthday, asks to leave

5760-449: The ice sculpture lands on a catapult he is sitting on and is launched into the air and passes the windows where the ceremony is. He lands in a carriage and goes after the ring. Meanwhile, Pascal goes after the ring and it lands on a girl's lantern. He chases after it, only for him to be shocked when he finds out it is in hundreds of lanterns. Maximus manages to retrieve the ring, but his face gets knocked by several frying pans before hitting

5856-413: The idea to then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner who approved it, but requested the film to be computer-animated. However, Keane was hesitant as he felt computer animation was not quite as fluid or organic as traditional animation was. In October 2003, the film was announced as Rapunzel Unbraided as a computer-animated feature scheduled for a 2007 release, which Keane described as "a Shrek -like version of

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5952-618: The kingdom celebrates, with Rapunzel and Eugene eventually marrying. Non-speaking animal characters include Rapunzel's pet chameleon Pascal, and Maximus , the horse of the head of the palace guard. Other non-speaking roles include Rapunzel's parents (the King and Queen of Corona), the other Stabbington brother, and Ulf the Mime Thug. The concept of an animated film based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Rapunzel originated from Disney supervising animator Glen Keane in 1996. In 2001, Keane pitched

6048-420: The kingdom prepares for the long-awaited royal wedding of Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert . However, chameleon Pascal and horse Maximus lose the wedding rings , triggering a frenzied search to retrieve them. Greno and Howard started the film after popular demand. Among the film's voice actors are Mandy Moore , Zachary Levi , and Matt Nolan. On Rapunzel's and Eugene's wedding day, Pascal and Maximus are

6144-451: The kingdom's standard , a golden sun, into her artwork throughout her life. Realizing that she is the "lost princess", she confronts and rebels against Gothel. Eugene arrives at the tower, but is tricked and stabbed by Gothel. Gothel attempts to take the chained Rapunzel away, but she resists, and promises to stay with Gothel if she is allowed to heal the dying Eugene. Gothel reluctantly agrees to this, but Eugene, realizing Rapunzel would spend

6240-446: The latter intended to voice Rapunzel. In October 2005, Dan Fogler was slated to provide a voice. In reflection, Keane said of the original plot, "It was a fun, wonderful, witty version and we had a couple of great writers. But in my heart of hearts I believed there was something much more sincere and genuine to get out of the story, so we set it aside and went back to the roots of the original fairy tale." In November 2005, Unbraided

6336-526: The name and we called it Tangled . We did marketing that made the people who would not normally show up say, 'Hey, this looks pretty good.'" The musical score and soundtrack album were composed by Alan Menken with lyrics written by Glenn Slater . It marked Menken's return to scoring for animated films, after recurringly doing so for several Disney Animation films till Home on the Range (2004). As several Pixar employees, being in charge for Disney , and

6432-405: The news." The film reportedly cost more than $ 260 million to produce. When asked about the character of Rapunzel, Mandy Moore said that Rapunzel was a relatable character and called her a "Renaissance, bohemian" woman rather than a typical Disney princess: Moore said "[Rapunzel] doesn't know she's a princess [until the end of the film]. She's just really sort of motivated to find out what else

6528-410: The other ring, but he runs into dresses, shoes, make-up, and hats and he is now dressed as a lady. A male horse mistakes Maximus for a female and falls in love with him, but he kicks him and goes after the ring. Pascal finally gets his tongue off the ice, but he lands on a waiter's foot, causing him to drop the lintels on the ice and it launches into the air. Maximus manages to retrieve the other ring, but

6624-450: The project and gave support and encouragement, they ultimately passed as they felt that a series that focused on a Rapunzel-related character without Rapunzel would be risky. Disney suggested changing Varian to a completely original character so as to be an original brand, but Ritter and Lencioni refused. The comic remained unproduced as a result. Reviews of the series were relatively positive. Klaudia Amenábar of The Mary Sue argues that

6720-453: The project through auditioning, when she heard that a film about the story of Rapunzel was being made. Moore later expressed that she had dreamed to be a Disney princess since she was young and said that with the role of Rapunzel, she had fulfilled her "ultimate childhood dream". She described herself as a "girly fan" of Disney animated films like The Little Mermaid , Beauty and the Beast , Aladdin and The Lion King , and that it

6816-496: The pros and cons of each style. After the meeting, it was decided that the film would be made in 3D CGI animation, but in a way as to become an extension of the traditional 2D Disney "aesthetic", a term which referred to the naturalistic animation that conforms to the fundamental principles of animation as documented by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in the book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation . Due to limitations in computer technology, especially regarding attempts to capture

6912-430: The record for the largest pre- Thanksgiving Wednesday opening, a record previously held by Disney·Pixar's Toy Story 2 . In its first weekend of release, it earned $ 48.8 million (the highest opening for Walt Disney Animation Studios, surpassing The Lion King ($ 40.9 million), and later surpassed by both Wreck-It Ralph ($ 49 million) and Frozen ($ 67.4 million)), placing second for the period behind Harry Potter and

7008-399: The rest of her life in captivity, cuts off her long hair before she can heal him. Rapunzel's hair turns from blonde to brown, and a horrified Gothel suddenly ages rapidly, then falls from the tower and turns to dust. Rapunzel mourns Eugene, but one of her tears, which still has some of the flower's magic, revives him. They return to Corona, where Rapunzel is reunited with her birth parents and

7104-402: The ring bearers and are spreading the flowers. When the priest starts talking, one of the flowers falls and Maximus sniffs it and he sneezes causing the rings to be launched outside of the castle. While in shock, the priest asks them for the rings, only to find them gone. The Queen complains that it was her grandmother's wedding rings and one of the guards says that the kingdom is lost. This causes

7200-468: The ring. It hits a wind vane, a fountain, a decoration and a hook and finally lands on a dove's foot. Maximus hits the ground, but the hook that the ring landed on causes barrels of juice to chase Maximus and Pascal. When coming to a dead end of fire, Maximus uses one of the decorations as a slingshot and launches them into the air for Pascal to grab the ring. Unfortunately, he misses, but he uses his tongue to grab it. Now with both rings secured, they land in

7296-403: The same order as in the final film. "[When I came in], maybe that sequence or scene had been recorded by Mandy (Moore) already, maybe it hadn't. We'd end up doing the same scene five times, depending," Levi said. After watching the finished film, Moore was disappointed because she felt that her voice sounded "shrill", while Levi thought that his performance sounded "incredibly nasally". The film

7392-495: The sensibilities being changed, Menken thought it as his biggest creative challenge and said that, he was "finding a way that we could wed musical-theater storytelling with the Pixar style of storytelling was primary". Menken said he attempted to blend medieval music with 1960s folk rock to create the new songs and the score and soundtrack were recorded at a span of two-and-a-half years. Several songs were written, but eventually cut from

7488-418: The series for being aimed at kids , while deviating from the fairy tale , having an overbearing king, classic good vs. evil conflict, differing "from the animated movie it's based on", and having an evil demon antagonist that didn't fit with the tone. Goodwillie also praised that the actors who voiced Eugene and Rapunzel, said that the series is fun, and has an interesting story. Tangled Tangled

7584-430: The series to kids and families , argued that there was romantic chemistry between Rapunzel and Eugene, prevalence of frightening moments, and argued that younger kids may not have "the attention span to see it through," while praising the fun character adventures. Furthermore, she stated that series is episodic, better suited "for a slightly older audience " and is good "family fare." Ian Goodwillie of CBR criticized

7680-444: The series' second season, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third and final season, which premiered on October 7, 2019, and concluded on March 1, 2020. Six months after escaping Mother Gothel and reuniting with her birth parents, King Frederic and Queen Arianna of Corona, Princess Rapunzel is unable to properly adjust due to her father's constant protection. When she and her handmaiden Cassandra sneak out of

7776-482: The seventh-highest-grossing 2010 film and the third-highest-grossing 2010 animated film. In Russia and the CIS, it set an opening-weekend record among non-sequel animated films (first surpassed by Rio ) and among Walt Disney Animation Studios films (surpassed by Frozen ). Its highest-grossing markets outside North America was Germany ($ 44.2 million), where it is the highest-grossing 2010 animated film, followed by France and

7872-462: The show has "relatable themes" for Millennials and those in Generation Z , with focus on emotional abuse , trauma , friendship, and creating relationships. Amenábar also argued that Eugene represents "healthy and supportive masculinity ", and described the series as a Millennial sitcom which parses out "uniquely adult issues for kids.". Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media focused on the appeal of

7968-415: The studio's classic animated canon." Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average score based on reviews from mainstream film critics, calculated a score of 71/100 based on 34 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore during the opening weekend, gave the film an average grade "A+" on an A+ to F scale. A. O. Scott of The New York Times positively reviewed

8064-519: The title of The Little Mermaid to Beached . Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle ' s blog, Margot Magowan accused Disney of sexism, writing: Can you imagine if Disney…switched a movie title so it wouldn't risk highlighting a male star? It's awful that this kind of radical gender discrimination exists for our smallest people—little kids who come into this world with huge imaginations and aspirations, big dreams that get squashed by

8160-426: The tower and investigate them, but Gothel refuses, claiming the outside world is too dangerous. Meanwhile, Flynn Rider steals Rapunzel's intended crown from the palace; he betrays the Stabbington brothers, his partners in crime, while being pursued by royal guard-horse Maximus . Flynn discovers and takes refuge in the tower, where Rapunzel knocks out and hides him. Hatching a plan, Rapunzel asks Gothel for new paint as

8256-450: The vocal talent to synchronize their delivery to animation after it is rendered. Thus, Moore felt that the recording process was challenging because at that time she had no animation to look at except for a few sketches. Due to scheduling conflicts with other projects (Moore had to travel to different places such as London or New York, and Levi could only record on weekends for five hours once every six weeks), they did not record dialogue in

8352-420: The voice of Rapunzel, and actor Zachary Levi would provide the voice of Flynn Rider. For the role of Flynn, the studio mandated exclusively only UK actors to audition for the part, as Ryder was intended to be British. An American, Zachary Levi, impersonated a British Received Pronunciation (RP) accent to audition, leading the producers to opt for him to use his natural American accent. Mandy Moore approached

8448-410: The warmth and intuitive feel of hand-drawn to CGI." One of the main goals of the animators was to create movement that mimicked the soft fluidity of the hand-drawn art found in older Disney animated films. Keane credited Disney 3D animator Kyle Strawitz with helping to combine CGI with the traditional hand-drawn style. "He took the house from Snow White and built it and painted it so it looked like

8544-464: The world and learns the origins of the Sundrop and Moonstone as two halves of an ancient power seeking to be rejoined. At the end of the season, Cassandra betrays Rapunzel and absorbs the Moonstone's power for herself. The third and final season involves Rapunzel returning to Corona to act as queen upon finding out that her parents were overthrown, whilst simultaneously dealing with the threat of Cassandra and Zhan Tiri, an ancient demon that plots on using

8640-524: Was an honor for her to be part of this "legacy"—the lineage of such Disney icons. Since the film was going to be a musical , it was required that all auditionees had to read several scenes and perform a song of their choice, to ensure that the voice actors could both act and sing. For this singing section, Moore chose " Help Me " by Joni Mitchell , a song that she herself had covered on her fourth studio album, Coverage (2003). Moore revealed that she had to attend several audition sessions and described

8736-457: Was criticized for altering the title as a marketing strategy . Floyd Norman , a former Disney and Pixar animator and story artist, 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." Justin Chang of Variety compared it to changing

8832-571: Was eventually narrowed down to one concept drawing. Existing technology continued to present difficulties: in particular, animating hair turned out to be a challenge. Senior software engineer Kelly Ward spent six years writing programs to make it move the way they wanted. As late as January 2010, the directors were still not sure if the Rapunzel character's length of hair was going to work. These problems were finally solved in March: An improved version of

8928-403: Was made using computer-generated imagery (CGI), although Tangled was modeled on the traditional look of oil paintings on canvas. The Rococo paintings of French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard , particularly The Swing , were used as references for the film's artistic style, a style described by Keane as "romantic and lush." To create the impression of a painting, non-photorealistic rendering

9024-511: Was pushed back to a summer 2009 release in order to give Keane "more time to work on the story." In January 2006, the film was then shut down about a week before Catmull and John Lasseter were placed in charge of the studio, and one of their first decisions was to restart the project and ask Keane to keep going with the film. It had originally been announced in April 2007 that Annie -nominated animator and story artist Dean Wellins would be co-directing

9120-457: Was released on Blu-ray on December 28, 2021 as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive. Storyboard artists for the series, Kaitlyn Ritter and Anna Lencioni, pitched an idea for a comic spin-off focusing on Varian titled Varian and the Seven Kingdoms , which saw Varian teaming up with new friends to discover the seven alchemical transformations. According to Ritter, while Disney was enthusiastic with

9216-441: Was used. Glen Keane originally wanted the film to be animated using a traditional 2D animation process. However, Disney executives David Stainton and Dick Cook announced that they would only approve the film for production if it were created using the 3D computer graphics. In response to that demand, Glen Keane held a seminar called " The Best of Both Worlds ", where he, with 50 Disney CGI artists and traditional artists, focused on

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