Tate donovan voice animated production by walt disney pictures. Rating is available when the video has been rented. With kevin sorbo, lucy lawless, michael hurst, renee oconnor. Hercules 1997 watch the 35th movie in disney animated classics series based on the legendary greek mythology hero heracles characters intro lines narrator. A story in which you are shrunk in your favorite animated disney movie. Parents need to know that hercules about what it really means to be a hero is a shade darker than many other disney blockbusters. Hercules is part of the disney s animated storybook series. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text.
The thirtyfifth disney animated movie includes an amusing story, likable characters, a catchy musical score, colorful animation and comical references to pop culture. Weighing in at 31 questions, no mortal will ever see the top of mount olympus if they cant first best this trial. List of walt disney animation studios films wikipedia. Zeus voice of rip torn and hera samantha eggar, hercules voice of josh. In fact, as film critic jack mathews has pointed out, the disney storytellers have merged the hercules of myth with the modernday superhero, superman. Taken from the gods as a newborn and adopted on earth, hercules becomes an awkward teenage pillar of strength. His screenwriting credits include the expendables franchise, as well as marvels upcoming shangchi and the legend of the ten rings. Disneys animated storybook hercules cdrom longplay. Hercules also features the voice talents of bobcat goldthwait. List of disney liveaction remakes of animated films. The animated series is a spinoff and midquel to the 1997 animated film hercules that takes on more greek mythological characters. The syndicated run lasted 52 episodes, while the abc run lasted. Hercules battles monsters, hades and the titans, but it is his selfsacrifice to rescue. Disneys liveaction hercules movie wont be a shotfor.
He is based on the mythological heracles, most known under the roman spelling hercules. Under the guidance of zeus and tutelage of philoctetes, hercules would embark on a journey of selfdiscovery to. In the original movie, josh keaton voiced hercules as a teenager, while tate donovan was the hero as an adult, and roger bart was hercules singing voice in the song go the distance. Hades tries to get the fates to tell him the futureand what he should do about hercules and zeus. For some time the animated disney films didnt really hit me with much. Disneys animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. Disneys animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical. Disney disney has a hercules liveaction movie in the works, according to a report. Hercules is the titular protagonist of disney s 1997 animated feature film of the same name. Hercules is een amerikaanse animatiefilm uit 1997 van walt disney pictures. Ariana, dressed in a purple outfit and more, performed a beautiful rendition of i wont say im in love from the 1997 disney animated movie hercules. Olympian gods and goddesses, as well as hades and pegasus, often visit him. He discovers he has a place on mount olympus with his dad zeusif he can endure his growing pains and move from zero to true hero.
The studio has hired shangchi writer dave callaham to pen the. Hercules and xena join forces to save the gods of olympus from the allpowerful titans. Hercules storyteller version licensed to youtube by. Along the way, hercules must match wits with grecian beauty meg and a comical hothead named hades who, with the help of pain and panic, plans to take over the. Disney is reportedly planning a liveaction hercules movie cnet. Hercules becomes a famous hero with the help of his friend pegasus and his personal trainer, phil the satyr. And the greatest and strongest of all these heroes was the mighty hercules. This category is for monsters from disneys hercules only. The studio has produced 58 feature films, beginning with snow white and the seven dwarfs 1937, one of the first fulllength animated feature films and the first one made. Disney s animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. It is produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures on june 27, 1997.
Disney just announced they plan to go the distance with a liveaction remake of their animated classic hercules. Hercules must match wits with grecian beauty meg and a comical hothead named hades, who plans to take over the universe. With tate donovan, susan egan, james woods, josh keaton. Starting with a dayglo olympian city in the clouds, and using characters based on the drawing style of. This is a list of liveaction or photorealistic remakes produced by walt disney pictures of its animated films. As the thirtyfifth animated feature in the disney animated features canon, the film was directed by ron clements and john musker. Following the formula of box office hits such as aladdin and the lion king, hercules will borrow its source material from the og animated movie.
Hera is a recurring character for the series disneys hercules. Aladdin character hercules character all items 123 achilles hercules aladdin character alexander hercules amphitryon and alcmene. And a good laugh from a disney cartoon is just what i needed. Disney is reportedly planning a liveaction hercules movie. Hercules 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hercules tate donovan, a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by hades james woods and forced to. The studio has reportedly started development on an adaptation of its 1997 animated movie, tapping avengers bros joe and. Long ago, in the far away land of ancient greece there was a golden age of powerful gods and extraordinay heroes. Search, discover and share your favorite hercules gifs.
Little else is known about disneys plans for the remake of hercules, however, its likely they will base most of it off the 1997 animated version. Hercules liveaction remake in the works from disney. Disney is working on its latest liveaction reboot this time its the 1997 animated hercules. The wonder is that it took disney so long to get to the gods of greek mythology. In both hercules and the superman story, the hero has otherworldly origins, is separated from his parents, is adopted by humble earthlings, and feels like a weirdo as a kid before finally. Theres a lot of gore and intense, scary stuff for a grated movie, including gruesome monsters and endoftheworld images floods, fires, ice storms, mass destruction that might overshadow the more lighthearted musical components. With tate donovan, french stewart, sandra bernhard, robert costanzo. Hercules saves the little boys actually pain and panic in disguise, but then has to contend with the 3headed beast called the hydra. This list does not include remakes of liveaction animation hybrid films such as petes dragon, animated movies that were produced by another studio and later reimagined into liveaction films by disney, liveaction films another studio made based on the same story as a disney. Join the half man, half god teen for an outrageous adventure as he makes his way to mount olympus. Along with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil, a feisty personal trainer, hercules is on a. Hercules is the thirtyfifth fulllength animated feature film in the disney animated canon, and the eighth entry of the disney renaissance.
Hercules is the titular protagonist of disneys 1997 animated feature film of the same name. Hera rottenly tries to offer hercules advice that zeus about being himself when zeus puts to much pressure on him and gives him some much needed parental levity to off set. This is a list of films that feature the greek divine hero hercules. Taken from the gods as a newborn, adopted on earth, hercules. Walt disney studios has found its next liveaction remake of one of their animated films with hercules. Ariana grande slays a hercules classic during disney.
If you havent seen that version of hercules in a while, heres a refresherthe film is a musical retelling of the legend of hercules from greek mythology. This is a list of films from walt disney animation studios, an american animation studio headquartered in burbank, california. Hercules is raised on earth and retains his godlike strength, but when he discovers his immortal heritage zeus tells him that to return to mount olympus he must become a true hero. Most fabulous weddings from disney animated family movies duration. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney feature animation for walt disney pictures. Disneys animated classic hercules is getting a liveaction. Pegasus is a major character in disney s 1997 animated feature film hercules. The animated series, ook wel bekend als disneys hercules of. Song zero to hero from hercules soundtrack version artist chorus hercules, lillias white, cheryl freeman, lachanze, roz ryan, vaneese thomas, tawatha agee. The son of greek gods zeus voice of rip torn and hera samantha eggar, hercules voice of josh. The muddled animated has its fans even though it doesnt know. Hercules is the 35th film in the official disney classic animated list. The son of zeus and hera, hercules was stripped away from his home on mount olympus and turned mortal by his evil uncle, hades, though he maintained his immense strength.
Hercules is part of the disneys animated storybook series. Hera and zeus as loving parents of hercules, rather than hera as jealous wife of zeus trying to screw hercules at every turn. The syndicated run lasted 52 episodes, while the abc run lasted episodes. The animated series is an american animated television series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the greek myth. The series premiered in syndication on august 31, 1998 and on disney s one saturday morning on september 12, 1998. Disneys hercules remake will make changes, tease russo. According to the hollywood reporter, has already hired dave callaham to pen the script for the adaptation. The 35th disney animated feature film and the eighth animated film produced during the disney renaissance, the film was directed by ron clements and john musker.
In the series hera is still rarely used but has some greater roles than her movie debut. The russo brothers, who directed marvel movies including captain america. It was made in one week before the animated movie released in the same year. Everything we know about the liveaction hercules movie. Check your books at the door, this is based on the myths, reimagined for a family audience. Tony ail voice animated production by jetlag productions. Disney developing liveaction hercules film with some. It creates animated feature films and is owned by the walt disney company. Disneys animated hercules is getting a liveaction reboot. Disney s liveaction wheel of fortune has finally landed on hercules. Nov 18, 2012 hercules becomes a famous hero with the help of his friend pegasus and his personal trainer, phil the satyr.
Disney tackles greek mythology in this animated feature. The series premiered in syndication on august 31, 1998, and on abc through its disneys one saturday morning block on september 12, 1998. Under the guidance of zeus and tutelage of philoctetes, hercules would embark on a journey of selfdiscovery to prove himself a true. Avengers directors joe and anthony russo are set to produce, although the project is still in. Pegasus is a major character in disneys 1997 animated feature film hercules. Action game is a video game for the playstation and pc released on june 20, 1997 by disney interactive. Suddenly, meg appears, and tells of two small boys trapped under a rock in a nearby canyon.
James woods is hilarious as the hotheaded god hades and susan egan is amusing as the streetwise damsel megara. Rather than recreate the 1997 animated films, the russo brothers have new plans for the story in disney s liveaction remake of hercules. This category is for monsters from disney s hercules only. Ron clements animation screenplay by, john musker animation screenplay. Disney is going from zero to hero once more, putting into development a liveaction remake of its 1997 animated movie hercules. Jul 23, 2016 hercules storyteller version licensed to youtube by. Hercules in order to return home to mount olympus, hercules needs to prove he can move from zero to true hero with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil a feisty personal trainer. The syndicated series ran 52 episodes while the saturday morning run ran.
This spinoff of disney s hercules 1997 follows hercules many labors during the years he spent training how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr philoctetes. Described by zeus himself as a magnificent horse with the brain of a bird, pegasus behavior mixes elements of both a noble steed and a bird. Disney reportedly making liveaction hercules, and is. Hercules is the thirtyfifth fulllength animated feature film in the disney animated canon, and. Their greekchorusassoulsingers idea is straight out of little shop of horrors.
The series premiered in syndication on august 31, 1998 and on disneys one saturday morning on september 12, 1998. Quirky behaviors of his include clicking his tongue, whistling, and at times, perching on one of hercules shoulders. Last week we reported that joe and anthony russo were set to produce a liveaction remake of disney s 1997 animated movie hercules. Hercules, the son of olympian gods zeus and hera who is reduced to a mere mortal by the treachery of the jealous hades. Oh my disney contributor youve faced off against some fairly trivial hercules trivia in the past and walked away unscathed, but can you go the distance against the ultimate hercules trivia quiz. Disneys liveaction hercules wont be a direct remake. Finally, hercules seems like a movie that could very easily evolve into a franchise if the first movie is a success, and gore verbinski has made that work for disney before. Disneys been having a lot of luck over the last decade with producing liveaction remakes of its animated movies, and last week, we learned that hercules is being added to this particular slate. The animated movie from the disney renaissance starred tate donovan as the titular son of zeus, danny devito as his trainer phil and james woods as hades. Disneys animated classic hercules is getting a live.
During the 1950s and 1960s, a series of films featuring hercules were produced in italy. Disney did what disney does, take the general scaffolding of classic stories, and tell a new one, tailor made for their audience. The film is loosely based on the legendary hero heracles known in the film by his roman name, hercules, the. Donovan went on to voice the teenage hercules in a derived animated series where the herointraining attended high school. Apr 30, 2020 disney is going from zero to hero once more, putting into development a liveaction remake of its 1997 animated movie hercules. The son of zeus and hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it. Hercules jumps into the ancient legends feetfirst, cheerfully tossing out what wont fit and combining whats left into a new look and a lighthearted style. The movie will be based on the 1997 animated classic. Hercules tate donovan, a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by hades james woods and forced to live among mortals as a halfman, halfgod. May 23, 2019 hercules 1997 film best moments mk creative. The series premiered in syndication on august 31, 1998, and on abc through its disney s one saturday morning block on september 12, 1998. In thebes, hercules tries to convince the citizens that he is a hero, but no one is willing to believe him. This spinoff of disneys hercules 1997 follows hercules many labors during the years he spent training how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr philoctetes. Though not as memorable as the lion king, hercules is a refreshing and funny animated romp for the whole family.