Rapunzel

Release date : November 24, 2010

Doeri Welch-Greiner, the production manager for the movie, says that "The original version was that a girl got pulled from the modern world and replaced Rapunzel (played by Mandy Moore), and Rapunzel got turned into a squirrel. But we’re on a clearer, more classic fairy-tale sort of track right now with Dean Wellins as co-director; he was one of the story guys on Iron Giant and a Disney animator for a long time. It really plays on the mystery of the girl in the tower, and I think it’s really going to be great with Dean’s story sense and sense of staging, and the artistry that Glen brings to it, we hope we can bring the artistry of the movie to a different place."

Keane also promises that he’s going back to Rapunzel’s literary origins to do a traditional, character-driven fairy tale that speaks to a modern audience. “It’s a story of the need for each person to become who they are supposed to be and for a parent to set them free so they can become that. It will be a musical and a comedy and have a lot of heart and sincerity. I think that’s what Disney needs to do right now. No one else can do it. We should not be embarrassed or make excuses for doing a fairy tale."[citation needed]

At the D23 convention in Anaheim California on September 2009, Disney Animation creative head John Lasseter explained that the film has a lot of "girl power." This new interpretation of Rapunzel will be a more independent princess, and she uses her 70-foot-long hair for a variety of purposes, such as a whip, or a ladder.(wikipedia)

Confirmed Cast
* Rapunzel – Mandy Moore
* Flynn Ryder – Zachary Levi
* Madame Gothel – Donna Murphy
* Narrator – Kevin Linehan
* Grandma Claire – Pam Hyatt
* Young Flynn Ryder – Matthew Gray Gubler
* Young Rapunzel – Erin Fitzgerald
* Mother Amy – Carolyn Lawrence
* Grandpa Franklin – Peter Sallis
* Father Sam – David Schwimmer
* Muffin Man – Jim Cummings
* Darker the Warlock – Kevin Michael Richardson
* Uncel Jordan – John Goodman
* Flynn's brother – Derek Stephen Prince
* Rapunzel's sister – Edie Mirman
* Bill McKnight – David Cross
* Professor "Timothy" Boomerang – Jason Alexander
* Molly McKnight – Susan Sheridan
* Aunt Sally – Carol Burnett

- The prince's original name "Bastion," has been replaced by "Flynn" in a revised script.

- Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy have replaced the originally announced Tony award winners Kristin Chenoweth, Dan Fogler, and Grey DeLisle respectively.