Colman Domingo and Robert O’Hara in Talks to Write Live-Action Princess and the Frog Tiana Spinoff Movie

Deadline reports that Colman Domingo is successful talks to co-write a live-action movie focused connected Princess and the Frog protagonist Tiana alongside playwright and manager Robert O’Hara.

Thus far, not overmuch other is known astir the project, which marks the latest successful Disney’s drawstring of live-action adaptations — a inclination that’s not been precisely profitable for the House of Mouse.

2026’s Moana notoriously bombed astatine the container office, earning an approximate planetary full of $95 cardinal from its opening play successful July. This follows the likewise snoozy commencement to 2025’s Snow White remake, which earned $87.3 cardinal globally connected its opening play past March.

Despite these underwhelming numbers and middling reviews, Disney seems to beryllium moving full-speed up toward adjacent much live-action remakes. A caller Tangled is successful the works, with Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim to play Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. Andor’s Diego Luna has besides been formed successful an as-yet unspecified relation circumstantial to the movie, portion Scarlett Johansson, who was reportedly successful talks to play Mother Gothel, is nary longer progressive successful the project.

Other live-action flicks successful Disney’s docket see Bambi, Hercules, and adjacent a Gaston spinoff movie.

The forthcoming Hercules film, with Joe and Anthony Russo producing, is acceptable to enactment a “modern spin” connected the beloved Disney classical with the extremity of telling a “different story,” akin to what appears to beryllium happening with Domingo and O’Hara’s Tiana-focused adventure.

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