The animation is more like the oldschool disney, before the cute, bigeye syndrome and. Hercules 1997 watch the 35th movie in disney animated classics series based on the legendary greek mythology hero heracles characters intro lines narrator. Disneys 1997 animated hercules romp was an update on the greek classic, starring tate donovan as hercules, james woods as hades, and danny devito as beloved satyr pal phil. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney feature animation for walt disney.
The voices of hercules 1997, animated film voice cast. Hercules has always struck me as an underrated filmmaybe because it has a little more attitude than your typical disney animated feature. The studio has hired dave callaham, the action scribe who launched. 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. Walt disney feature animation had decided in the late 1980s, at the dawn of the disney renaissance, to release at least one animated disney movie per year. Song zero to hero from hercules soundtrack version artist chorus hercules, lillias white, cheryl freeman, lachanze, roz ryan, vaneese thomas, tawatha agee. The arrival of the disney movie hercules at the refurbished new amsterdam theater in times square will be. During the 1950s and 1960s, a series of films featuring hercules were produced in italy. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Hercules jumps into the ancient legends feetfirst, cheerfully. The movie was directed by ron clements and john musker.
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. The film is based on the legendary greek mythology hero heracles as known as his roman name. Hercules saves the little boys actually pain and panic in disguise, but then has to contend with the 3headed beast called the hydra. Join the half man, half god teen for an outrageous adventure as he makes his way to mount olympus. Hercules 1997 disney tackles greek mythology in this animated feature. With tate donovan, susan egan, james woods, josh keaton.
The series premiered in syndication on august 31, 1998, and on abc through its disneys one saturday morning block on september 12, 1998. Another great disney movie of the 90s hercules is hilarious, terrifically casted especially james woods as hades, beautifully animated, and clever. This is a list of films that feature the greek divine hero hercules. 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. It is the 35th animated movie in the walt disney animated classics series. Disneys animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this. 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. Walt disneys hercules 1997 part 10 hercules meets megara part 1, the battle against nessus. Hercules part 10 hercules meets megara part 1, the battle against nessus.
Hercules liveaction remake in the works from disney. With james woods, danny devito, tate donovan, susan egan. 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. Starting with a dayglo olympian city in the clouds, and using characters based on the drawing style of. As the thirtyfifth animated feature in the disney animated features canon, the film was directed by ron clements and john musker. 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. Hercules is a 1997 animated feature produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures on june 27, 1997. Hercules 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Tony ail voice animated production by jetlag productions.
Zero to hero, a cheap package film which served as the pilot to the animated series. Hercules tate donovan, a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by hades james woods and forced to live among mortals as a. Walt disneys hercules 1997 part 10 hercules meets megara. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney feature animation for walt disney pictures. Hades tries to get the fates to tell him the futureand what he should do about hercules and zeus. Disneys animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. Quirky behaviors of his include clicking his tongue, whistling, and at times, perching on one of hercules shoulders. 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. Hercules tate donovan, a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by hades james woods and forced. Heres why hercules is absolutely the most underrated disney animated movie. Hercules liveaction remake in the works with russo brothers producing. Following the formula of box office hits such as aladdin and the lion king, hercules will borrow its source material from the og animated. The syndicated run lasted 52 episodes, while the abc run lasted episodes.
Aug 03, 2014 hercules has always struck me as an underrated filmmaybe because it has a little more attitude than your typical disney animated feature. The syndicated run lasted 52 episodes, while the abc run lasted. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical movie. 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. Taken from the gods as a newborn and adopted on earth, hercules becomes an awkward teenage pillar of strength. Disneys liveaction hercules movie wont be a shotforshot. Disney does hercules, resulting in an entertaining movie thats fun for all the family. Hercules has the distinction of being the only renaissance film to not yet have gotten a sequel, prequel or remake the rescuers down under is of course a sequel itself, although it did get an awkward spinoff tv film called hercules. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing hercules 1997 near you.
The movie will be based on the 1997 animated classic. Hercules 1997 1080p yts yify hercules, son of the greek god, zeus, is turned into a halfgod, halfmortal by evil hades, god of the underworld, who plans to overthrow zeus. Heres our dream cast for disneys liveaction hercules movie. Terrific colorful graphics on th lionpig 5 out of 5. Feature animation and released by walt disney pictures on june 27, 1997. Aug, 2018 walt disneys hercules 1997 part 10 hercules meets megara part 1, the battle against nessus. Hercules, voice of tate donovan, peers through the wings of his flying horse, pegasus, to get a closer look at the lovely meg, bottom left, susan egan, but the loyal steed takes a disapproving view of the budding romance in walt disney pictures hilarious. Along with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil, a feisty personal trainer, hercules is on a. Now hercules has the remarkable strength of a god, but is trapped in the. 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.
Disneys liveaction hercules movie wont be a shotfor. Whether you agree now or later, theres really no denying that hercules melts your heart. Suddenly, meg appears, and tells of two small boys trapped under a rock in a nearby canyon. 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. Hercules is the thirtyfifth fulllength animated feature film in the disney animated canon, and the eighth entry of the disney renaissance. The movie was directed by ron clements and john musker, and was produced by the walt disney company. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Long ago, in the far away land of ancient greece there was a golden age of powerful gods and extraordinay heroes. The animated series is an american animated television series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the greek myth. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical movie based on the legendary greek mythology hero heracles known in the movie by his roman name, hercules, the son of zeus in greek mythology. In thebes, hercules tries to convince the citizens that he is a hero, but no one is willing to believe him.
Sep 26, 2017 whether you agree now or later, theres really no denying that hercules melts your heart. 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. The wonder is that it took disney so long to get to the gods of greek mythology. The son of greek gods zeus voice of rip torn and hera samantha eggar, hercules voice of josh. The lead female in this ancient adventure is meg susan egan, and shes no maiden in distress. And the greatest and strongest of all these heroes was the mighty hercules. Hercules is a cracking disney film and for once its not just for the kids. This new remake of the animated musical will be produced by a duo who know a.
When hercules was released in the summer of 1997, it didnt flop spectacularly, but it didnt do very well, either. Hercules 1997 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. Disney is going from zero to hero once more, putting into development a liveaction remake of its 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. Tate donovan voice animated production by walt disney pictures. Everything we know about the liveaction hercules movie. Hercules is the thirtyfifth fulllength animated feature film in the disney animated. The arrival of the disney movie hercules at the refurbished new amsterdam theater in. Like avis or chicago, it tries a little harder to be hip, cool, or whatever the current vernacular is, and much of the sass comes from a lass. Video game adaptation of disneys animated movie hercules 1997.
It was produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures. It is produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures on june 27, 1997. Disney is in early development of a liveaction remake of its 1997 animated movie hercules, with avengers filmmakers joe and anthony russo producing through their agbo production company. 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 studio has hired shangchi writer dave callaham to pen the. The film is based on the legendary greek mythology hero heracles as known as his roman name hercules, the son of zeus in greek. Since quality animated disney movies take, on average, about five years to put together, that required a bunch of different workgroups all working simultaneously on different but equally important projects. Pegasus is a major character in disneys 1997 animated feature film hercules. Hercules, voice of tate donovan, peers through the wings of his flying horse, pegasus, to get a closer look at the lovely meg, bottom left, susan egan, but the loyal steed takes a disapproving view of the budding romance in walt disney pictures.
Disney tackles greek mythology in this animated feature. Rather than recreate the 1997 animated films, the russo brothers have new plans for the story in disneys liveaction remake of hercules. Disney is developing a liveaction version of the 1997. Parents need to know that hercules about what it really means to be a hero is a shade darker than many other disney blockbusters. The lead female in this ancient adventure is meg susan egan, and shes no maiden in.
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