Kathryn Hahn and Mother Gothel in 'Tangled.' Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Oh, great, now she's the bad guy. Kathryn Hahn, who earned an Emmy nomination playing the villainous Agatha Harkness in a pair of Marvel Studios TV shows, is going to the dark side once more. The actress is in talks to play Mother Gothel, the magical would be step-mother, in Disney's live-action take on Tangled. The move comes after the studio chose rising Australian actress Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim, star of Disney Channel's musical Zombies franchise, to star. Croft will play Rapunzel, the curious and plucky would-be princess with magical hair, and Manheim stars as Flynn Rider, the cocky outlaw thief who helps her escape her tower. Related Stories Movies 'Tangled' Live-Action Movie Finds Its Leads: Teagan Croft, Milo Manheim (Exclusive) Movies Sarah Catherine Hook Says It Would Be a "Dream Come True" to Play Rapunzel in Live-Action 'Tangled' Michael Gracey, who counts the musical biopics Better Man and The Greatest Showman among his credits, is directing the feature, which, like the original, will have big musical elements. Producing is Kristin Burr, who has long-standing ties to the studio and was a producer on last summer's Freakier Friday as well as 2021's live-action Cruella. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge, Thor: Love and Thunder) wrote the script. Disney had no comment. The casting of Hahn will be a bit of a magical treat to fans, who for months had fan-cast her as the bad guy in this project, even when actress Scarlett Johansson was temporarily inhabiting it. The part is fun one, with delectable lines and even a musical number, "Mother Knows Best." Hahn starred in Marvel series Agatha All Along, reprising her role of the magical enchantress who causes all sorts of trouble for both good and bad guys. The part earned her a Golden Globe nomination and the show was one of the more popular of the Marvel series. More recently, Hahn starred in The Studio, playing head of marketing Maya Mason in the acclaimed Apple series. She also earned an Emmy nomination for the part. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Heat Vision Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista Are Bickering Brothers Who Battle the Yakuza in 'Wrecking Crew' Trailer Mickey Rourke Mickey Rourke and Alec Baldwin - Among Other Troubled Stars - Spoof Themselves in 'National Lampoon's Hollywood Hustle' (Exclusive) Train Dreams American Society of Cinematographers Reveals 2026 Nominees Sight Unseen 'Rental Family' Producers Learned a New Way of Making Movies in Tokyo Song Sung Blue Craig Brewer on How He Worked a Neil Diamond Performance Into an AA Meeting in the Opening of 'Song Sung Blue' Morena Baccarin 'Greenland 2: Migration' Review: Gerard Butler in a Post-Apocalyptic Sequel That's Exactly What You Expect Heat Vision Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista Are Bickering Brothers Who Battle the Yakuza in 'Wrecking Crew' Trailer Mickey Rourke Mickey Rourke and Alec Baldwin - Among Other Troubled Stars - Spoof Themselves in 'National Lampoon's Hollywood Hustle' (Exclusive) Train Dreams American Society of Cinematographers Reveals 2026 Nominees Sight Unseen 'Rental Family' Producers Learned a New Way of Making Movies in Tokyo Song Sung Blue Craig Brewer on How He Worked a Neil Diamond Performance Into an AA Meeting in the Opening of 'Song Sung Blue' Morena Baccarin 'Greenland 2: Migration' Review: Gerard Butler in a Post-Apocalyptic Sequel That's Exactly What You Expect