SHOCKING: Leaks from inside Disney reveal that Henry Cavill is in talks to play Flynn Rider in the live-action version of Tangled — a surprising move that has both fans and the film industry shaken!
But that’s not all, as there’s a huge secret being kept under wraps that could completely change the fairy tale you thought you knew. Read the full details below 👇
Burbank, 22 November 2025 – 07:55 PST.
It started with a single line in the Disney production weekly report that someone photographed with their phone:
“TANGLED LA – Flynn Rider: Henry Cavill – final negotiation stage – offer expires 12 Dec.”
By 8:30 a.m. the photo was on every Hollywood subreddit. By 9:15 #CavillRider was the number-one worldwide trend.
Sources inside Walt Disney Studios confirm: Henry Cavill, fresh off his Superman restoration and riding the wave of Frankenstein buzz, has been in serious talks for three weeks to become the live-action Flynn Rider opposite 20-year-old newcomer Leah Jeffries (Annabeth Chase in the Percy Jackson series) as Rapunzel.
But the real shock isn’t the casting. It’s what Disney is doing with the story itself.
According to four separate production sources and a 37-page treatment leaked last night, Tangled live-action will not be a gentle musical retelling. It is being re-imagined as a high-stakes, genre-bending action-fantasy blockbuster aimed squarely at the 2028 summer tentpole slot, with a budget north of $260 million.
The secret that is making executives whisper and fans scream is spelled out in forty-eight words that have already crashed the Disney+ servers twice this morning:
“Tangled will no longer be a simple fairy tale. It will fuse swashbuckling adventure, supernatural horror, and political intrigue: the kingdom is secretly ruled by an ancient coven, Mother Gothel is a centuries-old sorceress, and Rapunzel’s hair is the last living fragment of a destroyed sun goddess.”
Yes, you read that correctly.
In this version, Rapunzel is not merely a girl with healing hair. She is the reincarnation of the sun goddess Solara, murdered a thousand years ago by the coven that now controls the kingdom from the shadows. Her 70 feet of golden hair is literally the goddess’s remaining life-force, slowly regenerating. Mother Gothel (rumored for Eva Green or Monica Bellucci) is the high priestess of that coven, keeping Rapunzel alive only to harvest the power and achieve immortality.
Flynn Rider is no longer just a charming thief. Cavill’s version is a disgraced royal captain who deserted after discovering the coven’s existence. He’s on the run with a price on his head and a magical bounty that makes every mirror in the kingdom show his location. His mission: steal the “lost princess” to expose the truth, only to realize she might be the weapon that can destroy the coven forever.
The leaked treatment describes set pieces that sound more like John Wick meets Lord of the Rings than a Disney princess movie:
– A 12-minute chase across the kingdom’s rooftops with Cavill dual-wielding a frying pan and a cursed dagger.
– Rapunzel using her hair as a glowing whip that can slice through stone.
– A midnight coronation scene where the coven attempts to drain Rapunzel’s power in front of the entire kingdom, turning the sky blood-red.
– A third-act betrayal that reveals the King and Queen have been puppets for centuries.
Director Joachim Rønning (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Pirates 5) is attached. Lorne Balfe is composing. The hair alone has a dedicated VFX team of 180 people.
Disney insiders say the studio is terrified and exhilarated in equal measure. “We saw what happened when we played it safe with the live-action remakes,” one executive told Variety anonymously. “This is our Wicked moment. We’re going full fantasy epic or we die trying.”
Henry Cavill has been spotted leaving Disney Animation offices three times in the last ten days, always wearing the same black hoodie and carrying a battered leather satchel that eagle-eyed fans swear contains the original Tangled storybook.
At 11:42 a.m. today he finally broke silence with an Instagram post: a close-up selfie of his smirk and the caption “Wanted: dead or alive. Preferably alive.” Within minutes the official Disney account commented with a single frying-pan emoji.
Leah Jeffries posted a 3-second TikTok of herself swinging 70 feet of glowing LED hair in a dark studio, eyes pure gold. Caption: “See you in the tower.”
The internet is in chaos.
Half the fandom is screaming “This is not my Tangled!”
The other half is already pre-ordering midnight tickets for May 2028.
One thing is certain: when Henry Cavill finally utters the line “You were my new dream” on screen, it won’t be to a sweet princess in a tower.
It will be to a goddess ready to burn the kingdom down.
And Disney just lit the match.
