Hercules is brought to us by Director/Producer/Writer team of Ron Clements and John Musker, who had worked on Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana (coming to theaters November 23 rd, 2016). The idea behind adapting Hercules was that it’s a story that has been told in many different ways for different reasons over the years, so there was a lot of wiggle-room when it came to the adaptation itself. Released on June 27 th, 1997, work on Hercules began in 1992.
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Greek Mythology, a series of tales about a very dysfunctional immortal family that is always killing their children/their children’s friends? Well, we haven’t done that one yet! Something by Victor “I Hate Happiness In Writing” Hugo? Check. A gruesome fairytale that makes people cry? Check.
It seems like, in this time period anyway, Disney has been basing their animated films off of some surprising source material. And, of course, if you have any thoughts, burning or otherwise, please share in the comments! BACKGROUND OF HERCULES Welcome to Revisiting Disney! Today, we are looking at another film that was surprisingly hilarious, Hercules!!! Like always, I have labeled each category so if you want to skip to the parts that interest you most, feel free.