Mandy Moore Unbraids Hair for Disney’s ‘Rapunzel’

Singer and actress Mandy Moore will voice the leading lady famous for her 70 feet of golden hair in Disney’s Digital 3D-animated musical action-adventure “Rapunzel,” according to Reuters.

Byron Howard and Nathan Greno will direct. Oscar winner Alan Menken will compose the film’s music so the score should be amazing!

Disney is re-imagining the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, by showing the princess years after her famous stuck-in-the-castle tale.  Now a rebellious teenager, Rapunzel escapes and goes on the run with a dashing bandit, voiced by “Chuck” star Zachary Levi.

The Reuters article ponders if Disney will try to “franchise” Rapunzel as part of the mega-popular Disney Princess line.  That is definitely a possibly and Disney is ever on the look out for the next merchandise revenue.

Mandy Moore has a very sweet voice and while not an Oscar-winning actress, I think she’ll perform greatly as a voice-over actress.  She should bring forth a headstrong yet regal performance.

The film is scheduled for a holiday 2010 release.

What do you think of Mandy Moore’s casting as the voice of Rapunzel?

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