translated from Spanish: Will Benedict Cumberbatch play Hades in the live action of “Hercules”?

For more than ten years Disney set out to bring its animated classics to the big screen but this time in realistic version. So since the premiere of “Alice in Wonderland” (Tim Burton, 2010), the industry has been working on turning its characters into flesh-and-blood beings. This is how they premiered: “Maleficent” (2014), “Cinderella” (2015), “The Jungle Book” (2016), “Beauty and the Beast” (2017), “Christopher Robin” (2018), “Dumbo” (2019), “Aladdin” (2019) and “The Lion King” (2019).

However, the reviews were not entirely favorable. Many users and critics were unhappy with the adaptations, so it is not always possible to capture the excitement of the original animated classics, which happens even more in the cases of animals. And examples of it were “The Lion King” and “The Jungle Book”.

Hercules, 1997

This year – although Disney has already premiered three live action – will present the sequel “Maleficent Owner of Evil” (October), which will continue the villain’s solo story, which five years ago was based on the account of “Sleeping Beauty”, whose film reached theaters in 1959.The myth , which became an animated film and now live action?
We know that the House of Mickey Mouse will premiere “Mulán”, “La Dama y el Vagabundo” (on its streaming platform Disney+) and “The Little Mermaid”, although it transcended that the industry works in other live actions such as: “The Sword in the Stone”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Pinocchio” . What many did not know and spread in recent hours is that Disney would be taking the first steps to adapt “Hercules” (1997) and is shuffling the names of several actors who could bring the characters to life.
For the lead, the name of Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard (“The Legend of Tarzan”), brother of Bill Skarsgard, the young man who gets into the shoes of the clown Pennywise in “IT”, played by Stephen King’s novel of the same name, directed by Andy Muschietti.Remember that it was Ricky Martin who lent his voice for the Latin translation of the demigod and who performed the theme song of the film.
As sources close to We Got This Covered, reported that British actor Benedict Cumberbatch would be close to playing Hades, the god of the underworld, the charismatic villain and uncle of Hercules.Cumberbatch is one of Hollywood’s great stars for starring in acclaimed productions such as the series “Sherlock Holmes”, “The Enigma Code” and putting the body to Marvel Studios’ supreme sorcerer, “Doctor Strange”.

Alexander Skarsgard could be chosen for Hercules

On the other hand, it seems that Trevor Donovan (“Beverly Hills 90210”) would be another actor considered for the character. Speculation began minutes after he replied to a comment on Twitter asking if they had forgotten to give an ad about “Hercules” at Expo D23.” Well, more or less … we’re not supposed to say anything,” Donovan replied and sowed suspicions for the premiere. So far, however, it’s unfortunately just speculation. Will the remake arrive soon?

Original source in Spanish

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