Disney fans demand Sabrina Carpenter take on lead role in latest live-action remake of beloved film

Disney fans have demanded that Sabrina Carpenter take on the leading role in the upcoming live-action remake of a beloved film that released 14 years earlier. 

On Wednesday, Variety reported that Disney is set to make a live-action film based on Tangled (2010). 

Michael Gracey - who has helmed past projects such as The Greatest Showman - is in talks to direct the movie from a script written by Jennifer Kaytin. 

Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi notably voiced the characters of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, respectively, in the original animation - which became a box office success. 

Not long after it was announced that the major studio will be turning Tangled into a live-action feature, social media users jumped to X to share their thoughts, while others offered their opinions on who should play Rapunzel. 

Fans shared they felt Carpenter, 25 - who recently split from Barry Keoghan - would be an ideal casting choice. 

It comes one year after the Espresso hitmaker also wore a Tangled-inspired costume for Halloween. 

One penned, 'CAST TAYLOR LAUTNER AS FLYNN AND SABRINA CARPENTER AS RAPUNZEL.' 

Another shared side-by-side photos of Disney's Rapunzel as well as the singer dressed in the past costume and wrote, 'Disney you have one chance don't blow it PLEASE.'

'I guarantee Disney will cast Sabrina Carpenter in Tangled after the success Ariana Grande is having for Universal. Plus, Sabrina grew up on the Disney channel,' a fan shared. 

Carpenter starred in Disney channel shows in the past such as Girl Meets World and the film, Adventures In Babysitting.   

'Sabrina Carpenter. She's been working with Disney for years,' one typed, while another added, 'Only one answer. Sabrina Carpenter.'

A fan also penned, 'Sabrina would actually be perfect for this especially since she can sing so well.' 

'The way I see it you only have two options. Sabrina Carpenter or Florence Pugh,' another shared on X. 

Others also gave their thoughts on who could possibly play Flynn Rider  - with one typing out, 'SABRINA CARPENTER AND TAYLOR PEREZ FOR THE TANGLED LIVE ACTION LIKE THE VISION IS SO CLEAR.'

Taylor Zakhar Perez has starred in a number of films, such as The Kissing Booth franchise and Red, White & Royal Blue. 

Tangled initially released in theaters in 2010 - and raked in a whopping $592.5 million in the box office on a budget of $260 million. 

Along with Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, other voice stars that appeared in the animated movie included Donna Murphy. 

The film showcased a number of songs, such as I See The Light, I've Got A Dream and also When Will My Life Begin? 

Tangled garnered critical praise following its release, and also received a number of award nominations, such as two Golden Globe nods. 

The movie also received a nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Original Song for I See The Light. 

Two years after Tangled, a short film titled Tangled Ever After was released, as well as as a TV film, Tangled: Before Ever After (2017). 

A series called Rapunzel's Tangled Adventures also premiered in 2017. However, a main sequel to the 2010 movie was never released in theaters. 

Mandy Moore also suggested in the past that Carpenter could be a contender to play Rapunzel if Tangled was ever turned into a live-action film. 

During an interview with Elite Daily, the This Is Us actress said of Sabrina, 'I could see her with 50 feet of hair or something. She looks like a Disney princess in real life.'

The star then pitched a role for herself and told the outlet, 'Maybe I could be Rapunzel's mom.'

'Let's have a real mother-daughter duet, and have someone write an original song so we can talk about our differences and how hard it is to be a young person in this world.' 

Earlier this year in July, Zachary Levi offered his own thoughts on who should play Flynn Rider when rumors of a Tangled live-action movie were circulating. 

Levi told Entertainment Tonight, 'I mean, he's already getting every other job but probably Timothee Chalamet?' 

'Unfortunately I feel like I'm a little old - and that I don't know all of the younger actors that could be that guy.' 

While both he and Moore might not reprise their roles in the live-action, he did offer the pair making a possible cameo. 

'I think it would be fun if Mandy and I got to be Rapunzel's parents. I think that would be a really fun little cameo for us to pop in to,' Levi told the outlet. 

In regards to the love the film has gotten even years after its release, Zachary stated, 'I'm so proud of that movie. I'm so grateful that I got to be a part of it.' 

'I always dreamed about being in a Disney animated musical and then I got to be in one! And not just any one, like, I think it's one of the best ones that there is.'