{"id":32523,"date":"2023-04-28T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1823682"},"modified":"2023-04-28T12:06:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:06:12","slug":"joe-russo-gives-update-on-making-new-hercules-for-a-modern-audience","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/joe-russo-gives-update-on-making-new-hercules-for-a-modern-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Russo gives update on making new Hercules \u201cfor a modern audience\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The director also elaborated on those TikTok comments. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 28 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s fair to say the Russo Brothers<\/a> have taken on an unenviable task with their live-action version of Hercules<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Considered by some as a flawless film, the 1997 Disney animation is completely beloved \u2013 not least because it\u2019s arguably some of composer Alan Menken\u2019s best work.<\/p>\n

So, when the Avengers: Endgame<\/a> directors announced they were working on a live-action version of the classic, helmed by Guy Ritchie, and it was later reported that they were \u201cinspired by TikTok\u201d, not everyone was on board.<\/p>\n

Sharing an update exclusively with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Joe Russo explained: \u201cDisney is very thoughtful about their IP and everyone working on it, of course, has lots of other things that they\u2019re working on but we are slowly working our way through how to tell that story to a modern audience.<\/p>\n

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Russo Brothers (Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of my favourite projects we\u2019re working on and everyone involved in it is very exciting, from Guy Ritchie on down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elaborating on what he meant by those<\/em> TikTok comments, Russo added: \u201cWe live in a world where most of your audience under 30 is now informed by their social media habits and it changes the way that they consume content and information and storytelling. As the storyteller, you have to be aware of changing habits.<\/p>\n

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