Disney’s "Robin Hood" Remake Not Moving Forward

Disney’s remake of the 1973 animated movie “Robin Hood” is no longer moving forward.

“Blindspotting” and “Raya and the Last Dragon” director Carlos López Estrada shared the update during a Reddit AMA earlier this week.

“Its dead sadly,” Estrada wrote. “I say sadly because I actually thought there was something really special (and original!) there. Some truly extraordinary music we had figured out for it.”

The live-action/CGI hybrid movie was announced in April 2020 as being in early development for Disney+. 

Estrada was on board to helm the remake from a script by Kari Granlund, who wrote 2019’s Disney+ reboot of “Lady and the Tramp.” Justin Springer (“Dumbo” and “Tron: Legacy”) would produce.

While the Disney project is dead, Estrada added, “I keep [daydreaming] about doing it independently with different characters.”

The 1973 “Robin Hood” centered on the classic story of Robin Hood, Little John and the inhabitants of Nottingham as they fought against Prince John’s excessive taxation, but animated movie took place in a world of anthropomorphized animals. 

Robin Hood was portrayed as a fox, Little John was depicted as a bear, Friar Tuck as a badger, Prince John as a lion, the sheriff of Nottingham as a wolf and Maid Marian as a vixen.

“Robin Hood” earned $32 million at the box office on a $5 million budget, and the movie’s song “Love” received an Oscar nomination.

The status of Disney’s live-action remakes has been tenuous in recent years.

While the studio enjoyed box office successes like “The Lion King,” “Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Maleficent” and “Lilo & Stitch,” the last of which was the first movie to gross $1 billion in 2025, not every adaptation has been a hit, leading to a shift in strategy. 

For example, the “Tangled” live-action project had been put on hold after the lukewarm box office for “Snow White”; that film was recently revived, with Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim on board to star.

Next up for the studio is the live-action “Moana,” starring Dwayne Johnson as the tattooed demigod Maui and newcomer Catherine Laga‘aia as the titular princess, which hits theaters on July 10.