Alan Menken Hints At Live-Action HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Remake!

Alan Menken has hinted ‘The Hunchback Of Notre Dame’ could be made into a live-action remake. The iconic composer who is known for his musical scores for hit Disney animated movies including Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast has kept tight-lipped about which classic tale the studio is set to reboot, but he wants to see the French story remade.

Speaking to NME, Menken, who also composed the original animation, said:

”I can’t say anything yet but I think ‘Hunchback’ would make an amazing live-action musical.”

Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the story follows deformed Quasimodo, who lives in the bell tower of the Parisian cathedral, and wishes to go down to live with the rest of society. However, his guardian, the evil Judge Claude Frollo wants to keep him locked away and rid the world of hellish beings. When Quasimodo meets the beautiful Esmeralda, he is persuaded to help her and the rest of the gypsies from their fate at the hands of Frollo.

This project would join Disney’s ever growing franchise of live-action reboots which has seen Alice In Wonderland, Maleficent, Cinderella, The Jungle Book and most recently, the box office smash Beauty and the Beast.

Among the other remakes being lined up are Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, Dumbo’ and The Little Mermaid…with many other in very early development.

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