Adapting a Greek myth accurately would result in a hard R-rating, minimum.Įvery adaptation sanitizes things.
Humans and immortals are subjected to cruelty, devastation, scorn, bodily violation, and fates worse than death. They only make sequels on rare occasions, and it would be presumptuous (and fiscally risky) to anticipate a sequel before the first script is written.Ī primary issue is, Greek mythology, despite its immortal appeal, is not suitable for children. Hercules would need to contain anything an audience would ever want from a movie based on Greek mythology.ĭisney Animation doesn’t make franchises Disney Animation is the franchise. Now they were telling one story from Greek mythology, a library larger than any yet covered. They couldn’t recycle the same characters.ĭisney made one movie about Arthurian legend. Disney couldn’t keep revisiting the same setting. The only question is, which one? They couldn’t make multiple films about Greek myths. It stands to reason Disney would, sooner or later, choose to adapt a story from Greek mythology. Their characters, creatures, and legends live immortally. The epic works of Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Hesiod, and others have survived thousands of years. In the world of storytelling, there’s no greater success than the works of Greek mythology.
