# Caitríona Balfe joins live-action Tangled as Queen Arianna 2026-08-16T09:29:58+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Outlander star Caitríona Balfe has been cast as Queen Arianna, Rapunzel’s biological mother, in Disney’s live-action adaptation of the 2010 animated musical fantasy Tangled. Cinemaexpress.com reports that the announcement was made during Disney’s D23 presentation, where the studio also confirmed a March 31, 2028 release date. Balfe joins a cast that includes Teagan Croft as Rapunzel, Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider and Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel. Michael Gracey, known for The Greatest Showman, will direct from a screenplay by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and Michael Montemurro. At D23, attendees saw early footage of Croft and Hahn in character but not Balfe. The original Tangled followed Rapunzel, a young woman with magical hair confined in a tower by Gothel, whose life changes when thief Flynn Rider stumbles in. Balfe, a five-time Golden Globe nominee for her role as Claire Fraser in Outlander, marks her entry into Disney’s slate of live-action remakes. ## Coverage - cinemaexpress.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Caitriona Balfe, Disney+, Outlander, Tangled Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/caitriona-balfe-joins-live-action-tangled-as-queen-arianna/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/caitriona-balfe-joins-live-action-tangled-as-queen-arianna/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/