Caitríona Balfe Joins Live-Action ‘Tangled’ As Queen Arianna

From 18th century Scotland to the fictional Kingdom of Corona, Disney‘s live-action Tangled has found its Queen Arianna.

While Outlander star Caitríona Balfe was not featured in the footage teased Friday at D23, Disney has announced the 5x Golden Globe nominee will play Rapunzel’s long-lost mother in the adaptation of the 2010 animated fantasy musical.

Balfe joins the previously announced Teagan Croft as Rapunzel, Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider and Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel in the Michael Gracey-helmed movie, from a script by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and Michael Montemayor.

Announcing a March 31, 2028 release date during Friday’s D23 panel, Disney also teased a first look at footage of Croft and Hahn in the film.

In the original Tangled, magical long-haired Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) spent her entire life in a tower until runaway thief Flynn Ryder (Zachari Levi) stumbles upon her, after which she sets out to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is. The cast also included Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, Brad Garrett and Jeffrey Tambor.