Along with the Russos’ early comments about the approach for Hercules, they expressed some uneasiness about how the music might come into play in the live-action version.
For now, the Hercules producers said it would definitely have an important role in the film, but I think when audiences sign up for a Disney version of Hercules, they want to see the music numbers play out on the big screen again.
The lesson learned with those live-action versions is no one really cared.
We’ve seen the gritty Hercules movies starring Dwayne Johnson and Kellan Lutz.