Hercules (Disney franchise)

Hercules is a Disney media franchise comprising a film series and additional merchandise, starting with the 1997 animated Disney feature of the same name, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.

Films

Hercules

Hercules is a 1997 American animated musical comedy-fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 35th Disney animated feature film, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. The film is based on the legendary Greek mythology hero Heracles (known in the film by his Roman name, Hercules), the son of Zeus, in Greek mythology.

Hercules: Zero to Hero

Hercules: Zero to Hero is a 1998 direct-to-video followup to Disney's 1997 animated feature Hercules. It was released on August 31, 1999, and serves as the pilot to Hercules: The Animated Series.

Television

Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series

Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series is an American animated series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the Greek myth. The series premiered in syndication on August 31, 1998, and on Disney's One Saturday Morning on September 12, 1998. The syndicated series ran 52 episodes, while the Saturday morning run ran 13.

"Hercules and the Arabian Night"

"Hercules and the Arabian Night" is a crossover episode of Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series featuring characters from Aladdin.

Once Upon a Time

Hercules and Megara appeared in the latter half of Once Upon a Time's fifth season episode entitled "Labor of Love" portrayed by Jonathan Whitesell and Kacey Rohl.

Video game

Disney's Hercules: Action Game

Disney's Hercules: Action Game is a video game for the PlayStation and PC released on June 20, 1997 by Disney Interactive. It was made in one week before the animated movie released in the same year.

Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules

Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules is part of the Disney's Animated Storybook series.

Disney's Hercules Print Studio

Disney's Hercules Print Studio is part of the Disney's Print Studio series.

Hades Challenge

Hades Challenge is a PC video game released on April 17, 1998. It is a first–person adventure/puzzle game and a spinoff to Hercules in which the player assumes the role of a rookie hero undergoing various adventures based upon elements of Greek mythology not directly explored in the main film while being recurrently antagonized by Hades and Pain and Panic.

Cast and characters

Stage musical

Hercules: The Muse-ical

Hercules: The Muse-ical (also known as Hercules: A Muse-ical Comedy) is a show on Disney Cruise Line's Disney Wonder ship. It is a "Vaudevillian salute" to the 1997 Disney film, and features some of its songs. ^[1] "It had its final performance in 2008 to make way for Toy Story: The Musical."^[2]

Rotoscopers explains: "Not taking itself seriously for a moment, Hercules‘ sea voyage was practically half musical, half stand-up comedy. Hades, Pain, and Panic (the latter two both portrayed by women) especially packed a humorous punch, infusing relevant pop-culture references into the script. They often changed to keep up with current trends, much like Genie’s jokes in Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular, a former show at Disney California Adventure."^[3]

Music

Hercules: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

Hercules: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack for Hercules. It consists of music written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel, orchestrated by Danny Troob and Michael Starobin,[13] with vocals performed by Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, and Susan Egan among others.

• "The Gospel Truth"
• "Go the Distance"
• "One Last Hope"
• "Zero to Hero"
• "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)"
• "A Star Is Born"

References