Disney Develops Live-Action Medusa Film With Seven Bucks

Disney is developing a live-action film based on the Greek myth of Medusa, with Michael Montemayor writing the first draft and Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions producing. The project is in development, and the reports do not establish that Disney has approved it for production.

Johnson is producing with Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. Matt Smith is also attached as a producer through Electro Corduroy Entertainment. Johnson is not attached to star in the film, according to the reports. Melissa Fried is reported to be overseeing the project for Seven Bucks.

The film’s specific story and creative approach have not been disclosed. One report described it as a villain-origin story, but the other accounts do not confirm that framing. The reporting instead characterizes the project as a new interpretation of the myth, without establishing which version Disney intends to use.

In Greek mythology, Medusa is one of three Gorgons and is commonly described as a woman with snakes for hair whose gaze turns people to stone. The hero Perseus beheads her in the myth. Accounts of her origins differ: the Roman poet Ovid’s version depicts her as a beautiful woman transformed after an encounter...