For those who aren’t familiar with Mulan – shame on you – it’s an animated Disney action-comedy drama about the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior and main character of the 1998 original.
NOW, Disney have announced, through Hollywood Reporter, that Chris Bender and J.C. Spink, who produced We’re The Millers – you know the one with Jennifer Aniston and Wil Poulter - are producing the new project.
The original film followed the young woman Hua, with her badass sidekick Mushu, become a skilled warrior, disguise herself as a man and become one of her country’s greatest heroines.
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We thought we were excited when we heard Disney were making a live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast – actually we are still pretty ecstatic about that too – but now Mulan as well.
Disney is on fire. It’s live-action version of Cinderella, starring Lily James, earned over £227 million worldwide. It only hit the big screens, THREE WEEKS AGO.
Alice in Wonderland was remade in 2010 and Angelina Jolie starred in Disney’s 2014 film Maleficent.
We know the live-action remake Beauty and the Beast will star Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Audra McDonald who just joined the cast.
Directed by Bill Condon, it’s set to hit the cinemas in March 2017.
There’s a lot going on here. Did we also mention that a live-action version of Dumbo is also in the works? Yes, really.
Disney have bought the Mulan script from Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek who helped create the original American animation version, which was Disney’s 36th animated feature. And in 2005 Mulan II was released.
We love Disney and we especially love the revival of their old school animations.
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