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Mulan live-action film adds Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Gong Li and Xana Tang

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Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of their animated hit Mulan has just gained three new stars to the film. First Deadline reported yesterday Donnie Yen (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) was cast in the movie and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed Jet Li (The Expendables), Gong Li (Ana) and Xana Tang (Filthy Rich) have joined the […]

LEGO’s 2018 Disney Princess and Frozen sets revealed

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A batch of promotional images have arrived online for LEGO’s upcoming Disney Princess and Frozen 2018 sets which includes Mulan’s Training,  Sleeping Beauty’s Fairytale Castle, Ariel’s Royal Celebration Boat, Cinderella’s Dream Castle, Elsa’s Market Adventure, and two Princess-themed accessory sets; take a look at this official images here… Mulan’s Training (41151) Sleeping Beauty’s Fairytale Castle (41152) […]

Disney’s live-action Mulan to begin shooting in January 2018

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Industry tracking site My Entertainment World is reporting that Disney is set to go into production on its live-action Mulan remake in January 2018, with filming set to take place in China, New Zealand and Australia. The remake of the 1998 animated movie is being directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider, McFarland, USA), and Disney has said […]

The Dark Tower poster, four more Alien movies after Covenant, The Matrix prequel rumours and more – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… THE DARK TOWER MARKETING BEGINS It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the marketing campaign for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy epic The Dark Tower is about to begin, with the first teaser poster arriving online on Sunday. Now, how about that trailer… […]

Disney provides updates on live-action Aladdin and Mulan adaptations

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With Beauty and the Beast raking in the cash at the box office and The Lion King gearing up to go into production this Spring, Disney’s president of Motion Picture Production Sean Bailey has been chatting to Vulture about the studio’s live-action adaptations of its animated classics, focussing on two projects in particular in Aladdin and […]

Niki Caro tapped to direct Disney’s live-action Mulan

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One of many upcoming live-action Disney remakes has just found its director, as The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Niki Caro will helm 2018’s Mulan. In so doing, Caro will make history, becoming only the second woman in the studio’s history (and third in all) to direct a film with a budget over $100 million. Reportedly, Disney […]

Game of Thrones director to helm live-action Mulan for Sony

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Sony Pictures has announced that Alex Graves is set to direct its live-action Mulan movie, which will explore the Chinese legend of the young female warrior Hua Mulan. Graves has earned much acclaim for his work on the small screen, directing episodes of Game of Thrones, Homeland, Bloodline, Shameless and House of Cards. he recently […]

Disney promise their live-action Mulan remake will not be white-washed

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When they made the announcement of a live-action Mulan, Disney revealed they were conducting a world-wide search for an Asian actor to play the lead role. However a post on Angry Asian Male yesterday sparked some controversy that the studio were looking to white-wash the role of Shang. The claim comes from the original spec-script which […]

All upcoming live-action Disney remakes

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Luke Owen looks to the future of Disney’s live-action output… Following the announcement of a live-action version of The Lion King [read my thoughts on that here], I thought we should collate together all the information we have on Disney’s other upcoming live-action adaptations. To date, there are a whopping seventeen of these in development, but all […]