Originally Posted By brian8871 On the heels of the magical success of Disney's live-action Cinderella, the studio is eyeing another live-action retelling: Mulan. Disney bought a script by writing team Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney's 1998 animated film. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-developing-live-action-mulan-784892">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...n-784892</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Sigh. I can't say I'm excited by this news, but I'm also not surprised. It's just more of the same from Iger's TWDC. In related news, I just read this Variety opinion article disparaging this strategy: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2015/voices/opinion/is-bob-iger-playing-it-safe-by-keeping-disney-in-the-fairy-tale-space-1201459276/">http://variety.com/2015/voices...1459276/</a> And of course, there's the commercial for the new live action Bambi that premiered on Saturday: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJz2IMUeDE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...z2IMUeDE</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss A live-action Mulan is fine with me, since from my perspective, there aren't enough positive depictions of Asians in western media. I hope the screen adaptation doesn't have a magical wisecracking miniature dragon voiced by a black man.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA < I hope the screen adaptation doesn't have a magical wisecracking miniature dragon voiced by a black man.> Right? Imagine if Jackie Chan had voiced the dragon?
Originally Posted By dagobert I really don't mind that Disney is producing so many live action fairy tale movies. I don't need them, I don't have to watch them and I'm pretty sure I will definitely not watch any of them in the cinema. As long as Disney isn't ruining Star Wars and isn't interfering with Marvel, I couldn't care less about their fairy tale movies. I'm getting a new Tron and POTC movie and a very interesting looking Tomorrowland film in the next years, so I'm fine with Disney's movies. Pixar and Disney Animation also have some intriguing movies coming up.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: The animated version of Mulan was ruined by Eddie Murphy so a live action version without any references to any modern personalities--like him--would be a welcome relief, unless they ruin the live action version with more modern references. ORWEN: Yeah Eddie Murphy took the Chinese culture right out of the animated version of MULAN as soon as Mushu showed up.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Mushu in the animated film doesn't bother me, nor does the fact that it is voiced by a non-Chinese actor. I just would like to see the live action version portrayed in a different and more realistic manner.
The latest Disney trend is adapting old animated classics into live-action remakes. These movies have been tremendous successes - The Jungle Book was one of the highlights of 2016 - and promise to only get better. Let's face it, Emma Watson's Beauty and the Beast is one of the most eagerly-anticipated films of 2017! But one of the most promising, and most intriguing, adaptations is Mulan. Now, a casting call for the main roles has revealed some of the most important changes Disney plan to make! Disney's Mulan casting call reveals details of live action adaption
Interesting that they want the leads to speak Mandarin and English. I wonder if they're planning to film two versions, rather than just dubbing/subtitling it; the only same-actor dubbing I know of off the top of my head is Diane Kruger, who dubbed herself in German for the National Treasure movies (obviously the rest of the cast was replaced by German voices) I also think the changes they're making to accommodate Chinese audiences familiar with the folktale make a lot of sense (though calling the film an "animated classic" sure makes me feel old!). I suspect this happens to more films than we realize, and is part of the current shift toward bland blockbuster-type movies rather than the variety of smaller films we've seen in the past. Even if a film only does okay in the US, it can still be plenty successful when worldwide totals are factored in
