Disney's classic animated live-action version has achieved unprecedented success around the world, from Alice in Wonderland to "Cinderella" to "Beauty and the Beast", so Disney has planned more live-action plans, and even "The Lion King" will shoot a live-action (beast) version, and one of the more special ones is the live-action version of "Mulan" based on Chinese legends.
The 1998 Disney animation "Mulan" is one of Disney's series of classic animations based on exotic legends, and the film's reputation and box office have been a great success, and a Chinese princess has been added to the lineup of Disney princesses.
The most eye-catching of the live-action version of "Mulan" is the strong starring lineup, the heroine of the film is set to Be Liu Yifei, today the film just released the first makeup photo, and announced the official start of filming, such a Mulan what do you think?
Around Liu Yifei, several heavyweight stars have joined, first of all Jet Li, who will play the emperor in the film. Then Zhen Zidan also joined, playing the role of Mulan's mentor. Gong Li joined to play the main villain, who is a witch.
Newcomer actor An Yousen plays the male protagonist, who, like Mulan, is a newly recruited ambitious creep, and he will be Mulan's comrade-in-arms and lover.
In addition to the above actors, the film also has Zheng Peipei, Li Trung, Yuan Wenzhong and other franchises.
The story is the familiar story of Mulan's father in the army, but the movie will have certain adaptations, such as Disney animation and many domestic film and television dramas in Mulan's lover is a general, and in this movie, his lover is an ordinary soldier. At the same time, Gong Li's role also shows that the film will add certain magical elements.
Directed by Whale Rider and Never Give In director Nikki Kahlo, she is a director who is good at portraying exotic female characters, so Disney chose her wisely.
The lineup of the live-action version of "Mulan" can not be said to be not strong, but there are few successful examples of movies with Chinese legends in Hollywood, and "The King of Kung Fu", which once had a strong lineup, is a lesson from the past, so can this "Mulan" successfully impress foreign audiences and make domestic audiences accept it? This goal is indeed not easy to achieve.
Interestingly, a few days ago, the role in another Disney blockbuster has proved that Mulan is still very topical in Europe and the United States, two days ago The Disney animation blockbuster "Invincible Destruction King 2" exposed a still of a Disney princess group photo, in which the princesses no longer wear their classic costumes, but wear casual clothes, among which Mulan wearing a dragon pattern top is on fire, this dress and this image have been unanimously praised by European and American audiences, inadvertently for this live-action version of "Mulan" also carried out a wave of publicity, It also proves the popularity of the image of Mulan in Europe and the United States.
The live-action version of "Mulan" will be filmed in New Zealand and China, and the film is scheduled to be released on March 27, 2020.