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Late Night star and Oscar winner Emma Thompson is in early talks to join Emma Stone in Disney’s live-action 101 Dalmatians spinoff Cruella. Thompson’s role is under wraps, as well as the pic’s specific storyline when it comes to the puppy bandit and furrier Cruella de Vil, who’ll be played by Stone in the movie. I, To…

EXCLUSIVE: I, Tonya‘s Craig Gillespie is in talks at Disney to direct the live-action Cruella, with Emma Stone playing the woman who covets the furs of the 101 Dalmation pups needed to give her the perfect coat, sources said. Alex Timbers, the acclaimed Broadway director-writer and co-creator of Amazon's Mozart in the…

EXCLUSIVE: The latest twist in the Alex Timbers/Disney saga is news that the acclaimed Broadway director/writer and co-creator of Amazon’s Mozart In The Jungle is negotiating to direct Cruella at Disney. Emma Stone, who received both a Golden Globe and SAG nomination this week for her role in La La Land, has been…

Without specifically identifying titles, Disney has made a number of release date changes, and booked some future dates for both its upcoming live action and fairy tale-live action fare. One of these dates per insiders will go to Jungle Book 2, the first installment of which is honing in on $600M…