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EXCLUSIVE: International action star Donnie Yen has been set to star in the live action Mulan based on Disney’s classic animated film and the legendary ballad. Yen will play Commander Tung, a mentor and teacher to Mulan. The Chinese actress Liu Yifei had previously been set to play the title role. The film will be…

The Walt Disney Company has pushed its live-action Mulan back by two years from this coming November to March, 27, 2020, and has completely removed Nicole (aka Noelle) from its schedule. That female Santa Claus movie starring Anna Kendrick, which was set to drop on November 8, 2019, is expected to be one of the films t…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, the screenwriting team that has penned some of Hollywood’s biggest recent tentpole hits including Jurassic World and the first in Fox’s Planet of the Apes trilogy, successfully rebooting both franchises. The husband-and-wife duo also is collaborating on James…

Chinese actress Liu Yifei (also known as Crystal Liu) has been tapped to star as the titular character in Disney’s live-action adaptation of the 1998 animated film Mulan. Niki Caro is attached to direct, with Jason Reed, Chris Bender, and Jake Weiner producing, and Bill Kong executive producing. The story from Amanda…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has set Alex Graves to direct Mulan, its live-action adaptation of the Chinese legend based on Hua Mulan, the young female warrior who takes her ailing father’s place in the Chinese Imperial Army. There are two live-action versions of Mulan, but this one is being designed for the international…

Disney is putting a live-action 3D Mulan film on the fast track for November 2018, building upon a tried and true strategy of taking already branded and beloved animated films and giving them new life for  the big screen. This one also has a female protagonist, not unlike their box office hits Cinderella and Maleficent…