Mulan (Live-Action)

[Sotiris]

This became news again somehow.

Mulan fans mourn Li Shang's alleged removal from live-action Disney remake
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 08236.html

Disney fan anger over removal of 'bisexual icon' from live-action Mulan
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/disney-fan- ... 31839.html

Shang Might Not Be In Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan,’ And People Aren’t Taking It Well
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sh ... ca2cbe516e

Disney is Wrong To Write Li Shang Out of the Live Action “Mulan” Movie
https://www.obsev.com/entertainment/dis ... movie.html

Li Shang Won't Be In The Live-Action 'Mulan' & Fans Are Seriously Pissed
https://www.elitedaily.com/p/li-shang-w ... ed-8817464

Li Shang Might Not Be in Disney's Live-Action Mulan Movie, and Fans Are LIVID
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/ ... n-44754549

Disney Just Deleted Li-Shang From the Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Story
https://nextshark.com/disney-removed-mu ... hang-2020/

It's official, Disney has cut Shang from the live-action Mulan, and how are we supposed to defeat the Huns?
https://hellogiggles.com/news/shang-off ... ney-mulan/

[JeanGreyForever]

I personally don't think Mulan requires songs at all. They don't fit a war movie which is why even the animated film barely had songs.

It featured five original songs like most of Disney's musicals. I wouldn't call that barely having songs. And no movie "requires" songs. It's an optional creative approach like any other. Any story, regardless of subject matter or tone can become a musical. The history of musical theater has long proven that.

I was comparing Mulan to the rest of the 90s musicals which actually were musicals. They have songs spread out throughout the film and they each have way more than 5 songs, especially with reprises and chorus finales. Mulan has four songs. I don't count True to Your Heart because that's basically an end-credits pop song. Four songs does not equate a musical to me. I think even Coco has more songs and that isn't considered a musical. Mulan's songs end 2/3 of the way in the film, which might also be true for a film like Frozen, but that has way more songs and no one would doubt that it is a musical.

[Disney's Divinity]

The animated film is a mishmash of many genres. I do consider it a musical and it was intended as one. It's too bad they have no intention of re-creating the animated film, because otherwise I'd hope "Keep 'Em Guessing" might have been reinstated along with "Written in Stone." I believe they ultimately decided not to give Mushu a song after Murphy was cast? Of course some of the lyrics would need work, but I always liked the demo for that song. *shrug* I thought it sounded like a strange love-child of "Friend Like Me" and "Poor Unfortunate Souls."

[magicalwands]

Back in 2012 when Guillermo Del Toro was attached to Beauty and the Beast, I was excited. The end result after he left was disappointing. I wanted a fresh take on it.

And here, I LOVE Mulan...and I want them to do what they did with Beauty and the Beast and recreate an exact beat-by-beat live action film to the animated version!

Everything seems to go in the opposite direction I want them to.

[Sotiris]

A production budget of $300 million is much higher than any of their other live-action remakes. They must be counting on the Chinese box office to bring in the big bucks.

It looks like fans can rest assured that there won’t be any more delay in production of Disney’s live-action reboot of Mulan. Preparations for the movie’s production in New Zealand this August seems to be going according to the plan. Sources close to Pursue News have confirmed that the project is well underway with its preproduction in New Zealand. Furthermore, we have learnt that Disney has set aside a budget of $290 million plus for Mulan.

Sources tell us that the sets will be massive and are of an unprecedented scale. Currently, it is in the design stage and would require an ample of time to be built. The crew working on the construction of the set is the same crew that worked on Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok for building the Asgard sets. From what fans got to see in Behind-the-scenes video from Thor: Ragnarok set, it will certainly be an aesthetic set to delve at when the crew completes its construction for August filming.

Source: https://pursuenews.com/exclusive-disney ... an-reboot/

[Kyle]

I'm thinking a movie like this probably needs a lot more actual set locations. They can't as easily get by with CG and background extensions like beauty and the beast or jungle book.

[Disney's Divinity]

Yeah, I'm not surprised by its budget. Outdoor locations, lots of CGI I'd guess (for the Witch's magic), action sequences, etc.

[Sotiris]

Spoke with someone from Disney and I have been informed that the $300 million budget for the live-action Mulan is not true. The film is looking at a production budget of $150-$175 million.

Source: https://twitter.com/Skylerhxc/status/994611459022667776

[estefan]

I figured it was a rumour, especially since the movie hasn't even started filming yet and is still in the pre-production/casting phase. Plus Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book and Maleficent cost in the $160-180 million range (Pete's Dragon and Cinderella are the "low budget" Disney redos with $65 million and $95 million budgets, respectively), so it makes a lot more sense for Mulan to be around that price bracket.

[Sotiris]

More casting news and more new characters.

Utkarsh Ambudkar (The Mindy Project, Pitch Perfect) and Ron Yuan (Netflix’s Marco Polo) have come aboard the Niki Caro-directed live-action adaptation of Disney’s Mulan, which has Chinese actress Liu Yifei set to play the title role. Ambudkar will play Skath, a con artist, while Yuan is the fiercely loyal Sergeant Qiang, second in command of the Imperial Regiment.

Source: http://deadline.com/2018/05/mulan-utkar ... 202396832/

[D82]

^Utkarsh Ambudkar is from Indian descent, isn't he? Were there Indian people in China at that time?

Update: I looked it up and it seems there were.

[tsom]

I actually know someone who was cast in this. The person told me an 8-week rehearsal starts in June in New Zealand, then they will film for 2 weeks in China, and then return to New Zealand to film the rest. The movie will not be a musical. Instead, it will be like an action epic. Also, there's no Li Shang. Those are all the details I have, but everything is subject to change.

[D82]

I actually know someone who was cast in this. The person told me an 8-week rehearsal starts in June in New Zealand, then they will film for 2 weeks in China, and then return to New Zealand to film the rest. The movie will not be a musical. Instead, it will be like an action epic. Also, there's no Li Shang. Those are all the details I have, but everything is subject to change.

That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing this info!

[JeanGreyForever]

Thanks for the info! Personally I'm glad this film won't be a musical since I don't consider the original to be one either. Plus Mulan has the weakest music out of the entire Renaissance.

[Disney's Divinity]

I feel like the same discussion about this being a musical or not has been had 5 or 6 times. *rehashes same opinions from one page ago*

[JeanGreyForever]

You do realize that your commenting upon it four days later just rehashes the topic again?

[Disney's Divinity]

You do realize I've only just logged in to this forum after three days and the thread was lit up as having new posts? Oh, no, I guess you wouldn't. Hm.

[JeanGreyForever]

You must have mistaken me for one of the other posters who apparently spend all their free time viewing your activity log.

[Disney's Divinity]

Apparently you do, otherwise you wouldn't care about when I post what or why. I just thought I'd help your under-foot commentary by giving you more detailed information.

[sunhuntin]

I actually know someone who was cast in this. The person told me an 8-week rehearsal starts in June in New Zealand, then they will film for 2 weeks in China, and then return to New Zealand to film the rest. The movie will not be a musical. Instead, it will be like an action epic. Also, there's no Li Shang. Those are all the details I have, but everything is subject to change.

do you know where in nz?