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Prince Edward wrote:I am excited for this movie, it looks promising and much more true to the original classic compared to Maleficent. (That trainwreck of a movie let me down, and I am usually easy to satisfy and "love" most thing Disney. So happy that Linda Wolverton has nothing to do with the Cinderella movie.) The actress playing Cinderella looks like a good choice for Cinderella (Elle Fanning as Aurora was not a perfect fit).

Old Fish Tale wrote:Someone who attended the screening said it was.

tsom wrote:I take it that it will be a straight remake of the animated movie but with more depth, less animals, more human interactions, a major focus on relationships, and will answer many questions that the 1950 film either didn't answer or didn't expand on, such as what was Cinderella's childhood like? What was it like when she met her stepfamily? What killed her father? How did Cinderella become a servant? What was the prince's background? and etc.

Old Fish Tale wrote:Oh, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you.

Old Fish Tale wrote:I think they'll eventually replace it. Something tells me they want to keep the ball dress secret for a while.

tsom wrote:I believe so too. From what I've read by people who have seen a screening of the film, the costumes are magnificent, especially her ballgown. I already love the blue dress she's wearing in the picture with the horse. I cannot wait to find out what scene it's from. I'm guessing it must be before she becomes a servant because she's still pretty clean.

tsom wrote:I'm sure there will be mice and Lucifer, but they won't talk at all. In fact, I predict Lucifer would just be a pet Lady Tremaine brings to the home, while the mice would just be rodents that Cinderella rescues from traps and lets them roam free in the manor, but that will be it. I think the animals will be kept at a minimum. Now, I could be wrong, but I think this is how it will be. I doubt we would be seeing mice trying to get a key from Lady Tremaine's pocket in order to rescue Cinderella from the locked garret or sewing a dress for her.

Q: Did the stepfamily really rip Cinderella's dress before the ball in the film? And were there scenes between Lucifer and the mice? If so, they seem like they really are sticking to the Disney film.
A: Yes they do rip it, though not as badly as in the animation, which I feel would've looked fake if they had, the amount done was properly believable. There was like two TINY bits between the mice and Lucifer, nothing like in the animation. I'll put it this way, in the animation, the mice with the supporting roles and everyone else like the step family and such were secondary character. In the live action, it's the other way around.

Sir Kenneth Branagh left his first wife, Emma Thompson, after falling in love with Helena Bonham Carter despite her famously eccentric fashion sense.
Now, Bonham Carter says her reunion with Branagh in the Cinderella film he is directing for Disney is proving a painful experience — because of the size and outlandish design of her costume.
‘It’s the biggest I’ve ever worn, and the most extraordinary thing is that it lights up,’ says the 47-year-old actress, who plays the Fairy Godmother.
‘LED lights are sewn into the dress, which has a battery pack that weighs 15lb. It’s so heavy, I’m a walking disaster wearing it.’
Her six-year-old daughter, Nell, was unimpressed.
‘You’d think she would like me playing a fairy godmother, but she is less of a girly girl,’ Helena tells me at the opening of High’s flagship store in Mayfair, where she sported a typically daft headband adorned with roses to accessorise an unusually demure black dress
Bonham Carter, who also has a ten-year-old son, Billy, with American film director Tim Burton, adds of Nell: ‘She is a tomboy. I’m the opposite. I always wear dresses.’