Cinderella (Live-Action)

[Old Fish Tale]

This is what the girl who attended the screening said about that scene:

Q: Did the stepfamily really rip Cinderella's dress before the ball in the 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.

[Disney Duster]

I think Cinderella's castle should have a more fairy tale look to it, with many tall towers and cone-like turrets and such.

[Old Fish Tale]

For some reason, I'm expecting something wide instead of high.

[tsom]

I'm hoping they use real castles, palaces, estates and manors. To be honest, I don't want too much CGI like Alice in Wonderland (in terms of setting). Just like in The Slipper and the Rose, you can tell a fantasy/magical story using realistic locations. The Ascot home in AIW wasn't CGI, and it was just lovely. I think part of the charm of a film or television series set in a certain time period is utilizing real-life locations to evoke the feeling of really being in that setting. I hope the same for this.

Personally I thought for this film she wore the prettier dress because she thinks "Even though I've been made a servant, I can still dress like a lady and try to be as free and do what I want as much as possible".

Personally, I don't think that could work because there were certain rules about dressing that people had to adhere to back then. Commoners and servants had to dress a certain way, otherwise there would be severe punishment for those who dress above their social status. I guess this could be a reason why Cinderella would not want to be found out at the ball because there were consequences for servants who dressed above their station. Lily James' costume reminds me of Cinderella's servant dress in The Slipper and the Rose. In that film, she became a servant immediately after her father's funeral. Therefore, while her dress was initially appropriate for the daughter of a wealthy merchant, over time it got dirty and eventually became something more appropriate that a scullery maid would wear.

[Disney Duster]

I didn't know all that info tsom. You're so smart! Now it really does give more weight to the issue of Cinderella being able to go to the ball only with a proper dress, and her losing it there being of big consequences.

I don't think they will use a completely already made castle. They are doing PineWood studio sets, and the chateau is a completely new building. And CGI buildings can look really good if you do them right. I hope for a castle that never existed before for characters that never existed before and a story that never existed before...at least this version of it.

[Old Fish Tale]

I just realized no one asked the girl who attended the screening about this scene...

And out of curiosity, does anyone know if there were screenings for 'Oz, the Great and Powerful' and 'Maleficent' too?

[Old Fish Tale]

In the 1950 film, what was the prince's unofficial name? "Kit" probably stands for Christopher here...

Also, Patrick Doyle talks about the film and even samples the score. Click here (06:00)!

[Tristy]

In the 1950 film, what was the prince's unofficial name? "Kit" probably stands for Christopher here...

Also, Patrick Doyle talks about the film and even samples the score. Click here (06:00)!

Link please?

[Old Fish Tale]

Oops. I'm sorry. Here you go.

[tsom]

Oh wow! Thanks for that link! Seriously, everyone that has seen it so far has nothing but praise for it! I think this is going to be amazing! I wonder why they decided to release it in March instead of later in the summer or in November?

As for the prince's name, I guess it's unofficially Prince Charming. I also wonder if Ella would be given a last name in this film and Lady Tremaine and the king will both be given first names?

March 13 needs to hurry! 8 more months!!

[Old Fish Tale]

Seriously, everyone that has seen it so far has nothing but praise for it! I think this is going to be amazing!

It's very exciting, right?

As for the prince's name, I guess it's unofficially Prince Charming.

Isn't that what he's officially called? I remember someone mentioning "Ferdinand" as his unofficial name.

I also wonder if Ella would be given a last name in this film and Lady Tremaine and the king will both be given first names?

Yes, please!

[Disney Duster]

Disney officially calls Cinderella's prince Prince Charming and Snow White's prince The Prince. Sometimes in things from when Snow White was made, they referred to Snow White's prince as Prince Charming. I once read some material, from Disney's production notes or something from making the original animated Cinderella, her prince's name listed as Prince Charming. Disney Wiki says Snow White's prince's official name is Prince Florian for the Disney Princess franchise...but I don't trust that info.

When Walt Disney got his honorary Oscar and seven other Oscars, presented to him by Shirley Temple, Ms. Temple mentioned all the characters for Snow White, and mentioned Ferdinand. Some people thought Ferdinand must be another Snow White character, and that it must be the prince. But she was talking about Ferdinand the Bull, not the Prince. Click here for a video of it.

Thanks for the link Old Fish Tale! But I could only barely make out what anyone was saying! And then...I didn't like the music. So I'm a little disappointed, but it's ok. It's not bad, and I will enjoy the rest of the film still.

[Old Fish Tale]

He only played it in the piano... The final score may sound different.

How interesting. By the way, where was "Adam" mentioned?

[Disney Duster]

Adam was mentioned in the 1998 Disney CD-Rom game "The D Show". One of the questions was what is the prince's, or the beast's, name. I believe Glen Keane was once asked in a video being shot around the studio what the prince's/beast's name was and he said "Adam", but jokingly, so that probably still was not an official name. But it's official enough for many fans to use, like me.

I just found in Disney Wiki a photo that is apparently of Richard Madden, the prince, and Nonso Anozie, his captain friend, sitting. They have boots and it looks like the captain has gray pants so maybe this is from around the fencing scene. Here it is:

[tsom]

I think the music was pretty from what I could hear. I could barely hear what the two gentlemen were talking about! I imagine this film will have a lush and sweeping score. Also, what was in that video was a piano score. The real score will have a full orchestra.

As for "Adam," I'm sorry but I refuse to accept that as the prince's name. How is it that everyone else has these beautiful French names and he gets Adam (which is not a bad name, but it's kind of ordinary compared to Gaston, Lumiere, etc)? I imagine his name to be something like Francois or Avenant.

[Disney Duster]

Well maybe I'll grow to love the music. Maybe it is really good.

[tsom]

I recently read on Twitter that a super secret sneak peek of Cinderella was shown at Guardians of the Galaxy Event, but the audience was sworn to secrecy about it. Also, according to the website below, the film will be told from the prince's point of view. I don't know how I feel about that.

http://www.hallels.com/articles/2641/20 ... racter.htm

[Atlantica]

From the Princes view ….. ??



Hmmmm not sure what I think about that. . . .

I feel like in every Cinderella film I've seen, the main focus hasnt been on Cinderella but the people around her. In Disney it was the mice, in Slipper & The Rose it was the Prince . . . . when will Cinderella herself be the main feature ?

[blackcauldron85]

I'm all for changing up these remakes from the originals, so I'm all for making this from the prince's perspective. I think the animated version had quite a bit from Cinderella's point of view. And surely this new one will have some. It's not like the prince was with Cinderella forever, so we'll see plenty of her life with her family and whatnot.

[Tangled]

That...honestly doesn't sound too promising. I'm not one to jump and say "oh crap they screwed it up" before a full trailer is even revealed, and I'm not going to do that now, but...ugh.

The thing that made the animated Cinderella so compelling to me was Cinderella's strength. People really underestimate how much abuse she had to put up with without breaking and remaining optimistic, and she's still often called "one of the weakest Disney Princesses". Doesn't a character like that deserve to be the protagonist in her own story? I mean, it's 2014. The story of an intelligent woman dealing with and escaping from abuse and then finding a fairy tale romance on the side should be compelling enough without focusing entirely on the love interest, as long as it's written by a good writer.

TL;DR: Cinderella's feelings are more interesting than the Prince's.

Again, not jumping to conclusions here. The POV of the Prince can be done well provided that the story doesn't just focus squarely on him and his feelings. It would actually be really cool for Disney to flesh out the character through his view on things while still letting Cinderella have the spotlight for the majority of the story.