Mulan (Live Action), Walt Disney Pictures/Esclusiva Accesso VIP Disney+ Opzioni

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ah abbiamo capito, scusate, ci eravamo persi un passaggio nel discorso...

beh speriamo che però la cosa rientri o trovino una soluzione per la salute pubblica

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Dal sito Animated Views:

The Super Bowl spot for Mulan is here

Disney has released the Super Bowl TV spot for Mulan ahead of Sunday’s big game, and you can watch it in the player above. In addition, the final trailer for the film will premiere online immediately after the TV sneak peek airs. Mulan opens everywhere this March.

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.

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Nuovo Trailer Italiano
Epico, meraviglioso e spettacolare!! Scusate ma sono vergognosamente di parte!

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Copertina del prossimo numero del giornale D23:




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Nuovo fotogramma tratto dal film:

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Le immagini provengono da questo libro (attenzione spoiler!!):

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Ecco la bambola Limited Edition di Mulan live action con tanto di fenice:

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I libri sembrano stupendi, c’è una qualche speranza che arrivino in Italia? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Chissà... di Aladdin e Maleficent Signora del Male non hanno fatto uscire i libri... vedremo

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Che possa trattarsi di questo? Io per ora l'ho preordinato. Vi farò sapere!

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Chissà... di Aladdin e Maleficent Signora del Male non hanno fatto uscire i libri... vedremo

Sono riuscito a parlare con la divisione Disney della Giunti e mi hanno detto che purtroppo non si tratta di un libro relativo al live action, bensì di una semplice ristampa riguardante il Classico. Tuttavia, mi hanno detto che mi ricontatteranno per tutte le novità editoriali sul film in uscita, quindi spero di avere presto qualcosa di bello da dirvi!

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Questo film, purtroppo, sembra indirizzarsi verso un insuccesso...

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Theprinceisonfire, perchè dici così? per via del fatto che la Giunti non ha ancora annunciato l'uscita dei libri? anche di Aladdin non sono usciti eppure il film è andato più che bene (pure oltre le aspettative)...
Che poi non capiamo perché la Giunti non faccia uscire i libri dei film live action... sono quelli di cui adesso si parla di più, perché non cavalcano l'onda e non fanno una collezione? tanto più che di TUTTI i live action sono usciti i romanzi in USA e in gran parte del mondo (pure Francia, Spagna e Germania)...
certe scelte editoriali non le capiremo mai


Dal sito Bustle:

The 'Mulan' Live-Action Film Pays Homage To The 1998 Classic In These Exclusive Cinemagraphs

The upcoming live-action Mulan is set to be released at the end of March and Bustle has an exclusive look at the titular character in all her warrior glory. The remake of the 1998 Disney film will veer away from the original in that it will pay tribute to the original legend of Hua Mulan and will not include characters like Li Shang or Mushu. While it's not the exact story you may have grown up with, in these exclusive cinemagraphs to Bustle, it is clear that the most important themes of the legend remain the same.

In these cinemagraphs — which were shot on the set of the film and later animated to create live images — fans of the story can see Mulan in iconic and familiar moments from the 1998 version of the film, including the lead heroine defiantly holding her sword which is reminiscent of the original film’s cover image. The images were captured by Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck, who actually invented the cinemagraph. They have been using the technique to animate their fashion and news photographs since 2011, and have worked with top brands such as Chanel, Armani, and Google.

Another difference from the 2020 film and the 1998 animated movie is that this year’s version will not include musical numbers. Before worrying about the absence of “Reflection,” check out the cinemagraph below. While there might not be a familiar musical moment, it is clear that the movie will “honor” the music found in the original film in a very “significant” way, per director Niki Caro.

Caro has previously explained the reasoning behind not including musical numbers, stating it truly came down to a matter of realism. “... We don't tend to break into song when we go to war,” Caro told outlets earlier this year, as reported by Digital Spy. “Not that I'm saying anything against the animation. The songs are brilliant, and if I could squeeze them in there, I would have...”

While the film will not necessarily be a shot-for-shot remake of the original — which is kind of the point — these cinemagraphs clearly pay homage to the story audiences loved growing up. By including more of the story from the original legend, “The Ballad of Mulan,” it will also hopefully introduce an entirely new generation to the powerful story and iconic character.

Mulan hits theaters on March 27, 2020.


Guardate le immagini in parziale movimento dei manifesti riportati dal sito. Si tratta di gif promozionali:

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Dal sito Forbes:

Matthew Wilder Talks ‘Break My Stride’ Going Viral On TikTok And ‘Mulan’ Remake

However, it’s his song Reflection from Disney’s Mulan that has perhaps garnered him the most recognition when it comes to his film work.

A live-action remake of the original animated movie, which grossed $304.32 million at the worldwide box office in 1998, hits theaters this Spring.

“I’ve been involved with the new film. I don’t know how much I can talk about it just at this moment. I can tell you that there are there’s a new version of Reflection, and that song thematically plays a large part in the new movie throughout the score,” he enthused.

“The film is not song-driven, but my music is present. I guess that’s as much as I can probably reveal at this moment, but the movie’s right around the corner. The film comes out at the end of March. I haven’t seen the whole film, just the parts that required my services. I’m excited to see it.”

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La mia attesa cresce sempre più! In quanto a Giunti, sono stato poi richiamato da una rappresentante della divisione Disney, la quale mi ha confermato che al momento non sono previsti libri sul live action.
Io intanto ho ordinato i due libri del video, non vedo l'ora che arrivino.

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Come volevasi dimostrare la Giunti non ascolta più le richieste del pubblico.
Ci domandiamo: perchè non fa uscire i libri dei film live action? le vendite dei precedenti (Cenerentola, Bella e la Bestia, Alice attraverso lo specchio e Lo Schiaccianoci) sono andate male? perchè non comprendiamo questa strategia di non editare alcuni titoli (tra cui Aladdin, Maleficent e Mulan che sono adattamenti di tre tra le storie più note dell'universo disneyano)...

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Dal sito Empire Online:

Mulan Star Liu Yifei Went Through ‘Gruelling’ Audition For Disney’s Historical Epic – Exclusive Image

When it comes to the roster of so-called ‘Disney Princesses’, there are few as physically formidable as Mulan – the Chinese warrior who steps up in her elderly father’s place to fight in the army, in disguise as a man, and defend the country from Northern invaders. Which meant that when director Niki Caro set about casting her Hua Mulan for the live-action remake (or, re-adaptation of epic poem ‘The Ballad Of Mulan’) she needed an actor who could deliver physical beatings as well as emotional beats. She found that combination in Liu Yifei, who made a big impression at the audition.

“I wanted to thoroughly explore this girl,” Caro tells Empire in the upcoming The Mandalorian issue. “Because I needed a warrior, and I needed a partner. So she did this gruelling audition and then we sent her straight to the physical trainer to do an equally gruelling physical assessment. Weights, push-ups, pull-ups, everything. She was brilliant in the dramatic part of the audition, and in the physical part she never stopped, never faulted. I knew at the end of that day that I’d found my warrior.” It was an ethos that extended beyond the audition process and into production. “She set the bar so high on set. She was so much tougher than any of the boys surrounding her. They were terrified of her strength.”

Read more about Mulan in the new issue of Empire, telling the full story of Star Wars’ new dawn as The Mandalorian (and Disney+) arrives in the UK – on newsstands from Thursday 20 February. Mulan hits UK cinemas on 27 March.

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Dal sito Fotogramas:

'MULÁN': NIKI CARO NOS HABLA DE LOS NUEVOS PERSONAJES QUE VEREMOS EN EL REMAKE

Tenemos cuatro nuevas incorporaciones

El próximo 27 de marzo llegará a nuestras pantallas la versión actualizada del clásico de Disney de 'Mulán'. Han pasado ya dos décadas desde la presentación de esta luchadora china que marcó un antes y un después en la historia de la Casa del Ratón y que hoy sigue erigiéndose como uno de los mejores emblemas feministas en lo que a películas infantiles se refiere. Ahora, Niki Caro nos trae su historia de nuevo con personajes en carne y hueso en una historia épica que promete mucha acción, tal como demostraron los tres clips que se presentaron hace un mes en Madrid.

Sin embargo, antes de nada, es importante adelantar que quizá la palabra remake no es la más apropiada, pues este nuevo 'Mulán' no es una adaptación de lo animado a lo real al uso, tal como hemos visto en otros proyectos live-action de la Casa del Ratón como 'El Rey León' o 'Dumbo' que han respetado completamente la historia animada. Lo que tenemos delante es la leyenda de la gran guerrera china que existe desde hace siglos y que traspasó fronteras gracias a Disney pensada por y para las nuevas audiencias. Una de las principales diferencias que veremos en este nuevo 'Mulán' protagonizado por Yifei Liu será la presentación de tres nuevos personajes en la historia.

De ellos hemos hablado con Niki Caro, que, en la entrevista que tenéis sobre estas líneas, os permitirá haceros una idea de cómo son el Comandante Tung (Donnie Yen), la hermana de Mulán, la malvada bruja Xian Lang (Gong Li) y su ayudante Bori Khan (Jason Scott)

Video in cui Niki Caro parla dei personaggi su Xian Lang, la sorella di Mulan, sul Comandante Tung e Chen Honghui:

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Il film avrà il PG 13, ovvero che per la visione è consigliata la presenza dei genitori per i minori di 13 anni.

Dal sito Variety:

‘Mulan’ Is Disney’s First Live-Action Remake to Get a PG-13 Rating

“Mulan” may not be for very young children, as it’s become the first Disney live-action remake to receive a PG-13 rating.

The new take on the Disney classic got the rating from the Motion Picture Association of America due to the “sequences of violence” apparently depicted in the film. All previous live-action remakes from the studio have received a G or PG rating, and 2017’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” was Disney’s most recent film to be labeled PG-13.

“Mulan” is straying away from the model of previous remakes like “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Cinderella.” Unlike the other live-action takes, “Mulan’s” trailers depicted the film without its famous musical numbers and removed some of the characters featured in the original 1998 animated version, including Mushu, Mulan’s dragon companion who was voiced by Eddie Murphy. Two trailers have been released, following the story of a young Chinese woman who takes her father’s place to fight for their country. The first looks reinforce the idea that the film is taking a more mature approach, showing Mulan in action on the battlefield.

Liu Yifei is starring as Mulan, with Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Ron Yuan, Tzi Ma, Rosalind Chao, Cheng Pei-Pei, Nelson Lee and Chum Ehelepola rounding out the cast. Niki Caro directed, with Chris Bender, Jason Reed, and Jake Weiner producing. Barrie M. Osborne, Bill Kong and Tim Coddington serve as executive producers.

“Mulan” is set to hit theaters on March 27.

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Posters internazionali dei personaggi:

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Lei e la strega sono stupende!!!! Anche il tipo giovane, bellissimo!! L'ultimo poster sembra quasi raffigurare Shan-Yu dai tratti, ma non dovrebbe esserci nel remake, o ho capito male?

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Mamma mia ragazzi, ma quanta iella potrà mai avere la Disney con Mulan? Col classico animato voleva conquistare il mercato cinese e invece in quel paese il film venne per lo più ignorato, con questo live action si erano creati un ottimo fermento e ora la Cina sta attraversando una crisi sanitaria senza precedenti con intere città in quarantena e migliaia di morti e ricoverati.
La situazione in Cina è a dir poco catastrofica e la Disney, inutile girarci intorno, puntava a guadagnarci un bel 30-40% di incasso worldwide. Che casino...

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Lei e la strega sono stupende!!!! Anche il tipo giovane, bellissimo!! L'ultimo poster sembra quasi raffigurare Shan-Yu dai tratti, ma non dovrebbe esserci nel remake, o ho capito male?

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Non c'è propriamente Shan Yu ma un personaggio che lo ricorda c'è

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Dal sito The Hollywood Reporter:

Inside Disney's Bold $200M Gamble on 'Mulan': "The Stakes Couldn't Be Higher"

The high-profile remake, with an all-Asian cast, a PG-13 rating and a politically-charged star, was always going to pose major risks. Then the coronavirus upended its entire release plan.

Liu Yifei, star of Disney's live-action remake of Mulan, lives in Beijing, but she is originally from Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus. In January, the 32-year-old actress left China for Los Angeles to begin press for the film, weeks before the virus' outbreak, which has now infected more than 77,000 people, killed more than 2,500 and wreaked havoc in her home country. She says she doesn't have any family or close friends personally affected by the disease — she left Wuhan when she was 10 — but the epidemic has added an impossible-to-foresee variable to her film's March 27 worldwide release.

Liu pauses when asked about the outbreak. "It's really heavy for me to even think about it," she says. "People are doing the right thing. They are being careful for themselves and others. I'm so touched actually to see how they haven't been out for weeks. I'm really hoping for a miracle and that this will just be over soon."

In China, Liu is a household name, nicknamed "Fairy Sister" for her elegance and beauty. Modeling since age 8, she broke out in the 2003 Chinese TV series Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, a commercial hit in China and the highest-rated Chinese drama in Taiwan at the time, and hasn't stopped working in film and TV since, earning fashion partnerships with Adidas, Shiseido and Armani along the way.

Disney and director Niki Caro selected Liu from more than 1,000 aspirants from around the world to star as Hua Mulan, the Chinese heroine who disguises herself as a man to fight in the Imperial Army in a film carefully designed to appeal to Western and Chinese audiences alike. But now there's a question of when Mulan will be released in China. With the coronavirus shutting down all 70,000 of the country's theaters since Jan. 24, it's unclear — and more unlikely every day — that multiplexes will reopen in time for its planned release. (Several high-profile U.S. films, including Universal's Dolittle and 1917 and Searchlight's Jojo Rabbit, saw their February releases scrapped.) "It certainly has worldwide and global appeal, but there's no denying that this is a very important film for the Chinese market," says Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "It's a huge blow for Disney if it doesn't release in China." Disney president of production Sean Bailey says he's "looking at it day by day."

Of course, this puts added pressure on the $200 million budgeted film — the priciest of Disney's recent live-action remakes — to perform in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Liu, who is enveloped in her own storm of controversy based on a political social media post about the Hong Kong protests, says she is trying hard not to think about all that. "It would really be a loss for me if I let the pressure overtake my possibilities," says the actress, who learned English when she lived in New York as a child for four years with her mother, a dancer, after her parents' divorce.

Even before the outbreak of the virus, Mulan — the first Disney-branded film with an all-Asian cast and the first to be rated PG-13 (for battle scenes) — would have marked one of the studio's riskiest live-action films to date. While the original 1998 Mulan was a critical and commercial hit, garnering a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination and grossing more than $300 million worldwide ($475 million today), it faltered at the Chinese box office. Part of the reason is that the Chinese government stalled its premiere for nearly a year because of lingering anger over Disney's 1997 release of Kundun, Martin Scorsese's Dalai Lama movie that dealt with China's occupation of Tibet. By the time Mulan reached theaters in late February 1999, most children had returned to school after the Chinese New Year holiday and pirated copies were widely available. For the new film, the plan was to counter piracy by releasing the movie in China the same day as the rest of the world, a strategy that's no longer possible.

The film also has tested the ability and tolerance of Disney — which aims to be ideologically neutral — in managing global political fallout. In August, Liu stirred up a major controversy when she reposted a pro-police comment on Chinese platform Weibo (where she has more than 66 million followers) at the height of the violence in Hong Kong. Her action was seen by critics of the Chinese government as supporting police brutality; soon after, the hashtag #BoycottMulan started trending on Twitter. Liu, who has American co-citizenship from her time in the U.S., was harshly criticized around the world for supporting oppression.

"I think it's obviously a very complicated situation and I'm not an expert," she says now, cautious in the extreme. "I just really hope this gets resolved soon." When pressed, Liu, whose answer seemed rehearsed, declines to say much more, simply repeating, "I think it's just a very sensitive situation." (Bailey also deflects when asked: "Yifei's politics are her own, and we are just focused on the movie and her performance.")

"Most Chinese celebrities choose to avoid posting such political statements because of the risks to their careers internationally," says Dorothy Lau, a professor at the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. But though Liu's post drew criticism globally, some experts believe the political drama could actually result in more support for the film in China. "At the time, the government came out in various publications supporting the film very strongly," says USC professor Stanley Rosen, who specializes in Chinese politics and society. "There's a real impetus on the part of the Chinese government to make this work. I'm sure the government is going to try to show that the boycott has had no effect." And while her comment might still anger filmgoers in Hong Kong, where the recent live-action Aladdin took in $8 million, that market is tiny compared to the mainland (total 2019 Hong Kong box office was $245 million compared with China's $9.2 billion). "Most people outside Hong Kong have likely forgotten about this controversy," says Rosen. "But the Chinese government does not forget these things."

The fact that this version of Mulan is a large-scale war epic inspired more by the ancient Chinese ballad than the original animated film may also help win fans in Beijing, but the choice carries its own significant risks: The film needs to satisfy Chinese audiences raised on the legend while not disappointing a generation of fans in Asia (and elsewhere) for whom the animated film is foundational. "People would come in to audition and would say, 'Sorry, I know this is really unprofessional, but before I start, I just want you to know, the animated movie was the first time I saw someone that looked like me speak English in a movie theater,' " says producer Jason Reed. "The stakes couldn't be higher."

Mulan also represents a leap of faith in the film's director, Caro, whose previous two films boasted budgets of about 10 percent of Mulan's (The Zookeeper's Wife and Disney's 2015 sports drama McFarland USA were each in the $20 million to $25 million range). Caro, 53, was not Disney's first choice. Before hiring the New Zealand filmmaker, the studio targeted directors of Asian descent, including Taiwanese Oscar winner Ang Lee (he was busy promoting Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk) and Chinese helmer Jiang Wen. Still, Caro showcased a knack for representing cultures outside of her own with her 2002 debut Whale Rider, which follows a young Maori girl who wants to become chief, a role traditionally reserved for men.

The feminist story of Mulan resonated deeply with Caro. "When I first started wanting to be a filmmaker, there was so little precedent for women doing this [big studio] work," she says. She has now directed the most expensive live-action film by a woman, joining only a handful (Kathryn Bigelow, Ava DuVernay and Patty Jenkins) who have helmed films costing more than $100 million. "Patty changed the game with Wonder Woman. It was like a shot of adrenaline for me as a filmmaker," says Caro, who assembled a mostly female-led crew, including cinematographer Mandy Walker, costume designer Bina Daigeler, makeup designer Denise Kum and first assistant director Liz Tan.

To those still upset that an Asian filmmaker didn't get the job, Caro responds: "Although it's a critically important Chinese story and it's set in Chinese culture and history, there is another culture at play here, which is the culture of Disney, and that the director, whoever they were, needed to be able to handle both — and here I am."

Soon after Caro's hiring, rumors about the movie began to swirl online. Years of studios centering Asian movies around white protagonists (from Scarlett Johansson's Ghost in the Shell to Matt Damon's The Great Wall) meant the threat of whitewashing loomed large. An early report online claimed that the first draft, penned by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek, featured a white male protagonist.

"This is the first time I've been on a big touchstone movie with the internet what it is today. And I had a Google alert set, so I'd see these things, 'Oh, there was originally a white male lead, or they're casting Jennifer Lawrence,' and they were all just made up," says Reed, who adds that there may have been two non-Chinese characters in the initial script, but both were secondary roles.

The rumors may have been unfounded, but the fallout was real: The Lawrence-as-Mulan story sparked a 2016 petition, "Tell Disney You Don't Want a Whitewashed Mulan!" drawing more than 110,000 signatures.

Ironically, as that rumor swirled, Caro struggled to find an actress to play Mulan. The global hunt began in October 2016, when Caro sent a team of casting directors to each continent and virtually every small village in China. They were looking for an actress who could play Mulan across three phases, from a young woman unsure of her place to a soldier masquerading as a man and, finally, as an empowered warrior. She had to be fluent in English, handle the physical demands of martial arts and deliver the more emotional moments with Mulan's family. "She's a needle in a haystack, but we were going to find her," says Caro. "It's impossible to make this movie without this person."

Though the studio cast a wide multinational net, Bill Kong — a veteran Chinese producer known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Monster Hunt who was brought on as a producer on Mulan — advised Caro that in order for this film to play well in China, not just anyone of Asian descent would work. "The first thing I told her was, 'Hire a Chinese girl. You can't hire a Japanese girl to do this,' " he says.

Actresses who made it past that initial audition were brought to Los Angeles, but, after vetting several promising candidates for months, Caro decided to start over. (The search dragged on for so long that Disney delayed the original November 2018 release date.) Eventually, Liu, who had been unavailable during the first pass because of a TV show in China, was able to audition.