Everything You Need to Know About Mulan Movie (2020): Aug. 6, 2020 - changed the US film release date from September 24, 2020 to September 4, 2020 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)

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Who's Involved:

Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Amanda Silver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, Gong Li, Rick Jaffa, Jason Reed, Liu Yifei, Elizabeth Martin, Chum Ehelepola, Niki Caro, Bill Kong, Lauren Hynek, Yoson An, Ron Yuan, Xana Tang

PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned MPA
Rating Reason: sequences of violence

Runtime: N/A

Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

Live-action remake of the 1998 Disney animated film.

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Who stars in Mulan: Cast List

Who's making Mulan: Crew List

A look at the Mulan behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Niki Caro last directed The Mother and The Zookeeper's Wife. The film's writer Elizabeth Martin last wrote Spellbound.

Producers

Chris Bender
Jason Reed
Jake Weiner

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Production: What we know about Mulan?

Key Facts

  1. Gong Li is confirmed as the villain in Mulan, a powerful witch (Hollywood Reporter, 4/12/18).
  2. Jet Li is in final talks to play the emperor of China, who orders the mobilization of troops via the conscription of one male from each household (Hollywood Reporter, 4/12/18).
  3. Hua Mulan disguises herself as a man to take her father’s army conscription in fifth-century China.
  4. Disney had initially sought an Asian director for the project, meeting with Ang Lee (who passed, citing scheduling) and Rogue One star Jiang Wen (Hollywood Reporter, 2/14/17).
  5. "Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Jurassic World, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, and the upcoming Avatar sequel) [were bought in by Disney] to get [the script] into shooting shape" (Deadline.com, 10/5/16).
  6. Walt Disney Pictures plans a worldwide casting search for the lead Chinese actress for the role (Deadline.com, 10/5/16).

Filming Timeline

  1. 2020 - March: The film was set to Completed status.
  2. 2019 - July: The film was set to Post-Production status.
  3. 2018 - August: The film was set to Production status.
  4. 2018 - April: The film was set to Pre-Production status.

    Planning to start shooting August 2018 in China and New Zealand.

  5. 2016 - October: The film was set to Development status.

    Disney has prepped this for the fast track, looking at November 2018 release.

  6. 2015 - March: The film was set to Development status.

Q&A Asked about Mulan

Jan. 28, 2020

How long is Mulan live action going to be?

Apr. 7, 2020 Mulan (2020) official run-time is 1 hour, 55 minutes.

Aug. 7, 2020

Will the new Mulan still go to US theaters even with streaming on Disney+?

Aug. 8, 2020 At this time (8/8/2020), Disney is not planning to release the film in any US theaters. Things are fluid and could change.

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