Live-Action 'Mulan' & 'Winnie The Pooh' In Production

[Main Pop Girl]

Following in the dainty footsteps of Cinderella and Belle, Mulan will be the next Disney princess to undergo a live-action makeover. The legendary Chinese warrior made her Disney debut in a 1998 animated feature. Get all the details on the Mulan live-action movie after the jump.

THR writes that Disney has just picked up a Mulan script from Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek “that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film.” Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) will produce.

The trade’s specific wording suggests Martin and Hynek’s screenplay might hew a little closer to the original (non-Disney) source material. However, we don’t have any more details and we don’t know what might change between now and the start of production.

Disney’s Mulan centered on a young woman who doesn’t quite fit with the expectations of her society. When her aging father is called to war, she disguises herself as a man so she can take his place in the Chinese army. With some help from her small dragon friend, Mulan helps defeat the Huns, becomes a decorated military hero, wins the heart of her army captain.

(Which, yes, technically means Mulan isn’t a princess, just the wife of a powerful military leader and a revered warrior in her own right. But she is still considered part of the Disney Princess franchise.)

Disney’s Mulan was a big hit critically and commercially, though it didn’t quite attain the same heights as earlier films like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Mulan earned $304 million globally and spawned a direct-to-video sequel, 2005’s Mulan II.

Remaking their animated classics has proved a massively successful endeavor for Disney. Their most recent live-action retelling, Cinderella, has taken in $335 million over three weekends. The studio has several more such projects in the works, including The Jungle Book (2016), Pete’s Dragon (also 2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), and Dumbo (TBA).

We learned earlier this week that Mulan is joining the ranks of classic stories-turned Disney animated features that have received (or will soon receive) modern live-action remakes from the Mouse House. Today, we can add yet another beloved property to that list – namely, Winnie the Pooh.

A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh literature has been adapted for the big screen by Disney before – most recently, with the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh. However, the new project based around the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit, and Eeyore among them – might not be a straight-forward live-action “re-imagining.” Case in point: this feature will reportedly revolve around a grown-up Christopher Robin, who ends up reuniting with his old friends – including, of course, the lovable “Bear of Very Little Brain.”

Deadline broke the news that Winnie the Pooh is being written and directed by indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry. That means he’s the second rising indie talent recruited to work on a Disney live-action retelling – after David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), who is currently shooting the Pete’s Dragon remake. No additional details have been revealed about Perry’s project at the moment, though it will (presumably) be a live-action/CGI hybrid.

Perry’s filmography includes well-received, but non-mainstream, projects such as The Color Wheel and the Sundance Film Festival breakout dramedy Listen Up Philip. It’s a bit much to presume Perry’s take on Winnie the Pooh will therefore offer a vision of childhood (through the world of Pooh and friends) that has the psychological depth of, say, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. Still, Perry’s involvement here does suggest the live-action Winnie the Pooh could have some real artistic value, though.

I'm kiiiiind of here for the Mulan film, just because I think it would be interesting to see a version of the story closer to the original Chinesse mythology. But Winnie The Pooh just sounds weird. As much as I love the idea of a grown up Christopher Robin, how the hell are they planning on animating all of those characters realistically? Never gonna work tbh.

[Charlie91xo]

Mulan should be good but Winnie the Pooh... I just can't see it being good or dong well.

Pretty sure they blamed the last Pooh film's failure on 2d animation. Wonder what they will come up with this time

[--Out of Business--]

Winnie the Pooh? Are you serious? Mulan is extremely feasible since many of its characters are humans, but Winnie the Fucking Pooh?! I have a bad feeling about this.

[Carcunt]

Following in the dainty footsteps of Cinderella and Belle, Mulan will be the next Disney princess to undergo a live-action makeover. The legendary Chinese warrior made her Disney debut in a 1998 animated feature. Get all the details on the Mulan live-action movie after the jump.

THR writes that Disney has just picked up a Mulan script from Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek “that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film.†Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) will produce.

The trade’s specific wording suggests Martin and Hynek’s screenplay might hew a little closer to the original (non-Disney) source material. However, we don’t have any more details and we don’t know what might change between now and the start of production.

Disney’s Mulan centered on a young woman who doesn’t quite fit with the expectations of her society. When her aging father is called to war, she disguises herself as a man so she can take his place in the Chinese army. With some help from her small dragon friend, Mulan helps defeat the Huns, becomes a decorated military hero, wins the heart of her army captain.

(Which, yes, technically means Mulan isn’t a princess, just the wife of a powerful military leader and a revered warrior in her own right. But she is still considered part of the Disney Princess franchise.)

Disney’s Mulan was a big hit critically and commercially, though it didn’t quite attain the same heights as earlier films like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Mulan earned $304 million globally and spawned a direct-to-video sequel, 2005’s Mulan II.

Remaking their animated classics has proved a massively successful endeavor for Disney. Their most recent live-action retelling, Cinderella, has taken in $335 million over three weekends. The studio has several more such projects in the works, including The Jungle Book (2016), Pete’s Dragon (also 2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), and Dumbo (TBA).

We learned earlier this week that Mulan is joining the ranks of classic stories-turned Disney animated features that have received (or will soon receive) modern live-action remakes from the Mouse House. Today, we can add yet another beloved property to that list – namely, Winnie the Pooh.

A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh literature has been adapted for the big screen by Disney before – most recently, with the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh. However, the new project based around the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit, and Eeyore among them – might not be a straight-forward live-action “re-imagining.†Case in point: this feature will reportedly revolve around a grown-up Christopher Robin, who ends up reuniting with his old friends – including, of course, the lovable “Bear of Very Little Brain.â€Â

Deadline broke the news that Winnie the Pooh is being written and directed by indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry. That means he’s the second rising indie talent recruited to work on a Disney live-action retelling – after David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), who is currently shooting the Pete’s Dragon remake. No additional details have been revealed about Perry’s project at the moment, though it will (presumably) be a live-action/CGI hybrid.

Perry’s filmography includes well-received, but non-mainstream, projects such as The Color Wheel and the Sundance Film Festival breakout dramedy Listen Up Philip. It’s a bit much to presume Perry’s take on Winnie the Pooh will therefore offer a vision of childhood (through the world of Pooh and friends) that has the psychological depth of, say, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. Still, Perry’s involvement here does suggest the live-action Winnie the Pooh could have some real artistic value, though.

I'm kiiiiind of here for the Mulan film, just because I think it would be interesting to see a version of the story closer to the original Chinesse mythology. But Winnie The Pooh just sounds weird. As much as I love the idea of a grown up Christopher Robin, how the hell are they planning on animating all of those characters realistically? Never gonna work tbh.

I'd like to see Mulan, but Winnie The Pooh... I'm kind of on the fence about this one. They could do it well (Alice In Wonderland 2010) or they could do it terribly. But, it's Disney. I expect them to do it justice.

[Main Pop Girl]

Mulan should be good but Winnie the Pooh... I just can't see it being good or dong well.

Pretty sure they blamed the last Pooh film's failure on 2d animation. Wonder what they will come up with this time

Did the last Winnie the Pooh really not do well? :'( I actually really enjoyed it and thought it was a nice change from all the predictably fast-paced CGI films they've released lately!

Following in the dainty footsteps of Cinderella and Belle, Mulan will be the next Disney princess to undergo a live-action makeover. The legendary Chinese warrior made her Disney debut in a 1998 animated feature. Get all the details on the Mulan live-action movie after the jump.

THR writes that Disney has just picked up a Mulan script from Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek “that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film.” Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) will produce.

The trade’s specific wording suggests Martin and Hynek’s screenplay might hew a little closer to the original (non-Disney) source material. However, we don’t have any more details and we don’t know what might change between now and the start of production.

Disney’s Mulan centered on a young woman who doesn’t quite fit with the expectations of her society. When her aging father is called to war, she disguises herself as a man so she can take his place in the Chinese army. With some help from her small dragon friend, Mulan helps defeat the Huns, becomes a decorated military hero, wins the heart of her army captain.

(Which, yes, technically means Mulan isn’t a princess, just the wife of a powerful military leader and a revered warrior in her own right. But she is still considered part of the Disney Princess franchise.)

Disney’s Mulan was a big hit critically and commercially, though it didn’t quite attain the same heights as earlier films like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Mulan earned $304 million globally and spawned a direct-to-video sequel, 2005’s Mulan II.

Remaking their animated classics has proved a massively successful endeavor for Disney. Their most recent live-action retelling, Cinderella, has taken in $335 million over three weekends. The studio has several more such projects in the works, including The Jungle Book (2016), Pete’s Dragon (also 2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), and Dumbo (TBA).

We learned earlier this week that Mulan is joining the ranks of classic stories-turned Disney animated features that have received (or will soon receive) modern live-action remakes from the Mouse House. Today, we can add yet another beloved property to that list – namely, Winnie the Pooh.

A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh literature has been adapted for the big screen by Disney before – most recently, with the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh. However, the new project based around the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit, and Eeyore among them – might not be a straight-forward live-action “re-imagining.” Case in point: this feature will reportedly revolve around a grown-up Christopher Robin, who ends up reuniting with his old friends – including, of course, the lovable “Bear of Very Little Brain.”

Deadline broke the news that Winnie the Pooh is being written and directed by indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry. That means he’s the second rising indie talent recruited to work on a Disney live-action retelling – after David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), who is currently shooting the Pete’s Dragon remake. No additional details have been revealed about Perry’s project at the moment, though it will (presumably) be a live-action/CGI hybrid.

Perry’s filmography includes well-received, but non-mainstream, projects such as The Color Wheel and the Sundance Film Festival breakout dramedy Listen Up Philip. It’s a bit much to presume Perry’s take on Winnie the Pooh will therefore offer a vision of childhood (through the world of Pooh and friends) that has the psychological depth of, say, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. Still, Perry’s involvement here does suggest the live-action Winnie the Pooh could have some real artistic value, though.

I'm kiiiiind of here for the Mulan film, just because I think it would be interesting to see a version of the story closer to the original Chinesse mythology. But Winnie The Pooh just sounds weird. As much as I love the idea of a grown up Christopher Robin, how the hell are they planning on animating all of those characters realistically? Never gonna work tbh.

I'd like to see Mulan, but Winnie The Pooh... I'm kind of on the fence about this one. They could do it well (Alice In Wonderland 2010) or they could do it terribly. But, it's Disney. I expect them to do it justice.

I would have had high hopes for them as well, but look at what they did to Maleficent. That movie had so much promise and they totally butchered it.

[Carcunt]

Mulan should be good but Winnie the Pooh... I just can't see it being good or dong well.

Pretty sure they blamed the last Pooh film's failure on 2d animation. Wonder what they will come up with this time

Did the last Winnie the Pooh really not do well? :'( I actually really enjoyed it and thought it was a nice change from all the predictably fast-paced CGI films they've released lately!

Following in the dainty footsteps of Cinderella and Belle, Mulan will be the next Disney princess to undergo a live-action makeover. The legendary Chinese warrior made her Disney debut in a 1998 animated feature. Get all the details on the Mulan live-action movie after the jump.

THR writes that Disney has just picked up a Mulan script from Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek “that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film.†Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) will produce.

The trade’s specific wording suggests Martin and Hynek’s screenplay might hew a little closer to the original (non-Disney) source material. However, we don’t have any more details and we don’t know what might change between now and the start of production.

Disney’s Mulan centered on a young woman who doesn’t quite fit with the expectations of her society. When her aging father is called to war, she disguises herself as a man so she can take his place in the Chinese army. With some help from her small dragon friend, Mulan helps defeat the Huns, becomes a decorated military hero, wins the heart of her army captain.

(Which, yes, technically means Mulan isn’t a princess, just the wife of a powerful military leader and a revered warrior in her own right. But she is still considered part of the Disney Princess franchise.)

Disney’s Mulan was a big hit critically and commercially, though it didn’t quite attain the same heights as earlier films like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Mulan earned $304 million globally and spawned a direct-to-video sequel, 2005’s Mulan II.

Remaking their animated classics has proved a massively successful endeavor for Disney. Their most recent live-action retelling, Cinderella, has taken in $335 million over three weekends. The studio has several more such projects in the works, including The Jungle Book (2016), Pete’s Dragon (also 2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), and Dumbo (TBA).

We learned earlier this week that Mulan is joining the ranks of classic stories-turned Disney animated features that have received (or will soon receive) modern live-action remakes from the Mouse House. Today, we can add yet another beloved property to that list – namely, Winnie the Pooh.

A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh literature has been adapted for the big screen by Disney before – most recently, with the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh. However, the new project based around the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit, and Eeyore among them – might not be a straight-forward live-action “re-imagining.†Case in point: this feature will reportedly revolve around a grown-up Christopher Robin, who ends up reuniting with his old friends – including, of course, the lovable “Bear of Very Little Brain.â€Â

Deadline broke the news that Winnie the Pooh is being written and directed by indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry. That means he’s the second rising indie talent recruited to work on a Disney live-action retelling – after David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), who is currently shooting the Pete’s Dragon remake. No additional details have been revealed about Perry’s project at the moment, though it will (presumably) be a live-action/CGI hybrid.

Perry’s filmography includes well-received, but non-mainstream, projects such as The Color Wheel and the Sundance Film Festival breakout dramedy Listen Up Philip. It’s a bit much to presume Perry’s take on Winnie the Pooh will therefore offer a vision of childhood (through the world of Pooh and friends) that has the psychological depth of, say, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. Still, Perry’s involvement here does suggest the live-action Winnie the Pooh could have some real artistic value, though.

I'm kiiiiind of here for the Mulan film, just because I think it would be interesting to see a version of the story closer to the original Chinesse mythology. But Winnie The Pooh just sounds weird. As much as I love the idea of a grown up Christopher Robin, how the hell are they planning on animating all of those characters realistically? Never gonna work tbh.

I'd like to see Mulan, but Winnie The Pooh... I'm kind of on the fence about this one. They could do it well (Alice In Wonderland 2010) or they could do it terribly. But, it's Disney. I expect them to do it justice.

I would have had high hopes for them as well, but look at what they did to Maleficent. That movie had so much promise and they totally butchered it.

I loved Maleficent because of how different it was...  

[Main Pop Girl]

Mulan should be good but Winnie the Pooh... I just can't see it being good or dong well.

Pretty sure they blamed the last Pooh film's failure on 2d animation. Wonder what they will come up with this time

Did the last Winnie the Pooh really not do well? :'( I actually really enjoyed it and thought it was a nice change from all the predictably fast-paced CGI films they've released lately!

Following in the dainty footsteps of Cinderella and Belle, Mulan will be the next Disney princess to undergo a live-action makeover. The legendary Chinese warrior made her Disney debut in a 1998 animated feature. Get all the details on the Mulan live-action movie after the jump.

THR writes that Disney has just picked up a Mulan script from Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek “that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film.” Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) will produce.

The trade’s specific wording suggests Martin and Hynek’s screenplay might hew a little closer to the original (non-Disney) source material. However, we don’t have any more details and we don’t know what might change between now and the start of production.

Disney’s Mulan centered on a young woman who doesn’t quite fit with the expectations of her society. When her aging father is called to war, she disguises herself as a man so she can take his place in the Chinese army. With some help from her small dragon friend, Mulan helps defeat the Huns, becomes a decorated military hero, wins the heart of her army captain.

(Which, yes, technically means Mulan isn’t a princess, just the wife of a powerful military leader and a revered warrior in her own right. But she is still considered part of the Disney Princess franchise.)

Disney’s Mulan was a big hit critically and commercially, though it didn’t quite attain the same heights as earlier films like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Mulan earned $304 million globally and spawned a direct-to-video sequel, 2005’s Mulan II.

Remaking their animated classics has proved a massively successful endeavor for Disney. Their most recent live-action retelling, Cinderella, has taken in $335 million over three weekends. The studio has several more such projects in the works, including The Jungle Book (2016), Pete’s Dragon (also 2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), and Dumbo (TBA).

We learned earlier this week that Mulan is joining the ranks of classic stories-turned Disney animated features that have received (or will soon receive) modern live-action remakes from the Mouse House. Today, we can add yet another beloved property to that list – namely, Winnie the Pooh.

A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh literature has been adapted for the big screen by Disney before – most recently, with the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh. However, the new project based around the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit, and Eeyore among them – might not be a straight-forward live-action “re-imagining.” Case in point: this feature will reportedly revolve around a grown-up Christopher Robin, who ends up reuniting with his old friends – including, of course, the lovable “Bear of Very Little Brain.”

Deadline broke the news that Winnie the Pooh is being written and directed by indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry. That means he’s the second rising indie talent recruited to work on a Disney live-action retelling – after David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), who is currently shooting the Pete’s Dragon remake. No additional details have been revealed about Perry’s project at the moment, though it will (presumably) be a live-action/CGI hybrid.

Perry’s filmography includes well-received, but non-mainstream, projects such as The Color Wheel and the Sundance Film Festival breakout dramedy Listen Up Philip. It’s a bit much to presume Perry’s take on Winnie the Pooh will therefore offer a vision of childhood (through the world of Pooh and friends) that has the psychological depth of, say, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. Still, Perry’s involvement here does suggest the live-action Winnie the Pooh could have some real artistic value, though.

I'm kiiiiind of here for the Mulan film, just because I think it would be interesting to see a version of the story closer to the original Chinesse mythology. But Winnie The Pooh just sounds weird. As much as I love the idea of a grown up Christopher Robin, how the hell are they planning on animating all of those characters realistically? Never gonna work tbh.

I'd like to see Mulan, but Winnie The Pooh... I'm kind of on the fence about this one. They could do it well (Alice In Wonderland 2010) or they could do it terribly. But, it's Disney. I expect them to do it justice.

I would have had high hopes for them as well, but look at what they did to Maleficent. That movie had so much promise and they totally butchered it.

I loved Maleficent because of how different it was... 

But the actual plot, characters and pacing were all horrendously done. The design tho >>>