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Critics Are Calling the New ‘Mulan’ Disney’s ‘Best Live-Action Remake’


Disney’s highly anticipated live-action remake of Mulan hits theaters on March 27, and if early reviews are any indication, it may just be one of the best movies of the year.

The film’s Los Angeles premiere went down on Monday, March 9, and from the looks of Twitter, critics dug it. Like, really dug it. As in, some are saying it’s Disney’s best-ever live-action remake. That’s quite the compliment, seeing as how Disney is rebooting just about every single one of its classic animated films.

Movie journalists are shouting out the film’s star, Yifei Liu, and director, Niki Caro, specifically. “I’ve seen MULAN twice now and I must say it is grrrreat,” Yahoo! Entertainment’s Kevin Polowy tweeted. “Easily Disney’s best live action reboot. I think it’s also Disney’s first battle epic? It is beautiful & absorbing & rich & empowering. The cast is excellent and Niki Caro’s direction is just breathtaking.”

Mashable’s deputy entertainment editor Angie J. Han added, “#Mulan is the best of the Disney live-action remakes since Cinderella—I didn’t even miss the songs. Finds new notes in a story we already know while delivering gorgeous action, heart, and humor. Liu Yifei is ??.”

See some more reactions from industry people who have checked out the movie, below.

Pop singer Hayley Kiyoko also saw the movie in advance—and loved it. “I LOVEEDDDD MULAN!!!!! It’s very different but it’s just as good I promise!!! So empowering and so important for the newer generations to see it,” she tweeted.

Fans of the 1998 animated movie were sad to hear that this live-action remake wouldn’t be a musical (though Caro did tell BuzzFeed the original music will be honored in a “significant” way). On this decision, Mulan producer Jason Reed told Collider, “It will not be traditional ‘break into musical’ [songs]. They’re not going to stop their workouts to do a big musical number to camera. However, there are a number of songs that are iconic for the movie and tell a great version of the story, and they are very helpful to us in how we’re putting the movie together.”

He continued, “It gets a little easier in animation to keep the tension and the reality in place and still have people break into song and sing to camera. We made the decision that we wanted to keep the world—even though it’s a fantasy—more grounded, more realistic so those emotions really played and the threat is very real. So we are using music in a slightly different way.”

It seems this movie is superb, music or no music. I can’t wait to check it out.



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Lifetime's Remake of *Death of a Cheerleader* Has a Very Familiar Face from the Original Movie


America’s always had a fascination with true crime stories, but there’s been a resurgence in recent years with Netflix documentaries like Making a Murderer. Lifetime is no stranger to the genre, either, and it continues its winter slate of female-led true crime movies with a remake of the cult classic Death of a Cheerleader.

The original movie, called A Friend to Die For, aired in 1994 and starred nineties icons Kellie Martin and Tori Spelling. This time around, Aubrey Peeples (Nashville) steps into the Kellie Martin role as Bridget Moretti, a high-schooler desperate to fit in and bond with popular cheerleader Kelly Locke (played by Sarah Dugdale). And thanks to some brilliant stunt casting, Martin also stars in the remake—time as the FBI agent who cracks the case.

Peeples and Dugdale didn’t have much knowledge of the previous film prior to their casting, but Peeples admits they eventually watched most of the original. “We didn’t want to get too much into our heads, but we definitely did our research,” she says. One thing they were extra conscious of was steering clear of eighties stereotypes. “It was all sort of ‘wannabe cheerleader murders popular girl’, and that really struck me immediately,” Peeples says. “I wanted to figure out as much as I could so I could play this role respectfully and with justice.”

Here, Peeples and Dugdale explain why they hope the movie will not just entertain, but also inspire a bigger conversation about fitting in and impossible expectations. “We live in a competitive world that pits people against each other,” Peeples says. Read on.

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Glamour: The film is set in the eighties, but there’s plenty to relate to in terms of confidence, bullying, and where you belong. How did you relate to the material?

Sarah Dugdale: There’s a lot of pressure on young women and young people, especially in high school. You feel like everything is the biggest deal and the end of the world. I really related to my character in that she was such a perfectionist and felt a lot of pressure. I’m a perfectionist and I put that pressure on myself, so I related in that way.

Aubrey Peeples: I definitely experienced a lot of anxiety and insecurities and [put] pressure on myself in high school, and I think that’s relevant to a lot of people—no matter how old you are. When I was reading a lot of the case notes [about this story], a lot of people mentioned that Bernadette, the real girl, had a lot of body issues and would talk about her body in a really negative way. She was very insecure, and that was definitely something I experienced as a young actress. So that’s really relevant.

Sarah: [This industry] is a very visual medium, so you have to make sure not tie your self worth to the business. It’s a mentality that has to be practiced.

Aubrey: It’s a very competitive industry and we also live in a very competitive society, which is something I hope that the film reveals a little bit, and something I hope we can address.

What inspires you about the stories Lifetime is telling about real-life women?

Aubrey: It’s very relevant today, and I think the industry is hopefully leading towards empowering women. People also have a fascination with true crime, and I think everyone is just trying to understand our psychology a little bit more and understand why we do the things we do. We’re trying to attempt to understand our own humanity.



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A Clueless Remake Is Officially in the Works—and People Have Thoughts


Oh my God, we’re totally buggin’. News broke on Thursday, October 25, that a remake of the seminal ’90s movie Clueless is currently in development.

Now before you start screaming “AS IF!” at the top of your lungs, let’s think about this. Yes, Clueless is pretty much a perfect movie that should be revered and quoted for decades to come. But upon further reflection, it might be pretty cool to see how smart phones, social media, and other modern developments might affect these reimagined teens. Like, would Cher Horowitz (a virgin who can’t drive) even care about getting her license when she could just take an Uber or Lyft? What designer would get a shout-out a la Calvin Klein? My money’s on Alexander Wang. And might we finally have some same-sex couples in the crew?

The project is in its super early stages, though we do know that two powerhouse women writers are working on the script—Girls’ Trip‘s Tracy Oliver and Glow‘s Marquita Robinson. Obviously, they have a lot to live up to given their work will be compared to Amy Heckerling’s screenplay (which was loosely based on Jane Austen’s Emma)—but it seems they’re more than up to the job.

Oliver, who is also writing the upcoming The First Wives’ Club remake, tweeted Thursday, “Crazy excited to be producing a new take on one of my favorite movies of all time, #Clueless, with the hilarious and super talented @MarqRobinson writing it!!! As. If.”

And Robinson basically acknowledged that the duo is low-key crazy for touching the cult classic. “Omg can you believe these idiots are remaking Clueless, @TracyYOliver?” she wrote.

Twitter takes immediately started flying around like balls to your nose in gym class. “If there is a film that really doesn’t need remake treatment it is Clueless,” one user wrote. Way harsh, Tai. But others were impressed by the pedigree of the writers.

Many noted that Paul Rudd, a man who doesn’t age, could just reprise his role as Josh.

Let’s just keep our fingers crossed that this movie is not a total Monet.

Related: Clueless Almost Didn’t Happen for the Most Ridiculous Reason





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Billy Eichner and Tiffany Haddish Want to Do a 'Woke' Remake of 'Hocus Pocus'


Who better to update Hocus Pocus in 2018 than Billy Eichner and Tiffany Haddish? That was the basic premise behind the latest episode of Billy on the Street, the man-on-the-street quiz show that features Eichner and his famous pals basically accosting New York City civilians all in the name of pop culture. In other words: Best. Show. Ever.

This episode featured Eichner and Haddish casting themselves as two of the witches in a hypothetical, more inclusive remake of the Halloween classic, which they fittingly dubbed Wokus Pocus. Once that’s settled, they set out in search of the a third witch to complete the trifecta, and hilarity ensues.

Among the candidates that are briefly auditioned are a Brazilian woman (an encounter that lets Haddish show off her excellent Samba skills), a Chinese woman (which prompts Eichner to come up with her own spin-off called Crazy Witch Asians), and a Colombian man. The only thing we can’t abide by in this otherwise delightful video is the shade that Eichner then throws at Kathy Najimy, one of the witches in the original Hocus Pocus coven. After the man informs Eichner and Haddish that their movie needs some Latin Flavor, Eichner says, “You’ve definitely got more flavor than Kathy Najimy, I’ll tell you that much.” Um, no.

That comment notwithstanding, we would definitely pay money to watch Eichner and Haddish in Wokus Pocus. Come to think of it, we’d line up to watch these two in anything. Are you listening, Hollywood?

Watch the full video, below:

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Here's Your Epic First Look at the *Mulan* Live-Action Remake


The first pic from Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Mulan is here. Released on Monday (August 13), it features Liu Yifei in character as Mulan, dressed in a red coat and brandishing a sword.

According to a press release, per ComicBook.com, production began this week, with the cast and crew filming in New Zealand and China. There’s also a release date, so mark your calendars: The live-action Mulan will land in theaters on March 27, 2020.

Directed by Niki Caro, Mulan will also star Donnie Yen, Jascon Scott Lee, Yoson An, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Ron Yuan, Tzi Ma, Rosalind Chao, Chen Pei-Pei, Nelson Lee, Chum Ehelepola, Gong Li, and Jet Li, according to the press release. As Teen Vogue previously reported, the new Mulan will depart somewhat from its source material. In addition to replacing Li Shang with a new love interest, Chen Honghui, played by Yoson An, the film will also feature a witch as a villain and a pair of con-artists.

Disney’s Mulan was first released in June 1998 and went on to gross over $300 million worldwide. The animated film has an impressive 86 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“The budget and the location and the story is offering such scope to me for [an] incredible, muscular piece of girly martial arts extravaganza in China. And I can’t wait,” Caro told Screen Crush in March 2017 when asked about the Mulan remake.

Later that month, she clarified reports the Mulan remake wouldn’t include music. “The live-action is based on that inspirational Chinese ballad and on the animated Disney classic. We’re still exploring the role that music’s going to play in it, but for sure there will be music,” she said at the time.

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Emma Stone, Meryl Streep, and Saoirse Ronan Might Star in a *Little Women* Remake


Greta Gerwig‘s reported next project is on track to be a big one. The writer, director, and actor made history last year when she became only the fifth woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best director for Lady Bird. Now, she might be onto something just as amazing: Columbia Pictures’ remake of Little Women.

Gerwig first joined Columbia’s adaptation of Little Women in 2016 to do a rewrite of the script’s first draft, but Variety reports Sony was so impressed with Lady Bird, executives are trying to win Gerwig over to make Little Women . The company is reportedly even ramping up pre-production to compel her to take the lead on the film.

Several major actors are said to be in talks to join the cast, including Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan, and Timothée Chalamet. If everything falls into place, this would mark a reunion for Ronan and Chalamet, who both starred in Gerwig’s Lady Bird.

If Gerwig takes on Little Women, it would be her second project as a solo director. (She co-directed a film with Joe Swanberg in 2008.) The novel by Louisa May Alcott, following four sisters in post-Civil War America, has been adapted a number of times, with the 1994 adaptation starring Winona Ryder receiving the most attention.

This is all the information we have so far about this remake, but it looks like it’s coming at a convenient time for all. Streep will most likely wrap work on season two of HBO’s Big Little Lies soon; Stone’s next big role in The Favourite will hit theaters in November; Ronan recently finished production in Mary Queen of Scots; and Chalamet recently began filming his next project, Netflix’s The King.

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