Mulan is by far the best of live-action Disney remakes as it takes a familiar story and twists it to create something with absolutely stunning cinematography and great fight scenes that truly makes it feel new and epic.
Director: Niki Caro
Summary: When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve[...]
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This is probably his best and most substantial movie.
Some Thoughts About the Disney Version
Niki Caro, director of the Disney movie, said she and the makers looked at every other version of Mulan available before they made their version You can see that in the trailers. Jason Scott Lee's villainour general is clearly inspired by the[...]
The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek based on the narrative poem "The Ballad of Mulan."
Mulan, directed by Niki Caro, stars Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Yoson An, Xana Tang, Jason Scott Lee, and Ron Yuan[...]
Mulan is hitting theaters in a few weeks, and the cast and director Niki Caro are starting to make the rounds out there doing press for the film One of the hotly debated topics surrounding the live-action update is if the popular character Mushu would make an appearance The animated dragon, voiced by Eddie Murphy[...]
The show went straight to series at Amazon for twelve episodes, and will be produced by Reese Witherspoon, Will Graham, Lauren Neustadter, Brad Mendelsohn, and Niki Caro, who will also direct some episodes of the show The show was created by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, and it is based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins[...]
This is exciting, as Yen brings his own action-directing background to the role, as well as a commanding swagger.
While we don't know much about this live-action Mulan, we do know Yifei Liu will be playing the title role. We also know that Niki Caro (Whale Rider, We Bought A Zoo) will be directing, and that Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa, Elizabeth Martin and Amanda Silver[...]