Elsewhere, Sony is moving ahead on its own live-action Mulan film – and THR reports that studio is also seeking an Asian filmmaker to oversee the project.
THR is reporting that the Jaffa and Silver-penned Mulan script draft was also good enough to convince Disney executives to fast-track the project and give it an official release date too.
Upcoming superhero movies Wonder Woman and Black Panther have been applauded for bringing on Patty Jenkins and Ryan Coogler to direct, for related reasons.
So far though, studios that compete directly with Disney’s live-action fairy tale re-tellings haven’t had much luck.