Currently set for release in 2018, the film will be based heavily on the 1998 animated Disney film of the same name, and will also be the first of Disney’s live-action remakes directed by a female director, with Whale Rider’s Niki Caro signing on to helm Mulan.
That remake trend is far from over, and at the center of their upcoming non-Marvel and Star Wars titles, sits the new live-action retelling of Mulan.
“Mulan is clearly an empowered-female story but we can also do something new in this reimagining, make it a little more muscular, stronger, with touch of Ridley Scott.”
Apparently, the film will strongly hold onto the epic war aspects of the animated feature, with specific influences from one of the most critically acclaimed directors of all time.