Deadline reports that Walt Disney Studios has acquired a pitch from writers Ola Shokunbi and Lindsey Reed Palmer titled Sadé, described as a live-action fairy tale film about an African Princess.
Disney is also developing live-action versions of The Jungle Book 2, Cruella, James and the Giant Peach, Pinocchio, Genies, Night on Bald Mountain, The Little Mermaid, and The Sword in the Stone.
This year Disney is currently set to release Disney’s Christopher Robin this August, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms on November 2, and Mary Poppins Returns on December 19.
With the help of the kingdom’s prince, Sadé embarks on an adventure that will allow her to embrace what makes her special and save the kingdom.”