The 1998 Disney animated adaptation kept the basic structure of this intact, but in typical House of Mouse fashion, made a lot of changes, from including a wisecracking dragon and amusing cricket to having Mulan face Shan Yu, leader of the Huns.
Disney may have made the Hua Mulan story famous in the modern era, but the legend has existed for over a millennium.
While Disney’s upcoming live action remake will likely keep many of those particular elements intact, Sony’s Mulan will be an entirely different beast.
Most of you already know the general premise, but just to cover our bases, the story is about a young woman who takes her father’s place in the army and was among the most skilled warriors China ever saw.