Directed by Craig Gillespie, Cruella stars Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, Joel Fry, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mark Strong, and Emily Beecham.
Ever since Disney dropped the first trailer for Cruella, fans could not help but remark upon the similarities between the movie, and Todd Phillips’ Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix.
According to Craig Gillespie, who directed Cruella, while the themes of his film are similar to Joker, the story’s treatment is going to be quite different.
Just to sort of reframe Cruella, I thought it was important to show this darker side of her.