Liu Yifei plays the titular maiden-turned-avenger. Also starring Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Yoson An, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee, “Mulan” comes out on March 27th, 2020 I wrote on 11.27.18 “So here’s how it usually works these days Hollywood. A formula working well at the box-office? Well, how about we just recycle it again and again and again … And once that idea stalls then how about we bank on the nostalgia of the original and reboot it into a whole new package. Disney’s caught on to this like real pros with their juggernaut franchises, in fact, that’s all they seem to be doing — Marvel, Star Wars, animation etc. not a single original thought conceived, they have to stick with what people already know, what people are comfortable with, what doesn’t provoke new thoughts. It’s all really a big fat brainwash if you ask me.”“A particular trend for them the is the live-action remake of animated classics.  This is what I’m going to focus on here. These are the box-office powerhouses they’ve created thus far via live-action:Alice in Wonderland $334 Million Cinderella $201 MillionThe Jungle Book $364 MillionBeauty and the Beast $504 Million This past Friday Disney unveiled the teaser for the upcoming live-action ‘Lion King’ which looks like a shot-for-shot remake of the original, only this time, instead of animation, presented to us in CGI.” “Let’s line-up 16 upcoming live-action Disney remakes that have been greenlit: “101 Dalmatians,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “The Jungle Book 2,” “Peter Pan,” “Pinocchio,” “Dumbo,” “Mulan,” “Dumbo,” “Sword in the Stone,” “Winnie The Pooh,” “Snow White,” and “Tinker Bell.” “ “All of these are coming out within the next 5 years. That’s a deluge of films. These are safe, and cozy projects for the mouse house because they are banking on what is most popular at the multiplex these days: Nostalgia.” “There is absolutely no conceivable way that these live-action remakes can artistically surpass the original animated classics. Why? Because Disney wouldn’t take the risk of messing with the original formula — audiences want what they already know, that’s the sad truth. And so, with these live-action remakes, Disney are, by all accounts, going for shot-for-shot duplicates, the only difference? They are done in CGI instead of hand drawn animation.” Contribute Hire me

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