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THE MOTHER Trailer Sees Jennifer Lopez In The Biggest Fight Of An Assassin’s Life

Netflix is back to put its best face forward for another sprawling action title with a major star with The Mother, starring Jennifer Lopez and directed by Mulan helmer Niki Caro. The official trailer is here as well as a pair of posters you can view just beneath while taking a gander at what the actress and singer has been up to of late following her recent stint with Josh Duhamel in Amazon Prime release, Shotgun Wedding. Enjoy!

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MULAN: Crystal Liu Yifei Defies Conventions In The First Official Teaser For Disney’s Live-Action Epic

To think at any point before last year we could have ended up with a whiter version of Walt Disney Pictures’s current live-action incarnation of Mulan is just crazy on its face. Sadly, that’s a reality long etched in Hollywood history and one that the town is now tackling one film at a time, and especially with helmer Niki Caro’s latest prospective feat from the House Of Mouse as it now samples the goods for the masses with an official teaser now online.

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Disney’s Live-Action MULAN Casts Jason Scott Lee For Villain Role

While the elongated production process for Niki Caro’s live-action reinstallment of Disney property, Mulan, moves forward, the studio has just cast actor Jason Scott Lee according to Rebecca Sun at The Hollywood Reporter. Lee’s casting sees him starring in the villainous role of Bori Khan, described in the report as “a warrior leader who is intent on avenging his father’s death”.

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MULAN Adds Utkarsh Ambudkar And Ron Yuan

Fans itching to catch Niki Caro’s live-action Mulan will have to wait at least another year following its recent release date push to March 27, 2020. Until then, at least sooner news will have fans excited over casting with a Deadline exclusive on Wednesday revealing Utkarsh Ambudkar (The Mindy Project, Pitch Perfect, upcoming Blindspotting) and Ron Yuan (Blood And Bone, Netflix’s Marco Polo) now joining live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1998 animated hit film.

Ambudkar will play the role of a con artist named Skatch while Yuan will portray Sergeant Qiang, the fiercely loyal second in command of the Imperial Regiment. Their names currently add to the already cast Jet Li, Gong Li And Xana Tang, with Donnie Yen in the role of Commander Tung who mentors our titular heroine who secretly replaces her ailing father upon military conscription to stave off a Hun invasion – She will be played by Crystal Liu (The Forbidden Kingdom, The Four film franchise).

If Yuan’s name catches on any, you might remember him in recent history as the named helmer of an upcoming martial arts-infused sixth feature film installment of the Step Up dance movie franchise set in China. A new date remains pending for that project while the actor has since gone on to appear in other roles in The Accountant, Independence Day: Resurgence, and opposite Phillip Ng in the Bruce Lee pseudo-biopic, Birth Of The Dragon.

Jason Reed, Chris Bender, and Jake Weiner are producing with Bill Kong serving as executive producer for Mulan.

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MULAN: Jet Li, Gong Li And Xana Tang Join The Cast For The Live-Action Film

News seems to be fast-tracking this week for Walt Disney Pictures amid the current progress toward reviving the studio’s animated gender-bending classic, Mulan.

Following the addition of international action star and actor Donnie Yen for the role of Commander Tang on Wednesday, three new names are now circling the live-action production: International action star Jet Li (Hero, The Expendables Trilogy), distinguished actress Gong Li (Curse Of The Golden Flower, Miami Vice, The Monkey King 2) and New Zealand actress Xana Tang (Filthy Rich, Dead Lucky).

As Rebecca Sun’s exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday confirms, Jet Li is in final talks to play the Emperor of China. The report also cites at least two moves signaling departures from the Barry Cook/Tony Bancroft-directed 1998 film, highlighting actress Li for the role of a powerful witch, and actress Tang who will play Mulan’s sister.

Actress Crystal Liu is headlining the cast as production readies for an August start ahead of a March 27, 2020 release with Whale Rider helmer Niki Caro directing. Succeeding from its folkloric roots, Mulan tells of a young girl who seizes her ailing father’s armor and conscription to serve in his place when the emperor enlists one male from each household, at a time when women performing any duties other than the confines at home was considered taboo and strictly forbidden.

Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin are penning the script. Chris Bender, Jason Reed and Jake Weiner are producing with Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Rise Of A Legend, Monster Hunt) executive producing.

Jet Li is repped by Current Entertainment and Bloom Hergott while Gong Li is repped by ICM, and Xana Tang is repped by Gail Cowan Management and Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD).

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MULAN: Donnie Yen To Make A Man Out Of Our Heroine In The Live-Action Adventure

MULAN: Donnie Yen To Make A Man Out Of Our Heroine In The Live-Action Adventure

Beyond recent progress on Big Brother and Enter The Fat Dragon and the production start of Ip Man 4, time will tell what lies ahead for actor and action star Donnie Yen. That said, if Mike Fleming Jr.’s exclusive at Deadline is any indication, a starring role in Disney’s own live-action version of Mulan is very likely to soon follow.

The report confirms Yen for the role of Commander Tung, mentor and teacher to Mulan, with Yen marking this as his second Disney feature since playing the memorable role of blind warrior Chirrut Imwe in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Whale Rider helmer Niki Caro is set to direct the film which has since nabbed The Forbidden Kingdom, The Four and Once Upon A Time actress Crystal Liu for the starring role – the result of an expansive casting search that implored the studio to push its release of the film back from a previous 2019 date to March 27, 2020.

Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin are penning the script that re-engages the classic folktale that saw its way to the big screen in the 1998 animated feature about the daughter of a solider who seizes her ill father’s conscription to serve in his place in the wake of an enemy invasion. Chris Bender, Jason Reed and Jake Weiner are producing with Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Rise Of A Legend, Monster Hunt) executive producing.

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Crystal Liu Lands The Coveted Role In Niki Caro’s MULAN For Disney

I was irking to find out what exactly were the ins and outs of The Hollywood Reporter’s exclusive post on Tuesday about the upcoming Mulan film from director Niki Caro. Apparently that report had been retracted from the bulletin so I didn’t forward anything and especially since other trade sites didn’t echo the news.

Thus, the word is officially out now and with none other than actress Crystal Liu (The Forbidden Kingdom, The Four franchise, Once Upon A Time) having nabbed the heralded role telling of a young girl who bends her gender to join the military in place of her sick father in lieu of a forthcoming invasion. The film opens in 2019 apart from Sony’s own development of a live-action take on the character with a date pending.

Liu was one of a reported 1,000 candidates for the production’s five-continent visit per its search for an Asian lead – a tantamount decision for cinephiles pained by whitewashed roles in minority-centric multimedia. Chris Bender, Jason Reed and Jake Weiner are producing the film.

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Disney’s Live-Action MULAN Sets Niki Caro To Direct!

After garnering praise for her most recent work on The Zookeeper’s Wife starring Jessica Chastain, McFarlane, USA helmer Niki Caro is reportedly being eyed to direct Disney’s own upcoming live-action Mulan film. The film is one of two titles related to the Disney IP with the other being housed at Sony with Alex Graves directing for a late 2018 release.

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