Mulan Gets Down To Business In First Live-Action Trailer

Walt Disney Studios have released the first trailer for its upcoming live-action Mulan movie, and it’s definitely different, to say the least. Most of the House of Mouse’s other live-action adaptations of classic animated movies have always been mostly faithful part-for-part remakes.

However, Mulan looks like it’ll be doing its own thing.

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From the looks of this trailer, the rumours that Mushu the Dragon and iconic songs from the original animated movie will be absent from the live-action adaptation may turn out to be true. Neither are featured in the trailer, as the Mulan movie looks more like a serious sweeping war epic instead of a fun musical romp.

The reason for that could be because of the fact that the live-action Mulan movie screenplay is based on the narrative poem “The Ballad of Mulan”, which could be why it seems less ‘Disney-like’ than usual.

However, I seem to be hearing subtle notes of the song Reflection from the original animated movie playing in the background of the trailer.

Directed by Niki Caro, Disney’s Mulan will star:

• Yifei Liu as Mulan
• Donnie Yen as Commander Tung
• Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan
• Yoson An as Cheng Honghui
• Gong Li as Xianniang
• Jet Li as the Emperor

Disney’s Mulan is slated to premiere on 27 March 2020.