Mulan
Jason Scott Lee is joining Gong Li on the villain side of the equating in director Niki Caro and Disney ’s live - actionMulanretelling . The actor previously collaborated with the Mouse House on the 1994 unrecorded - activity version ofThe Jungle Bookand its 2002 animate filmLilo & Stitch .
Twenty years after Disney first adapted the Chinese legend of Mulan into a 2D invigorate musical risky venture , the studio apartment is preparing to commence yield on a live - legal action re - suppose that is described asbeing closer to a Ridley Scott epicthan its cartoon predecessor . Caro , who antecedently worked with the Mouse House on the inspirational true - fib sport dramaMcFarland , USA , has now assembled a cast for the film that includes Liu Yifei ( aka . " Fairy Sister " ) as Mulan , Jet Li as the Saturnia pavonia of China , and Gong Li as a dangerous witch . It seems the latter is n’t the only antagonist in the movie , either .
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According toTHR , Lee has been disgorge in the unrecorded - actionMulanas Bori Khan , a deadly warrior determined to retaliate his don ’s dying . This is another remarkable modification from Disney ’s animated take on the Taiwanese tale , which have the late Miguel Ferrer as the spokesperson of Shan Yu , the leader of the Huns - whose invasion of China recoil off the story - and the primary baddie in that movie . It ’s not clean yet if there ’s a direct connection between Lee ’s Bori Khan and Gong Li ’s sorceress quality , but at the moment it seem they will be serving as the baddie in the hot - action version , in Shan Yu ’s absence seizure .
Khan is n’t the only new character addition to Disney’sMulanremake , either . The filmwill also sport Donnie Yen(ofIp Mantrilogy andRogue Onefame ) as Commander Tung - a veteran warrior who mentors Mulan when she unite the Chinese regular army ( in disguise as a man , in traditional fashion ) - andYoson An as Chen Honghui , the soldier who germinate into Mulan ’s passion interest over the course of action of the motion-picture show . Neither of those characters are featured in the Mouse House ’s 1998 animatedMulan , which rather has Captain Li Shang ( sound by B.D. Wong ) serve as Mulan ’s romanticist pastime and does n’t let in anyone who ’s really tantamount to Tung in the story .
Of course , there ’s a fair argument to be made that Disney should judge and mix things up with Caro’sMulan , rater than attempt to produce a written matter - and - paste live - action iteration of its animated film . The projection has put together quite the impressive - and , thankfully , non - snowy - ensemble thus far , with Lee ( who ’s also know for starring inDragon : The Bruce Lee Story ) being the latest talented addition to the cast . It seems meet , then , that many of these histrion are getting a shaft at impart their First Baron Marks of Broughton on brand - new fictional character that are n’t burden with the expectations that fall with pre - established roles .
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