Tag: 101 Dalmatians

  • Here’s How You Can Go About Watching ‘Cruella’ Online for Free

    Here’s How You Can Go About Watching ‘Cruella’ Online for Free

    All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.After debuting in movie theaters in May, and on Disney+ Premier Access for $29.99, “Cruella” is now streaming on…

  • Emma Stone Wants Origin Story on ‘The Little Mermaid’s’ Ursula

    Emma Stone Wants Origin Story on ‘The Little Mermaid’s’ Ursula

    Disney has enjoyed taking beloved villains and enhancing their backstories via new remakes. Case in point, the release this week of “Cruella,” an origin story on the infamous puppy-stealing baddie from Disney’s “101 Dalmatians.” But the question audiences have been asking is which villain will get an origin story next?Well, if “Cruella” leading lady Emma…

  • ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Opens to $4.8 Million in the US: Here’s Why That’s Impressive

    ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Opens to $4.8 Million in the US: Here’s Why That’s Impressive

    Paramount reported results for Thursday-night previews of “A Quiet Place Part II,” and they are excellent. John Krasinski’s sequel grossed $4.8 million in about 3,000 theaters, for a $1,600 per-theater average. The film goes wider today, with 3,700 theaters in North America. The best news is this: When “A Quiet Place” opened in previews on…

  • ‘Cruella’ First Reactions: A Bold and Wicked Disney Origin Story Starring Emma Stone

    ‘Cruella’ First Reactions: A Bold and Wicked Disney Origin Story Starring Emma Stone

    Early word is in for “I, Tonya” director Craig Gillespie’s flamboyant spin on the origin story of iconic Disney villain Cruella de Vil, and the film looks to be a winner. Emma Stone is being praised for her wicked twist on the “101 Dalmatians” villainess. Emma Thompson is also being singled out for her turn…

  • New ‘Cruella’ Teaser Reveals the Origin Story of the ‘101 Dalmatians’ Villain

    New ‘Cruella’ Teaser Reveals the Origin Story of the ‘101 Dalmatians’ Villain

    How did Cruella de Vil begin? The question no one was asking will soon be answered in Cruella, the punk-rock take on the 101 Dalmatians villain starring Emma Stone. And at least one part of that answer is revealed in a new Cruella teaser that previews her origins: she was a kid with really bad…

  • New ‘Cruella’ Trailer: Emma Stone Is The Devil Who Gets Her Due

    New ‘Cruella’ Trailer: Emma Stone Is The Devil Who Gets Her Due

    Is Emma Stone the new Joker in “Cruella” as some online fans have speculated? Is the origin story a new trend we’ll see for every franchise property going forward? Look, it’s a dark origin story, based on the “101 Dalmatians” film, but maybe not that dark. “It’s very different from Joker in many ways” director…

  • Disney Drops New ‘Cruella’ Trailer During Grammys

    Disney Drops New ‘Cruella’ Trailer During Grammys

    During the Grammys, Disney dropped the latest trailer for “Cruella” starring Emma Stone.Before she was the evil villain in “101 Dalmatians,” Cruella de Vil got her start in customer service. Set to an electrified “These Boots Are Made for Walking,” a young, fiery, red-haired Cruella (Emma Stone)— then known as Estella— balances her janitorial job…

  • ‘Cruella’ Adds ‘Killing Eve’s’ Kirby Howell-Baptiste Opposite Emma Stone (Exclusive)

    ‘Cruella’ Adds ‘Killing Eve’s’ Kirby Howell-Baptiste Opposite Emma Stone (Exclusive)

    Kirby Howell-Baptiste has signed on to join Emma Stone in Disney’s live-action “Cruella,” an origin story based on the classic “101 Dalmatians” villain Cruella de Vil.Stone will portray de Vil, the villain who is obsessed with capturing the titular puppies in the 1961 animated classic. Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser and Joel Fry will also…

  • Disney Delays ‘Cruella,’ ‘Woman in the Window’

    Disney Delays ‘Cruella,’ ‘Woman in the Window’

    Disney is shaking up its release calendar, delaying its live action “Cruella” until Memorial Day 2021 and pushing the Fox 2000 drama “The Woman in the Window” to 2020.“Cruella,” starring Emma Stone, is based on the classic “101 Dalmatians” villain Cruella de Vil. The revisit to Disney’s animated classic was originally set to hit theaters…

  • ‘Richard Jewell’ Star Paul Walter Hauser Joins Disney’s Live-Action ‘Cruella’

    ‘Richard Jewell’ Star Paul Walter Hauser Joins Disney’s Live-Action ‘Cruella’

    Paul Walter Hauser is in talks to join Emma Stone in Disney’s “Cruella,” a live-action origin story based on the classic “101 Dalmatians” villain Cruella de Vil.“I, Tonya” director Craig Gillespie is helming the film with Marc Platt, Kristin Burr and Andrew Gunn producing. Emma Thompson is also on board to star.De Vil, the villain…