Tag: Mulan
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‘Mulan’ Live-Action Disney Reboot Casts ‘Rogue One’ Star Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen is set to star opposite Liu Yifei in Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Mulan.”Niki Caro is directing, and Chris Bender, Jason Reed, and Jake Weiner are producing the movie. The film’s release was recently pushed back by more than a year to March 27, 2020.The English-language version of the original “Mulan” (1998) featured the…
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Soon-Tek Oh, Voice of Mulan’s Father and Asian-American Theater Pioneer, Dies at 85
Soon-Tek Oh, a pioneering figure in Asian-American theater who voiced Fa Zhou in two “Mulan” films and acted with Roger Moore in “Man with the Golden Gun,” has died. He was 85.Oh died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long fight with Alzheimer’s, according to actor Chil Kong. Kong co-founded the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble in…
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Anna Kendrick Santa Claus Movie ‘Noelle’ to Debut on Disney Streaming Service
“Noelle,” a fantasy comedy with Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader, is expected to debut on Disney’s new streaming service. Disney officially pulled the title from its release calendar on Thursday, while unveiling a stream of untitled Marvel and Pixar movies, and moving its live-action version of “Mulan” back by more than a year. “Noelle,” previously…
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‘Mulan’ Live-Action Reboot Pushed Back to 2020
Disney’s live-action “Mulan” reboot is being pushed back by more than a year.The studio shifted the release from Nov. 2, 2018, to March 27, 2020.Directed by Niki Caro, the movie stars Chinese singer-actress Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu.The studio also announced on Thursday that it had removed “Nicole,” Anna Kendrick’s female Santa Claus…
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Disney Strikes Major Chinese Streaming Deal with Alibaba’s Youku
Thousands of hours of Disney TV series and movies will be available in China after the Hollywood studio struck a major streaming deal with Alibaba’s Svod service Youku. More than 1,000 episodes of Disney animated series will be made available, including DuckTales and My Friends Tigger & Pooh, while live-action movies including Pirates of the…