Mulan Returns to the Movies
Mulan is one of my all time favorite Disney movies. Shan Yu is my favorite villain, the way he “pops” out of the snow… awesome. Lucky me there is not to much merchandise to be found of Shan Yu, I would be poor, but I guess he might not be the most sellable character.
There will be a new Mulan movie coming out though, and this time “real people” are playing the part of the characters. I guess the Disney version did do something for this Chinese story. However this time it will be a Chinese made movie. The “green light” for this project was given back in 2002, but no lead actress was found until now. Shooting starts this October. This is not the first Mulan movie made, nor was it Disney who brought the fist version as there is a 1927 Chinese “Mulan” movie that had the honors to bring this story on the screens.
But the Chinese are not alone. There is also a rumor that there will be a new US Mulan movie in pre-production. Nothing much is know about this project but there is already one page on the internet that could be a hint that this is going to happen.