While obvious that Disney will never cross advertise films, the talk about one of the next live action remakes, Mulan, remained quiet and almost unheard of. How many knew this film releases March 27th of NEXT YEAR! At long last the Mulan teaser trailer has dropped. Take a look below:
Also, rumors have said Mushu is out. This would seem to be a big mistake. This would be like taking Genie out of Aladdin. Mushu is the comedy and driving force behind the scenes in Mulan. While only rumor at this point, one can guess its truth by looking at the casting sheet. Jun Yu is cast as the voice of the cricket. The cricket never spoke in the cartoon, so it looks as if the cricket will be stepping into Mushu’s place.
Fighting
The initial shots in this Mulan teaser trailer show some magnificent swordsmanship and fighting. It looks as if they won’t be messing around with this one. Despite being a kids movie the martial arts look like they will be top notch. One question I have, though, is what kind of fighting will they use?
Will they use a traditional, realistic fighting style like most movies today? Or will they throw back to older Japanese films where the fighting is done with wire-work? People of today may not understand or appreciate a wire-work fight, but it was how older Asian films were made. It is a style all its own and held as a sacred art amongst Asian Martial arts film makers. A quasi-modern version of this is the classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is hyper unrealistic, but the art to making the scenes, combined with traditional martial arts creates a form of film fighting that is very fantasy/folk tail driven.
Either way you look at it, this is a very promising trailer for the next live action remake do out this March.
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