Affected by the new crown epidemic, the Hollywood blockbuster " Hua Mulan " starring Liu Yifei has been changed and changed again. It was originally postponed from March 27 to August 21 this year, but due to the Trump administration's delay in controlling it. According to foreign media reports, on August 5, Beijing time, Disney, the producer of "Mulan", announced that "Mulan" will cancel hospitals in North America, Australia, New Zealand and some Western European countries. Online screening, the online streaming media Disney+ paid-on-demand, will still be shown in theaters in other markets including China.
"Mulan" is a part of Disney's live-action fairy tale film series. It is based on the classic Disney animated film of the same name in 1998. It tells the story of Mulan disguising herself as a man and serving her father in the army. It is directed by Nikki Carlo, Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen leads the starring role, with Gong Li and Jet Li in special roles.
The animated film "Mulan" produced by Disney in 1998 was a global success, but at a cost of only 70 million US dollars, it got 300 million US dollars in the box office, and it was nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe Awards. Because of this, in recent years, Disney has put the live-action version of "Mulan" on the agenda after launching a series of live-action fairy tale movie shooting plans. The first task of
in the live-action version of "Mulan" is to select actors to play Mulan, because it is a film adapted from ancient Chinese folk tales. The actress who plays Mulan must be an English-speaking Oriental, in order to find a suitable heroine For the candidate, Disney held a global audition for the leading role. After auditioning nearly a thousand actors, it was finally officially announced on November 30, 2017 that Liu Yifei will star in Mulan.
After Liu Yifei took the filming of "Mulan", he received three or four months of intensive training in accordance with the requirements of the producer and director. He not only trained horse riding, martial arts and physical fitness, but also practiced English lines. After a long period of preparation, the film was finally launched on August 14, 2018. It took more than three months to shoot and was finished on November 26 of that year. After that, it entered the post-production process such as computer special effects and announced that it will be on March 27 this year. Released.
It can be seen that the live-action movie "Mulan" is a work carefully prepared and produced by Disney for three or four years, which fully reflects the concept of excellence in the Hollywood film industry. In addition, there is the pearl of the 1998 animated film "Mulan" In the past, especially Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, and Gong Li and many other Chinese stars joined, so they have received widespread attention from Chinese and even global movie fans.
Unexpectedly, this Disney's "Mulan" was ill-fated. Due to the global outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the film had to be withdrawn on the eve of its release on March 27 this year. In June of this year, Disney announced the change of files on July 24, but because the US government has been unable to control the epidemic, Disney had to announce that the release date of the film was postponed to August 21.
On the morning of August 5th, Beijing time, Disney once again made an important decision on the release of "Mulan": in North America, Australia, New Zealand and some Western European countries it will cancel theatrical screenings, and launch the online streaming Disney+ paid on-demand on September 4 , The price is US$29.99 for high-end on-demand. Other markets including China will still be shown in theaters. Once the news of
came out, it attracted widespread attention from industry insiders and fans. This means that Disney's live-action version of "Mulan", which took several years and spent heavily to film and produce, will not be shown in cinemas in North America and other regions and will be broadcast online instead! The shock to the industry is similar to this year’s Spring Festival "囧妈" temporarily changed to online broadcast. The only difference is that "囧Mo" was paid by ByteDance for 630 million yuan for free to Chinese netizens to watch, while after "Mulan" was changed to webcast in North America and other places, local netizens had to spend US$29.99 to watch it. According to analysis by industry insiders, since the date of "Mulan" in North America and other places is September 4, Disney is likely to be in time for September 4, so that the film will be released in mainland China. After all, Mainland China is the world's second largest film market after North America. Now that North America has changed to webcasting, in order for the film to get a better box office in mainland China, it is best to be released before the North American webcast.
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