Disney’s search for a director to helm their live-action adaptation of Mulan is over.

Following an exhaustive search, the studio has chosen MacFarland, USA‘s Niki Caro to direct the film. She will be joining Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), who will serve as an executive producer. More on the story below.

Last year, Disney announced that they would be developing a live-action reimagining of Mulan from a script written by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek. Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) will produce.

It comes as no surprise that Disney would continue to adapt their animated classics given the huge box office successes of Maleficent, Alice In Wonderland, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book. And now the studio has confirmed that Mulan will be hitting theaters on November 2, 2018. More on the story below.

Disney adapting animated classics into live-action films has proven to be a very lucrative business model. With Cinderella grossing over $330 million worldwide in three weeks, and a live-action Beauty and The Beast, starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, and Luke Evans, in the works, the studio has just announced that an adaptation of the 1998 animated film Mulan is currently under development.

THR reports that Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek have penned the script, and that the film will be produced by Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers).

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