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D23 Expo 2019: ‘Mulan’ Promises To Be A Large-Scale Live-Action Epic With A Touch Of Disney Magic

Mulan is considered to be one of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ crown jewels and given Disney’s success with their live-action adaptations of their animated classics, it only makes sense that they look towards turning 1998’s Mulan into a live-action film. However, instead of following in the footsteps of other films that merely retell the original story, like Cinderella and Beauty and The Beast, Mulan will be depicted as a large-scale epic that sees the titular character (played by Liu Yifei) do anything to protect the family that she loves, even if it means disguising herself as a man so that her ailing father does not have to go to war.
Check out our coverage of the film from this weekend’s D23 Expo here below.
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Tags: Cheng Pei-Pei, Chum Ehelepola, D23 Expo, D23 Expo 2019, donnie yen, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee, jet li, Liu Yifei, Mulan, Nelson Lee, Niki Caro, Ron Yuan, Rosalind Chao, Tzi Ma, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Walt Disney Studios, Yoson An
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Movie Review: Brittany Runs A Marathon

Brittany Runs A Marathon
Director: Paul Downs Colaizzo
Writer: Paul Downs Colaizzo
Cast: Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, and Micah Stock
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Rated PG-13 | Minutes: 103 Minutes
Release Date: August 23, 2019
It’s easy to see how some sports movies can be a bit repetitive given their formulaic nature. The training montages, the struggles, and achieving a championship form – whether that means getting an actual trophy or earning the respect of your peers.
But Paul Downs Colaizzo‘s Brittany Runs A Marathon, starring Jillian Bell, doesn’t oversell any of that nor does it become too preachy. Instead, it goes about all of that in an honest way by showing the beauty and ugliness of training hard to become a better person. My full review below.
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‘Mulan’ Trailer: Disney’s Latest Live-Action Effort Promises To Be An Epic Tale

Disney’s Mulan remains one of their best animated features during their renaissance. Based on a Chinese folktale, the animated film followed a young female who disguised herself as a male soldier in order to join the army so that her ailing father would not have to go.
Now with Disney turning their animated classics into live-action films, it was only a matter of time before they looked to Mulan.
Directed by Niki Caro, the live-action version stars Yifei Liu as the title star who will defend the honor of her family and become one of the most noble soldiers in the Chinese army. Check out the trailer here below.
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Tags: Cheng Pei-Pei, Chum Ehelepola, donnie yen, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee, jet li, Liu Yifei, Mulan, Nelson Lee, Niki Caro, Ron Yuan, Rosalind Chao, Tzi Ma, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Yoson An
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Ryan Reynolds and Taika Waititi Are Reuniting For Video Game Comedy ‘Free Guy’

Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds and Taika Waititi, was unremarkable to say the least. Reynolds has gone on to do other things like Deadpool while Waititi is perhaps better known for his directorial efforts, some of which also featured him in starring roles.
And now it looks like the long-awaited reunion between the two is finally happening. But not for a Green Lantern sequel. According to new reports, the two will pair up for Free Guy, a video game based comedy. More info on the project below.
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Tags: 20th Century Fox, 21 Laps Entertainment, Free Guy, Greg Berlanti, Jodie Comer, Joe Kerry, Lil Rel, Matt Lieberman, Maximum Effort, Ryan Reynolds, Sarah Schechter, Shawn Levy, Taika Waititi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Zak Penn
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Geek Peek: Liu Yifei As Mulan In Disney’s Live-Action Reimagining

Production for Disney’s live-action Mulan, an adaptation of their 1998 animated film of the same name, has begun. To coincide with this, the studio has released the first official image of Liu Yifei (The Forbidden Kingdom, Once Upon a Time) as Hua Mulan. In the film, the fearless and spirited Hua Mulan poses as a man in order to fight Northern Invaders attacking China. Check out the official image here below.
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Tags: Cheng Pei-Pei, Chum Ehelepola, donnie yen, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee, Mulan, Niki Caro, Ron Yuan, Rosalind Chao, Tzi Ma, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Yoson An
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‘Blindspotting’ Trailer: Daveed Diggs Stars In A Thought-Provoking Film About Race Relations

It’s still hard to imagine that we live in a world where people can judge us simply by the color of our skin. Fortunately, we have films that try to bridge that gap, and hopefully, the world can accept people for who they are on the inside. Until then, the need for films like Blindspotting is necessary.
Lionsgate has dropped the first trailer for the film, which stars Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) as a parolee who is simply trying to make it through his last three days without getting into trouble. Only thing is, his best friend Miles (Rafael Casal) keeps finding ways that could put him back in jail. On top of that, Diggs’ character witnesses a police officer shooting an unarmed African American, and the tension between the community and the police is beginning to have an adverse effect on those closest to him. Check out the latest trailer below.
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Tags: Blindspotting, Carlos López Estrada, Daveed Diggs, Ethan Embry, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lionsgate, Rafael Casal, Summit Entertainment, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Wayne Knight
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