Jan de Bont Planning Live-Action Mulan Film, Chinese Actress Ziyi Zhang To Star
Jan de Bont, who brought us classics like Speed and Twister, is apparently planning a live-action movie version of the classic tale of Mulan. Made popular here in the states by Disney in the 1998 film of the same name, the story of the young female soldier has been around since the 6th Century. de Bont has not directed or been active in Hollywood since the 2003 sequel, Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life, which he directed.
Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang is also attached to star as the heroine in the film. The story revolves around a legendary Chinese soldier named Hua Mulan, a young woman who poses as a man to join the Chinese army so that her aging father will not have to fight. Once in the army she must struggle to be a soldier in a world of men and not get caught for fear of death. She eventually leads a massive amount of troops to victory over a Mongul hord ready to assassinate the Emperor of China.
Mulan will start shooting this fall at Hengdian World Studios, which is three hours outside of Shanghai, with the production expected to run through January. Movie Plus Productions of Canada, Global Film Finance of the U.K., China’s Bona International Film Group and SIMF Pictures are teaming up to produce the new live-action movie. It was said that the production is currently seeking both English-speaking and Chinese-speaking actors for the movie.
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