Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) and Matthias Schoenaerts (The Old Guard) are set to lead the cast of Ruin, a World War II drama from The Mother director Niki Caro. Written by Kaz and Ryan Firpo, Ruin is “set in the ruins of post-WWII Germany, following a recently released camp prisoner (Gadot) who is forced to make an unlikely […]
Movie Review – The Mother (2023)
The Mother, 2023. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, Gael García Bernal, Paul Raci, Lucy Paez, Fahim Fazli, Michael Karl Richards, Saif Mohsen, Yvonne Senat Jones, Link Baker, Jesse Garcia, and Edie Falco. SYNOPSIS: While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect her daughter she […]
Jennifer Lopez is The Mother in trailer for Netflix action thriller
Netflix has released a trailer, posters and images for the upcoming action thriller The Mother, ahead of its arrival on the streamer this May. Directed by Niki Caro, the film stars Jennifer Lopez as a deadly assassin who comes out of hiding in the Alaskan wilderness to protect the daughter that she gave up years […]
Jennifer Lopez and Niki Caro teaming with Netflix for The Mother
Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Lopez is set to produce and star in the action thriller The Mother, which will be directed by Mulan helmer Niki Caro from a script by Misha Green (Lovecraft Country) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton). Described as “in the spirit of the Luc Besson classic The Professional”, the film […]
Disney+ Review – Mulan (2020)
Mulan, 2020. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring Liu Yifei, Yoson An, Tzi Ma, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Jason Scot Lee, Gong Li, Rosalind Chao and Xana Tang. SYNOPSIS: A young woman pretends to be a man in order to take her ageing father’s place as a conscript in the Chinese Imperial Army. The recent wave […]
Video Review – Mulan (2020)
Mulan, 2020. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Yoson An, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee, Tzi Ma, and Jet Li. Join our host EJ Moreno in a discussion about 2020’s Mulan, the Disney+ exclusive set for release this week. In what he says feels like an homage to Chinese epics, there’s something […]
Movie Review – Mulan (2020)
Mulan, 2020. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring Yifei Liu, Yoson An, Gong Li, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Ron Yuan, Jet Li, Tzi Ma, Jimmy Wong, Doua Moua, Chen Tang, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chum Ehelepola, Rosalind Chao, Susana Tang, Nelson Lee, Cheng Pei-Pei, Radhesh Aria, Hoon Lee, and Crystal Rao. SYNOPSIS: A young Chinese maiden disguises […]
Live-action Mulan director on the decision to remove the classic songs and Mushu
Mulan is the next Disney classic to receive the live-action remake treatment – though it will break tradition from titles such as The Lion King and Aladdin by removing the songs featured in the 1998 animated film. In a recent interview with Digital Spy, director of the live-action Mulan, Niki Caro, has discussed the decision to remove the beloved soundtrack to […]
Mulan director shares behind-the-scenes image from the first day of filming
Yesterday we brought you a first look at Liu Yifei in the title role, and now director Niki Caro has taken to Instagram to share a behind the scenes image from the first day of filming on the live-action Mulan remake, captioned with the word ‘Reflections’ – a nod to the musical number ‘Reflection’ from the […]
Disney’s live-action Mulan reportedly has a $290 million budget
It looks like Disney is sparing no expense when it comes to its live-action remake of the animated movie Mulan, with Pursue News reporting that the Mouse House has set aside a $290 million budget for the movie. Mulan is being helmed by Nika Caro (The Zookeeper’s Wife), who – assuming these numbers are accurate […]
