Daily Podcast: Water Cooler Discussion Including Jurassic Doritos, Star Wars, Ocean’s 8, Westworld, GLOW, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Jumanji, 2001, Mulan & More

On the June 18, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, […]

Disney’s ‘Mulan’ and ‘Maleficent 2’ Add New Cast Members

Disney’s live-action adaptations of its beloved classics are adding even more cast members. The latest bit of Disney casting is for the upcoming Mulan and Maleficent 2, which each cast two strong character actors in supporting roles. Mulan The Mulan cast is shaping up to be one of Disney’s most impressive ensembles yet. It would be difficult to […]

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Casts Donnie Yen As Mulan’s Mentor

The coolness factor of Disney’s live-action Mulan has just increased considerably. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story actor Donnie Yen has joined the live-action Mulan cast as a mentor to Mulan. Donnie Yen is ready to get down to business. The actor has joined the cast of Disney’s live-action Mulan, alongside star Liu Yifei. Whale Rider director Niki Caro will helm […]

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Casts Chinese Actress Liu Yifei As Its Star

Disney has honored its promise to cast a Chinese actress as the star of its live-action adaptation of Mulan. Chinese actress Liu Yifei has been cast as Fa Mulan, the warrior woman who saves all of China in the classic Chinese myth and 1998 animated Disney film. Liu’s casting marks the end of a year-long search for the Mulan star, who […]

A ‘Rick and Morty’ Fan Sold Their ‘Mulan’ Szechuan Sauce for How Much?!

The third season premiere of Rick and Morty got everyone talking about the Mulan Szechuan sauce that McDonald’s once had during a 1998 cross-promotion with the Disney animated movie. McDonald’s had to deal with a petition signed by thousands asking them to bring it back after Rick revealed his life’s goal was to get the […]

POTD: ‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Got His ‘Mulan’ Szechuan Sauce, and You Might Too

Tonight brings the highly anticipated continuance of the third season of Rick and Morty after the season premiere caught everyone off guard on April Fools’ Day earlier this year. And just in time for the return of the Adult Swim animated series, co-creator Justin Roiland, who also voices both of the title characters, got a […]

‘Rick and Morty’ May Convince McDonald’s to Bring Back the ‘Mulan’ Szechuan Sauce

This past weekend, Adult Swim surprised everyone on April Fools’ Day by debuting the long-awaited third season premiere to Rick and Morty, both online and on Cartoon Network. It was a welcome return for the brilliant animated comedy series, though it has caused some debate among fans as to whether what is actually going on […]

‘Mulan’ Director Says Disney’s Live-Action Remake Will Be a “Girly Martial Arts Extravaganza”

With Beauty and the Beast currently dominating at the box office, we’re looking ahead to one of Disney’s next live-action remakes of their animated classics: Mulan. We found out yesterday that it won’t be a musical, but the new film’s director just revealed what her version of the movie will be, and her description just might make up for the […]

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Remake Won’t Be a Musical

Ever since Maleficent was released in 2014, Disney has been obsessed with giving their animated classics the live-action remake treatment. However, out of the four that have followed, only Beauty and the Beast has been a full fledged musical. And as of now, it sounds like the lack of signature tunes in Disney’s live-action remakes […]