I won’t deny it. I LOVE Ziyi Zhang! That woman has the most undeniable combination of pure grace and stunning beauty on the planet. She’s also a pure joy to watch move on the screen when she does action films. She’s so damn graceful it trancends description.
Having said that, I was really pleased this morning to find out that Ziyi Zhang has been oped to star in a live action version of Mulan! The good folks over at Comingsoon give us this:
The movie is written by Wang Hui-ling (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and forthcoming John Woo project The Battle of Red Cliff). It draws on a Chinese folk tale of a female resistance fighter who disguises herself as her father to take his place in battle.
Disney made Mulan into an animated movie in 1998, but the tale was first put on the big screen in a 1956 Chinese production. The new Chinese-language film’s budget is pegged at $20 million, with production scheduled for February.
Zhang has actually been signed on by the Weinstein Company to do 3 films! The second one will be a remake of The Seven Samurai. This girl is just getting started.
