Disney’s live action, Mulan, has been highly anticipated by Disney fans around the globe! The film release date has been pushed back time and time again, but now it seems the release date has been taken off the calendar all together.
Frank Pallotta, a Media reporter at at CNN, took to Twitter to share that “Mulan, set for August 21, has been taken off the calendar, per Disney.”
Pallotta goes on to share the following from a Disney spokesperson: “Over the last few months, it’s become clear that nothing can be set in stone when it comes to how we release films during this global health crisis, and today that means pausing our release plans for “Mulan” as we assess how we can most effectively bring this film to audiences around the world.”
With studios delaying film release dates, AMC Theatres has announced they will once again push back their reopening to mid-to-late August, according to Deadline.
The theater chain, which operates a location at Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs, had previously announced that reopening would begin July 30th. The news comes in the wake of Warner Bros. announcing that the Christopher Nolan-directed blockbuster Tenet would be modifying its release strategy. Instead of opening worldwide on one date, Tenet will now be released first in markets where theaters have reopened, including select countries in Europe and Asia where COVID-19 has been mitigated, before hitting the American market in states where theaters have been allowed to return to operation. AMC Theatres said in a statement that a third of all of its locations in Europe and the Middle East have reopened and have resumed normal operations.
The statement also added:
The new timing reflects currently expected release dates for much anticipated blockbusters like Warner Bros.’ Tenet and Disney’s Mulan as well as release dates for several other new movies coming to AMC’s big screens.
Mulan is currently expected to be released on August 21st, though Deadline‘s Anthony D’Alessandro reports that it’s been speculated by industry insiders that Disney may shift to a similar release strategy, where the movie will run in states and countries where theaters are operating, and expand as other locations allow their theaters to reopen.
Disney has released a new Special Look at the upcoming movie “Mulan”, featuring a new song made especially for the movie called “Loyal Brave True” and sung by Christina Aguilera.
In this new featurette for “Mulan”, the cast and crew take you behind the scenes and reveal all of the the intense training that they had to endure in order to make the sword fighting and hand-to-hand combat look so authentic.
“Mulan” opens in theaters on March 27th.
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation… and a proud father.
“Mulan” features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Cheng Honghui; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor.
The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek based on the narrative poem “The Ballad of Mulan.”
We have March 27 on our calendar as we gear up to hit the theaters to watch the live-action remake of Mulan. Mulan isn’t only an anticipated success here in the United States, but was supposed to be an especially successful film in China. Sadly, the coronavirus may be altering that prediction. Here are the details below from New Year CNN Business:
Disney’s theme park business in China has already been rocked by the coronavirus outbreak. Its box office hopes in the country could be next.
The company is preparing to release “Mulan” — its live-action remake of the beloved 1998 animated film about a Chinese warrior woman — in North America on March 27.
The film cost $200 million to make and was expected to make a big splash in China. But the country, which is also the world’s second-biggest movie market behind the United States, has been thrown into turmoil by the public health crisis.
More than 1,300 people are dead and more than 60,000 have been infected, mostly in mainland China. The outbreak has forced the closure of businesses all over the country, including cinemas. While some companies have started to reopen this week, many others remain closed. Disney’s theme parks in Shanghai and Hong Kong, for example, have been shuttered until further notice.
It’s not clear when “Mulan” will make its debut in China. Release dates for films in the country are set by the Chinese government, rather than studios, so they are often confirmed just weeks before a film is set to open. Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC earlier this month that while the film will eventually be released there, “at this point, we’re not sure when.”
“All of the movie companies that are expecting to distribute movies coming up in China obviously are impacted by this,” Iger said. “The bigger issue on everybody’s mind, the bigger concern, is what’s going on with this virus and how far will it go in terms of its impact on people.”
A Disney (DIS) spokesperson said that the studio is monitoring the situation closely.
