Disney's live-action films are typically quite profitable but if the studio was looking to increase foreign box office returns from China by have it the movie co-financed, that won't be the case. The China Film Insider reports that their examination of the China Film Bureau has revealed that the live-action Mulan film will be a "Chines-assisted production" instead of a "Chinese co-production". The first distinction sees films receive only a 25% return on box office revenue while the latter can return up to 50%.
New Zealand director Niki Caro (McFarland USA, The Zookeeper's Wife) helms the project that features a cast that includes:
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Liu Yifei as Mulan
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Jet Li as The Emperor
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Donnie Yen as Commander Trung
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Yoson An as Chen Honghui
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Li Gong as an evil witch
The live-action film will be making significant changes from the 1998 animated film as documented by an evil witch playing the main antagonist instead of invading Huns. The love interest is also different as Captain Li Shang has been swapped for a new recruit named Chen Hoghui who becomes a strong ally for Mulan.
Mulan hits North America theaters on March 27, 2020.
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