Cate Blanchett to play Lady Tremaine (the Wicked Stepmother) in live action remake of 'Cinderella?'

[Visceral_Fella]

Wow, I'm really excited for this. Lots of movies to look forward to Carrie, Maleficent, Into the Woods, and now this.

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The film is scheduled for a release on March 13, 2015.


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I'm really excited for this! It will be interesting to compare this to Snow White and the huntsmen.

[beautywickedlover]

As I mentioned earlier it seems that Disney will have the Fairy Godmother be actually like the one in the Broadway production of 'Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella'.

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The godmother will be "disguised as an old beggar who watches over Cinderella before revealing herself as the magical being she truly is."

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http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Helena-Bonham-Carter-to-Play-Fairy-Godmother-in-Kenneth-Branaghs-CINDERELLA-20130620

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Stellan Skarsgard is in talks to play the Grand Duke.


Stellan Skarsgard in Talks to Join 'Cinderella' (Exclusive)

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Here is what Richard Madden had to say about the movie and playing the Prince.

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Just call him Prince Charming. “Game of Thrones’” former King in the North, Richard Madden, is playing the prince in Disney’s “Cinderella,” but he’s not quite used to wearing another royal’s shoes just yet.

“Really odd,” Richard told Access Hollywood at Comic-Con last Friday when we asked him how it felt to now be a Disney prince. “I’m like, ‘Surely, not me. Surely, I’m too old. I can’t be!’ Oh, actually, all right. I’m doing it!”

Richard, 27, said the film, which pits him opposite “Downton Abbey’s” Lily James (she’s playing Cinderella), will be fairly faithful to the story readers grew up with.

“Very true to the tale of the story,” he said. “There’s little changes happening now, so I’m not sure where it’s going to go, but it’s the story of Cinderella, we know it and it’s an amazing cast with an outstanding director, so it’s going to be really exciting,” he said. (Kenneth Branagh is directing the project.)

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Richard Madden Talks Playing Cinderella’s Prince Charming & Life After Game Of Thrones

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Branagh gave some details about the film in a pre-taped segment at D23 Expo. He could not be there in person nor could the rest of the cast because they are about to start filming.


'Cinderella': Director Kenneth Branagh previews his plan for the classic fairy tale at Disney's D23

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Here is an interview with Sophie McShera who is playing Drizella.


Downton Abbey’s Sophie McShera Gears Up For Disney’s Cinderella

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Hayley Atwell is going to play Cinderella's mother according to this article.

"I've been at Pinewood rehearsing Cinderella for Kenneth Branagh, so I've been doing that during the day and then the shows in the evening. My character? When Cinderella is five-years-old she loses her mum and she's a good mum, that's all I can really say, that it's her biological mum."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23726101

[E.Davis]

So is it a musical?

[beautywickedlover]

Here is a first look. It looks beautiful.


First look at Disney's live-action 'Cinderella' -- PHOTO

[Jungle Red]

No bitching about Bonham Carter yet?

[beautywickedlover]

Here's the official synopsis. Even though this is very familiar I still look forward to the movie.

"The story of Cinderella follows the fortunes of young Ella whose merchant father remarries following the tragic death of her mother. Keen to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother Lady Tremaine and her daughters Anastasia and Drisella into the family home. But, when Ella's father suddenly and unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Finally relegated to nothing more than a servant girl covered in ashes, and spitefully renamed Cinderella, Ella could easily begin to lose hope. Yet, despite the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella is determined to honor her mother's dying words and to "have courage and be kind." She will not give in to despair nor despise those who abuse her. And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an employee at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul. It appears as if her fortunes may be about to change when the Palace sends out an open invitation for all maidens to attend a ball, raising Ella's hopes of once again encountering the charming "Kit." Alas, her stepmother forbids her to attend and callously rips apart her dress. But, as in all good fairy tales, help is at hand as a kindly beggar woman steps forward and, armed with a pumpkin and a few mice, changes Cinderella's life forever."


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As I mentioned earlier it seems that Disney will have the Fairy Godmother be actually like the one in the Broadway production of 'Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella'.

And they lifted that from Slipper and the Rose

[best12bars]

And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an employee at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul.

So they're lifting that from Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

[Eris0303]

Or from the Ordinary Princess. :)

[Jungle Red]

In the Leslie Ann Warren version of Cinderella, she gives the Prince water from her well, not knowing it's him.

[beautywickedlover]

Patrick Doyle is composing the music and Rob Ashford will do the choreography. And here are some more details.

"Lily plays the title role opposite Richard Madden as Prince Charming and Cate Blanchett as her not entirely wicked stepmother (she’s more resentful and miffed than out-and-out evil).

Helena Bonham Carter, with a milk-white perm and gown to match, is the fairy godmother. And Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera play Cinder-ella’s stepsisters."



Downton Abbey's Lady Rose dances to a new tune as Cinderella

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Most promising about this film for me is that legendary production designer Dante Ferretti is working on the film. Ferretti is one of the few designers who understands where to draw the line when it comes to CG work on his sets. It's a very, very positive development for the film's visual look.

[degrassifan]

"And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an employee at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul."

"So they're lifting that from Disney's Sleeping Beauty."

Actually, I'm sure they lifted this from The Glass Slipper, which starred Leslie Caron in the 1950s. In that, Ella met the prince in the forest and thought he was a member of the palace kitchen staff. She didn't know he was a prince until she got to the ball.

[beautywickedlover]

Here is what Holliday Grainger has to say about the film and playing Anastasia:

"When you do something like Cinderella, do you think about the fact that you’re retelling the story of Cinderella, or can you focus on it as just another story that you’re telling?

GRAINGER: Whenever I walk out of my trailer and see Lily [James] in her costume, I think, “My god, I’m shooting Cinderella!” When she’s in her ball gown, she looks like the fairy tale version of Cinderella that you remember dreaming about, as a kid. The first time I saw her in her ball grown, I felt a bit starstruck. It’s just Lily. She’s one of my contemporaries. We’ve known each other from before. But when she’s in the Cinderella dress, she’s just perfect. That’s when you go, “Oh, my gosh, we’re actually making a movie! We’re making a fairy tale come to life!”

Just how nasty do these stepsisters get?
GRAINGER: Like anything, you’ve gotta find the humanity in the characters. I talked a lot about backstory with (director) Ken Branagh. I feel like they’re slightly emotionally stunted, like Bonnie, in a way. Anastasia is very preoccupied with aesthetics, and she’s quite emotionally stunted. I don’t think she realizes quite how selfish she’s being. She’s just this selfish little toddler."


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I'm super excited to see Daisy from Downton Abbey play Drizella. The nice girls always play the best bitches.

[beautywickedlover]

Kenneth Branagh talked about the film recently.

"As I told you the other day, I’m really looking forward to your take on Cinderella. I know that Mark Romanek was working on it for a little while. Is his take a lot different than your take? And, can you talk about how you got involved with the production?

Well, Mark had left, so I was not really aware of what his take was. I was invited to come in, look at the script, and get a sense of what I would do with the story, so I operated from my own, individual orientation towards that myth, and to some extent, planning had already gone ahead, with Dante Ferretti the great production designer, and Sandy Powell the great costume designer. They were involved already, so there was a kind of shape to things, and so, I was coming out of what you could call a classical point of view. I wanted it to feel fresh. I wanted it to feel very contemporary. I wanted it to feel very direct, but I also wanted it to have its classical roots, in a world and period that’s some distance from us: enough distance to accept some magic. But, I think this is going to one where, the essential part of the story is not going to rely on the idea that personal happiness can only be achieved if a man comes along."


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Some footage of the film was shown at Cinema Con. All of the details are here.


CinemaCon: Disney Presentation Previews Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella

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beautywickedlover, you are magical.

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This was also shown at Cinema Con.