Mulan Brings Honor To The Animated Original In First Full-Length Trailer

Disney's live-action adaptation of Mulan looks better and better every time we visualize it.


the opening full-length trailer just dropped on Thursday morning (December 5), and it's been well worth the wait. In the two-minute clip, we visualize Mulan working to take her father's place to serve in the Imperial Army and blossoming into an absolute badass along way.


because the story goes, which you might already be familiar with, the Emperor of China necessitates that one man per family member do their duty to their nation to protect the land against invaders. Nevertheless Mulan can't let her ailing father head off to war again, so she takes his place as a substitute. She becomes a legendary hero in the process. It's empowering stuff, even if the movie eliminates the classic musical numbers we're all familiar with.


However, there really is a sentimental throwback to one of the most popular tracks from the movie woven into the trailer: an instrumental "Reflection." It seems it'll be used in the movie, even if there won't be any singing.


Back in July, we had our first look at the film, helmed by director Niki Caro (Whale Rider). Disney's new vision of a live-action Mulan features Chinese actress Liu Yifei, who also goes by the name Crystal Liu, as our titular heroine. Yifei is a experienced wuxia star and pop princess in China. The Chinese-American actress has been working in the industry since 2003, and she's believed one of the most successful young actresses in China, one of the "Four Dan actresses" of the early 2000s.


It's going to be a decidedly different film than the animated version, yet it also looks like a much more mature take on the story as well that will do the character justice. Mulan will bring honor to us all on March 27, 2020.