Mark Your Calendars For An All-New Live-Action Starring Emma Stone As Cruella De Vil!

In 1961, directors Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman came together to bring Dodie Smith’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians through a Walt Disney animated film of the same name. This adventure comedy told the story of a litter Dalmatian puppies are stolen by the iconic villain Cruella de Vil to use them as fur coat. Although these puppies; parents set out to save their seventeen babies, they end up rescuing many more along the way and the final count they bring home is a hundred and one black and white furballs.

There is more to Cruella than just her puppy-stealing tendencies

A new live-action musical from the 101 Dalmatians franchise is going to make its way to Disney+ on the 28^th of May this year, and the limelight here will be on Cruella and her origins. The role will be fulfilled by none other than award-winning actor Emma Stone, known for La La Land, Zombieland, The Help, Birdman, Gangster Squad and many more excellent films. From the looks of the trailer, this film may be something new that Disney will be trying its hand at as Stone gives off Harley Quinn vibes playing this deranged woman who seems to actually enjoy being bad. Set in 1970s London, this film will follow the notorious, but very fashionable, Cruella through her early years.

A very fashionable trailer

The trailer begins with a look at Cruella while she still had red hair and before she changed it to the iconic half black, half white that she is known for. A rags to riches story of sorts will follow her through her endeavours as she tries anything possible to get somewhere in life, not having a care in the world about what others think of her. From drinking liquor she is not supposed to, to stealing the show at a party that she is not supposed to and even hot-wiring a car, she is surely not supposed to, this trailer is full of young ambition and rebel. With her fashion on point and the need to simply enjoy watching the world burn (perhaps literally), Cruella certainly knows how to make a statement.

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Cast details and legacy of 101 Dalmatians

Cruella is written by Dana Fox (What Happens in Vegas, 2008) and Tony McNamara (The Great, 2008) and directed by Craig Gillespie (I Tonya, 2017). Alongside, Stone, it will be starring Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility, 1995), Emily Beecham (Daphne, 2017), Dev Patel (Lion, 2016), Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell, 2019), Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes, 2009), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Killing Eve, 2018) and Joel Fry (Yesterday, 2019). After the 1961 film, this story was adapted into a live-action film in 1996, titled 101 Dalmatians, followed by a sequel named 102 Dalmatians in 2000. Two animated series were also created based on this story, one titled 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997-1998) and the other titled 101 Dalmatian Street (2019). A direct sequel to the 1961 animation film was released in 2003 and called 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure.