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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello will try on the glass slipper when she takes on the lead role in a remake of “Cinderella,” a source close to the project said Tuesday. The decision to cast a Hispanic woman is a significant break from a long tradition of white and usually blonde Cinderellas. Cabello, a multi-platinum selling and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, will also help write the film’s songs. The project grew out […]
Disney unveiled a spectacular free exhibition of costumes and props from their new Cinderella movie in London on Thursday (19 March). Movie-goers in Leicester Square will be able to experience the costumes in person straight after seeing the film, including the famous slippers. It is being staged by Walt Disney and Swarovski, who provided Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell with 1.7 million crystals for the film. “Of course the project is a costume designer’s dream. […]
“Cinderella” enchanted audiences this weekend, racking up a royal $70.1 million to lead the domestic box office and $132 million globally. The adaptation of the fairy tale follows Walt Disney Studios’ strategy of raiding its animated favorites for live action blockbusters – an approach that led to such prior successes as “Maleficent” and “Alice in Wonderland,” and one the studio plans to employ on “Dumbo” and “Beauty and the Beast.” “Cinderella’s” popularity left Liam Neeson’s […]
British director Kenneth Branagh has taken “Cinderella,” the fairy tale that Disney’s 1950 animated film made famous, and turned it into a live-action spectacle set to sweep the box office during it’s opening weekend. Lily James, best known for her role as Lady Rose in the period drama “Downton Abbey,” stars as Cinderella, Scottish actor Richard Madden as her Prince Charming and Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as the glamorous, wicked stepmother. The film closely follows […]
Cate Blanchett and Lily James walked along a red carpet adorned with chandeliers at the Los Angeles premiere of the live-action fairy tale “Cinderella,” on Sunday (March 1) afternoon. “Cinderella” is a modern re-telling of the classic Disney animated film released in 1950. Ella, played by James, is left to live with her stepmother, played by Blanchett, and stepsisters, played by Sophie McShera and Holliday Grainger, after the unexpected death of her father. Ella, re-named […]
