First look at Emma Stone in Disney's live-action Cruella drops
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Emma Stone's Cruella de Vil is significantly more punk rock than her animated counterpart.
Stone, 30, appeared via video message to debut the first look of the titular character in Disney's Cruella at D23 on Sunday AEDT, also revealing that it will take place in the punk rock era of the 1970s.
In the first photo, Stone is sporting Cruella's famous two-toned hairstyle, and it seems like dalmatians are part of her squad before they started turning into her coats.
Stone stars as the 101 Dalmatians villain, which tells her story before she was terrorising the puppies of London as we saw her in the 1961 original. The character was originally voiced by Betty Lou Gerson in the animated film, and played by Glenn Close in a 1996 live-action remake.
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The film also stars Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser and Joel Fry, and was directed by I, Tonya filmmaker Craig Gillespie. Tony McNamara wrote the most recent version of the script, with Dana Fox having penned a previous version.
Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil. Walt Disney Studios
Marc Platt, Kristin Burr and Andrew Gunn are producing the film, which hits theatres in the US on May 28, 2021, after recently having been pushed back from a Christmas 2020 release date. Cruella was only one of many films to be teased at the biennial Disney convention, which also featured Mulan, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Jungle Cruise and Onward.
