Hong Kong director Stanley Tong has been preparing for his new project Lady General Hua Mulan, ever since his latest film The Myth, starring action hero Jackie Chan and Korean favorite Kim Hee-Seon, was a big success.

It is reported that the director has commenced selection for the leading roles of the US$20-million blockbuster, and he recently set his sights on the hottest Chinese star in Hollywood, Zhang Ziyi.

An assistant to the director confirmed that the shooting will formally begin in Canada and China in October, and that Zhang Ziyi is currently reading the script and has not yet made a decision.

The story is based on the historic Nan-Bei Dynasties period and embodies the popular folk tale entitled Hua Mulan. The film will present a variety of styles, from moving love scenes to huge war scenes.

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hmm I wonder how a non-animated flick will take to the crowds?
if Zhang Ziyi is cast as Mulan I think that would be the right move. She is well known internationally now and very popular so that should ensure some box office success.
Should be interesting. I hope the storyline is decent.

Interesting. I loved the animated flick. Well the first one anyhow. I think casting Zhang Ziyi as Mulan would work out well. She is a known commodity and this should translate well in the box office and could be amplified further if the movie and storyline is good too. Undoubtedly this could be worth a watch.

She doesn't fit the image of Mulan that I have. Hope someone else will get the role. No offense, I like her and everything but when I look at her, I just can't imagine that she is Mulan.

i think Zhang Ziyi will do a great job seeing as how she does a lot a martial art films anyways. i was just wondering if they have chosen a lead act yet. i hope it is someone big (like how they use jacky for the myth).

i think Zhang is a bit too girly for Mulan.. i mean, yea , she's been given all those ku-fung fighting roles.. but she's too girly for mulan

got to agree with all of you that she just doesnt fit the role.....why cant they got other actress?

In couching tiger, she look really too feminine dress as a guy. Defintely not the one who looks anything like a general.

Hua Mulan doentneed to be very pretty. She's somehow a girl that got in the army un-notice for so many years.

Zhang Zi-yi is a bad choice. Only western audience loves her

This would be a very interesting movie for Zhang to be in. I hope she does decide to do this role. I can see her as the character mulan.

that might be interesting. Hopefully they keep the original story line of fa mulan instead of butchering it.

i don't think zhang ziyi is suitable for this role. maybe they shud choose someone else. weird...i tot michelle yeoh is planning to film a hua mulan. its still pending but i think michelle fits d role better

Ziyi Zhang's a good choice, since she can probably do a lot of the choreography for the battle scenes, and she's also pretty. Can't wait to see the live-action movie. I hope it's a lot better than the Disney interpretation.

i think zhang ziyi is a good candidate for the role. although i wasnt so please with Stanley Tong's the myth i am still lookin forward for this

i think zhang ziyi fits the mulan role perfectly! i don't know why. haha, i hope she accepts the role, will definitely catch it for her

hmm ZYY is not the tight person for the role imo
yes she is known internationally but she looks too 'fragile'?? I like her and all but she doesnt fit the whole Mulan idea. Other well known like Lucy Liu..not good either
I dunno, but I think Kelly Hu might be a better choice. She looks feminine but gives me a stronger image. She was awesome in Xmen so why not her.
Or just find a total new face. The story of Mulan on its own can pull enough ppl so why not find someone unknown but more fitting of the role

i want to see this already i love watching war movies.... i think thsi would be preetty good if he film it right...

i'm getting sick of zhangziyi, they should give the chance and role to another actress, she gets too many high profile roles, she's too skinny and fragile looking. And its suppose to be a tough tomboy role. why don't they give it to anita yuen, but i think she did a china mulan series already?

Yeah I guess she can show off her boyish good looks lol. Haha jk, I remember one movie when she could have probably passed off as a little boy maybe. It was in Legend of Zu when she had dirt and stuff all over her face, pretty good concealer if you ask me haha. But I kid, she would be great as Mulan.

hmm i thought it was Fa Mulan. oh well. but yeah zhang ziyi would make such a good Mulan, no joke. she's such a great actress!

Zi Yi is a beautiful actress but I don't think she fits the role of playing Mulan :-/

She does has that Mulan look to her. It'll be an interesting movie to see. Mulan would just be another ancient movie but just filmed in Hollywood instead of HK/China. So it shouldn't be a problem for asians. Wonder how other peeps would take it though.

YAY!!! Zhang ZiYi is such a good actress and these kind of roles are pretty good for her. It gives her more publicity which is good.

i think now she is getting really big right now... and i think she is such a good actress this role is good for her

oo this sounds interesting, she would be great for that role, shes gettin big now, she always plays in these ancient chinese series...would actually like to see her in a modern one for a change

wow i think this is a nice role for her =) since she's such a great and successful actress...im sure she'll be able to play this role without a hassle =D

Zhang Ziyi as Mulan will be a good choice. She can do the fighting and be romantic at the same time. And she is such a good actress.

hope zhang ziyi will take the role of mulan, she suits the role well, can't think of anyone else thats more suitable for the role

well, she's definately a good casting for the role...no one better than her infact..i think personality-wise.

but what's with that picture? it looks really weird, the smile is so weird, and forced?!

I don't really care who plays Hua Mulan (but Ziyi is an excellent choice!), I'm glad a live action version of her story is finally being made!! Woohoo!

Not again...it's like she's the only actress in China. It's not that she's in MOST hollywood-chinese movies, she's in ALL of them. Can't they give a chance to someone else, and a breather for the rest of us?

she getting so many roles nowadays... be interesting to see how she does in this one!

she getting so many roles nowadays... be interesting to see how she does in this one!

disney's animation Mulan was a success i am sure this movie will be a great success.

o wow
i really want to watch this
but zhang ziyi only looks good with A LOT of make up
the myth was so good
except the end it was just kinda weird
and i love the song

Sounds interesting. Seems Zhang Ziyi is definately the go-to Chinese girl for Hollywood now.

Zhang Ziyi is definitely the right girl to play the role of Mulan... she was half Mulan in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon...

I am sure that if they choose Zhang Ziyi as the lead in this movie, it won't stand out among all the ancient chinese/asian movies already out there: she is in everyone of them (the ones showing in local theaters anyway)! Plus, she seem to always have the same kind of characters. And for god's sake, don't make her speak in English again.

I think she is very pretty and stuff but too much is too much

All I can say is -

Excellent. I'm quite dying for a non-animated film of Mulan since the cartoon came out.

Wasn't Michelle Yeoh thinking of playing Mulan too?

mulan...haha i dontthink they should make another mulan......unless it would be super good...casue i think mulan is in the past as a great movie...and shouldnt be remade....

hrmm i wonder who will be Li Shang character and Shan Yu character..i hope is as good as the animated one...

don't care who act in tat movie.If it seems like a good movie.I'll just watch it('',)
But I also think ZZY seems like abit 'Fragile'..

Amen to that.
We need more actresses and I believe there are more capable ones who can speak GOOD English. Besides, she so does not look like Mulan. Physically, of course.

wow shes so popular now!! congratz to her nad i hope she accepts the role
ive always loved the mulan tale and i used to watch the animated one from disney lol.
i think its a good idea to get zhangziyi to be mulan because itll attract audiences with her popuilarity soaaring rite now

zhang zi yi...gained fame overnight...in crouching tiger hidden dragon..
and since then, she never stopped...

but i guess she really do deserve it..
most of her roles are potrayed very well..
and im sure she would be able to pull this off too

i loved the cartonn lol, but ZZ playing her hmmmm im not too sure, i personally think that, yeah shes well know internationally thats why they picked her but i think someone else what be more suited, i mean my dad use to call me mulan haha

i donno if Zhang would be the right choice for Mulan, but then if its for the international market then u would need someone famous enough and Zhang is one of the most famous chinese actress.....but i think she has acted quite a lot already recently, and the international audience might get bored wif her.....

She is perfect for the role. She will bring people into the theaters because
love her or hate her everybody knows her. She is also a first-rate actress!!

so far she has excel in all her roles. She is extremely beautiful and talented actress, i am sure she could pull it off (although I would find it hard to think of her as being able to passoff as a guy. maybe if they cast a lot of pretty skinny guy actors beside her, then it would help. But still being the fantasy of many male viewers, it does not help.

Also i think she is perfect because she has not been westernised entirely. Kelly Hu is totally westernised and it is difficult to see her in a chinese theme movie. Michelle Yeoh as well, with her british accent (She is very good at supporting roles but not the lead)

And boy she is HOT HOT HOT right now and it will give more exposure to the rest of the world of a much superior story telling medium that is not Hollywood.

And finally, NO, she is not in enough movies. We need more of her!!!!!!!!

I think ZHang Ziyi is an ideal candidate for this character, i think she definitely has the image for the part. I remember Marrianne Chan played this character in a tvb series, and Marrianne did quite a good job. I wonder what the movie would be like. I like the story of Hua mulan so i would for sure be checking it out if it ever is made.

i love mulan...it's fun to see different versions of it...so i hope this one won't make me disappointed

So we can expect another mulan movie. Have seen several series, anime, and now movie. Looking forward to this one. At least what they gonna tell /difference between the series and anime.