2015 Disney live-action Cinderella film

What makes Lady Tremaine deliciously evil is that she has no magic powers but she's terrifying. Every time I watched it as a kid (which was a lot), the scene in the bedroom scared the **** out of me. Always. She's so evil it's amazing.

Cate will be perfect.

The problem with the Cinderella story is that there's not a lot of conflict. To make a great movie, they're going to have to do a lot of changes to the second act. I love Disney's Cinderella but as is, there's really not much to it. It's only 74 minutes.

Since it is one of those stories that has been told a million times, I'm excited to see what they'll do, but I also don't want to be upset.

I've always wanted to write a live version, too. Oh well.

I would never watch those awful sequels. But as for Cate, I can't image any single person being better suited for this role. EXCITING!!!!!

But I do wonder how they'll do the mice....

She's perfect for the role, and I agree with everyone else, she's scary because she's purely evil and vicious. She's also smart and manipulative in ways that some of the other villains aren't, Blanchett will be perfect and she'll have fun with it I'm sure.

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Its also Ms Huston.

As far as the mice and the cat go, I imagine a lot of CGI or restructuring.

I can't imagine real mice looking adorable though.

I am loving this already! Just say Cate's name and I am there.

In case no one already knew Mark Romanek has left the project because Disney thought his version was too dark. I guess they learned from the mistakes they made in 'Return to Oz' and did not want to go down that route again.

"The Walt Disney Studios and Mark Romanek have parted ways on Disney’s Cinderella project. We are committed to moving the project forward and have begun the search for a new director. The team here at Disney respects Mark as both a director and a friend, and we hope to find something to work on together in the future.”


Mark Romanek Exiting Disney’s ‘Cinderella’

Kenneth Branagh is apparently taking over as director.

It'll be interesting to see how Professor Lockhart from 'Harry Potter' will handle this film. He did a great job directing 'Thor'.




Disney's Cinderella Hands Kenneth Branagh Its Glass Slipper

Updated On: 2/1/13 at 06:25 PM

Now that Emma Watson is no longer up for the role. Here are the three actresses that are testing for the role right now:

Lily James ('Downton Abbey')



Bella Heathcote ('Dark Shadows')



Margot Robbie ('Pan Am')



Who would be the best choice?

Richard Madden ('Game of Thrones') is also a top candidate for the Prince.




'Downton Abbey', 'Game of Thrones' stars for Disney's 'Cinderella'?

I think I'd rather see her play Lady Elaine.

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^ 'Maleficent' is scheduled for a release in July 2014, so yes it is.

"Growing up, I never understood why she got away with breaking the glass slipper"

I thought that scene was not really needed for the film. Though her reaction to 'Cinderella' having the other slipper was priceless. As a child, I've always preferred the Rogers and Hammerstein's version of the story. The step-family was actually very cruel in Walt's version and I remember reading in the Wall Street Journal that when Rogers and Hammerstein were making a musical based on the story, they wanted make the step-family more human and less vile.

However, if Walt's version did not succeed at the box office, the Disney company would have ceased to exist. They did not have a major box office hit since 'Snow White'. There are definitely some pluses in the animated film like the voice cast and the music. Elanor Audely, Ilene Woods, and Verna Felton were the highlights. But it's not my all-time favorite version of the story. I'm looking forward to seeing what this re-imagining will be like, especially since Blanchett is going to be in it.

Updated On: 4/30/13 at 05:46 PM

^ That was what I meant to type. I forgot to put the "if" in that sentence. 'Cinderella' saved the company from going out of business. If it were not for 'Cinderella' the Disney company might never have made anymore movies.

Updated On: 4/30/13 at 11:10 PM

Sophie McShera and Holliday Grainger have apparently been cast as Drizella and Anastasia.










'Downton Abbey' Star in Talks to Join Disney's 'Cinderella' (Exclusive)

Updated On: 6/11/13 at 09:31 PM