(cnn)on the heels of the magical success of disney's live action 'cinderella,' the studio is eyeing another live action retelling: 'mulan' disney bought a script by writing team elizabeth martin and lauren hynek that centers on the chinese legend of hua mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in disney's 1998 animated film chris bender and jc spink ('we're the millers) are producing the new project from cinderella to elsa (and back to cinderella): the evolution of disney princesses  the 1998 film, directed by tony bancroft and barry cook, followed a young woman who disguises herself as a man so she can take her father's place in the army and go to war with the help of her trusty dragon sidekick mushu, she becomes a skilled warrior and, eventually, one of the country's greatest heroines it earned $3043 million worldwide, earned golden globe and academy award nominations and resulted in a 2005 direct to dvd sequel, 'mulan ii' disney has been on a roll with its live action versions of its classic animated films 'cinderella,' starring lily james, has earned $3362 million worldwide to date since hitting theaters three weeks ago in 2010, the reimagined 'alice in wonderland' grossed a staggering $102 billion and when 'maleficent,' starring angelina jolie as the iconic villainess, opened in may 2014, it went on to earn a stunning $7584 million worldwide 'beauty and the beast': meet the cast of disney's live action retelling  disney is also making a live action retelling of 'beauty and the beast,' starring emma watson and dan stevens audra mcdonald just joined the cast of the project, which will be directed by bill condon it hits theaters on march 17, 2017 and in 2016 disney will release a new version of 'the jungle book' and the sequel to'alice in wonderland' finally, a live action version of 'dumbo,' which will be helmed by tim burton, is also in the works best bad guys: the scariest disney villains  writing team martin and hynek met in high school, among other projects, have written for the know theatre of cincinnati and rewrote a script for amazon studios ©2015 the hollywood reporter all rights reserved
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after the buzz from 'cinderella' and 'maleficent,' disney is planning a live action take on 'mulan'. mulan is a female warrior and star of the 1998 animated film. live action remakes of 'beauty and the beast' and 'dumbo' are already in the works