Sunday night’s Grammy Awards ceremony brought a brand new teaser trailer and a trio of new images fromCruella, Disney’s upcoming origin story for the iconic101 Dalmatiansvillain, withEmma Stonelooking like she’s having the time of her life chowing down on every piece of scenery in sight. Directed by the versatileCraig Gillespie(whose previous credits include unconventional rom-comLars and the Real Girl, the underratedFright Nightremake and acclaimed biopicI, Tonya),Cruellafollows the early days of the infamous villain during London’s 1970s punk rock revolution.
Grifter and wannabe fashion designer Estella makes a name for herself on the streets, catching the eye of Emma Thompson’s esteemed Baroness Von Hellman, who takes the youngster under her wing. This sets a chain of events in motion that culminates in the fashion world being introduced to Cruella De Vil for the very first time. From the look ofthis new sneak peek trailer,Cruellais shaping up to be an interesting Disney live-action remake, promising no shortage of style along with some fantastic costuming and production design, all anchored by what looks to be a tour-de-force performance from Stone in the title role.
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The remakes are hugely lucrative as a cash cow, but they’ve beenteetering on the verge of creative bankruptcyfor a while now. Instead of bringing anything new to the stories, characters or songs that fans are more than familiar with, the various filmmakers tasked with bringing them to life appear more than happy to simply recreate the biggest moments from the originals beat-for-beat, while throwing in a couple of additional scenes and subplots in order to pad out the running time. Unlike its predecessors who have fallen into this trap,Cruella, as a prequel, is free to tell a completely original tale — and that should make things interesting.
Cruellais poised to finally hit the big screen this May. There was talk ofa hybrid Disney+ releasemaking the rounds towards the end of last year, but Disney is sticking to their guns for the time being and keeping it as a theatrical release. With just a couple of months to go, the marketing campaign is heading into high gear, and you’re able to check out the new trailer and images here.
Disney’s live-actionCruellawill be released on May 28. Check out the newest trailer and images below.
