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A woman in the United States made a Cinderella costume all her own by using not only glass slippers but also a glass prosthetic arm. Mandy Pursley noticed a lack of representation of amputees in fairytale stories, so she took it upon herself to make magic happen by sewing her own costume and having a […]
IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company recently announced that the highly anticipated live-action “Cinderella” – directed by Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh and starring Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett as the Stepmother and Lily James in the timeless title role – will be digitally re-mastered into the […]
Walt Disney Studios Southeast Asia has chosen top Filipino recording star and award-winning West End actress Rachelle Ann Go to sing and star in the music video of the beloved Disney song “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” in conjunction with the launch of the new live-action film, “Cinderella.”
Lily James, best known to audiences as the defiant Lady Rose on “Downton Abbey,” stars as the loving and kindhearted Ella, the young woman whose spirit can’t be broken, in Walt Disney Pictures’ new live-action “Cinderella.” The filmmakers needed to find the perfect actress to embody Ella, someone who radiated goodness and innocence, and who […]
For the role of the Prince in Walt Disney Pictures’ new live-action fantasy adventure “Cinderella,” young British actor Richard Madden responded enthusiastically to the material. He was eager to take on the dashing and thoughtful Kit, the bright young man who initially conceals his true identity from Ella (Lily James). The actor, who starred as […]
Helena Bonham Carter, whose film roles have ranged from sweet, demure characters in period dramas like Lucy in “A Room With a View” to dark, quirky characters like Bellatrix Lestrange in the “Harry Potter” films, the Red Queen in “Alice in Wonderland” and Mrs. Lovett in “Sweeney Todd,” has traditionally been drawn to characters who give her the creative freedom to analyze and find out what makes them tick.
For the role of the feared—yet misunderstood—Stepmother, in Walt Disney Pictures’ live-action fairytale, “Cinderella,” director Kenneth Branagh was certain that Cate Blanchett was an actor who could embrace the role without making it a caricature. The actress, who has been nominated for an Academy Award® six times (four of which were for playing real people: […]
The beloved characters in the fairytale “Cinderella” are fully-realized and fleshed-out in Disney’s new live-action feature for today’s audiences. (Watch the film’s new, full-trailer here athttps://youtu.be/E7rdC-zSWy0.) Director Kenneth Branagh explains, “I liked the challenge of working with these great actors to bring as much detail and fun – and humanity – to their fairy tale characters […]
Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh (“Thor”) directs Disney’s “Cinderella,” a live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale, bringing to life the timeless images from the studio’s 1950 animated masterpiece as fully-realized characters in a visually-dazzling spectacle for a whole new generation.