Disney's live-action Mulan remake is going to feature a major change from the original animation – namely, an Emperor who kicks butt.
The Emperor is being played by iconic martial arts actor Jet Li (also a former Wushu champion), who'll be doing a lot more than just sitting on a throne.
Speaking to Empire, producer Jason Reed said: "Jet Li is one of the greatest Wushu masters of all time. The Emperor does not just sit on the throne and read scrolls in our movie.
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"Jet himself has huge heart and palpable soul, but he's a warrior, OK? So you know at some point in the movie he's gonna get off the throne and it's gonna go down."
We already know that the live-action remake is going to be slightly different to the original, which could make a refreshing change after the likes of The Lion King and Aladdin, which pretty much kept things exactly the same as the animations.
And in the most recent trailer for Mulan, we were given a glimpse of a brand new villain who certainly wasn't in the original.
In this version, the Huns have a powerful witch named Xian Lang at their disposal, who looks set to present a completely different type of threat.
Tzi Ma, who plays Mulan's father, previously told Digital Spy: "I believe this live-action film is superior to the animation, very importantly because of the leadership. Niki Caro is the director. She's bringing in this woman's point of view, which it needs to be because this movie is about a woman warrior.
"Liu Yifei, the woman who's playing Mulan, is in my mind one of the best actors out there. She's so engaging and compelling that I believe the audience will fall in love with her at first sight."
Mulan is due to be released on March 27.
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