Is Emma Stone the new Joker in “Cruella” as some online fans have speculated? Is the origin story a new trend we’ll see for every franchise property going forward? Look, it’s a dark origin story, based on the “101 Dalmatians” film, but maybe not that dark. “It’s very different from Joker in many ways” director Craig Gillespie told Total Film recently, rejecting the Joker theory, “I would never even remotely compare myself to Joaquin Phoenix…I wish I was more like him.”
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Directed by Craig Gillespie (“I Tonya”) from a screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, story by Aline Brosh McKenna and Kelly Marcel & Steve Zissis, Disney’s “Cruella” stars Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham and Mark Strong
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Here’s the official synopsis:
Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. “Cruella,” which is set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute, played by two-time Oscar® winner Emma Thompson (“Howards End,” “Sense & Sensibility”). But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
“Cruella” will release simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access for a one-time additional fee on Friday, May 28. Watch the new trailer below.
