A New 'Cinderella' From Disney

I guess we have Alice in Wonderland's $980 million worldwide box office total for this.  Disney has signed Aline Brosh McKenna to write a live-action "re-imagining" of the classic fairy tale Cinderella, according to a report from Deadline.

McKenna's previous screenwriting credits include The Devil Wears Prada and 27 Dresses.  The film will be produced by Simon Kinberg, who worked with McKenna on a rewrite of Date Night. 

No word yet on a release date or whether or not this new version of Cinderella will be in 3D (but it probably will be).  The deal with McKenna is reportedly a 7-figure deal, so it looks like Disney is putting a lot into this remake.  This makes sense, since the studio's 1950 animated film is arguably the most popular movie version of the story (she even has her own castle in one of their theme parks, for crying out loud), so a remake better be good.

I think it's a good choice for the live-action treatment.  I loved Disney's Enchanted, which was sort of the same story, but this could be even more fun because there's a lot of potential for the supporting characters to steal the show. 

I'm also curious to see if they plan to keep this strictly a princess movie - as I recall, Prince Charming doesn't do much else except be charming, and there's not an action sequence to be had.  Disney recently changed the title of their upcoming animated version of Rapunzel to Tangled to avoid that "princess movie" label that may have hurt their box office with The Princess and the Frog last year (and I loved that movie too).  So I'm sure there will be some tinkering with the story to make it fun for everyone.

So now that's two Disney princesses getting a makeover.  Am I the only one who thinks a live-action version of Mulan would be awesome?