‘Cruella’: Emma Stone Makes Trouble as the Queen of Mean in New Trailer for Disney’s Villain Origin Story
“I want to make art… and I want to make trouble.”
Set for release this coming May, Disney’s live-action film Cruella is something of a punk rock origin story for the classic 101 Dalmatians villain Cruella de Vil, with Academy Award winner Emma Stone in the title role. A brand new trailer was unleashed during the Grammys last night, branding Cruella the “Queen of Mean” and celebrating her Harley Quinn-like attitude.
Allow Cruella to reintroduce herself. Find the new “sneak peek” below!
The all-new live-action feature film is 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. 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.
Disney’s Cruella is 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.
The film will be released on May 28, 2021.
