Cruella (2021)

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Wikidata Q24284363, film, IMDb tt3228774, TMDB 337404: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

101 Dalmatians: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): 101 Dalmatians ⇒ Cruella (the host's read). Cruella is the origin story of the evil lady from 101 Dalmatians who wants coats from dog fur.
    “Cruella is the origin story of this lady.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:28:52 · Shea Serrano (0.50 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Emma Stone: 2 lines programming ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career): Emma Stone → Cruella. Sean and Amanda both love Emma Stone and wish for more for her than a dogskin-obsessed villain origin story.
    “I want more for Emma Stone.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:04:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

101 Dalmatians: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Cruella → 101 Dalmatians. Cruella is the origin story of the evil lady from 101 Dalmatians who wants coats from dog fur.
    “Cruella is the origin story of this lady.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:28:52 · Shea Serrano (0.50 sure it was them)

Black Widow: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Black Widow → Cruella. Cruella gets the same Disney+ premiere access treatment as Black Widow.
    “Cruella is additionally arriving on May 28th on Disney+ in this same premiere access approach”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:02:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Craig Gillespie: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Craig Gillespie → Cruella. Sean notes Cruella is directed by Gillespie, who most recently made I, Tonya.
    “Movies directed by Craig Gillespie, who most recently made I Tanya.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:03:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Easy A: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Cruella → Easy A. If Easy A's unlikely premise worked, maybe a Cruella movie for kids can too.
    “And they made it work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:29:46 · Juliet Litman (0.45 sure it was them)

Matilda: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Cruella → Matilda. Another child-movie villain, Ms. Trunchbull, still terrifies as an adult.
    “Still terrifying as an adult.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:29:24 · Juliet Litman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Cruella → The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Jason gets Rocky Horror camp vibes from the Cruella publicity photos.
    “I'm getting some very strong rocky horror vibes from it.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:05:12 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

The Silence of the Lambs: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Cruella → The Silence of the Lambs. Jason jokes Cruella is a Silence of the Lambs prequel about skin.
    “It's kind of like, it's like a silence of the Lambs prequel as well, you know?”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:05:33 · Jason Concepcion (0.70 sure it was them)

Tony McNamara: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Tony McNamara → Cruella. Sean cites McNamara, creator of The Favourite and The Great, among Cruella's six screenwriters.
    “The other is Tony McNamara, creator of the favorite and the great.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:03:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Emma Stone → Cruella. Sean and Amanda both love Emma Stone and wish for more for her than a dogskin-obsessed villain origin story.
    “I want more for Emma Stone.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:04:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): Cruella → Matilda. Another child-movie villain, Ms. Trunchbull, still terrifies as an adult.
    “Still terrifying as an adult.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:29:24 · Juliet Litman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Cruella → The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Jason gets Rocky Horror camp vibes from the Cruella publicity photos.
    “I'm getting some very strong rocky horror vibes from it.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:05:12 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Cruella → The Silence of the Lambs. Jason jokes Cruella is a Silence of the Lambs prequel about skin.
    “It's kind of like, it's like a silence of the Lambs prequel as well, you know?”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:05:33 · Jason Concepcion (0.70 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Black Widow → Cruella. Cruella gets the same Disney+ premiere access treatment as Black Widow.
    “Cruella is additionally arriving on May 28th on Disney+ in this same premiere access approach”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:02:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Cruella → 101 Dalmatians. Cruella is the origin story of the evil lady from 101 Dalmatians who wants coats from dog fur.
    “Cruella is the origin story of this lady.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:28:52 · Shea Serrano (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Tony McNamara → Cruella. Sean cites McNamara, creator of The Favourite and The Great, among Cruella's six screenwriters.
    “The other is Tony McNamara, creator of the favorite and the great.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:03:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Craig Gillespie → Cruella. Sean notes Cruella is directed by Gillespie, who most recently made I, Tonya.
    “Movies directed by Craig Gillespie, who most recently made I Tanya.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:03:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Emma Stone → Cruella. Stone's next move after the La La Land Oscar was Cruella, as in an evil Stone origin story from 101 Dalmatians.
    “Hey, do you want to see a movie where Emma Stone is evil?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:29:06 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Cruella → Easy A. If Easy A's unlikely premise worked, maybe a Cruella movie for kids can too.
    “And they made it work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:29:46 · Juliet Litman (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Cruella: Sean reads the logline: a 1970s London fashion designer obsessed with dogskins, especially Dalmatians; Amanda and Jason react with horror.
    “young fashion designer Cruella DeVille becomes obsessed with dogs skins, especially Dalmatians, until she eventually becomes a ruthless and terrifying legend.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:04:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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