Cruella
2021 film directed by Craig Gillespie
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Comedy
A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.
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Cruella is a 2021 American crime comedy drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Marc Platt Productions and Gunn Films with distribution by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is based on the character Cruella de Vil from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. The film was directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Andrew Gunn, Marc Platt and Kristin Burr with a screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, from a story by Aline Brosh McKenna, Kelly Marcel, and Steve Zissis. It is the third live-action adaptation in the 101 Dalmatians franchise, and serves as a reboot and an alternate origin story for the title character. Emma Stone stars as Cruella de Vil, with Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong in supporting roles. Set in London during the punk rock movement of the 1970s, the film revolves around Estella Miller, an aspiring fashion designer, as she explores the path that leads her to become a notorious up-and-coming fashion designer known as Cruella de Vil.