00:00We've got another update about Disney's Cruella de Vil movie starring Emma Stone.
00:04I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie is in early talks to direct Cruella,
00:08a live-action take on the 101 Dalmatians villain.
00:19Stone will play the infamous puppy-hating fashionista in what is being billed as an origin story,
00:23set in the early 1980s with a punk vibe.
00:26The Oscar-winning actress can currently be seen starring in the favorite.
00:29I hoped I might be employed here by you as something.
00:33A monster for the children to play with, perhaps.
00:36As for Gillespie, his 2017 Tonya Harding biopic, I, Tonya, earned Margot Robbie an Oscar nom
00:42and Allison Janney a Best Supporting Actress Oscar win.
00:45Did you ever love me?
00:46I made you a champion knowing you'd hate me for it. That's the sacrifice a mother makes.
00:50He cursed me.
00:51Alex Timbers was on board to direct Cruella, but the Mozart in the Jungle co-creator ran into scheduling issues.
00:57The fur-dawning villain was first seen in the 1961 animated classic 101 Dalmatians.
01:03Later, Glenn Close played her in the 1996 live-action film,
01:06which featured the character as the head of a fashion house.
01:08I worship fur.
01:10Put them in a bag.
01:11I'll take them with me now.
01:12The puppies are not for sale.
01:14I think it's also worth noting that I made a pretty mean Cruella this past Halloween.
01:19If Emma Stone backs out, I'm available.
01:21For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:24Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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