While everyone knows what a producer, director, or actor does on a movie or television project, there are hundreds – if not thousands - of other people working to bring the project to life. While we will never be able to focus on all the people that worked on something, when possible, I want to dive into some of the more under the radar positions and have what they do explained. Which brings me to Mulan producer Jason Reed. Before he worked on Mulan, Reed was a Production Executive at Disney Studios for over a decade, where he helped make movies like …

With Disney’s Mulan available for purchase on Disney+ tomorrow, I recently landed an extended interview with producer Jason Reed. During the wide-ranging conversation, he talked about what it was like producing Mulan after being a production executive at Disney, how early on they decided not to include songs, what they learned from test screenings, deleted scenes, his thoughts on Mulan premiering on Disney+, the way director Niki Caro refocused the script to make sure it was through the eyes of Mulan, and a lot more. If you’re interested in the behind-the-scenes of the making of …

Disney fans have been treated to many remakes of their favorite classic animated feature film over the last few years, from Cinderella to Aladdin. The next effort, Mulan, is set to hit theaters on March 27th of this year, and it will not be a beat-for-beat retelling of the 1998 animated movie (Thank the Lord!). While the trailers show off thrilling fight sequences and mythological elements, the devoted fans are (understandably) upset about the removal of Mushu and the original’s classic songs. During an interview on the set of Mulan with Collider along with a small group …