‘Game of Thrones’ star joins ‘Cinderella’ live-action film as the Prince
Game of Thrones star Richard Madden will be joining the cast of Disney’s upcoming live-action Cinderella.
The May 8 announcement by Disney says Madden will play the Prince. Thor director Kenneth Branagh helms the film which stars wicked stepmother and features Lily James in the title role.
The James announcement featured this description of the film: “The film is the latest in a series of live action Disney fantasies which began in 2010 with the enormous box office success of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and continued earlier this year with Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful, a prequel to 1939′s The Wizard of Oz. Branagh finds his way into the director’schair following his impressive stewardship of superhero movie Thor in 2011 for Disney-owned Marvel Studios.”
Filming is expected to begin this fall for a 2014 release.
From a Disney press release:
Richard Madden Cast in Disney’s Cinderella
Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) has been cast as the Prince in Disney’s upcoming live-action Cinderella. As previously announced, the film is being directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, stars Cate Blanchett as the wicked stepmother and features Lily James in the title role.
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