The first trailer for Disney's Cruella has been released, which introduces Emma Stone as the titular villain.
Viewers hear Cruella de Vil narrate the trailer, as we meet her with bright red hair before she dyes it black and white. "I guess they were always scared that I'd be... a psycho," she says while laughing.
From a script by Aline Brosh McKenna and Kelly Marcel, among others, Cruella will tell the origin story of the classic 101 Dalmatians villain. While Disney has been tight-lipped about plot details before the debut of the trailer, Cruella will take place before the events of 101 Dalmatians and will be set in the 1970s London fashion scene.
The synopsis for Cruella can be found below.
Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. “Cruella,” which is set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute, played by two-time Oscar® winner Emma Thompson (“Howards End,” “Sense & Sensibility”). But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
Directed by Craig Gillespie, Cruella stars Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, Joel Fry and Emily Beecham. It is scheduled to release in theaters on May 28.
Source: Disney