Okay, I am a Cinderella-starring-Brandy purist, but that doesn t mean I m not excited for the Camila Cabello-led revival of the Disney cartoon. (I am human, after all.) The new Cinderella trailer came out today, with the Kay Cannon-directed movie itself due out on September 3, and obviously, musings were mused. Watch the full trailer, and see all the thoughts it inspired, below:
- "Dresses by Ella" are Cinderella s first onscreen words, and she s surrounded by mannequins in gowns, leading me to believe that she s...a designer? Okay, Cruella vibes! All the Disney girls are in fashion now!
- Oh, damn, the whole town (which, it should be said, looks a lot more diverse than the original—kudos) laughs at Cinderella for "fancying herself a businessman."
- Camila Cabello s bangs are giving it their all in this trailer, I must say.
- Is the Evil Stepmother s mansion in L.A.? It looks suspiciously like one of the giant, fancy houses in Hancock Park.
- OMG, Idina Menzel!
- NOT Prince Charming with a little hoop in his ear to indicate that he s cool and rebellious. Hot, I must admit!
- Idina s veiled fascinator is giving The Hunger Games Effie Trinket a run for her money. Also, she hurls ink on Cinderella s carefully constructed gown, which is super-mean but also kind of iconic.
- Billy Porter as Cinderella s fairy godmother is simply too delicious.
- Not buying these CGI mice at all. Do better, Sony.
- Must James Corden be in this?
- I smell many dance numbers, and I predict I will fawn over every one. Sorry.
- "I don t want a life stuck waving from a royal box any more than a life confined to a basement," announces CEO Cinderella, who clearly loves the prince, but has nonetheless taken a page out of Meghan Markle s book and turned her back on royal life.
- Perfect, exceptionally cottage-core moment of Cinderella running through a verdant green forest dressed in billowing white.
- The proverbial glass slippers have been updated to be extremely glittery, and TBH, I love them.
- There are actually some funny-seeming jokes in this reboot! Can t wait to watch it hungover on a random Sunday.
