>Walt Disney Pictures' upcoming 100 DALMATIANS' live-action prequel spinoff CRUELLA, directed by Craig Gillespie ("I, Tonya") and starring Emma Stone ("The Favorite"), is eyeing Dev Patel ("Lion") and Nicole Kidman ("Destroyer") for major supporting roles.
>Set in 1970's London, the movie chronicles how Cruella De Vil, an orphan living on streets with other downthrodden hoodlums, rose to become a wealthy, but cold-hearted fashion industry mogul, and how life on the streets shaped her hatred of dalmatians.
>Patel is in talks for the role of Raj, a "figure from Cruella's past" and the owner of the mischievous dalmatian Pogo, while Kidman is being eyed for The Baroness, "a wealthy aristocrat who antagonizes young Cruella and is pivotal in her transformation to the villain we know today". Charlize Theron ("Long Shot"), Julianne Moore ("Gloria Bell"), Demi Moore ("Animals") and Emma Thompson ("Late Night") are also up for the role.
>Casting is also underway for Cruella's bumbling fellow orphans turned enforcers, Jasper and Horace, who will be played by an African-American actor and a Caucasian actor, respectively.
>CRUELLA is eyeing a possible 2020 release date.
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