Mulan is the latest Disney classic to get the live-action remake treatment – though it will break the tradition of recent reboots by doing away with the classic songs.

So that means we won't be singing along to 'Reflection' and 'A Girl Worth Fighting For', and it looks like there's a very good reason for it.

After all, you wouldn't start singing when facing death on a battlefield, right?

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"I mean, back to the realism question – we don't tend to break into song when we go to war," director Niki Caro told Digital Spy and other press at a Mulan footage presentation.

"Not that I'm saying anything against the animation. The songs are brilliant, and if I could squeeze them in there, I would have. But we do honour the music from the animation in a very significant way.

"I guess that's the biggest thing for me about making – remaking – an iconic title like Mulan in live-action. It's the fact that it can be real, and it's the real story of a girl going to war."

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Alongside the songs, the remake will not feature loveable dragon Mushu, Caro revealing why they decided to leave him out.



"I think we can all appreciate that Mushu is irreplaceable," she said.

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"You know, the animated classic stands on its own in that regard. In this movie, there is a creature representative – a spiritual representation of the ancestors, and most particularly of Mulan's relationship with her father.

"But an update of Mushu? No."

Mulan will be released in cinemas on March 27, 2020.

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