De Bont, who hasn't helmed a movie since 2003's Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, will begin shooting this fall near Shanghai, with January being eyed as the month of completion. It will be co-produced by Movie Plus Productions of Canada, Global Film Finance of the U.K., Beijing-based Bona International Film Group and SIMF Pictures - a truly international collaboration.

Obviously, most people heard of Mulan thanks to the animated 1998 Disney film, but the character herself first appeared in a poem written in the 6th century. Although it's thought that the character was just that - a fictional character - some believe the poem was based on a real person.

Did you know that Mulan was based on a poem?

Source: THR