The website reports the Superbad star, 27, is in “early negotiations” to play the part, while the script was initially worked on by The Devil Wears Prada screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna. It's now being written by Kelly Marcel, who wrote 2013's Saving Mr. Banks and the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.

While de Vil may well have been all sweetness and light as a young woman, the original novel says she was expelled from school for drinking ink, so we've got our fingers crossed for an evilly good performance from Stone. Lock up your Dalmatians, people.

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Surprising choice or genius casting? This Hollywood actress is “in talks” to play a young Cruella de Vil