Disney has premiered the first trailer and a few new pictures from the out-of-nowhere animated film Strange Magic, which comes from a story by George Lucas described as a “madcap fairy tale musical inspired by ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.”
Popular songs from the past six decades help tell the tale of a colorful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and their hilarious misadventures sparked by the battle over a powerful potion. Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Industrial Light & Magic, which created the CGI animation for 2011’s Academy Award®-winning film Rango, bring to life the fanciful forest turned upside down with world-class animation and visual effects. The voice cast includes Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph, Sam Palladio, Meredith Anne Bull, Alfred Molina, Elijah Kelley, Bob Einstein and Peter Stormare.
I can’t say I’m all that interested in this, but I have found my interest in a lot of animated features dwindling as of late. That said, I did just receive a screener of The BoxTrolls, which I never saw in theaters, and that’s one I’m interested in checking out.
As for Strange Magic, it hits theaters on January 15, here’s the trailer and a couple more pictures to tide you over.
