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    ‘Spellbound’ Places a Musical Twist on Fairy Story Households

    David GroveBy David GroveNovember 21, 20245 Mins Read
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    It’s Musicals Week at IndieWire. With “Depraved” about to glitter over theaters, we’re celebrating the perfect of the movie-musical style. 

    “Spellbound,” the second characteristic from John Lasseter-led Skydance Animation, gives a brand new twist on the fashionable fairy story: It allegorically explores divorce by means of magical and often-adventure-filled household remedy. Right here, the king (Javier Bardem) and queen (Nicole Kidman) of legendary Lumbria have been reworked into monsters, forcing their solely baby, teen Princess Ellian (Rachel Zegler), to embark on a journey to interrupt the spell and reconcile their variations.

    “Spellbound” skilled a compelling evolution beneath director Vicky Jenson (“Shrek”). It first started as “Break up,” a non-fairy story about worlds at struggle, scripted by Linda Woolverton (“Magnificence and the Beast”). Then, when Lasseter took over, it turned a Disney-esque musical fairy story, constructed round EGOT winner Alan Menken’s rating and songs co-written with lyricist Glenn Slater (“Tangled”).

    Sabrina Spanta and her sisters
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    “Every part fell far more into place to make this brand-new fairy story, instructed within the traditional approach, and what felt like a really trendy story,” Jenson instructed IndieWire. “And it was great to work with [Lasseter] to pare it down, going for what’s distinctive and particular concerning the film first, after which placing some cool parts again in in the event that they supported the story.

    “Whereas breaking it down, we labored with psychologist/therapist JoAnne Pedro-Carroll, [‘Putting Children First’],” Jenson continued. “She helped us be true to households going by means of this type of ordeal, and the way mother and father can neglect that they’re mother and father as a result of they’re so caught up of their entire animosity to at least one one other. That helped us form that entire second act of what this household must undergo to search out their approach again to one another. It was one thing each John and I used as a North star for the entire film and the concept of an adolescent as a coming-of-age story.”

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    “Spellbound” is unconventional in each its themes and musical construction. For instance, the early showstopper, “The Means It Was Earlier than,” atypically options Ellian craving for the previous as an alternative of wanting ahead on the evening of her birthday: It’s turn out to be insufferable working the dominion on her personal, appearing as a mother or father to her mom and father, whose monstrous transformation has not been revealed to their topics.

    SPELLBOUND - Spellbound follows the adventures of Ellian, the tenacious young daughter of the rulers of Lumbria who must go on a daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters. Spellbound is directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) with original score from EGOT-winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast) and lyrics by Glenn Slater (Tangled). A Netflix Film from Skydance Animation, Spellbound boasts an all-star voice cast led by Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Nathan Lane, and Tituss Burgess. Spellbound is written by Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin and Julia Miranda and produced by John Lasseter, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bruce Anderson for Skydance Animation. Cr: Skydance Animation/Netflix © 2024
    ‘Spellbound’Skydance Animation/Netflix

    The track begins in a darkish a part of the fortress that appears frozen in time, earlier than touring outdoors, the place Ellian remembers a montage of iconic childhood moments amidst the attractive surroundings. Skydance Animation Madrid creates a Lumbria (manufacturing designed by Brett Nystul) with Spanish and Moorish influences, equivalent to domed rooftops, arches, mosaics, and topiary.

    “It’s enjoyable that she tells us, ‘Wouldn’t it’s nice to have mother and father to only be irritated at once more?,’” Jenson stated. “A household that’s gone. And the track was the very first thing that Alan and Glenn wrote collectively for the film. And it struck us all as not solely simply beautiful and excellent for this second, however it appeared to transcend it since you might hear that track at a commencement, a marriage, a memorial.”

    Ellian asks the Moon and Solar Oracles (Tituss Burgess and Nathan Lane) to assist her break the spell, however they inform her that solely her mother and father can try this. She thinks that’s ridiculous and the state of affairs is hopeless. “We wanted to make it possible for we weren’t messaging children the flawed factor,” added Jenson. “And it’s very difficult since you need your lead character to make things better, to place the world proper once more. That’s not for her to try this. However she will be able to reclaim her proper to be who she is.”

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    One other unconventional side is that there’s no villain. As an alternative, “[Ellian] will get to sing a track that acts in a approach like a villain track, however it’s her venting her well-founded and fully justified anger,” stated Jenson.

    This happens in an enchanted forest the place Ellian yells at her mother and father for preventing a lot — earlier than she’s practically swallowed up by a ribbon-like black twister referred to as the Darkness. However she’s saved by her father, who speaks for the primary time. Thus begins the therapeutic course of, by which the mother and father relearn methods to be human once more.

    “Javier linked to the film the primary time I confirmed him simply actually tough storyboard sketches that we put collectively in a reel,” she added. “We had a number of of the songs in demo type. I simply confirmed it to him so he might really feel the film from the place it begins with ‘My mother and father are monsters,’ and the feelings of ‘The Means It Was Earlier than,’ and finally to the mother and father and the way they sing to her, and the second when younger Ellian takes his hand and says, ‘However what about all of this? You need to depart all this reminiscence behind?’ As quickly as he noticed that, he stated, ‘I’m in, that’s your film proper there.’”

    “Spellbound” begins streaming Friday, November 22, on Netflix.



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