‘The Nutcracker And The Four Realms’ Trailer: Disney’s Fantasy Mash-Up Of Narnia And ‘Alice In Wonderland’
Take a pinch ofAlice in Wonderland, a dash of theChronicles of Narnia, and someMorgan Freemanvoiceover, put them in a blender, and you’ll get Disney’sThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a fantasy film based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale and the famous Tchaikovsky ballet. The final trailer for the film has arrived, whisking us into a magical dimension full of snowflakes, flowers, sweets, andKeira Knightleydoing a weird baby-talk voice as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Trailer
It’s clear that this trailer is attempting to recapture the magic of theNarniamovies: a secret princess discovers her true identity in a snowy, magical world she discovers through a hidden portal. And theAlice in Wonderlandreferences are just as easy to spot: Helen Mirren’s essentially playing a more disheveled version of the Queen of Hearts, ruling over some odd, egg-shaped Tweedledee and Tweedledum-style characters.
DirectorLasse Hallstrom(What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, A Dog’s Purpose, Safe Haven) shares directing credit withJoe Johnston(Captain America: The First Avengers, The Rocketeer) on this movie because Johnstoncame in to direct 32 days of reshootswhich Hallstrom couldn’t direct due to scheduling conflicts. It’s especially interesting that there’s so much of a Narnia vibe here, given that Johnson’ssupposed swan song as a directoris supposed to be a film adaptation ofThe Chronicles of NarniabookThe Silver Chair, which issaid to be a soft rebootof the movie series.
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms:
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.
Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney’s new holiday feature film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realmshits theaters onNovember 2, 2018.
