”Disenchanted”, the sequel to the 2007 hit ”Enchanted”, was an ”thrilling problem” for filmmaker Adam Shankman and he says he by no means handled the venture as an everyday job.

The musical fantasy rom-com brings again lead star Amy Adams and her beloved character of Giselle, the archetypical Disney princess who finds real love within the live-action world of New York City.

The filmmaker, identified for ”A Walk to Remember”, ”The Pacifier” and ”Bedtime Stories”, stated directing a sequel could be a bit ”daunting”.

”What made the primary one very particular is that Giselle was a fish out of water and the entire comedy got here from that. But right here, you could not actually use all of that as a result of she’s lived on the planet for therefore lengthy. So that whole pool of comedy wasn’t actually accessible to me.

”So rethinking methods to create the identical tone and feeling with out having any of the identical comedy parts and even the style was a problem. And it was truly an thrilling problem as a result of I knew I might do it,” Shankman informed PTI in an interview.

”Disenchanted”, at the moment streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, is about 10 years after the occasions of ”Enchanted” and sees Giselle residing fortunately together with her husband Robert (Patrick Dempsey).

Grown disillusioned with life within the metropolis, the couple transfer their rising household to the suburban group of Monroeville looking for a extra fairytale life.

However, she realises her fairytale life is probably not such a easy repair and appears in direction of her storybook residence of Andalasia for steerage, which ends up in magical mayhem.

Shankman, who took over the director’s chair from Kevin Lima for the follow-up, stated he had lengthy discussions with Adams about how the movie ought to pan out.

”We talked lots about what we have been doing in every scene and the place Giselle was and what was vital to her concerning the film and what was vital to me concerning the film.

”Neither of us simply needed to make it as a result of it was a job. It felt sort of vital to each of us,” he added.

His total expertise on ”Disenchanted” has left Shankman in awe of Adams. He referred to as the actor, identified for critically-acclaimed performances in motion pictures equivalent to ”The Fighter”, ”American Hustle”, ”Arrival” and ”Nocturnal Animals”, one in all ”nice actors of our era”.

”She knew the character very effectively. And for this film, she needed to transfer via so many various character shifts. But she was simply by herself and flipping personalities in all places. It was actually like we have been thrown proper into it.” As a filmmaker, Shankman stated he likes to maintain attempting his hand on the fantasy style as he likes to current tales that present leisure to the audiences.

”I like these sorts of films as a result of I like entertaining the viewers. I’ve by no means considered myself as any person who looks like he must beat a giant drum with messages. All of my motion pictures actually simply are about love, unity and discovering your means again to what’s vital. And this film offered one other unimaginable alternative to try this,” he added.

”Disenchanted” additionally stars Maya Rudolph, Idina Menzel, and James Marsden.

Brigitte Hales has penned the screenplay from a narrative by J David Stem and David N Weiss, and Richard LaGravenese.

The film is produced by Barry Josephson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Adams, with Jo Burn, Sunil Perkash and Shankman serving as government producers.

It options authentic songs with music by Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

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