Did anyone see last week's Entertainment Weekly magazine, for their "Fall Movie Preview" issue? They had a pretty good article about "Enchanted," a new Disney film coming out this November, about an animated princess (Amy Adams) who somehow escapes the animated world, and crawls up a manhole into modern live-actioin Manhattan. She meets Patrick Dempsey, as a single-dad lawyer, who takes her home.
I never knew about the movie, but article is very informative -- and actually makes the whole idea sound fun (even though it also makes it clear that the Disney marketing machine is already geared-up for another princess to replicate in the parks and on store shelves).
But the most interesting thing, I thought, was that it will be a musical, and not a cynical. They tappen Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (of Pocahontas) to do the music. And about 10 minutes of the movie is animated -- traditional animation style.
So, hmmm..... we will see. Maybe they are heading back a little to their roots. Who knows?
If you have the magazine, it is on pages 76 - 79 of the August 24 edition (with Reese Witherspoon on the cover). Here is a link to the article online, although the magazine had more pics: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20051361_20051365_20052039,00.html
Paul
I never knew about the movie, but article is very informative -- and actually makes the whole idea sound fun (even though it also makes it clear that the Disney marketing machine is already geared-up for another princess to replicate in the parks and on store shelves).
But the most interesting thing, I thought, was that it will be a musical, and not a cynical. They tappen Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (of Pocahontas) to do the music. And about 10 minutes of the movie is animated -- traditional animation style.
So, hmmm..... we will see. Maybe they are heading back a little to their roots. Who knows?
If you have the magazine, it is on pages 76 - 79 of the August 24 edition (with Reese Witherspoon on the cover). Here is a link to the article online, although the magazine had more pics: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20051361_20051365_20052039,00.html
Paul
