Keira Knightley is in talks to play the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney’s adaptation of The Nutcracker, based on the classic ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky and the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Lasse Hallstrom is to direct the project, titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, which already has Mackenzie Foy, ballerina Misty Copeland and Morgan Freeman on board. The classic story told of a young girl named Clara (Foy) who receives a nutcracker doll from her godfather on Christmas Eve. When she goes to check on it later that night, the clock strikes midnight, and she finds herself
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- 8/16/2016
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Morgan Freeman is in negotiations to join the live-action take on E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker" for Disney Pictures.
The Christmas-set story, which inspired the famous Tchaikovsky ballet, follows a young girl named Clara (Mackenzie Foy) whose favorite toy, a Nutcracker, comes alive. After he defeats the Mouse King, he takes Clara away to a magical kingdom inhabited by dolls.
Freeman will play the mysterious Drosselmeyer alongside Misty Copeland as the lead ballerina. Lasse Hallstrom is directing from a script by Ashleigh Powell. Mark Gordon is producing.
Source: THR...
The Christmas-set story, which inspired the famous Tchaikovsky ballet, follows a young girl named Clara (Mackenzie Foy) whose favorite toy, a Nutcracker, comes alive. After he defeats the Mouse King, he takes Clara away to a magical kingdom inhabited by dolls.
Freeman will play the mysterious Drosselmeyer alongside Misty Copeland as the lead ballerina. Lasse Hallstrom is directing from a script by Ashleigh Powell. Mark Gordon is producing.
Source: THR...
- 7/30/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Morgan Freeman is in negotiations to join Disney's live-action The Nutcracker. Interstellar actress Mackenzie Foy is starring as Clara while Misty Copeland will play the lead ballerina in the live-action film, which is based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann. The story, set at Christmastime, follows a young girl named Clara whose favorite toy, a Nutcracker, comes alive. After he defeats the Mouse King, he takes Clara away to a magical kingdom inhabited by dolls. The story inspired the famous ballet that featured one of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s most iconic
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- 7/28/2016
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ozark
Laura Linney is returning to television with the actress tapped to star opposite Jason Bateman in the Netflix drama series "Ozark". Bill Dubuque ("The Judge") is onboard as writer-executive producer alongside Bateman who will also direct and "Hell on Wheels" producer Chris Mundy who will serve as showrunner.
Set in the world of drug-money laundering, the pair play a financial planner couple who must suddenly relocate from Chicago to a summer resort community in the Ozarks. The series will premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2017. [Source: The Live Feed]
Disney's The Nutcracker
Mackenzie Foy ("Interstellar," "The Twilgiht Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2") has scored the role of Clara in its latest retelling of "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" at Walt Disney Pictures. Foy joins Misty Copeland who was recently announced as the lead ballerina in the film's sole dance number.
Based on the 1816 story by E.T.A. Hoffmann which subsequently became the 1892 Tchaikovsky ballet, Foy's...
Laura Linney is returning to television with the actress tapped to star opposite Jason Bateman in the Netflix drama series "Ozark". Bill Dubuque ("The Judge") is onboard as writer-executive producer alongside Bateman who will also direct and "Hell on Wheels" producer Chris Mundy who will serve as showrunner.
Set in the world of drug-money laundering, the pair play a financial planner couple who must suddenly relocate from Chicago to a summer resort community in the Ozarks. The series will premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2017. [Source: The Live Feed]
Disney's The Nutcracker
Mackenzie Foy ("Interstellar," "The Twilgiht Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2") has scored the role of Clara in its latest retelling of "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" at Walt Disney Pictures. Foy joins Misty Copeland who was recently announced as the lead ballerina in the film's sole dance number.
Based on the 1816 story by E.T.A. Hoffmann which subsequently became the 1892 Tchaikovsky ballet, Foy's...
- 7/28/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The upcoming live-action Disney movie The Nutcracker And The Four Realms has welcomed its first cast member – legendary ballerina Misty Copeland. Her appearance in the movie will mark her first involvement in narrative cinema, having already featured on television reality shows, as well as a documentary about her own early career, A Ballerina’s Tale.
The film will be helmed by Academy Award nominee Lasse Hallstrom (Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, The Shipping News, Chocolat), armed with a script by Ashleigh Powell, who makes her screenwriting debut here. With Mark Gordon (Grey’s Anatomy) producing the project, it is notable that the first casting choice is a strong one – recognizing that Misty Copeland is a world-renowned, award winning talent. It also indicates the tone that Hallstrom will be striving for – evidently mixing his own visual flair with the rich musical history of the tale.
While The Nutcracker is best known as a two-act ballet,...
The film will be helmed by Academy Award nominee Lasse Hallstrom (Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, The Shipping News, Chocolat), armed with a script by Ashleigh Powell, who makes her screenwriting debut here. With Mark Gordon (Grey’s Anatomy) producing the project, it is notable that the first casting choice is a strong one – recognizing that Misty Copeland is a world-renowned, award winning talent. It also indicates the tone that Hallstrom will be striving for – evidently mixing his own visual flair with the rich musical history of the tale.
While The Nutcracker is best known as a two-act ballet,...
- 7/13/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
The company will be the exclusive international distributor of Roh Live Cinema for the Opera’s 2016/17 season.
Picturehouse Entertainment and the Royal Opera House (Roh) have struck a deal to make the former the exclusive international distributor of Roh Live Cinema content in 2016/17.
The distribution arm of UK exhibitor Picturehouse will handle sales and marketing for the season, which will feature 12 live broadcasts including six operas and six ballets.
The 16/17 Roh programme includes 2016 Olivier Award winner Woolf Works, inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf, Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet The Nutcracker, and the return of the company’s first ever production on its Covent Garden stage, The Sleeping Beauty.
Beamed live from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden stage, Roh Live productions have previously travelled to territories including the Us, Spain, Italy, Germany, Japan and Australia.
The 2015/16 Roh live season included broadcasts of Liam Scarlett’s ballet Frankenstein, adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel, Kenneth MacMillan’s [link...
Picturehouse Entertainment and the Royal Opera House (Roh) have struck a deal to make the former the exclusive international distributor of Roh Live Cinema content in 2016/17.
The distribution arm of UK exhibitor Picturehouse will handle sales and marketing for the season, which will feature 12 live broadcasts including six operas and six ballets.
The 16/17 Roh programme includes 2016 Olivier Award winner Woolf Works, inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf, Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet The Nutcracker, and the return of the company’s first ever production on its Covent Garden stage, The Sleeping Beauty.
Beamed live from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden stage, Roh Live productions have previously travelled to territories including the Us, Spain, Italy, Germany, Japan and Australia.
The 2015/16 Roh live season included broadcasts of Liam Scarlett’s ballet Frankenstein, adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel, Kenneth MacMillan’s [link...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Disney is looking to make yet another live-action fairy tale — but this one’s a little different from most of their others, in that it’s not a remake of an existing Disney animated classic. The studio has set Lasse Hallström (Chocolat) to direct The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, based on the classic ballet by Pyotor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the E.T.A. Hoffmann story […]
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- 3/5/2016
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Some legendary holiday stories are simply to classic to ever die out. From the tale of old St. Nick to the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas has so many accompanying stories and tall tales that it has practically become a genre itself. Who else but Disney could completely capitalize on this idea? Although winter will soon come to a close later this month, Disney has just revealed that they have begun development on a live-action adaptation of one of the world.s most iconic Christmas tales of them all: The Nutcracker. A new report from THR indicates that Disney has begun developing a brand new live-action adaptation of the classic Christmas story, The Nutcracker. Titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, the project will directly adapt Tchaikovsky.s iconic ballet as well as E.T.A. Hoffmann.s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Screenwriter Ashleigh Powell sold the script ...
- 3/4/2016
- cinemablend.com
Lasse Hallstrom is set to direct a live-action “The Nutcracker” film for Disney, TheWrap has learned. The project, titled “The Nutcracker and the Four Reals,” adapts the classic ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” by E.T.A. Hoffmann. In the story, Clara gets a doll in the shape of a nutcracker on Christmas Eve. When the clock strikes twelve that night, she is thrust into a fantastical world, stuck in the middle of gingerbread soldiers and mice fighting a war. Also Read: Adam Shankman-Directed 'Nutcracker' Put Into Turnaround at New Line (Exclusive) Mark Gordon...
- 3/4/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Lasse Hallstrom is on board to direct "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," a new live-action film adaptation of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet and E.T.A. Hoffman story at Disney Studios.
The classic story follows a young girl named Clara who gets a doll in the form of a nutcracker from her godfather on Christmas Eve.
When the girl goes to check on it, later that night, the clock strikes twelve and she finds herself thrust into a fantastical world where she is in the middle of a war between gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Ashleigh Powell penned the script and Mark Gordon is producing
Source: Deadline...
The classic story follows a young girl named Clara who gets a doll in the form of a nutcracker from her godfather on Christmas Eve.
When the girl goes to check on it, later that night, the clock strikes twelve and she finds herself thrust into a fantastical world where she is in the middle of a war between gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Ashleigh Powell penned the script and Mark Gordon is producing
Source: Deadline...
- 3/4/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Lasse Hallstrom is on board to direct a new big-screen version of The Nutcracker. Disney Studios is developing the project, titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, which adapts the classic ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky and the accompanying story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The classic story told of a young girl named Clara who receives a nutcracker doll from her godfather on Christmas Eve. When she goes to check on it later that night, the clock strikes midnight, and she finds herself thrust into a fantastical world where she is in the
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- 3/4/2016
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Touched with Fire asks whether love between two thirty-something adults with bipolar disorder can be successful, loosely wondering about the intersection of sensuality, realism, and mental illness. It seems interested to extract a rubric explaining the connection between people with mental illness who are creatives. The film meanders through this exploration rather than makes up its mind as a creative drama or a serious character study where we could feel immediate pathos for the couple’s suffering and willfully involve ourselves in their situation (which could be an educational, engrossing filmic experience if well-presented). Contemporary films about mental illness such as Girl, Interrupted and A Beautiful Mind achieve this by stripping away characters’ “faces,” showing them as raw and realistic from the beginning. Disappointingly, this doesn’t happen in Touched with Fire. It takes time before New York City poets Carla (Katie Holmes) and Marco (Luke Kirby) approach identities more recognizably meaningful,...
- 2/23/2016
- by Dina Paulson
- CinemaNerdz
Nearly five decades ago, the Grinch first set out to ruin Christmas in Whoville on our living room screens. On this day in 1966, the Christmas special “Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” first aired on CBS. Based on Dr. Seuss’ 1957 children’s book, the now-classic Yuletide story has since been adapted again for a live action feature starring Jim Carrey. The Grinch was a Scrooge for a new era, and the very word “Grinch” has become synonymous with humbug-ery and mean-spiritedness that no one wants during the holidays. Of course, the furry green guy redeemed himself, and for years of watching this special, the sight of his heart growing three sizes has melted our own. Other notable happenings in pop culture history: • 1892: In St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre, Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” premiered. • 1956: The game show “To Tell The Truth” premiered on CBS. • 1961: The Tokens...
- 12/18/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Director-producer Adam Shankman is tapping into his background as a dancer and choreographer with The Nutcracker, a two-hour television movie based on the classic ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is one of two projects Shakman and Jennifer Gibgot’s Offspring Entertainment has in the works at NBC, along with Love, Sex And Neighbors, a dramedy from writer Gail Gilchriest (Dallas). Both projects are set at Warner Bros. TV, where Offspring is under an overall deal, with…...
- 10/30/2015
- Deadline TV
Ballet adds a surreal, creepy quality to many films and tv shows. Here are 12 of the most unsettling...
Warning - This article contains spoilers for The Cabin In The Woods, The Twilight Zone, Black Swan and The Red Shoes.
Ballet is not natural. Dancers perform exhausting routines with legs and feet turned out to bizarre angles, arms held just to the point where they really start to hurt (that’s when you know you’re doing it right), backs bending to angles of 90° and more, limbs held stock still while balancing on their toes, in bodies mathematically maintained in a state that contains absolutely not an ounce of fat but can sustain two or three hours of jumping and running around.
And then the female dancers add to all this by putting their entire weight on the points of their toes, feet bruising and bleeding, nails cracking, and the male...
Warning - This article contains spoilers for The Cabin In The Woods, The Twilight Zone, Black Swan and The Red Shoes.
Ballet is not natural. Dancers perform exhausting routines with legs and feet turned out to bizarre angles, arms held just to the point where they really start to hurt (that’s when you know you’re doing it right), backs bending to angles of 90° and more, limbs held stock still while balancing on their toes, in bodies mathematically maintained in a state that contains absolutely not an ounce of fat but can sustain two or three hours of jumping and running around.
And then the female dancers add to all this by putting their entire weight on the points of their toes, feet bruising and bleeding, nails cracking, and the male...
- 2/23/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Australian man Rodney Langham seems to spend a lot of time with kangaroos. At least, that's what his YouTube channel would suggest. Langham's video of two kangaroos fighting in the middle of his otherwise quiet Wyee Point street went massively viral about a week ago, notching over 2.2 million views on YouTube. (The fact that it's soundtracked to Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker makes for a nicely surreal viewing experience.) If you're interested in a more quietly disturbing video, try the one below, where a dozen kangaroos line up in the street, staring off into middle distance.
- 10/8/2014
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
With the release date of Fantasia: Music Evolved a little under two months away, Harmonix has finally revealed the full tracklist for their colorful rhythm game. Published by Disney Interactive, Fantasia will launch exclusively on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on October 20.
Speaking at Pax Prime this weekend, the team at Harmonix announced that tracks from Lady Gaga, Jimi Hendrix, The Flaming Lips and more will round out the final setlist. As one of the more musically-inclined developers in the business today, it makes sense that Harmonix would build a tracklist as eclectic as the one included here.
You can check out the entire tracklist for the title below, with the new additions bolded.
Dvořák – “Symphony No.9 from the New World” Vivaldi – “The Four Seasons: Winter, 1st Movement” Avicii – “Levels” J.S. Bach – “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven” Cee Lo Green – “Forget...
Speaking at Pax Prime this weekend, the team at Harmonix announced that tracks from Lady Gaga, Jimi Hendrix, The Flaming Lips and more will round out the final setlist. As one of the more musically-inclined developers in the business today, it makes sense that Harmonix would build a tracklist as eclectic as the one included here.
You can check out the entire tracklist for the title below, with the new additions bolded.
Dvořák – “Symphony No.9 from the New World” Vivaldi – “The Four Seasons: Winter, 1st Movement” Avicii – “Levels” J.S. Bach – “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven” Cee Lo Green – “Forget...
- 8/31/2014
- by Eric Hall
- We Got This Covered
From the Nutcracker to American Psycho, from Mary Poppins to Kurt Vile, our critics pick their must-sees of the festive season
If you wish it could be Christmas every day
Nutcrackers, various
You know it's Christmas in the ballet world by the number of Nutcrackers touring the world's stages. In the UK alone, there are close to a dozen doing the rounds, but the top three remain the Royal Ballet's exquisitely traditional version, the sparky family friendly production by Birmingham Royal Ballet, and English National Ballet's – with the best snow scene of them all. Royal Opera House, London (020-7304 4000), 4 December to 16 January; Birmingham Hippodrome (0844 338 5000), to 12 December; London Coliseum (020-7845 9300), 11 December to 5 January.
Father Christmas
Does Father Christmas use the loo? Does he secretly long for summer? Does he have strong views on the size of chimneys? You bet he does. Raymond Briggs's gorgeous picture book gets a heartwarming makeover for under-sixes.
If you wish it could be Christmas every day
Nutcrackers, various
You know it's Christmas in the ballet world by the number of Nutcrackers touring the world's stages. In the UK alone, there are close to a dozen doing the rounds, but the top three remain the Royal Ballet's exquisitely traditional version, the sparky family friendly production by Birmingham Royal Ballet, and English National Ballet's – with the best snow scene of them all. Royal Opera House, London (020-7304 4000), 4 December to 16 January; Birmingham Hippodrome (0844 338 5000), to 12 December; London Coliseum (020-7845 9300), 11 December to 5 January.
Father Christmas
Does Father Christmas use the loo? Does he secretly long for summer? Does he have strong views on the size of chimneys? You bet he does. Raymond Briggs's gorgeous picture book gets a heartwarming makeover for under-sixes.
- 11/25/2013
- by Lyn Gardner, Michael Billington, Andrew Clements, Alexis Petridis, Judith Mackrell, John Fordham, Brian Logan, Stuart Heritage, Mark Lawson, Jonathan Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
Revisionism is king in Russia today, as it appears even the country's most famous artists aren't safe from state-sponsored "straight-washing."
That's the opinion of some historians and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (Lgbt) advocates chagrined to hear that an upcoming film may be glossing over the sexual orientation of one of the nation's most famous 19th century composers.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the man who wrote the music for such iconic ballets "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker," is getting the biopic treatment in his motherland, but his private life may be running afoul of Russia's controversial new laws banning Lgbt propaganda.
“It is absolutely not a fact that Tchaikovsky was a homosexual,” acclaimed screenwriter Yuri Arabov told Russian newspaper Izvestia, according to a translation by The Huffington Post. “Only philistines think this.”
Arabov added that in his script Tchaikovsky is portrayed as a man who is upset by false rumors of his homosexuality,...
That's the opinion of some historians and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (Lgbt) advocates chagrined to hear that an upcoming film may be glossing over the sexual orientation of one of the nation's most famous 19th century composers.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the man who wrote the music for such iconic ballets "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker," is getting the biopic treatment in his motherland, but his private life may be running afoul of Russia's controversial new laws banning Lgbt propaganda.
“It is absolutely not a fact that Tchaikovsky was a homosexual,” acclaimed screenwriter Yuri Arabov told Russian newspaper Izvestia, according to a translation by The Huffington Post. “Only philistines think this.”
Arabov added that in his script Tchaikovsky is portrayed as a man who is upset by false rumors of his homosexuality,...
- 8/28/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Google has celebrated the 120th anniversary of The Nutcracker today (December 18) with its Google Doodle. Originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the two-act ballet is based on Eta Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was first shown at St Petersberg's Mariinsky Theatre on December 18, 1892. The ballet is perhaps best known for its (more)...
- 12/18/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Today we have the third and final part of our extensive look at the sights and sounds surrounding Matthew Bournes Swan Lake 3D - a one night only special movie theater showing of the 3D film version available at Fathom-equipped cinemas nationwide tonight - with the princely protagonist of the ballet film himself, rising star Richard Winsor. In this comprehensive conversation, Winsor and I parse many aspects of this daring new take on the classic Tchaikovsky ballet by Matthew Bourne and investigate his collaborative relationship with Bourne on this 3D film and many other projects they have collaborated on so far this century - The Nutcracker, The Car Man, Edward Scissorhands, Dorian Gray and Play Without Words included - as well as take a cursory look ahead to their future work together. Additionally, Winsor shares his insights into the creative process and outlines how he has developed such considerable skill...
- 3/20/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Talking with EW, filmmaker and choreographer Adam Shankman says his new film adaptation of the classic tale "The Nutcracker" will Not involve any ballet.
"There are some celebrations in the story and there could be dancing at the celebrations, but other than that, no. It is absolutely not going to be a full-on ballet. No ballet.” The film instead is going back to E.T.A. Hoffmann's book which inspired the famed Tchaikovsky ballet and recrafting it into a pacier mold.
“It hasn’t been told in the same vein as these new action-adventure fairy tale films, and yet it is definitely an action-adventure story. I didn’t want to do it if it wasn’t that concept….And we are going back to the original story too, because the ballet actually was a bit of a departure. So I am going back to the darker more action/adventure version. More...
"There are some celebrations in the story and there could be dancing at the celebrations, but other than that, no. It is absolutely not going to be a full-on ballet. No ballet.” The film instead is going back to E.T.A. Hoffmann's book which inspired the famed Tchaikovsky ballet and recrafting it into a pacier mold.
“It hasn’t been told in the same vein as these new action-adventure fairy tale films, and yet it is definitely an action-adventure story. I didn’t want to do it if it wasn’t that concept….And we are going back to the original story too, because the ballet actually was a bit of a departure. So I am going back to the darker more action/adventure version. More...
- 12/7/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
With seemingly every fairy tale being adapted for the big screen in the next few years ("Snow White and the Huntsman," etc. etc. blah blah blah) in bigger and more extravagant ways, we're bracing ourselves for a choking onslaught of pixie dust. And one of the adaptations we could care less about is "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman's "The Nutcracker" redux. Given the director's choreography background (he's also a frequent judge on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance"), we kind of assumed his 'Nutcracker' would stick to its famous ballet roots. But nope. According to the director its going in a completely different but altogether predictable direction. Shankman told Entertainment Weekly that there might be a smattering of dance but the ballet aspect (made famous by Tchaikovsky) would largely be scrapped. "There are some celebrations in the story and there could be dancing at the celebrations,”...
- 12/6/2011
- The Playlist
When the news broke last week that director Adam Shankman would be helming a new feature film version of The Nutcracker, fans of Shankman’s career could be excused for assuming the movie would evoke the classic ballet The Nutcracker that generations of children have grown up falling asleep to watching every Christmas season. For one thing, Shankman started his career in showbiz as a dancer, then became a choreographer before directing high-profile movie musicals like Hairspray and next year’s highly anticipated Rock of Ages. Plus, he’s been a regular presence as a judge on Fox’s summer...
- 12/5/2011
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Before your mind fills with visions of ballet dancers, what New Line Cinema wants to do with The Nutcracker isn’t to film the Christmas-fave ballet. New Line seeks to re-envision this classic fairy tale into a family-friendly holiday film in “a tone similar to Alice in Wonderland” for 2013.
Deadline reports that New Line has tasked Adam Shankman (Rock of Ages, Hairspray) to direct this new take on The Nutcracker with a script by Darren Lemke (Jack the Giant Killer, Shrek Forever After). This version of the tale “goes back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy soldier who comes alive and leads her on an adventure.”
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bower of Temple Hill Productions are producing the project.
Deadline reports that New Line has tasked Adam Shankman (Rock of Ages, Hairspray) to direct this new take on The Nutcracker with a script by Darren Lemke (Jack the Giant Killer, Shrek Forever After). This version of the tale “goes back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy soldier who comes alive and leads her on an adventure.”
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bower of Temple Hill Productions are producing the project.
- 12/2/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
After 1993’s Macaulay Culkin-fronted “The Nutcracker” grossed $2.1 million and last year’s “The Nutcracker 3D” grossed $110,000, there’s absolutely no reason why New Line Cinema wouldn’t think it prudent to line up yet another update of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet. But if you’re starting to think that New Line knows something you don’t, you’re right: They’ve hired Adam Shankman to direct the thing. Adam Shankman is a studio’s dream. On all of the film’s he’s directed, his only concern seems to be entertaining audiences. He has no voice. His point of view is an amalgam of every 4 to 104-year-old person of any gender, race and religion who hates anything resembling pretension. He’s directed “The Wedding Planner,” “A Walk to Remember,” “Bringing Down the House,” “The Pacifier,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2,” “Hairspray”...
- 12/1/2011
- The Playlist
Adam Shankman is set to direct a new film adaptation of the classic fairy tale "The Nutcracker" for New Line Cinema says Deadline.
Darren Lemke ("Jack and the Giant Killer," "Shrek Forever After") penned the script which harkens back to E.T.A. Hoffman's original 1815 book about a young girl whose wooden toy soldier comes alive and takes her on an adventure.
The tone is said to be akin to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and the company is setting it up as a major family tentpole movie for a late 2013 release.
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are producing, as will Shankman's regular partner Jennifer Gibgot (though that's not set yet).
Darren Lemke ("Jack and the Giant Killer," "Shrek Forever After") penned the script which harkens back to E.T.A. Hoffman's original 1815 book about a young girl whose wooden toy soldier comes alive and takes her on an adventure.
The tone is said to be akin to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and the company is setting it up as a major family tentpole movie for a late 2013 release.
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are producing, as will Shankman's regular partner Jennifer Gibgot (though that's not set yet).
- 12/1/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
“The Nutcracker” is a traditional holiday movie that Hollywood loves to remake again and again. New Line Cinema will take a crack with another take on the classic holiday film set for 2013. According to Deadline, the studio signed director Adam Shankman to helm the project off the script written by Darren Lemke. Lemke recently wrote the upcoming fantasy film “Jack the Giant Killer.” In this version of “The Nutcracker,” the story will be close to the 1815 novel by E.T.A. Hoffman. It is about a young girl and who is lead by a nutcracker that comes alive to lead her on a wondrous adventure. Mike Fleming of Deadline described the story similar in tone to “Alice in Wonderland.” Shankman is wrapping the production of the upcoming musical adaptation of “Rock of Ages” for next year’s release. He is also known for “Hairspray,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2,” “The Pacifier,” and...
- 12/1/2011
- LRMonline.com
The man behind Tom Cruise's new musical Rock Of Ages has signed on to adapt E.T.A. Hoffmann's beloved Christmas story The Nutcracker for the big screen.
Adam Shankman will direct the film for New Line Cinema, according to Deadline.com.
The movie, about the toys that come to life at Christmas, will be released in late 2013.
The Nutcracker has been a beloved seasonal ballet, written by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, for over 200 years.
Adam Shankman will direct the film for New Line Cinema, according to Deadline.com.
The movie, about the toys that come to life at Christmas, will be released in late 2013.
The Nutcracker has been a beloved seasonal ballet, written by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, for over 200 years.
- 12/1/2011
- WENN
The December is never short of contemporary adaptations of holiday classics, and The Nutcracker is one of them. So if your are still trying to wrap your head around last year’s 3D interpretation of the film, then stop, because it is being given a family friendly treatment. Deadline has word that Hairspray director Adam Shankman will direct a whole new Nutcracker for New Line Cinema.
According to the site, the script was written by Darren Lemke, who just worked with New Line on Jack the Giant Killer, and whose credits include Shrek Forever After. This version of The Nutcracker goes back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy soldier who comes alive and leads her on an adventure. The take is a drama with action and a love story that aspires to be similar in tone to Alice in Wonderland. Shankman...
According to the site, the script was written by Darren Lemke, who just worked with New Line on Jack the Giant Killer, and whose credits include Shrek Forever After. This version of The Nutcracker goes back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy soldier who comes alive and leads her on an adventure. The take is a drama with action and a love story that aspires to be similar in tone to Alice in Wonderland. Shankman...
- 12/1/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
After Hairspray hit theaters in 2007, director Adam Shankman proved he could do more than just choreograph dance numbers, and his next musical endeavor, an adaptation of the Broadway jukebox musical Rock of Ages, will hit theaters next year. Now Shankman is poised to take on another high profile project that has seen countless iterations on the stage and screen. Deadline has word that the filmmaker will be at the helm of a new take on the classic holiday fairytale The Nutcracker for New Line Cinema, the Warner Bros. based studio that just delivered a present in the form of A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. Darren Lemke, who recently penned such fairytale films as Jack the Giant Killer for Bryan Singer and Shrek Forever After for Dreamworks Animation, is behind the script which will use the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy ...
- 12/1/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Adam Shankman is in talks to direct an action adventure version of "The Nutcracker" for New Line Cinema, TheWrap has confirmed. Shankman, whose New Line musical "Rock of Ages" is in post-production, met with New Line executives the day before Thanksgiving and is now working out the details, an individual close to the project told TheWrap. Despite its strong association with the ballet, "Nutcracker" is not a musical. Instead, it will be a reinterpretation of the E.T.A. Hoffman story about a 7-year-old girl whose favorite toy, a Nutcracker, comes to life, beats...
- 12/1/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
The world as a whole is still trying to forget the unbelievably insane The Nutcracker in 3D, released last year. (And just out on DVD as The Nutcracker: The Untold Story.) The easiest way to forget that the film exists is to make another movie called The Nutcracker, and have this one be a truly family-friendly version. And so we've got this: Adam Shankman (Hairspray, Rock of Ages) will make The Nutcracker for New Line, with this version being "a new take on the classic fairy tale that is being eyed as a tent pole family holiday film for late 2013." Deadline [1] reports that the script is by Darren Lemke (Lost, Jack the Giant Killer, Shrek Forever After) and that his script uses the 1815 story by E.T.A Hoffman, The Nutcracker and the Rat King, as the primary source. That was the inspiration for the libretto for the famous Tchaikovsky ballet,...
- 12/1/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
New Line Cinema has chosen Hairspray director Adam Shankman to take on the most recent feature film adaptation of the classic Christmas story, The Nutcracker. To be honest I'm all Nutcrackered out, I have absolutely zero interest in seeing another Nutcracker film. But, the studio is looking at developing it as a tent pole family holiday film for late 2013. To that I say good luck.
According to Deadline, "This version of The Nutcracker goes back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy soldier who comes alive and leads her on an adventure. The take is a drama with action and a love story that aspires to be similar in tone to Alice in Wonderland." This is the same version I've seen countless times before, so again... what's the point of making this movie again? It's not that I don't enjoy holiday movies,...
According to Deadline, "This version of The Nutcracker goes back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy soldier who comes alive and leads her on an adventure. The take is a drama with action and a love story that aspires to be similar in tone to Alice in Wonderland." This is the same version I've seen countless times before, so again... what's the point of making this movie again? It's not that I don't enjoy holiday movies,...
- 12/1/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Adam Shankman, the guy who gave us "Hairspray" and "Bedtime Stories" among others (and the upcoming "Rock of Ages" starring Tom Cruise), is set to direct a reimagined "The Nutcracker" for New Line Cinema according to Deadline.
The script by Darren Lemke (the upcoming "Jack the Giant Killer") is not a big-screen version of the popular ballet featuring music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but instead, this one will go back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman. The New Line film will mix drama, action, and love story to tell the tale of a young girl and a wooden soldier who suddenly comes alive. This one is supposed to be in the same vein as "Alice in Wonderland."
And of course, there's a "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" connection! Temple Hill's Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen, fresh from the success of "Twilight," will be producing "The Nutcracker."...
The script by Darren Lemke (the upcoming "Jack the Giant Killer") is not a big-screen version of the popular ballet featuring music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but instead, this one will go back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman. The New Line film will mix drama, action, and love story to tell the tale of a young girl and a wooden soldier who suddenly comes alive. This one is supposed to be in the same vein as "Alice in Wonderland."
And of course, there's a "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" connection! Temple Hill's Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen, fresh from the success of "Twilight," will be producing "The Nutcracker."...
- 11/30/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jay A. Fernandez
Adam Shankman is in talks to direct the big-screen adaptation of The Nutcracker for New Line. Darren Lemke (Jack the Giant Killer) is writing the project, which Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill Entertainment are producing. The film is based on the classic E.T.A. Hoffmann story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, about a girl whose Christmas toy comes alive. It inspired the perennial ballet. The UTA-repped Shankman has an adaptation of the musical Rock of Ages hitting theaters in June for New Line. He also produced Going the Distance and 17 Again for the company,
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Adam Shankman is in talks to direct the big-screen adaptation of The Nutcracker for New Line. Darren Lemke (Jack the Giant Killer) is writing the project, which Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill Entertainment are producing. The film is based on the classic E.T.A. Hoffmann story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, about a girl whose Christmas toy comes alive. It inspired the perennial ballet. The UTA-repped Shankman has an adaptation of the musical Rock of Ages hitting theaters in June for New Line. He also produced Going the Distance and 17 Again for the company,
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- 11/30/2011
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Adam Shankman will be set by New Line Cinema to direct The Nutcracker, a new take on the classic fairy tale that is being eyed as a tent pole family holiday film for late 2013. The script was written by Darren Lemke, who just worked with New Line on Jack the Giant Killer, and whose credits include Shrek Forever After. This version of The Nutcracker goes back to the original 1815 book by E.T.A. Hoffman, about a young girl and a wooden toy soldier who comes alive and leads her on an adventure. The take is a drama with action and a love story that aspires to be similar in tone to Alice in Wonderland. It is shaping up as Shankman’s next film. The film is being produced by Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen, who are coming off Twlight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1. It’s likely...
- 11/30/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
New Line Cinema has attached Adam Shankman to direct an adaptation of The Nutcracker , Deadline reports. This take arrives from Jack the Giant Killer screenwriter Darren Lemke. Most famously adapted as a ballet by Tchaikovsky in the late 19th century, the tale originated as a short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816. In it, a young girl's dolls come to life on Christmas Eve alongside a noble nutcracker, who protects her from a villainous army of mice. This version is said to be based primarily on the original story. Earlier this year , word broke that Universal Pictures was planning their own take on the tale. The status of that project is currently unknown, though New Line is said to be targeting theirs for a late 2013 release. Shankman's next, Rock of Ages is scheduled...
- 11/30/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Christmas is quickly approaching now (less than 50 days now…where does the time go!?), so if you fancy getting into the festive spirit a little early, check out today’s Blu-ray and DVD release of The Nutcracker in 3D. But check out our review here first…
Nine-year-old Mary’s (Elle Fanning) dull Viennese Christmas is suddenly filled with excitement and adventure following the arrival of her beloved Uncle Albert (Nathan Lane) and his gift of an enchanted nutcracker. On Christmas night, Mary’s new friend, The Nutcracker (Charlie Rowe) or ‘Nc’ as he like to be known, comes to life and takes her on a wondrous journey into his magical world of fairies, sugarplums, and other Christmas toys which come to life. Mary soon realises that this fantastical kingdom is facing danger from the tyrannical rule of the evil Rat King (John Turturro) and his devious mother (Frances de la Tour...
Nine-year-old Mary’s (Elle Fanning) dull Viennese Christmas is suddenly filled with excitement and adventure following the arrival of her beloved Uncle Albert (Nathan Lane) and his gift of an enchanted nutcracker. On Christmas night, Mary’s new friend, The Nutcracker (Charlie Rowe) or ‘Nc’ as he like to be known, comes to life and takes her on a wondrous journey into his magical world of fairies, sugarplums, and other Christmas toys which come to life. Mary soon realises that this fantastical kingdom is facing danger from the tyrannical rule of the evil Rat King (John Turturro) and his devious mother (Frances de la Tour...
- 11/7/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
The New York City Ballet is teaming up with Fathom Events to give ballet fans and those looking for a way to celebrate the holiday season with a bit of culture the opportunity to see George Balanchine.s The Nutcracker. Select theaters will be airing a live broadcast of the NYC Ballet.s performance of the classic ballet for one night only this December. The Nutcracker is based on E.T.A. Hoffman.s story .The Nutcracker and the King of Mice,. and tells the story of a young girl who dreams of a Nutcracker Prince who battles a Mouse King. Whether or not you.ve ever seen the ballet, you may be familiar with the music, which is often played around the holidays. Variety posted the news, which you can also find on Fathom.s website. On December 13th, select theaters will be hosting the live cinemacast of the ...
- 11/4/2011
- cinemablend.com
Because I'm one of about 60 people in the entire United States who actually saw any part of last December's The Nutcracker 3D, I don't really feel like it's bragging to say I saw some advance scenes at the screening room belonging to Universal Pictures. It wasn't a Universal release-- the distributor was Freestyle Pictures-- but for whatever reason the presentation was held in Universal's theater. Lucky for them, I'm probably the only person who will ever associate Universal with that disastrous film, which grossed just $195,000 domestically, since Universal is moving forward with their own take on the classic Tchaikovsky ballet. According to Variety Peter Chernin, the former CEO of Fox who's now a producer of movies like Rise of the Planet of the Apes, has teamed up with Universal and fellow producer Dylan Clark to develop the pitch from Jon Gunn and John Mann. Those writers have no produced titles...
- 7/26/2011
- cinemablend.com
Universal plans to bring The Nutcracker to the big screen from a pitch by Jon Gunn and John Mann. They are teaming with producer Peter Chernin to adapt the short story as a feature film.
The Nutcracker is most famous as a ballet by Tchaikovsky in the late 19th century and still remains extremely popular today.
The original tale is a short story by E.T.A Hoffman in 1816 where a young girl's dolls come to life on Christmas Eve. A nutcracker saves the girl from an evil army of mice.
Now word on the actual plot for this particular film, but it will be interesting to see if they decide to do live-action or animation.
The Nutcracker is most famous as a ballet by Tchaikovsky in the late 19th century and still remains extremely popular today.
The original tale is a short story by E.T.A Hoffman in 1816 where a young girl's dolls come to life on Christmas Eve. A nutcracker saves the girl from an evil army of mice.
Now word on the actual plot for this particular film, but it will be interesting to see if they decide to do live-action or animation.
- 7/26/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
Universal has plans to re-adapt the classic story of The Nutcracker with a new pitch on the material from Jon Gunn and John Mann. The pair, who originally teamed for the 2000 film Mercy Streets , developed the idea for their take alongside producer Peter Chernin, though details on their slant are currently unknown. Most famously adapted as a ballet by Tchaikovsky in the late 19th century, the tale originated as a short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816. In it, a young girl's dolls come to life on Christmas Eve alongside a noble nutcracker, who protects her from a villainous army of mice.
- 7/25/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's most recent film, The Nutcracker in 3D (2010), was a box office flop in the States. However, in the past Konchalovsky has also known great success, including the award winning House of Fools (2002) which took the 'Grand Jury Prize' at the Venice Film Festival.
As a film maker, Konchalovsky has certainly had a varied career, from working with Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell in Tango & Cash (1989), creating a TV adaptation Homer’s The Odyssey for HBO, and also directing numerous Russian language films, including the highly regarded Uncle Vanya (1970) and The First Teacher (1964), his debut feature made whilst he was still a student.
Last week, Cine-Vue travelled to Pushkin House in Holborn to ask Konchalovsky how he felt about the forthcoming Directorspective at London's Barbican Centre, who his influences were, and what he thought about living and working in Hollywood.
Joe Walsh: Why did you...
As a film maker, Konchalovsky has certainly had a varied career, from working with Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell in Tango & Cash (1989), creating a TV adaptation Homer’s The Odyssey for HBO, and also directing numerous Russian language films, including the highly regarded Uncle Vanya (1970) and The First Teacher (1964), his debut feature made whilst he was still a student.
Last week, Cine-Vue travelled to Pushkin House in Holborn to ask Konchalovsky how he felt about the forthcoming Directorspective at London's Barbican Centre, who his influences were, and what he thought about living and working in Hollywood.
Joe Walsh: Why did you...
- 1/26/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Chicago – “What you are about to see now may traumatize you for life.” So reads a warning near the beginning of Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander’s 2005 short, “Rare Exports: The Official Safety Instructions.” The film was a clever follow-up to his 2003 effort, “Rare Exports Inc.”, which seemed to milk its one-joke premise for all it was worth.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
The “exports” of Helander’s films are in the form of bloodthirsty Father Christmases hunted and tamed by reindeer herders near Korvatunturi mountain, which the film bills as the “land of the original Santa Claus.” Who are these gray-haired, unclothed, rawly animalistic creatures? Why are they filled with such fearsome rage when a nearby mortal mildly misbehaves? In the side-splitting yet genuinely eerie “Safety Instructions,” these alleged “Father Christmases” seemed to be little more than elderly zombies.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale” in our reviews section.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
The “exports” of Helander’s films are in the form of bloodthirsty Father Christmases hunted and tamed by reindeer herders near Korvatunturi mountain, which the film bills as the “land of the original Santa Claus.” Who are these gray-haired, unclothed, rawly animalistic creatures? Why are they filled with such fearsome rage when a nearby mortal mildly misbehaves? In the side-splitting yet genuinely eerie “Safety Instructions,” these alleged “Father Christmases” seemed to be little more than elderly zombies.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale” in our reviews section.
- 12/24/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Little introduction is needed for today's Guide, so we won't bother. Simply put, these are the staffer's favorite Holiday movies and/or television shows. Chime in with your own in the comments, or share your bah humbuggery. 'Tis the Season, y'all.
Bad Santa: When I was a wee lad, I spent one Christmas Eve staying up as late as possible staring at the roofs of the row homes across the street, trying to see that fat sumbitch who visited all the goyim homes but wouldn't give this little Jew boy some holiday cheer. Needless to say, I saw no Santa Claus. But had I, I suspect that -- because this was Philly -- he would've been an awful lot like Billy Bob Thorton's Willie T. Stokes -- a rude, vulgar, thieving, lecherous, drunken Santa. That's my kind of Santa, and that's why Bad Santa is my kind of Christmas flick.
Bad Santa: When I was a wee lad, I spent one Christmas Eve staying up as late as possible staring at the roofs of the row homes across the street, trying to see that fat sumbitch who visited all the goyim homes but wouldn't give this little Jew boy some holiday cheer. Needless to say, I saw no Santa Claus. But had I, I suspect that -- because this was Philly -- he would've been an awful lot like Billy Bob Thorton's Willie T. Stokes -- a rude, vulgar, thieving, lecherous, drunken Santa. That's my kind of Santa, and that's why Bad Santa is my kind of Christmas flick.
- 12/23/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis are dazzling audiences in the new psychological thriller, “Black Swan,” a glamorous yet unflinching look at the world of ballet.
Lithe dancers who flit their arms and pirouette with such dreamy grace promptly go backstage, peel off their toenails and snap their tendons back into place. Such effortless beauty comes with a lot of pain and blood… and maybe a little something else in “Black Swan.”
Portman and Kunis did an intense amount of training for the film – and it probably won’t surprise you that both had ballet experience. They’re so delicate that they seem born to wear tutus and slippers.
But you might be surprised at who else in Hollywood started their dramatic careers in ballet. We’ve compiled a list of those actors and actresses who have been en pointe, abandoned the barre for time travel, machine guns, martial arts, and Johnny Depp.
Lithe dancers who flit their arms and pirouette with such dreamy grace promptly go backstage, peel off their toenails and snap their tendons back into place. Such effortless beauty comes with a lot of pain and blood… and maybe a little something else in “Black Swan.”
Portman and Kunis did an intense amount of training for the film – and it probably won’t surprise you that both had ballet experience. They’re so delicate that they seem born to wear tutus and slippers.
But you might be surprised at who else in Hollywood started their dramatic careers in ballet. We’ve compiled a list of those actors and actresses who have been en pointe, abandoned the barre for time travel, machine guns, martial arts, and Johnny Depp.
- 12/3/2010
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- NextMovie
Almost two centuries of holiday-friendly goodwill go up in a sun-blotting, smokestack cloud in The Nutcracker in 3-D, the most confounded in the long and miscegenetic line of adaptations of E.T.A. Hoffman's 1816 story. Gone, too, is the considerable rehabilitative capital vested, by the 2007 film Ratatouille, in one of nature's more wretched people: the common sewer rat. This stunning one-two clobber by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky sent me reeling to the far reaches of my seat. I wasn't alone: During a critical moment in the screening I attended, one girl of about 9 bolted from the front row to find her father, who had chosen to sit at a more adult remove.
- 11/24/2010
- Movieline
A new clip from writer-director Andrei Konchalovsky's (The Lion in Winter) The Nutcracker in 3-D has been released. A live-action—with CGI elements—adaptation of the classic Russian ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker in 3-D is set in Vienna in the 1920's and stars Elle Fanning as Mary, a young girl who is given a very special nutcracker by her godfather one Christmas Eve. In this clip, Mary's belief in the nutcracker (voiced by Shirley Henderson) helps the little wooden soldier come to life.
Next Showing: The Nutcracker in 3-D opens November 24
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Elle Fanning | Andrei Konchalovsky | The Nutcracker...
Next Showing: The Nutcracker in 3-D opens November 24
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Elle Fanning | Andrei Konchalovsky | The Nutcracker...
- 11/14/2010
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
The nights are getting darker, the air is getting colder and, despite the fact that it's still only September, some shops are already putting up their festive decorations. That can only mean one thing folks... Christmas is on the way.
So what way to celebrate the coming yuletide than with the brand-new trailer for The Nutcracker In 3D? A retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story (you know the one that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky turned into a ballet?), the new movie version stars the likes of John Turturro, Nathan Lane and Elle Fanning and, judging by the promo, actually looks not half bad.
Telling the tale of an usurped prince who is turned into a soldierly nutcracker and is forced to join forces with a young girl to regain control of his kingdom, it's as much a staple of Christmas as sprouts and family arguments and this version looks suitably sparkly.
So what way to celebrate the coming yuletide than with the brand-new trailer for The Nutcracker In 3D? A retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story (you know the one that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky turned into a ballet?), the new movie version stars the likes of John Turturro, Nathan Lane and Elle Fanning and, judging by the promo, actually looks not half bad.
Telling the tale of an usurped prince who is turned into a soldierly nutcracker and is forced to join forces with a young girl to regain control of his kingdom, it's as much a staple of Christmas as sprouts and family arguments and this version looks suitably sparkly.
- 9/17/2010
- Screenrush
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