‘Disenchanted’ Casts Maya Rudolph And More As The Disney Sequel’s Villains
It’s been nearly 14 years since Disney released the fantasy comedyEnchanted, taking a meta approach to their animated fairytales withAmy Adamsplaying a naive cartoon princess lost in the bustling metropolis of New York as a flesh-and-blood person. The sequelDisenchantedhas been in the works for quite some time, and it’sfinally coming to fruitionwith the original cast returning. But they’ll also be joined by some new faces too, starting with formerSaturday Night LivestarMaya Rudolphplaying the movie’s big bad.
Deadline has the news on theDisenchantedmovie cast bringing in Maya Rudolph as the film’s villain, but she won’t be alone in executing her nefarious plans. Rudolph will be joined byYvette Nicole Brown(Community) andJayma Mays(Glee) as fellow villains.
Unfortunately, we don’t know what kind of villains we’re dealing with. In the first movie, Susan Sarandon portrayed the evil sorceress Queen Narissa, so maybe we’ll get a trio of witches this time? Is there a chance that Giselle has a trio of wicked stepmothers that she left behind who want in on her happily ever after? No matter what kind of villains these three are playing, please let Maya Rudolph sing a villainous Disney song. She deserves it.
As of now, we don’t know whatDisenchantedwill be about, even though the movie is supposedly in production right now (or at least it was back at the end of March). All we know is that it will continue the story of Giselle after she found her new love interest in Robert Philip, a Manhattan divorce attorney played byPatrick Dempseywho had his cynical views of loved turned upside down by Princess Giselle. Dempsey is returning inDisenchantedas well, so at least we’ll see where that relationship has ended up.
Also returningforDisenchantedwill beJames MarsdenandIdina Menzel. Marsden played the narcissistic but kindhearted Prince Edward, who was originally pining over Giselle, even following her from the animated world into the real world to proclaim his love for her. However, Prince Edward ended up with Nancy (Menzel), a fashion designer and Robert’s former girlfriend, and the two went back to the animated kingdom of Andalasia for their own happily ever after while Giselle stayed in live-action New York. That could mean thatDisenchanted’s new villains start shaking things up in the animated world before the story returns to the live-action side of things.Disenchantedis being directed byHairsprayhelmerAdam Shankmanwith the most recent script being written byBrigitte Hales.Amy Adamsis producing along withBarry JosephsonandBarry Sonnenfeld. There’s no release date yet, but with production happening so recently, it’s probably a safe bet that we won’t see it until sometime next year. But remember, it won’t be in theaters and will instead be a Disney+ original movie.
