Development In February 2010,
Variety reported that
Walt Disney Pictures planned to film a sequel to
Enchanted (2007) with
Barry Josephson and
Barry Sonnenfeld producing again.
Jessie Nelson was attached to write the screenplay and
Anne Fletcher to direct. Disney hoped the cast members from the first film would return and for a release as early as 2011. On January 12, 2011, composer
Alan Menken was asked about the sequel in an interview, to which he replied:"I've heard things but there's nothing yet. I don't know much about what's happening with that. Honestly, I don't know what the studio wants to do next. I presume there will be some future projects for me to work on. I love doing that, I really do. But I'm not frustrated that it isn't one of them. At the moment I have a lot of stage things happening and I'm busy enough with that, so I really don't need more on my plate."Later that year, on March 28, 2011,
James Marsden, who played Prince Edward in
Enchanted, was asked about the sequel. By July 2014, Disney had hired screenwriters J. David Stem and
David N. Weiss to write a script for a sequel and also hired Fletcher to direct the film. In October 2016,
The Hollywood Reporter announced that
Adam Shankman, who is a good friend of Fletcher, entered negotiations to direct the sequel, titled
Disenchanted; that Amy Adams would reprise her role; and that filming was scheduled to begin in summer 2017. In January 2018, Shankman stated that the sequel's script would be finished within a couple of weeks and the next step would be to get the music written. He also went on to say that the film would feature more songs than the original but the same amount of animation. On February 28, 2020, Schwartz said that meetings about the film had taken place in
London, and revealed that Shankman will also serve as the writer for the film. In December 2020, at Disney Investor Day,
Disney Studios' President of Production
Sean Bailey officially announced the sequel. Reportedly, it was the work of Brigitte Hales—the most recent writer on the project—that got the sequel greenlit after 13 years. (In an interview with
Variety magazine in late April, Dempsey also revealed that he would be singing). In March 2021, composer
Alan Menken confirmed that
James Marsden and
Idina Menzel would also be returning as Prince Edward and Nancy Tremaine, respectively. In April 2021,
Maya Rudolph,
Yvette Nicole Brown, and
Jayma Mays joined the cast as new characters. Rudolph plays the central antagonist in the sequel, while Brown and Mays are portraying villains, as well. On May 17, 2021, Disney announced via
Twitter that Gabriella Baldacchino would be starring as Morgan Philip, joined by new cast members Kolton Stewart and
Oscar Nunez. Baldacchino replaced
Rachel Covey, who played Morgan in the first film. The film would be partly filmed in
Enniskerry, where a set was being constructed as of May 1, 2021, while other expected locations included
Wicklow and
Dublin. Several scenes were filmed in
Powerscourt House, where the ballroom served as Malvina Monroe's residence. On May 6, 2021, Adams confirmed on Instagram that she had arrived in Ireland to begin filming. Filming officially began on May 17, 2021. On July 8, 2021, James Marsden and Idina Menzel arrived in Dublin to shoot their roles as Prince Edward and Nancy Tremaine, respectively. Filming in Ireland concluded on July 22, 2021. By March 28, 2022, reshoots were underway in
Hambleden,
Buckinghamshire, England due to mixed reception at a test screening. Reshoots also took place in
New York City, having concluded in April.
Animation On December 3, 2021, it was announced that Canadian animation studio Tonic DNA was working on the animation for the sequel using Toon Boom Harmony.
Moving Picture Company provides visual effects for the film. ==Music==