Disney's ENCHANTED Sequel Will Be Directed by HAIRSPRAY Director Adam Shankman
Disney is moving forward with their long-awaited sequel to the 2007 Amy Adams film Enchanted, and they've just hired Hairspray director Adam Shankman to helm it. The sequel is called Disenchanted, and Adams is expected to reprise her role.
In the original film, Adams played a character named Giselle who was supposed to marry to her Prince Charming (James Marsden) in her animated world, but before that could happen she was banished by an evil queen to the real world of New York City. There she met a lawyer (Patrick Dempsey) who was supposed to marry another woman (Idina Menzel). As he tried to help Giselle they fell for each other.
According to THR, Disenchanted is set 10 years after the first movie, "with Giselle finding herself questioning her happily ever after, and accidentally triggering events that make everyone's lives turn upside down in both the real world and in the animated kingdom of Andalasia."
I actually really enjoyed the first movie, and it will be fun to see how the story for the sequel plays out. This is the film that helped launch Adam's career, and it's cool that she's willing to come back and star in the sequel.