Emilia Clarke and Gerard Butler to Star in Animated Musical THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Gerard Butler (Greenland) and Simone Ashley (Bridgerton) are lending their voices to upcoming animated musical The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland.
The film is based on Carys Bexington’s bestselling book, which mashed up two classic stories: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Clement Clarke Moore’s poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” (also known as “A Visit From St Nicholas”). Bexington’s book is illustrated by Kate Hindley and published by Macmillan.
Butler is set to voice St. Nick, Clarke will play the Queen of Hearts, and Ashley will play Alice.
Peter Baynton, who helmed Oscar-winning animated short film “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” is directing while Sara Daddy has written the screenplay (which is entirely in rhyming couplets). Guy Chambers and lyricist Amy Wadge provide the original music and songs.
“The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland is full of fun and festive twists,” reads the synopsis. “This time, it’s St Nick’s turn for an adventure down the rabbit hole.
“There he meets the Mad Hatter, recast as a high-fashion, reindeer-loving tea party host; the White Rabbit, an endearingly scatty and forgetful character; the Queen of Hearts, a Scrooge-esque tinsel-hater, her antagonistic sidekick, the Cheshire Cat and Alice herself, whose kindness helps St. Nick save Christmas.”
This sounds like it could be a fun new Christmas movie for families to enjoy.
via: Variety