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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Genre
Fantasy
Rating
PG
Released
2 November, 2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a 2018 American fantasy adventure film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston based on a screenplay by Ashleigh Powell. It is a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and Marius Petipa's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, about a young girl who is gifted a locked egg from her deceased mother and sets out in a magical land to retrieve the key. The film stars Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, and Morgan Freeman. The film was announced in March 2016 with Hallström directing a script by Powell. Much of the cast signed on that summer, and filming began in October at Pinewood Studios, lasting through January 2017. In December 2017, it was announced Joe Johnston would direct a month of reshoots, with Hallström agreeing to Johnston receiving co-directing credit.

Director Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Produced by Mark Gordon, Larry Franco
Writer(s) Ashleigh Powell
Starring Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Music James Newton Howard
Cinematography Linus Sandgren
Edited by Stuart Levy
Production, company Walt Disney Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Released October 29, 2018 (Dolby Theatre), November 2, 2018 (United States)
Running time 99 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $120–133 million
Box office $174 million

About The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

After finding a Nutcracker doll among the family's gifts, a young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.

Achievement of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The film is based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King as well as the Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.

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