The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a Disney film based on .

Synopsis
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's (Morgan Freeman) Christmas party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It's there that Clara encounters a nutcracker soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara's key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.

Cast

 * Mackenzie Foy as Clara Stahlbaum
 * Keira Knightley as The Sugar Plum Fairy
 * Eugenio Derbez as Hawthrone the Flower Realm King
 * Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Stahlbaum
 * Richard E. Grant as Shiver the Snow Realm King
 * Misty Copeland as The Ballerina Princess
 * Helen Mirren as Mother Ginger
 * Morgan Freeman as Drosselmeyer
 * Jayden Fowora-Knight as Phillip the Nutcracker
 * Jack Whitehall as Harlequin
 * Miranda Hart as Drewdrop Fairy
 * Lil Buck as The Mouse King
 * Ellie Bamber as Louise
 * Sergei Polunin as TBA

Production
Disney is developing a live-action adaptation titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Lasse Hallström would direct and Mark Gordon would produce from a script by Ashleigh Powell.

On July 15, 2017, it was confirmed at the D23 Expo that Mackenzie Foy would play Clara, a young girl who gets transported into a magical world. Keira Knightley was cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Helen Mirren would play Mother Ginger and Morgan Freeman will portray Drosselmeyer. Ballerina Misty Copeland would also play a role in the film.

The Walt Disney Studios panel also revealed that the Mouse King is a cutting-edge CGI creation, taking inspiration and motion capture from Charles Riley.

In December 2017, it was reported that Joe Johnston would helm 32 days of reshoots, scripted by Tom McCarthy, due to Hallström being unavailable. Hallström will still oversee post-production. It was later revealed that Hallström and Johnston had voluntarily decided to receive a joint directorial credit for the film.