The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara encounters a 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.

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Family Fantasy Adaptation

• M
  Misty Copeland

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  Mackenzie Foy

  ... Clara

  Interstellar, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

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  Morgan Freeman

  ... Drosselmeyer

  Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Last Vegas

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  Keira Knightley

  ... Sugar Plum Fairy

  Never Let Me Go, The Woman in Cabin 10

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  Helen Mirren

  ... Mother Ginger

  Goodbye June, Red

• 
  Matthew Macfadyen

  ... Mr. Stahlbaum

  Deadpool & Wolverine, Pride & Prejudice

• J
  Jack Whitehall

  Jungle Cruise, Clifford the Big Red Dog

• R
  Richard E. Grant

  Nuremberg, Ladies First

• M
  Miranda Hart

  ... Dew Drop Fairy

  Spy, Emma

• E
  Ellie Bamber

  ... Louise

  Animal Friends, William Tell

• 
  Eugenio Derbez

  ... Flower Realm King

  Instructions Not Included, The Angry Birds Movie 2

Who is making The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – Crew List

A look at The Nutcracker and the Four Realms behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Lasse Hallstrom last helmed The Map That Leads to You and Hilma. The film's writer Ashleigh Powell last penned Somacell and The Athena Project.

Director

Lasse Hallstrom
Joe Johnston

Screenwriter

Ashleigh Powell

Producer

Mark Gordon

Production – What we know about the The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

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Key Facts

• Joe Johnston, the helmer of Captain America: The First Avenger and Jurassic Park III, will do 32 days of reshoots (Hollywood Reporter, 12/12/17).
• Mouse King is a CG creation, “Lil Buck" was used as an inspiration and motion capture (D23 Expo, 7/15/17).
• There will be four “realms,” including the Land of the Flowers and the Land of the Snowflakes (D23 Expo, 7/15/17).
• Misty Copeland will play the lead ballerina role in the sole dance sequence in the film (Hollywood Reporter, 7/13/16).
• Based on “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Sep 2018

Completed

Changed The Nutcracker and the Four Realms movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jul 2017

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jul 2016

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Mar 2016

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Ashleigh Powell onboard to write the script.

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