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

Plot

What's the story about?

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.

Cited as official plot version from disney.com

Family Fantasy Adaptation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

• M
  Misty Copeland

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  Mackenzie Foy

  ... Clara

  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, The Conjuring

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  Morgan Freeman

  ... Drosselmeyer

  My Dead Friend Zoe, Gunner

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  Keira Knightley

  ... Sugar Plum Fairy

  The Aftermath, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

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  Helen Mirren

  ... Mother Ginger

  White Bird, Shazam! Fury of the Gods

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  Matthew Macfadyen

  ... Mr. Stahlbaum

  Holland, Deadpool & Wolverine

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  Jack Whitehall

  Jungle Cruise, Robots

• R
  Richard E. Grant

  Death of a Unicorn, Nuremberg

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  Miranda Hart

  ... Dew Drop Fairy

  Emma, Spy

• E
  Ellie Bamber

  ... Louise

  William Tell, Animal Friends

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  Eugenio Derbez

  ... Flower Realm King

  Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Radical

Crew Behind the Film

The The Nutcracker and the Four Realms behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Lasse Hallstrom last directed Hilma and A Dog's Purpose. The film's writer Ashleigh Powell last wrote Somacell and The Athena Project.

Director

Lasse Hallstrom
Joe Johnston

Screenwriter

Ashleigh Powell

Producer

Mark Gordon

Production Details

What we know about the The Nutcracker and the Four Realms movie production.

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.

Production Updates for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

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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