Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem Reteam for "Spellbound" Animated Musical

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem have joined the cast of the animated musical movie "Spellbound" from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation.

The musical reunites the pair, who scored Oscar nominations for playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s 2021 biographical drama “Being the Ricardos”.

John Lithgow, Nathan Lane, Jenifer Lewis, André De Shields, and Jordan Fisher have also joined the cast.

West Side Story breakout star Rachel Zegler is leading the cast as Princess Ellian, a young royal who embarks on a daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms them into monsters and threatens to cover the land in darkness forever.

Kidman and Bardem, again starring as a married couple, will play her parents: Ellsmere, the kind and hyper-precise Queen of Lumbria, and Bardem Lumbria’s boastful yet big-hearted King, Solon.

Lithgow and Lewis will voice Princess Ellian’s royal advisors, Minister Bolinar and Minister Nazara Prone, with Lane and De Shields as The Oracles of the Sun and Moon that Ellian seeks out to break the spell on her parents and the kingdom.

Additional characters aiding Ellian throughout her quest include the young nomad Callan, voiced by Fisher.

"Spellbound" joins an expanding lineup of projects from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation, on the heels of their first animated feature "Luck"—debuting on Apple TV+ on August 5—and the animated series "Wondla".

Vicky Jenson is directing from a script by Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin, and Linda Woolverton.

John Lasseter, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and David Lipman are producing for Skydance Animation. Academy Award winner Alan Menken is providing the movie’s original score and songs, with song lyrics by Glenn Slater. Chris Montan is serving as an executive music producer.

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Kidman was most recently seen in Robert Eggers’ Viking revenge movie "The Northman", and in the Apple TV+ anthology series "Roar", which she also exec produces.

Upcoming projects include "Aquaman and the Last Kingdom", the Amazon series "Expats", the thriller "Holland, Michigan" and an untitled rom-com for Netflix with Joey King and Zac Efron.