The nutcracker and the four realms movie#

Sugar Plum (Keira Knightley) explains to Clara that Marie was the first Queen of the Realms. He’s still a toymaker in the film and he knows about the realms that Marie used to spend so much time in, so there’s no doubt that he was involved when they first came into being. In the short story and ballet, Drosselmeyer is the instigator in shrinking Clara/Marie and bringing the toys to life. Marie was the one who created the Four Realms when she was a girl through some tricky bit of magical engineering that is ruined by a bad CGI laser.Ĭlara’s godfather, Drosselmeyer, raised her orphaned mother up. She was killed in order to make the heroine complex because kids aren’t nuanced without tragedy. Like in all of the classic Disney movies, Clara’s mother is dead. Clara (Mackenzie Foy) is our young protagonist in the movie, but her mother’s name is Marie. In most English-language versions of the Nutcracker story, the primary protagonist is named Marie or Clara.

Mild spoilers for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms ahead.

The nutcracker and the four realms movie#

So what kind of movie are you watching if you go see this? Whether directors Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston were aware of it or not, Nutcracker and the Four Realms scans as a straight-up sequel to the original story. Hoffmann’s original short story and the ballet itself, calling the film a “dark” take on the Nutcracker tale, but that’s about it. The people behind-the-scenes have admitted that they were inspired by E.T.A.

Disney and the film’s directors are staying quiet about how exactly The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is connected to The Nutcracker ballet.