Nicole Kidman and others join Apple TV+ animated musical Spellbound

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What you need to know

  • Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem have joined the cast for the musical fantasy Spellbound.
  • John Lithgow, Nathan Lane, Jenifer Lewis, André De Shields, and Jordan Fisher are also on board.
  • Alan Menken is handling the songs.

Apple TV+ has reportedly added some new voice actors to its upcoming animated fantasy musical movie Spellbound, with Nicole Kidman leading the way.

The Apple TV+ movie comes from Apple Studios and Skydance Animation and already has a line of toys ready to go. Now it's added Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem to the cast, Variety reports.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem will lend their voices to "Spellbound," an animated fantasy musical from Apple Studios and Skydance Animation. The project reunites the pair, who just scored Oscar nominations for playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin's 2021 biographical drama "Being the Ricardos."

The movie has also reportedly added John Lithgow, Nathan Lane, Jenifer Lewis, André De Shields, and Jordan Fisher to the lineup, while West Side Story star Rachel Zegler will lead as Princess Ellian.

The musical will have Alan Menken on board. Menken was the one responsible for Under The Sea, a song that many of us probably grew up singing after watching The Little Mermaid.

There is currently no release window for when we can expect to be able to watch Spellbound, but you'll likely need an Apple TV+ subscription to take it in. At $4.99 per month, that's some of the best value in streaming right now with more content arriving almost weekly.

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Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.