Adam Michael Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, producer, writer, dancer, author, actor, and choreographer. He was a permanent judge on seasons 6–7 of the television program So You Think You Can Dance . He began his professional career in musical theater and was a dancer in music videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson . Shankman has choreographed dozens of films and directed several feature-length films, including A Walk to Remember , Bringing Down the House , The Pacifier , and the musicals Hairspray , Rock of Ages and Disenchanted .
95-425: His company, Offspring Entertainment (which he co-owns with his sister), produces films and television for various studios and networks. Shankman is also currently co-writing young adult novels for Simon & Schuster imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The books, co-written with author Laura Lee Sullivan, follow the story of rags to riches Lucille O'Malley as she becomes Hollywood's "it girl", navigating
190-607: A dragon and takes Robert hostage. Giselle takes Edward's sword and pursues Narissa to the top of the building to rescue Robert. Pip comes to support Giselle and causes Narissa to fall to her death on the streets below. Robert almost falls as well, but Giselle rescues him, and they share another kiss. Edward and Nancy fall in love and get married in Andalasia. Nathaniel, who stays in New York, and Pip, who returns to Andalasia, each write autobiographies based on their experiences in
285-433: A captured troll to kill Giselle, but Edward rescues her. She and Edward are instantly attracted to each other and plan to be married the following day. Narissa disguises herself as an old hag , intercepts Giselle on her way to the wedding, and pushes her into a well. Giselle is transformed into a live-action version of herself and transported to New York City 's Times Square . Giselle becomes frightened and overwhelmed by
380-596: A choreographer and dance consultant on dozens of movies including Addams Family Values , Catch Me If You Can , George of the Jungle and Boogie Nights . In 1998 Shankman wrote and directed Cosmo's Tale , a non-dialogue short film that appeared at the Sundance Film Festival . Following the short, his sister, Jennifer Gibgot , asked him to read a script that she had already set up with Fine Line Features , entitled The Wedding Planner . He liked
475-516: A computer-controlled lighting setup and a repeatable head on the camera that were all synchronized. In the film's final sequence, in which Narissa climbs the Woolworth Building while clutching Robert in her claws, a greenscreen rig was built to hold Patrick Dempsey in order to film his face and movements. The rig was a "puppeteering" approach that involved a robotic arm being controlled by three different floor effects artists. The film
570-471: A couple whose divorce Robert is mediating. Marlon Saunders and Jon McLaughlin appear as vocalists who sing " That's How You Know " and " So Close ", respectively. The initial script of Enchanted , written by Bill Kelly , was bought by Disney's Touchstone Pictures and Sonnenfeld / Josephson Productions for a reported sum of $ 450,000 in September 1997. The script was written for three years, but it
665-403: A dragon. The film's score was written by accomplished songwriter and composer Alan Menken , who has worked on a number of Disney films previously. Fellow composer Stephen Schwartz wrote the lyrics for six songs, also composed by Menken. Menken and Schwartz previously worked together on the songs for Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame . Menken became involved with the film in
760-485: A dual campaign to attract young voters for Rock the Vote and Funny or Die. In June 2017, he directed the pilot for Step Up , a gritty teen drama series produced by Lionsgate Television and YouTube Red . In addition to directing, Shankman has produced various studio films with his sister Jennifer Gibgot, through their company Offspring Entertainment . These include Touchstone Pictures ' Step Up , which helped launch
855-643: A good friend of his with whom he worked while choreographing Buffy the Vampire Slayer . He got the Buffy job based on Gellar's recommendation to the show's creator, Joss Whedon . Shankman danced on the Oscars telecast in 1990, and exactly 20 years later was a producer and choreographer at the 82nd Oscars. At the 1989 Oscars, Shankman danced in the number " Under the Sea ", where he met his best friend (a dancer in
950-508: A gross of $ 10.7 million in 3,520 theaters for a per-theater average of $ 3,042. It finished its fourth weekend at #4 with a gross of $ 5.5 million in 3,066 locations for a per-theater average of $ 1,804. Enchanted earned a gross of $ 127.8 million in the United States and Canada as well as a total of $ 340.5 million worldwide. It was the 15th highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ,
1045-401: A living character and a classic Disney villain. The CGI dragon design was loosely based on a traditional Chinese dragon and Susan Sarandon's live-action witch. When filming the scene which sees the transformation of Narissa from a woman into a dragon, a long pole was used to direct the extras' eyelines instead of a laser pointer. Set pieces were made to move back and forth in addition to having
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#17327907151681140-608: A lyrical homage to such songs as " Whistle While You Work " ( Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ), "The Work Song" ( Cinderella ), " A Spoonful of Sugar " ( Mary Poppins ) and "Making Christmas" ( The Nightmare Before Christmas ), and a musical homage to the Sherman Brothers (with a self-parodic "Alan Menken style" middle eight). "That's How You Know" is a self-parody of Menken's compositions for his Disney features, specifically such big production numbers as " Under
1235-410: A metal hoop that holds up twenty layers of petticoats and ruffles. Altogether, eleven versions of the dress were made for filming, each made of 200 yards (183 m) of silk satin and other fabric, and weighing approximately 40 pounds (18 kg). On the experience of wearing the wedding dress, Amy Adams described it as "grueling" since "the entire weight was on her hips, so occasionally it felt like she
1330-569: A murder mystery and meeting her match, Frederick van der Waals. Shankman was born in Los Angeles to an upper-middle-class Jewish family. He is the son of Phyllis (née Perper), a licensed practitioner in Gestalt therapy , and Ned Shankman, an entertainment lawyer and manager for such acts as Barry White , the American band X , and Sister Sledge . His sister Jennifer was born when Shankman
1425-476: A number of ways were used to indicate the physical presence of Pip. On some occasions, a small stuffed chipmunk with a wire armature on the inside was placed in the scene. In other situations, a rod with a small marker on the end or a laser pointer would be used to show the actors and cinematographer where Pip is. Unlike Pip, the Narissa dragon was allowed to be more of a fantasy character while still looking like
1520-490: A photorealistic chipmunk through the use of 3D computer graphics software, Maya and Furrocious. When visual effects supervisor Thomas Schelesny showed the first animation of Pip to director Kevin Lima, he was surprised that he was a looking at a CG character and not reference footage. To enhance facial expressions, the modelers gave Pip eyebrows, which real chipmunks do not have. During the filming of scenes in which Pip appears,
1615-480: A smaller 1.85:1 aspect ratio for the first animated sequence. The film switches back to 2.35:1 when it becomes live-action and never switches back, even for the remainder of the animated sequences. When this movie was aired on televised networks, the beginning of the movie (minus the Walt Disney Pictures logo and opening credits) was shown in the pillarboxed 4:3 aspect ratio; the remainder of the movie
1710-449: A way that was completely integral to the plot of the story." The three songs Giselle sings contain references to earlier Disney films. The first song played in the film, "True Love's Kiss", was written to be "a send-up of, and an homage to, the style of those Disney animated features", namely, "I'm Wishing" ( Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ) and " A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes " ( Cinderella ), during which Disney heroines sing about
1805-575: Is customary with the annual Bowl musicals, the Hair cast had fewer than 14 days to get the semi-staged show up and running. Shankman and his team had the task of teaching dialogue, choreography, music and lyrics for over forty numbers to a cast of thirty, in just ten days before going on to dress rehearsals. The cast and crew had only two dress rehearsals before going live to a crowd of 11,000 people. The show garnered positive reviews, including one from BroadwayWorld.com: "Overall, Shankman's production of HAIR for
1900-571: Is eager to take her home to Andalasia and marry her, she suggests they should first go on a date and get to know each other better. Giselle promises to return to Andalasia after the ball that night, which Robert and Nancy also attend. Nathaniel reports his failure to poison Giselle to Narissa, so Narissa decides to enter the real world and kill Giselle herself. At the ball, Robert and Giselle dance together. Giselle and Edward prepare to depart, but Giselle begins to feel guilty and anguished for leaving Robert behind. Shortly before midnight, Narissa appears as
1995-432: Is initially angry at Giselle, but he ends up spending the day with her to help familiarize her with the city. Giselle questions Robert about his relationship with Nancy and helps the pair reconcile by sending her flowers and an invitation to a costume ball at the Woolworth Building . Nathaniel attempts to give Giselle a poisoned apple twice, but his attempts fail. Edward locates Giselle at Robert's apartment. Although he
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#17327907151682090-557: Is not being marketed as one of the Disney Princesses, Enchanted merchandise was made available in various outlets with Adams' animated likeness being used on all Giselle merchandise. Giselle led the 2007 Hollywood Holly-Day Parade at Disney's Hollywood Studios . She was also featured in the 2007 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade in the Magic Kingdom with the official Disney Princesses. A video game based on
2185-476: Is straight, the sleeves are up and never collapse". May was delighted that Lima "went for something more fashion-forward" with Susan Sarandon 's Queen Narissa. She decided to make her look like a "runway lady", wearing something that is "still Disney" but also "high fashion, like something John Galliano or Thierry Mugler might design". Since Narissa appears in three media: hand drawn animation , live-action, and computer animation , May had to make sure that
2280-582: The 65th Golden Globe Awards and three Best Original Song nominations at the 80th Academy Awards . This is the first Walt Disney Pictures film to be distributed under the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures banner after Disney retired the Buena Vista brand from its distribution division. A sequel, Disenchanted , was released on Disney+ on November 18, 2022. In the animated fairy tale kingdom of Andalasia,
2375-459: The bluebird and the fawn , Teala Dunn as a bunny and Fred Tatasciore as the troll. Julie Andrews provides the film's narration. Paige O'Hara and Judy Kuhn make cameo appearances as soap opera character Angela and a pregnant woman Edward encounters, respectively. John Rothman and Jodi Benson portray, respectively, Robert's boss Carl and secretary Sam, while Tonya Pinkins and Isiah Whitlock Jr. portray Phoebe and Ethan Banks,
2470-536: The 4th best film of 2007. Rolling Stone , Premiere , USA Today , and The Boston Globe all gave the film three out of four, while The Baltimore Sun gave the film a B grade. They cited that although the story is relatively predictable, the way in which the predictability of the film is part of the story, the amazingly extravagant musical numbers, along with the way in which Disney pokes fun at its traditional line of animated movies outweighs any squabbles about storyline or being unsure of what age bracket
2565-512: The Blu-ray Disc and DVD are "Fantasy Comes to Life", a three-part behind-the-scenes feature including "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know" and "A Blast at the Ball"; six deleted scenes with brief introductions by director Kevin Lima; bloopers; "Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure", a short in pop-up storybook style; and Carrie Underwood's music video for "Ever Ever After". Featured on
2660-539: The Blu-ray disc only is a trivia game titled "The D Files" that runs throughout the movie with high scoring players given access to videos "So Close", "Making Ever Ever After" and "True Love's Kiss". In the United States, certain DVDs at Target stores contain a bonus DVD with a 30-minute-long making-of documentary titled Becoming Enchanted: A New Classic Comes True . This DVD is also sold with certain DVDs at HMV stores in
2755-620: The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, Point Foundation , GO Campaign , Special Olympics and Motion Picture and Television Fund . He teaches classes and mentors students for Ghetto Film School and has appeared at events for Operation Smile . Shankman serves on the board of The Trevor Project and co-founded the DizzyFeet Foundation with his friend Nigel Lythgoe. This was founded in 2009 to support, improve, and increase access to dance education in
2850-488: The Hollywood Bowl is definitely a must-see event this weekend. Steeped in dazzling visuals, fun music, high-energy choreography, and a cast of talented, staggeringly gorgeous youngsters with giddiness coming out of every pore, this musical celebration of peace, love, and happiness deserves your attention." In 2015, Warner Bros. Theater Ventures started developing a musical version of the 2009 movie 17 Again , which
2945-560: The Queen , Step Up: High Water and Modern Family . He has directed several shorts for Funny or Die , including " Prop 8 - The Musical " starring Jack Black and written by composer Marc Shaiman . According to Time magazine, "Prop 8 - The Musical" was Marc Shaiman's attempt to pick apart the anti-gay marriage lobby's logic. Lending support to the cause were actors Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Craig Robinson, Neil Patrick Harris and Allison Janney. In 2012, Shankman directed
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3040-452: The Sea " ( The Little Mermaid ) and " Be Our Guest " ( Beauty and the Beast ). To achieve this, Schwartz admitted he had to "push it a little bit further in terms of choices of words or certain lyrics" while maintaining "the classic Walt Disney sensibility". However, Menken noted that the songs he has written for Disney have always been "a little tongue-in-cheek". As the film progresses,
3135-488: The United Kingdom. On November 12, 2021, the film was added to Disney+ to coincide with Disney+ Day . On October 26, 2022, the film was upgraded to 4K resolution on Disney+. Enchanted earned $ 8 million on the day of its release in the United States, placing at #1. It was also placed at #1 on Thanksgiving Day, earning $ 6.7 million to bring its two-day total to $ 14.6 million. The film grossed $ 14.4 million on
3230-413: The United States by providing grants to after school dance and arts programs in low income areas and rewarding scholarships to talented dancers across the country. The foundation is the biggest supporter and trailblazer for National Dance Day , hosting various events every July across the United States. Shankman is gay. He officiated the wedding of actors Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar ,
3325-495: The United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Enchanted (film) Enchanted is a 2007 American live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and written by Bill Kelly . Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures , Josephson Entertainment , and Right Coast Productions , the film stars Amy Adams , Patrick Dempsey , James Marsden , Timothy Spall , Idina Menzel , and Susan Sarandon , with Julie Andrews as
3420-512: The animation to be nostalgic , he wanted Enchanted to have a style of its own. Baxter's team decided to use Art Nouveau as a starting point. For Giselle, the hand-drawn animated character had to be "a cross between Amy Adams and a classic Disney princess . And not a caricature." Seeing Giselle as "a forest girl, an innocent nymph with flowers in her hair" and "a bit of a hippie", the animators wanted her to be "flowing, with her hair and clothes. Delicate." For Prince Edward, Baxter's team "worked
3515-411: The apple's curse. Edward's kiss fails to wake Giselle, and the clock begins to chime, prompting Narissa to boast that Giselle will soon die. Edward realizes Robert should kiss Giselle instead, but Robert is hesitant to do so until Nancy, despite being heartbroken, gives him her permission. Robert kisses Giselle right before the stroke of midnight, causing her to awaken. Infuriated, Narissa transforms into
3610-705: The careers of Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan ; Premonition , starring Sandra Bullock ; Bedtime Stories for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ; 17 Again , starring Zac Efron ; The Last Song , starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth ; and Going the Distance , starring Justin Long and Drew Barrymore . Shankman also served as producer of the Step Up franchise . In 2009, Shankman produced Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special , with Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe . With Bill Mechanic , Shankman
3705-457: The changing weather, which allowed only seven sunny days for the scene to be filmed. The filming was also hampered at times by Patrick Dempsey 's fans. The scene was choreographed by John O'Connell, who had worked on Moulin Rouge! beforehand, and included 300 extras and 150 dancers. Many scenes were filmed at Steiner Studios , which provided the three large stages that Enchanted needed at
3800-466: The corrupt and ruthless Queen Narissa is determined to stay in power; her reign will end if her stepson, Prince Edward, ever gets married. Narissa enlists her loyal servant, Nathaniel, to help Edward hunt trolls to distract Edward from searching for his true love . A young woman named Giselle lives in a forest and dreams of meeting a prince and experiencing a " happily ever after ." Edward hears Giselle singing and sets off to find her. Nathaniel frees
3895-463: The costume would be the same throughout in terms of "color, shape , and texture". The costume for Narissa consisted of a leather corset and skirt, which looked "reptilian", as well as a cape . Working with the animators, May incorporated parts of the dragon 's form into the costume; the cape was designed to look like wings , the layers of the skirt wrap around like a tail and a crown that would turn into horns during Narissa's transformation into
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3990-443: The costumes, May spent one year in pre-production working with animators and her costume department of twenty people, while she contracted with five outside costume shops in Los Angeles and New York City. She became involved in the project during the time when the animators were designing the faces and bodies of the characters as they had to "translate the costumes from two-dimensional drawings to live-action human proportion". Her goal
4085-560: The crowd while filming in Times Square , general pedestrians were featured in the scene with hired extras placed in the immediate foreground. Similarly, a crowd gathered to watch as James Marsden and Timothy Spall filmed their scenes in Times Square . However, the scene Lima found the most challenging to shoot was the musical number, " That's How You Know ", in Central Park . The five-minute scene took 17 days to finish due to
4180-656: The dance style associated with the choreography duo of Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo . The term is popularly credited to him, as reported in the May/June 2009 issue of Dance Spirit magazine. Shankman has donated time and funds to numerous charitable and political foundations. He actively promotes charitable causes by producing live events and galas, utilizing social media, participating in PSAs , speaking engagements and personal appearances. These charities include AIDS Project Los Angeles , Mountains AIDS Foundation, Feeding America ,
4275-436: The distant past, such as Old Yeller , The Shaggy Dog , Swiss Family Robinson , Bon Voyage! , and Savage Sam . As most of Disney's traditional animation artists were laid off after the computer graphics boom of the late 1990s, the 13 minutes of animation were not done in-house but by the independent Pasadena -based company James Baxter Animation, founded by former Disney animator Baxter. Although Lima wanted
4370-473: The early stages of the film's development and invited Schwartz to resume their collaboration. They began the songwriting process by searching for the right moments in the story in which a song moment was allowed. Schwartz found that it was easier to justify situations in which the characters would burst into songs in Enchanted than in other live-action musicals as its concept "allowed the characters to sing in
4465-489: The film The Wedding Planner , which Gibgot produced and Shankman directed. Offspring Entertainment, in addition to several feature films on the development slate, has a deal with Warner Bros Television and Warner Horizon, and are currently developing television series and events for both network and cable. In the past they have had first look development deals with New Line Cinema and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . Prior to opening Offspring Entertainment, Shankman
4560-465: The film was released for Nintendo DS and mobile phones in addition to a Game Boy Advance title, Enchanted: Once Upon Andalasia , which is a prequel to the film, about Giselle and Pip rescuing Andalasia from a magic spell. Enchanted was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on March 18, 2008, in the United States. While Enchanted topped the DVD sales chart on
4655-399: The film as the ninth best reviewed film in wide release of 2007 and named it the best family film of 2007. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "A-" on scale of A to F. Positive reviews praised the film's take on a classic Disney story, its comedy and musical numbers as well as the performance of its lead actress, Amy Adams . Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave
4750-430: The film has an approval of 93% based on 193 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "A smart re-imagining of fairy tale tropes that's sure to delight children and adults, Enchanted features witty dialogue, sharp animation, and a star turn by Amy Adams." Metacritic gave it a rating of 75 out of 100 based on 32 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Rotten Tomatoes ranked
4845-404: The film progresses. Her wedding dress at the beginning of the film directly contrasts her modern gown at the end of the film. The wedding dress served to provide a "humongous contrast to the flat drawings" and to accentuate the image of a Disney Princess . In order to make the waist look small, the sleeves are designed to be "extremely pouffy" and the skirt to be as big as possible, which included
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#17327907151684940-673: The film three stars out of four, describing it as a "heart-winning musical comedy that skips lightly and sprightly from the lily pads of hope to the manhole covers of actuality" and one that "has a Disney willingness to allow fantasy into life". Film critics of Variety and LA Weekly remarked on the film's ability to cater for all ages. LA Weekly described the film as "the sort of buoyant, all-ages entertainment that Hollywood has been laboring to revive in recent years (most recently with Hairspray ) but hasn't managed to get right until now" while Todd McCarthy of Variety commented, "More than Disney's strictly animated product, Enchanted , in
5035-586: The film's production so the costumes would be aligned in both the animated and live-action worlds. He also shot some live-action footage of Amy Adams as Giselle for the animators to use as reference, which also allowed the physical movement of the character to match in both worlds. Test scenes completed by the animators were shown to the actors, allowing them to see how their animated selves would move. Principal photography began in April 2006 and ended in July. Because of
5130-690: The film. Lima tried to "cram every single piece of Disney iconic imagery" that he could into the first ten minutes, which were done in traditional cel animation (in contrast to computer-generated imagery 3-D animation ) as a tribute to past Disney fairy tale films such as Sleeping Beauty , Cinderella , and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . It was the first Disney film theatrically released in America to feature traditional cel animation since Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005). This film, although quite different in terms of plot from any previous Disney film, also contained obvious homages to other Disney films of
5225-473: The following day, bringing its total haul to $ 29.0 million placing ahead of other contenders. Enchanted made $ 34.4 million on the Friday-Sunday period in 3,730 theaters for a per-location average of $ 9,472 and $ 49.1 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday in 3,730 theaters for a per-location average of $ 13,153. Its earnings over the five-day holiday exceeded projections by $ 7 million. Ranking as
5320-406: The hardest on him to make him look like the actor" because princes "in these kinds of movies are usually so bland." Many prototypes were made for Narissa as Baxter's team wanted her face to "look like Susan Sarandon . And the costumes had to align closely to the live-action design." To maintain continuity between the two media, Lima brought in costume designer Mona May during the early stages of
5415-434: The harshness and unfamiliarity of her new environment. Meanwhile, Robert Philip, a divorce lawyer , plans to propose to his girlfriend, Nancy. Robert and his young daughter, Morgan, encounter Giselle. Robert reluctantly allows Giselle to stay in his apartment at the insistence of Morgan, who believes Giselle is a princess. Edward embarks on a mission to save Giselle, along with Giselle's chipmunk friend Pip; they jump down
5510-482: The hired choreographer fell through, Shankman lied and said that he had done choreography for Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. He was hired on the spot without his story being verified. As a choreographer, he worked with acts including Tony! Toni! Toné! , The Time, Whitney Houston and Aaron Neville . In 1996 he won a Bob Fosse Award for Best Choreography in a Commercial. On television, he was a go-to choreographer on Friends and The Ellen DeGeneres Show . He served as
5605-496: The idea of a "loving homage" to Disney's heritage. He created visual storyboard printouts that covered the story of Enchanted from beginning to end, which filled an entire floor of a production building. After Lima showed them to Dick Cook , the chairman of the Walt Disney Studios , he received the green light for the project and a budget of $ 85 million. Lima began designing the world of Andalasia and storyboarding
5700-536: The joy of being loved. It posed a challenge for Menken and Schwartz because of the "many preconceptions with that number"; it had to be reflective of the era of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella . Accordingly, Amy Adams performed the first song in an operetta style in contrast to the Broadway style of the later songs. Both " Happy Working Song " and " That's How You Know " also pay tributes to past Disney songs and movies. "Happy Working Song" pays
5795-581: The live-action environment in the same method as they did in Roger Rabbit ; however, there are some scenes where live-action characters share the screen with two-dimensional animated characters, for example, a live-action Nathaniel communicating with a cel-drawn Narissa, who is in a cooking pot. The film uses two aspect ratios ; it begins in 2.35:1 when the Walt Disney Pictures logo and Enchanted storybook are shown, and then switches to
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#17327907151685890-651: The live-action portions of the film. CIS Hollywood was responsible for 36 visual effects shots, which primarily dealt with wire removals and composites. Reel FX Creative Studios did four visual effects shots involving the pop-up book page-turn transitions while Weta Digital did two. Out of all the animals that appear in the " Happy Working Song " sequence, the only real animals filmed on set were rats and pigeons. The real animals captured on film aided Tippett Studio in creating CGI rats and pigeons, which gave dynamic performances such as having pigeons that carried brooms in their beaks and rats that scrubbed with toothbrushes. On
5985-561: The live-action segments took place around New York City . Enchanted premiered at the London Film Festival on October 20, 2007, and went into its wide release in the United States on November 21. It was critically well-received, established Adams as a leading lady , and earned more than $ 340 million worldwide at the box office. It won three Saturn Awards , Best Fantasy Film , Best Actress for Adams and Best Music for Menken. Enchanted also received two nominations at
6080-524: The manner of the vast majority of Hollywood films made until the '60s, is a film aimed at the entire population – niches be damned. It simply aims to please, without pandering, without vulgarity, without sops to pop-culture fads, and to pull this off today is no small feat." Enchanted was the Broadcast Film Critics Association 's choice for Best Family Film of 2007 while Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer named it
6175-458: The movie based on the musical of the same name, Rock of Ages . In 2019 he directed What Men Want , starring Taraji P. Henson for Paramount Pictures. Shankman also helmed Walt Disney Pictures ' Disenchanted , the sequel to Enchanted , starring Amy Adams . Shankman has directed commercial campaigns for Macy's , Marshalls and Schick , as well as primetime television pilots and shows, including Being Mary Jane , Glee , AJ and
6270-431: The movie before a cast was chosen to play the characters. After the actors were hired, he was involved in making the final design of the movie, which made sure the animated characters look like their real-life counterparts. Enchanted is the first feature-length Disney live-action/traditional animation hybrid since Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988, though the traditionally animated characters do not interact in
6365-458: The music uses more contemporary styles, which is heard through the adult ballad " So Close " and the country/pop number "Ever Ever After" (sung by Carrie Underwood as a voice-over). Out of the six completed songs written and composed by Menken and Schwartz, five remained in the finished film. The title song, "Enchanted," a duet featuring Idina Menzel and James Marsden , was the only song of Menken's and Schwartz's authorship and composition that
6460-412: The narrator. It focuses on an archetypal Disney princess -to-be named Giselle exiled from her animated world into the live-action world of New York City . The film is both a homage to and a self-parody of Disney's animated features , making numerous references to past works through the combination of live-action filmmaking, traditional animation , and computer-generated imagery . It also marks
6555-436: The old hag and offers the last poisoned apple to Giselle, promising that it will erase her memories of Robert. She takes a bite and immediately falls into a deep sleep. Narissa tries escaping with Giselle's body, but Edward thwarts her. Realizing that Narissa never cared about him, Nathaniel reveals her plot and apologizes for his previous actions. Robert realizes that true love's kiss is the only force powerful enough to break
6650-531: The other hand, all the cockroaches were CGI characters. Pip, a chipmunk who can talk in the 2D world of Andalasia, loses his ability to communicate through speech in the real world so he must rely heavily on facial and body gestures. This meant the animators had to display Pip's emotions through performance as well as making him appear like a real chipmunk. The team at Tippett began the process of animating Pip by observing live chipmunks which were filmed in motion from "every conceivable angle", after which they created
6745-814: The pilot episode. The third season of the series aired on Starz Encore in 2022. In May 2021, Shankman announced that he would serve as an executive producer for Hocus Pocus 2 . In August 2014, Shankman directed and choreographed a production of Hair at the Hollywood Bowl . Zach Woodlee assisted Shankman in choreography and Lon Hoyt served as music director. The show presented an all-star cast including Benjamin Walker as Berger, Kristen Bell as Sheila and Hunter Parrish as Claude. Other cast members included Sarah Hyland , Jenna Ushkowitz , Mario , Kevin Chamberlin , Beverly D'Angelo and Amber Riley . As
6840-562: The real world. Giselle begins dating Robert and starts a fashion design business, which becomes very successful. Giselle's chipmunk friend Pip is voiced by Jeff Bennett in Andalasia, where he has no trouble expressing himself through speech, while Enchanted director Kevin Lima voices Pip in the real world, where he must communicate through squeaks and charades. Much of Pip's personality were based on Disney sidekicks such as Mushu from Mulan and Timon from The Lion King . The Andalasia cast also includes Lima's daughter Emma Rose Lima as
6935-519: The retirement of the previous Buena Vista Pictures Distribution . Disney had originally planned to add Giselle to the Disney Princess line-up, as it was shown at a 2007 Toy Fair where the Giselle doll was featured with packaging declaring her with Disney Princess status, but decided against it when they realized they would have to pay for lifelong rights to Amy Adams ' image. While Giselle
7030-481: The return of traditional animation to a Disney feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in 2004. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz , who had written songs for previous Disney films, wrote and produced the songs of Enchanted , and Menken also composed the film's score. The animated sequences were produced at James Baxter Animation in Pasadena, while filming of
7125-553: The same facility. Other outdoor locations included the Brooklyn Bridge and The Paterno , an apartment building with a curved, heavily embellished, ivory-colored façade located on the corner of Riverside Drive and 116th Street , which is the residence of the film's characters Robert and Morgan. All the costumes in the film were designed by Mona May, who had previously worked on Clueless (1995), The Wedding Singer (1998), and The Haunted Mansion (2003). To create
7220-555: The same number), director and choreographer Anne Fletcher . A star in the Hercules constellation was nicknamed after Shankman in the International Star Registry . Producer Producer Offspring Entertainment Offspring Entertainment is a production company owned by producers Jennifer Gibgot and Adam Shankman . The company was established by the siblings in 2004 after their work together on
7315-470: The same time Enchanted took almost two years to complete. The animation took about a year to finish while the live-action scenes, which commenced filming on location in New York City during the summer of 2006 and were completed during the animation process, were shot in 72 days. Out of the film's 107 minutes of running time, ten of the approximately 13 minutes of animation are at the beginning of
7410-591: The script and this led to a meeting with execs. He was hired for the job of director ten minutes into the meeting. The movie eventually went to Columbia Pictures and was a box office success. Following The Wedding Planner , Shankman went on to direct seven more studio films: A Walk to Remember , Cheaper by the Dozen 2 , Bringing Down the House , The Pacifier , the 2007 award-winning film Hairspray , Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ' Bedtime Stories , and
7505-413: The script once again. At the time, Disney considered offering the role of Giselle to Kate Hudson or Reese Witherspoon . However, the project did not take off. On May 25, 2005, Variety reported that Kevin Lima had been hired as director and Bill Kelly had returned to the project to write a new version of the script. Lima worked with Kelly on the script to combine the main plot of Enchanted with
7600-469: The second-highest Thanksgiving opening after Toy Story 2 , which earned $ 80.1 million over the five-day holiday in 1999, Enchanted is the first film to open at #1 on the Thanksgiving frame in the 21st century. In its second weekend, Enchanted was also the #1 film, grossing a further $ 16.4 million at 3,730 locations for a per-theater average of $ 4,397. It dropped to #2 in its third weekend, with
7695-405: The sequence setting, the live action scenes were filmed in New York City. However, shooting in New York became problematic as it was in a "constant state of new stores, scaffolding and renovation". The first scene in New York, which features Giselle emerging from a manhole in the middle of Times Square , was filmed on location in the center of the square. Because of the difficulties in controlling
7790-531: The week of its release in the United States, narrowly defeating the DVD sales of I Am Legend , the Blu-ray Disc sales of I Am Legend were nearly four times the number of Blu-ray Disc sales of Enchanted . Overall, Enchanted was the eighth best-selling film on home video with 5.3 million units sold and earning a revenue of $ 86.3 million. The DVD was released in United Kingdom and Europe on April 7, 2008, Australia on May 21, 2008 and in other 50 international countries on 2008. The bonus features included on both
7885-567: The well, turn into live-action versions of themselves, and emerge in Times Square. To his dismay, Pip discovers he cannot speak in the real world. Narissa sends Nathaniel to follow Edward and sabotage his efforts to find Giselle. Narissa gives Nathaniel three poisoned apples to use on Giselle. Whoever eats one of the apples will fall into a deep sleep and die at midnight. Nancy arrives to take Morgan to school. After seeing Giselle, Nancy assumes Robert has been unfaithful to her and leaves. Robert
7980-432: Was Hollywood's go-to choreographer and Gibgot worked with Tapestry Films. Gibgot got her start as a producer at Tapestry Films where she produced romantic comedy favorites The Wedding Planner and She's All That . Shankman got his start as a dancer and choreographer, teaching movie stars and television stars how to dance before branching into directing and producing. This article about an entertainment company in
8075-468: Was cast in his first professional show, West Side Story , at the esteemed Michigan Opera Theater . Shankman moved back to Los Angeles and started dancing in music videos. He was a dancer in Janet Jackson's "Alright" video, as well as in an MC Skat Kat video with Paula Abdul. Shankman broke into professional choreography in a 1989 music video for rapper MC Shan with director Julien Temple . When
8170-455: Was deleted from the movie. The majority of the visual effects shots in Enchanted were done by Tippett Studio in Berkeley, California, who contributed a total of 320 shots. These shots involved virtual sets, environmental effects and CGI characters that performed alongside real actors, namely the animated animals during the "Happy Working Song" sequence, Pip and the Narissa dragon during
8265-502: Was directed by Burr Steers and produced by Shankman and Gibgot. The show was workshopped in New York's theater district, with a run planned for the near future. The musical is being produced by Warner Bros. Theater Ventures, Mark Kaufman and Adam Shankman. Shankman was a judge and choreographer on seasons 3–10 of the Fox Broadcasting reality show So You Think You Can Dance . He used the term " lyrical hip-hop " to describe
8360-501: Was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures to 3,730 theaters in the United States. It was distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International to over 50 territories around the world and topped the box office in several countries including the United Kingdom and Italy. It is the first movie to be released under the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures name following
8455-517: Was four years old. He attended Palisades High School before attending Juilliard School . After graduating from Palisades, Shankman was a performing intern and junior company member of the prestigious Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Having been accepted for both dancing and acting at Juilliard, he chose dance as his major without having any previous formal training. He dropped out of college to dance in musical theater and at nineteen he
8550-444: Was in traction". Unlike Giselle, Prince Edward does not adapt to the real world and James Marsden , who plays Edward, had only one costume designed for him. May's aim was to try "not to lose Marsden in the craziness of the outfit... where he still looks handsome". The costume also included padding in the chest, buttocks, and crotch, which gave Marsden the "same exaggerated proportions as an animated character" and "posture – his back
8645-523: Was initially scheduled to be released in 2002 with Rob Marshall as director but he withdrew due to "creative differences" between the producers and him. In 2001, director Jon Turteltaub was set to direct the film but he left soon after, later working with Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer on the National Treasure franchise. Adam Shankman became the film's director in 2003, while Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle were hired by Disney to rewrite
8740-604: Was one of the two producers of the 82nd Academy Awards, which took place on March 7, 2010. The telecast earned a record 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Shankman, for Best Choreography and Co-Producing. Offspring Entertainment, in addition to having several feature films on the development slate, has a deal with Warner Bros. Television and Warner Horizon, and is currently developing television series and events for both network and cable. Adam Shankman serves as an executive producer on YouTube Premium and Lionsgate Television series Step Up . He also directed
8835-446: Was shown in the 16:9 aspect ratio when it becomes live-action. The fullscreen version uses the 4:3 format during the entire movie, while the open matte version retains the letterboxed 1.85:1 format for the first animated sequence then switches to an open matted 1.85:1 format for the rest of the movie when it switches to live-action. Lima oversaw the direction of both the live-action and animation sequences, which were being produced at
8930-464: Was thought to be unsuitable for Walt Disney Pictures because it was "a racier R-rated movie", inspired by the adult-risque comedy movies in the 1980s and 1990s such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and American Pie . The first draft of the script had Giselle being mistaken for a stripper when she arrives in New York City. To the frustration of Kelly, the screenplay was rewritten several times, first by Rita Hsiao and then by Todd Alcott . The film
9025-428: Was to keep the designs "Disneyesque to the core but bring a little bit of fashion in there and humor and make it something new". However, May admitted this was difficult "because they're dealing with iconic Disney characters who have been in the psyche of the viewing audience for so long". For the character of Giselle, her journey to becoming a real woman is reflected in her dresses, which become less fairy tale-like as
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