Cinderella 3 A Twist In Time Trailer
Zee Petty
Cinderella will incorporate covers of classic pop anthems from global superstars, as well as original songs from Cabello and Menzel. The film launches exclusively around the world in 240 countries and territories on Prime Video on 3 September.
Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, said in a statement: Cinderella is a classic we all know and love, but this time with a modern unique twist and starring the sensational Camila Cabello and an all-star cast.
Cinderella is one of those tales that can seemingly always be adapted to fit with a modern audience, and Disney has revealed their newest take on the time-honored story in celebration of Disney+ Day. The new film will be called Sneakerella and tells the story of hard-working teen El as he falls in love with basketball princess Kira. Disney has released both the key art and the trailer for Sneakerella.
Sneakerella is set to premiere on Disney+ on February 18, 2022 and will star Chosen Jacobs as El, Lexi Underwood as Kira King, Kolton Stewart as Zelly, and four-time NBA Championship winner John Salley as Darius King.
NC (vo): With a title like Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, you have to know you're gonna get something pretty crazy and unconventional. But unlike other Disney DVD sequels, it kind of works to its advantage. I'm not gonna pretend this is a sequel that needs to exist or structurally works on all levels, but it is one of those films you cut a little slack, because what it does succeed in, is so imaginatively wild, and what it doesn't succeed in, still succeeds better than most of the others who tried it, including its (A shot of the cover of Cinderella II: Dreams Come True is inserted.) previous sequel. So have I gone insane, or is there some really legit, enjoyable, and creative ideas behind what should have been Disney's most embarrassing DVD sequel?
NC (vo): Okay, so admittedly, the film does start off kinda lame, giving you the intro you think a generic Disney DVD sequel would give you: Cinderella, voiced by Jennifer Hale, in a bouncy song with a pretty dress, and cute animals singing along. Even the Fairy Godmother's spells don't seem to have a curfew anymore. Aside from the animation looking really sharp, if you're like me, you'd probably turn this off pretty fast. Things turn around, though, when Cinderella's stepsister Anastasia, played by Tress MacNeille, stumbles across the Fairy Godmother's magic wand.
NC (vo): They quickly figure out the power it possesses when it accidentally turns Lucifer into...the reason I don't do 'shrooms anymore, and the Godmother tries to get it back, but she's accidentally turned into a statue.
(We are then shown a montage of shots of Lady Tremaine in this movie and the original 1950 film, emphasizing her sinister smile from the earlier film, which is used extensively in the newer film.)
NC (vo): Like the original, the filmmakers know the importance of a good villain. Lady Tremaine is one of the great Disney villains, and this film takes total advantage of the fact that they have her in this. It's like they said, "Take the evil from this one smile, and utilize it in every single shot." Any time she's on screen, you can feel the animators fighting over who draws her. She looks so fucking badass in every moment!
NC (vo): She turns back time, and honestly, all they have to do is show a clock going backwards. But no, we have to emphasize to all the little kids "happily ever after" horribly never happened. The imagery here is great, with everything being taken away from our heroes and being brought back to the moment when the glass slipper arrived at their home. It's almost like they can feel their happy lives being ripped from them right before they forget it even happens. What a twisted idea!
(Anastasia lifts up her foot to the camera in preparation of the slipper being tried on. As we cut back to NC, shots of Kaa hypnotizing Mowgli and Tinker Bell's butt as she is stuck in the Darlings' lock in the drawer are shown to both sides of him.)
(Anastasia is so excited that the glass slipper now fits that she does a cartwheel and stands on her head. Her mothers grabs her legs as her dress falls down, revealing her underwear and the glass slipper now fitting perfectly on her foot. Behind them, Drizella stifles a laugh.)
NC: It's like that minute of (A shot of Cinderella crying in the original movie (after her dress is torn up and just before the Fairy Godmother shows up) is shown in the corner.) her crying after her dress was destroyed...
NC (vo): She sings another uplifting song about going after her dream, but even that has kind of a cryptic subtext: she's trying to convince herself that she's not crazy, that there was a fairy godmother, and she danced with a prince.
(As she leaves with the cheese, another man walks up to the cheesemaker and smiles at him as well. As we cut back to NC, a shot of Jaq and Gus from the original movie is shown in the corner, showing Jaq pulling Gus' tail out straight to put beads on them for Cinderella's necklace.)
(As Cinderella stares, devastated, we see a clip of Leo Gallagher smashing a watermelon with a hammer, with a heart with the words "Cinderella's Heart" written on it covering over the watermelon. As the hammer comes down, the heart disappears, suggesting that her heart was broken.)
NC (vo): Cinderella gives up trying to convince the Prince, but the mice let her know that Tremaine is using her wand to hypnotize him. Would that...also explain this weird hand thing he's got going on?
NC (vo): I like the idea that something convinces him that Anastasia is the wrong woman and Cinderella's the right woman, but he has this theory that when you touch a woman's hand, you immediately know you're in love. If it was like touching her hand broke the spell and brought his memory back, that'd be one thing. But even before the spell is cast, he says you can tell you're in love by just holding her hand.
NC (vo): It's pretty funny that Anastasia just keeps the slipper on throughout the entire film, making her already awkward dance moves even more awkward. The King takes her aside, though, and gives her a surprisingly moment. He reveals that his wife was a terrible dancer, too. But it's the little things that brought them together, like a shell they found on the beach the first time they met that he's passing on to her.
(In their haste to flee with the wand, they run into Lady Tremaine's cat Lucifer. The mice use the wand to try and hide Lucifer in a box, only for Lucifer's head to come out, having been turned into a Jack-in-the-box! He snarls viciously at the fleeing mice and hops toward them. As we cut back to NC, shots of Lucifer in various transformed states in the film are shown, all pretty scary.)
(The Prince zipping away is shown again, followed by an image (added in by NC) of him holding up a sign reading, "I THINK I BROKE EVERY BONE IN MY BODY". Unable to go down the stairs, the Prince decides to jump out the nearest window instead. The next part is obviously added in by NC, as the sound of the Prince yelling is heard as he hits the ground with a thud, followed by him holding up another sign reading, "NOW I KNOW I BROKE EVERY BONE IN MY BODY". Outside, the Prince mounts his horse and confronts a short and portly guard.)
NC (vo): Yes, there's a second climax that once again probably isn't needed, but sweet Jesus, it's some of the best stuff in the film. Lady Tremaine uses the wand to transform Anastasia to look like Cinderella; banishes her [the real Cinderella] inside a dark, gooey pumpkin that lassos a horse with thorny vines; and is driven by a human version of Lucifer who's going to plunge it off a cliff!
(Jaq and Gus try to separate the vines holding the horse from the coach, but Lucifer grabs Gus and is ready to do him in once and for all, smiling wickedly as he does so. Cinderella climbs out of the coach and eases her way across to save her friend, as does Jaq.)
NC (vo): Cinderella escapes in time and makes it back to the palace to stop the wedding. I'll admit, it's cool that in these climaxes, we get one of the Prince saving her and one of her saving the Prince, like they really do help each other out back and forth.
(Outraged at this turn of events, Lady Tremaine decides to retaliate against her own daughter, along with everyone and everything in the palace. Tremaine uses the wand to turn the guards into animals before turning to her daughter and Cinderella, who comes to her stepsister's aid. Tremaine tries to cast a spell on Cinderella and Anastasia, but the Prince runs up in front of them and uses his sword to deflect the blast of magic back at Tremaine and Drizella.)
NC (vo): Tremaine tries to force a third climax, but that literally backfires (...resulting in Tremaine and Drizella turning into frogs), and the film finally starts to wrap up, with Anastasia changing back and even the Fairy Godmother being restored back to normal. The King is like, "I'm done."
NC (vo): Yes, it technically messes with the original, and, yes, there's some big elements that straight-up don't work, but what does work is so creative, dark, twisted, yet often still charming. The animation looks great, which, compared to other DVD sequels, is refreshing. The villains, who are often the best part of a Disney film, are given a ton of screentime. And I legit wanted to know what was gonna happen by the end. Is it crazy? Yeah. Does it feel like it was made as a cash-grab? You can never escape that. But for a film that should've been dead in the water, this team really worked hard to come up with something that was original, likeable, and very imaginative. I can't act like this is one of the great sequels, but I can say it far exceeded most people's expectations. For a film that should've been as soulless as an empty shoe, there was surprisingly quite a bit that filled it out.
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