Enchanted director Kevin Lima was shocked he wasn’t asked to direct the sequel

Favorite Disney movie fascinated It mesmerized its viewers when it was first released in 2007.

according to Hollywood ReporterDirector Kevin Lima has been involved with the project for 15 years, however, the director was upset that Disney Studios didn’t think of him when it came to the sequel.

Lima tells us THR He’s shocked he wasn’t asked to star in the new movie, Disenchanted which currently holds a 39 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, against Enchanted’s 93 percent rating.

He said of “a perfect storm of change in Hollywood executives and politics that made him uninvited to the party, unfortunately.” Frustrating. “It was a very sad turn. I haven’t seen the movie. I haven’t read the script. So I’m going to experience the characters I helped create, grow and live through as the audience does.”

However, Lima shared that he’s still proud of the movie and that it made it to the list of fan favorite Disney Princess movies. Lima thought this was “because we paid tribute to these films in a loving way, fascinated become timeless.”

The platform highlighted the difficulties in making the original film, and stated that fascinated It has its origins in the late 1990s with the initial script written by Bill Kelly. Over the years, the script has been rewritten, and directors like Rob Marshall, John Turteltab, and Adam Shankman were in talks to helm the project before Kevin Lima came on board.

Lima said THR This is his playground fascinated The film has been described as a “love letter to Disney,” not the more pessimistic version that was in the works. And Lima has been pushed for Amy Adams to helm the movie in place of the established actress. Amy is a lifeline fascinatedWithout this performance, the director added, the movie wouldn’t be half of what it is.

Lima recalled that the studio was “very nervous” about the film, with some individuals at Disney expressing concerns that the film would only appeal to girls.

“The marketing department didn’t have confidence that the movie was worth making,” Lima said. “They didn’t think the boys were going to go see this movie, and the marketing department did their best to shut the movie down a few times while we were in pre-production. But I was really lucky.” [Disney execs] Nina Jacobson and Dick Cook believed in the movie and kept pushing us forward.”