Godmothered is yet another live-action adaptation by Disney of one of their many iconic animated classics. This time around, it's
Cinderella — or more specifically Cinderella's fairy godmother. It was recently announced that production is now underway in Boston and that Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell will star in the Disney+ comedy.
Fisher is best known for her roles in
Now You See Me,
Wedding Crashes, and
Keeping Up With The Joneses while you might recognise Bell from
Rough Night or her starring role in
Brittany Runs a Marathon. Below is a synopsis of sorts for
Godmothered (courtesy of
The DisInsider):
Set at Christmas time, Godmothered is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Bell) who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 12-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of “Happily Ever After,” but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.
The cast also includes Jane Curtin (
Saturday Night Live), Jillian Shea Spaeder (
Walk The Prank), Willa Skye (
Lazy Susan), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Santiago Cabrera (
Star Trek: Picard), Artemis Pebdani (
Scandal), Utkarsh Ambudkar (
Mulan) and Stephnie Weir (
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend).
Sharon Maguire (
Bridget Jones's Diary) directs a screenplay by Kari Granlund (
Lady and the Tramp) and Melissa K. Stack (
The Other Woman). Justin Springer (
Dumbo) produces. The following names are listed as executive producers: Ivan Reitman (
Ghostbusters), Tom Pollock (
Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Amie Karp (
Ghostbusters: Afterlife), and Diane L. Sabatini (
Lady and the Tramp).