Sunny recovers the potion from the imp and gives it to Roland as they march on to the castle. A mutual attraction begins to develop between Marianne and Bog, but only Griselda sees it. When they consult Sugar Plum for an antidote, she explains that true love will negate the effects of the potion. When she realizes the severity of the situation, the two of them begin to find common interests. Marianne arrives and fights with Bog to return her sister. Defying her father's order, Marianne flies off after her sister while he grants Roland a small army to head off on foot to Bog's castle.ĭawn falls in love with Bog due to the potion, and Bog has her imprisoned for his own sanity. Bog orders them to deliver the potion to him by moon-down or he'll harm Dawn. Bog interrupts the celebrations and captures Dawn just as she is sprayed by the love potion and the imp steals it in order to spread it throughout the forest. Sunny returns to the ball and tries to hit Dawn with the love potion. Plum's escape rouses Bog King, who recaptures her while Sunny and the Imp escape. Sunny finds the Sugar Plum Fairy, who agrees to make the love potion if Sunny promises to set her free. Sunny goes back and finds the hidden primrose petal and, with the guidance of an Imp, travels to the Bog King's lair, where the Sugar Plum Fairy was being held prisoner by the Bog King. He convinces Sunny to venture into the Dark Forest to get the love potion, which they would both use on their respective fairies. Roland then encounters Sunny, who has an unrequited love for Dawn. Roland consults his warriors, who jokingly tell him to procure the love potion to woo Marianne. At the Spring Ball, Roland tries to win back Marianne, who angrily drives him away.
After falling through the border and into the Dark Forest, Sunny finds a primrose petal and hides it. Marianne's sister, Dawn, and her elf friend, Sunny, are nearly devoured by a giant lizard before Marianne rescues them. In the Dark Forest, the Bog King has the same view on love, despite his caring mother Griselda's protests. When fairy princess Marianne sees her fiancé, Roland, kissing another fairy on their wedding day, she vows never to fall in love again. To date, it is the only Lucasfilm Animation production that is not part of the Star Wars franchise. The film was negative to panned by most critics, who criticised its script, humor and songs but praised its animation, and was a box-office bomb, grossing $13.6 million worldwide and losing around $40–50 million. The film was released in the United States on Januby Touchstone Pictures, making it the first Lucasfilm production to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, following their parent company's acquisition of the studio on December 21, 2012. It was his first writing credit since the 1994 film Radioland Murders that is not associated with the Star Wars or Indiana Jones franchises. Lucas had been working on developing the project for 15 years before production began.
The score was composed by Marius de Vries and includes contemporary songs, such as " Love Is Strange" and " Strange Magic". The film stars Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph, Sam Palladio, and Alfred Molina. The film's screenplay was written by Rydstrom, David Berenbaum and Irene Mecchi, from a story by George Lucas inspired by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Strange Magic is a 2015 American computer-animated jukebox musical fantasy film directed by Gary Rydstrom and produced by Lucasfilm, with feature animation by Lucasfilm Animation and Industrial Light & Magic.