'Shrek's Vicky Jenson to Direct Animated Movie 'Spellbound' for Skydance, Paramount

Paramount and Skydance have announced that the original animated musical Spellbound will hit theaters on Nov. 11, 2022 -- nine months after the release of Skydance Animation's first original feature, Luck. Vicky Jenson, who co-directed Shrek with Andrew Adamson, will direct from a script by Mulan scribes Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin as well as The Lion King writer Linda Woolverton. The story is set in a world of magic, where a young girl must break the spell that has split her kingdom in tw...