Last month it was announced that Mackenzie Foy (Interstellar) has nabbed the lead role of Clara in Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of The Nutcracker, and now Variety is reporting that Keira Knightley has signed on to portray the Sugar Plum Fairy.
The film, titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, is based upon E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which follows a young girl whose favourite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes to life and battles an army of evil mice, led by the Mouse King.
Lasse Hallstrom (Chocolat) is set to direct the film, whcih also has Morgan Freeman and ballerina Misty Copeland attached to star.
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Originally published August 19, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
