What Will the 'Enchanted' Sequel Be About?
We predict the plot of 'Disenchanted', featuring Amy Adams experts Jonny Ozburn and Christian Wilcox.
Enchanted is, quite definitively, the best Disney princess rom-com set in New York City. That’s probably because it’s the only Disney princess rom-com set in New York — which is quite a shame. Even if there were more films in this niche genre, Enchanted would still be the best. And, good news: there is a confirmed sequel, already titled Disenchanted. Since this is something most New Yorkers already are by default, we can’t help but wonder, what could that be about? This week, we’ve brought in resident Enchanted scholars Jonny Ozburn and Christian Wilcox to help us predict the future. Don’t be surprised when we’re right.
For those who don’t know, let us catch you up on the first film: Giselle, a bashfully redheaded Amy Adams at her very best, falls in love with the Prince (James Marsden) of the cartoon world Andalasia. The evil Queen (Susan Sarandon), wanting to hold her throne, banishes Giselle to hell: New York City. She meets the often-angered Robert (Patrick Dempsey), sings a few songs, gets to know NYC.
We’ve been waiting nearly 13 years for the sequel. Since Enchanted was released, we’ve had two Frozen films, seven Fast & Furious films, and the Hamilton stage musical and film. And yet, still no Enchanted 2. This week, we’re prodding Disney in hopes of a sequel. Disney writers, if you’re reading this, feel free to take our ideas. We accept venmo. From Bushwick to Nancy’s breakthrough, here are our suggestions for Disenchanted:
Scenario #1: Giselle Moves Back to Andalasia Due to Coronavirus
put on a mask, girl!
Thirteen years after Giselle first moved to New York, COVID-19 hits the city. Since the travel ban does not apply to Andalasia, Giselle decides to flee back home where there have been 0 confirmed cases due to impeccable leadership from King Edward and Queen Nancy. Unfortunately, due to a lack of proper testing in NYC, Giselle did not get tested prior to traveling and ends up being an asymptomatic carrier, causing an outbreak in Andalasia. While in quarantine, she installs interdimensional WiFi throughout all of Andalasia so that she can run her New York fashion company remotely via Zoom, and also perfects her banana bread recipe. Edward and Nancy work diligently with Andalasia’s COVID response team to ensure health and safety for its citizens, including a stimulus package featuring gumdrops and rainbows for ALL - human or animal. -Jonny
Scenario #2: It’s Nancy’s Time to Shine
this sequel is not actually a continuation, yet a retelling from Tony and Teen Choice award-winning actress Idina Menzel’s character Nancy.
All that New York fashion designer Nancy Tremaine wanted in a husband she found in Robert: good looks, sensitive, and a park view apartment. It’s a fast track to happily ever after until she finds him in his apartment with another woman! A heartbroken Nancy comes face to face with the harsh reality of becoming a single thirty-something-year-old woman in New York City again. We follow Nancy as she navigates forgiveness and jealousy, hoping to reconcile with Robert at The King and Queen’s Ball. Nancy ultimately learns that if you love something, you must set it free, but not before an epic makeover montage. Nancy realizes that sometimes love has nothing to do with practicality. Sometimes you truly do get the prince you deserved all along. -Christian
Scenario #3: Giselle Wins an Oscar
look, it’s Giselle at the Oscars
Amy Adams does not have an Oscar. There is no way around addressing this, so I have decided to face it head-on. How does this tragedy, you might ask, relate to Enchanted 2? If Giselle wins an Oscar in the plot of Disenchanted, it’s as if we’re manifesting the Academy Award into Adams’ hands. In this sequel, Giselle will continue the costuming and fitting company she starts at the end of Enchanted. This venture will spiral into something larger — we’ve seen just exactly how great of a seamstress Giselle is, she made that pretty floral dress from drapes! Her costuming won’t go unnoticed. Giselle networks with a Scott Rudin intern, and she’s hired for her first industry job working on something silly like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 3. Soon enough, she’s working on bigger things: Greta Gerwig movies, maybe even James Cameron’s Avatar 2. But her Academy Award comes from her being the lead costume designer for the movie adaptation of Wicked, thanks to some connections from Nancy. Giselle wins the Oscar, and Adams does too. Maybe this is wishful thinking. -Fletcher
Scenario #4: Prince Edward Decides to Move to New York Permanently to Pursue His Acting Career
drama major brutally attacks innocent civilian, colorized (2007)
There is no character that exudes more overly dramatic, happy-go-lucky, completely insufferable “actor” energy as James Marsden’s Prince Edward. This man eats, breathes, and bleeds drama. Everything he does he does with a flourish, and true to form, it is not as charming as he believes. It makes total sense that after arriving quite literally at the doorstep of Broadway, he realizes his true passion: the stage. Leaving Nancy behind, Prince Edward would fall back through the portal to try his hand at playing pretend for money. Yeah, this is the most cringe-worthy scenario of Enchanted 2. This would suck! But I would watch it nonetheless, to fuel one of my favorite hobbies: making fun of actors. It would be both an absolute horror and an absolute delight to watch Prince Edward go out for auditions and be eviscerated by New York’s most jaded casting directors (cameo appearance J.K. Simmons). -Annabelle
Scenario #5: Giselle Gets a Divorce and …Finds Herself
the new Giselle, now played by Oscar-winner Julianne Moore
Thirteen years of marriage and two children later; former queen-to-be finds herself single, unemployed and drowning in legal fees. Divorcing a divorce lawyer is no stroll through Andalasia. Giselle needs to find a job and, more importantly, find herself. An opening as an adjunct professor for sustainability fashion at Parsons and a new apartment in Chelsea will be a good start. Feeling more desperate than ever, Giselle seeks refuge in the bed of one of her students. In an 87 minute rollercoaster of mildly interesting antics, she discovers that true love's kiss is between a woman in her forties and her vibrator. An honest film about the complexities of womanhood through the lens of a gay man. The role of Giselle can be played by Julianne Moore if Amy Adams not available. -Christian
Scenario #6: Giselle Works at a Restaurant in the Lower East Side
“hi, welcome in! any allergies or dietary restrictions I should be aware of?”
This clothes-making business of Giselle’s cannot be sustainable. Everyone’s on Depop these days, girl. After her last penny dries up, Giselle decides to pick up a side-gig waiting tables at a local Italian joint. Her cheery spirit and can-do attitude fit all too well with the New York City restaurant industry — hell, she even tries bartending! But it’s not all easy. There’s drama with her sexually-charged, Dr. Martens-clad coworkers; however, she can’t really relate to 20-somethings. Giselle keeps calling in the rats and roaches to help her clean after a shift. The health department eventually closes the restaurant due to many, many health code violations. Banding together with her pack of angsty graduated NYU Tisch Drama coworkers, Giselle tries to reopen the restaurant in Andalasia. -Fletcher
Scenario #7: Giselle and Robert Move to Bushwick
wow! nice new place, guys
After a glorious decade on the Upper West Side, Giselle and Robert decide to downsize after Morgan heads to college at Bard. They find a cozy one-bedroom in Bushwick on StreetEasy and decide to move, even though they aren’t too familiar with the area. Giselle is horrified by the conditions of the J/Z line but figures she can always take a horse-drawn carriage if needed. We see Giselle dealing with real-world struggles such as walk-up units, gas heating systems, a new landlord (who reminds her a lot of Narissa), and the inevitable cigarette and ketamine addictions that come with moving to Brooklyn. Thankfully, she has her animal friends to assist her with deep cleaning her pre-war building and growing her own weed. -Jonny
Scenario #8: Giselle Never Meets Patrick Dempsey, and Must Find Her Way In New York Alone
Giselle, experiencing what moving to new york is actually like
In this alternate timeline, when Giselle pops out of the sewer into Times Square and eventually wanders around the rest of NYC, there is no divorce lawyer in shining armor to save her. She must find her way alone, and through a very chaotic montage, she begins her journey:
Wandering into Washington Square Park, Giselle is invited to play a game of chess. When she loses and one of the chess players asks for her tiara, she runs away.
Tripping over her dress, she falls face-first into the fountain.
An NYU Tisch student helps her up, and at first, Giselle is thrilled, thinking the student is one of her friends from Andalasia.
In reality, it is a drama performance of a Shakespeare play. Other students in the audience throw eggs at her for interrupting the performance.
Covered in eggs, Giselle runs to the nearest bodega, where she picks some flowers from the outside to cover the holes in her dress.
The bodega man runs outside and shakes his fist at her for stealing. She runs away, again.
Seeing a velvet loveseat on the curb, Giselle stops to rest.
She is immediately interrupted by a couple of twenty-somethings trying to “stoop” the couch. They throw her off and onto the ground.
There is a moment of stillness when Giselle gets onto the 6 train. She sits on the edge of the seat far away from the man covered in piss sitting next to her.
All the passengers, including piss-man, stare at her. She waves and cheerfully says hello to them all. The passengers, veterans to this subway nonsense, do not react.
When Giselle exits the subway, she finds she is at Grand Central Station. Thinking she is at a ball, she begins to ask strangers to dance, flash-mob style.
A stranger with a thick New York accent yells: “Yo lady! This isn’t Friends with Benefits!” Giselle remarks that the real benefit comes from simply being a friend.
Exiting Grand Central, Giselle finds it to be raining.
Lost and alone, she walks until she comes upon the New York Public Library. Defeated, she sits on the steps in the rain as the montage ends.
And finally, in the most New York cliche of all, Celine Dion’s “All By Myself” begins playing.
SO GOOD
brb calling Disney RIGHT NOW