Strange Magic

Inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and from George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars Strange Magic is a madcap animated musical fantasy. Bog King (Alan Cumming) leader of the Dark Forest, hates the notion of love and has ordered the destruction of all primroses, which are an essential ingredient of love potions. However, when he meets Marianne (Evan Rachel Wood), a feisty fairy princess whose heart was broken by a philandering fiancé, he begins to change his mind. Meanwhile, an elf named Sunny (Elijah Kelley) makes his way to the Dark Forest to collect enough primrose petals for a potion of his own. From the creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones Includes covers of many famous songs, from The Doors to Lady Gaga sung by the characters Scrungy animation made popular by The Boxtrolls Strange Magic is a 2015 American computer-animated musical fantasy-comedy film directed by Gary Rydstrom, produced by Lucasfilm, with feature animation by Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Industrial Light & Magic. 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. The film stars Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph, and Alfred Molina. The score includes popular songs and standards, such as “Love Is Strange”.