James Marsden has confirmed that Idina Menzel will sing in the Enchanted sequel DisenchantedDisenchanted will be picking up 15 years after the events of the 2007 live-action Disney hit, with an exclusive streaming release on Disney+ later this year. The cast from the first film has been reassembled, including Marsden, Menzel, Amy Adams, and Patrick Dempsey. The film has also brought on new performers including Oscar Nuñez, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, and SNL alum Maya Rudolph.

One curious thing about the original film was that, though the musical featured Broadway veteran Menzel in one of the four major roles, it did not have her sing a song on the soundtrack. This made sense in the context of the plot, which was about an animated Disney princess emerging into real-life New York City, so the only major cast members to sing were Adams and Marsden, who hailed from that world. However, Adams' character Giselle had a proven ability to get other people to sing along with her, as shown in the "That's How You Know" musical number she performed in Central Park along with hundreds of extras, so it's still somewhat strange that Menzel was not involved in any musical moments.

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Screen Rant had the opportunity to attend the premiere of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which comes to theaters on April 8, 2022. At the event, James Marsden discussed Disenchanted, expressing his confusion at how "she was in a movie musical and did not sing" in the first entry. He confirmed that this will be rectified in Disenchanted, and that original songwriting duo "Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz wrote all-new original music for the sequel." Read his full quote below:

Yeah, 15 years later, we did the Enchanted sequel with Amy Adams and Patrick [Dempsey] and Idina Menzel, and Idina actually gets to sing this time. The first time, she was in a movie musical and did not sing. I don't understand that. But this time, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz wrote all-new original music for the sequel. I think people are going to be very pleased when that comes out.

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Idina Menzel's voice is legendary, as she has proven in previous iconic hits like "Defying Gravity" from Wicked (which was also written by Stephen Schwartz) and "Let It Go" from Frozen. If the producers had made the same mistake again, it would have been unforgivable to her fans. However, it makes much more sense for her to sing in the sequel, because her character (who was divorce lawyer Patrick Dempsey's girlfriend at the beginning of the original film) has now been living in the animated world with James Marsden's Prince Edward.

It has taken quite a long time for Disney to mount Disenchanted. However, it seems that the filmmakers have used some of that time to consider what the absolute best moves would be to make this sequel a success. While a musical number (or two) from Idina Menzel might not be a guaranteed golden ticket to make the sequel an instant classic, it certainly couldn't hurt.

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