Amy Adams is returning for an ‘Enchanted’ sequel

Amy Adams may be a six-time Oscar nominee, but her diehard fans will forever equate her with the enchanting role that was Princess Giselle in Enchanted. So as we wrap up the last few weeks of 2020, Adams returning to the gig for a sequel is the balm many people could probably use right now.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures officially announced the sequel, Disenchanted, on December 10 as a part of Disney’s (many, many) Investor Day announcements. While the overall details were sparse, the title itself does offer at least a couple of clues as to what to expect.

Sure, it’s a play on the original, but the title definitely suggests that the real world has been dragging Giselle down just like everyone else when her story picks back up. How could it not, if you’re talking about the character potentially living the same past year that we all have? One thing fans do know is that Adams is returning for the role, with Disney confirming her participation in the announcement. But really, can anyone even imagine them trying to announce a sequel without her attached?

When Adams played the larger-than-life character back in 2007 it was her first real leading big-screen role, one that landed her a Golden Globe nomination (she lost to Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose). The story followed an animated princess who found herself in the real world, and doled out her brand of princess-ness to the mean streets of New York City (think gross apartment animals helping out with some of the household chores). So far, there’s no word if some of the film’s other original stars, like Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden or Idina Menzel, will also return.

There’s also no release date just yet, but Disenchanted will bypass theatres to air on Disney Plus—and it won’t be the only one. As part of this week’s announcements, the Mouse House also revealed that its previously announced live-action versions of Pinocchio, starring Tom Hanks, and Peter Pan & Wendy, starring Yara Shahidi and Jude Law, will also now debut exclusively on Disney Plus. So will the newly announced Sister Act 3, which brings Whoopi Goldberg back for a third round of religious adventures.

Meanwhile, Adams hasn’t reacted or responded to the Disenchantment news on social media, but it’s safe to say she’s just as excited to resume the role as fans are to see her back in it. “I loved the story that they were telling. Just how good [Giselle] was,” she told Entertainment Weekly when Enchanted first debuted. “I love playing characters who have big hearts and really believe in something. I’ve been in a lot of smaller films that weren’t appropriate to take my niece and nephew to, so I needed a movie to get to bring them to. I come from a musical theatre background, and it was so much fun to get to do that.”

Sounds like it’s going to be quite the busy year for the 46-year-old. Coming off her recent Ron Howard movie, Hillbilly Elegy, the actor has already completed filming The Woman in the Window, not to mention her bits for the upcoming Zack Snyder’s Justice League (she plays Lois Lane). Adams has also signed on to star in the big screen adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen, and she’s on board the new miniseries Kings of America.

It’s probably fair to say there’s nothing disenchanting about all that.