Rachel Zegler to voice star in animated movie 'Spellbound'

West Side Story star Rachel Zegler will voice the lead role in animated musical feature Spellbound.

The fantasy movie, which hails from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation, follows a young girl who must break the spell that has split her kingdom in two.

Zegler will voice Princess Ellian, the tenacious princess who must go on a daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters and threatens to cover Lumbria in darkness forever, reported Deadline.

Vicky Jenson will direct the film from a script by Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin and Linda Woolverton.

Academy Award-winner Alan Menken will provide the original score for the film with lyrics by Glenn Slater.

Chris Montan will serve as executive music producer. John Lasseter, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and David Lipman are producing for Skydance Animation.

Zegler recently broke out on the Hollywood scene with her performance in veteran filmmaker Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. The actor will be next seen in DC superhero movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods, co-starring Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren, and Lucy Liu. 

Los Angeles, Apr 2 (PTI) Hollywood star Drew Barrymore's daytime talk show will return for a third season with a slightly different format.

According to Variety, "The Drew Barrymore Show" is produced and distributed by CBS Media Ventures (CMV) and shot in New York City.

Barrymore hosts and executive produces the show along with Jason Kurtz and Chris Miller executive producing.

I am honoured and grateful but I also want to take this show higher and continue to innovate and be a game-changer in the daytime space.

Rising to the occasion of finding people in the diverse way they watch is what I want to challenge myself with. Our show wants to be a bright spot not a blind spot and we just want to make people feel good. And I thank all the people who helped us get here," Barrymore said in a statement.

In the third season, CMV will produce and distribute The Drew Barrymore Show as two half-hour episodes that stations can run together back-to-back or split apart to air separately.