Yes, it’s about time we heard news about a sequel to Enchanted. But not because I am actually looking forward to Enchanted 2. In case you weren’t aware or have forgotten, I’ve been writing contemptuously about the original since my very first day posting on SpoutBlog. Rather, it’s about time only because I was beginning to think Disney had lost its marbles, business-wise. Clint at Moviehole has the unofficial scoop:

A foxy little birdie cheeped in my ear – the good one, the other one’s clogged with wax - this morning that Disney is developing a sequel to its staggeringly-successful “Enchanted” – and the production has inched forward significantly in the past month or two, as a direct result of those smashing DVD sales.

How does she knoooooooow?….

This one probably doesn’t need its source fingerprinted or lie-detected, let’s leave it at that.
But really, did anyone expect the House of Mouse not to forge ahead with a follow-up to one of its biggest hits of 2007?
Nah, me either – if a cow is there to be milked, it need look into some teat cream, it’s bound to be tugged a few more times.

I still haven’t gotten over how well-received this movie was with critics, regardless of whether or not they included their daughters’ responses. I still find the thing offensively backwards in terms of both its female characters and its storytelling — not to mention its too-sunny, pre-’70s sort of touristy depiction of New York City. I often feel out of touch with both the moviegoing public and, to some degree, my fellow critics, but this was one movie that I felt almost completely on my own against. Thank goodness it didn’t actually win any Oscars.

Hopefully the sequel will be really, really great yet receive terrible reviews and perform badly at the box office. Of course, that would never happen. An Enchanted sequel wouldn’t go totally ignored unless Disney continued with the movie’s similarities to Splash and made Enchanted Too with a completely different cast. Of course, that would never happen either. So, I guess I’ll just leave it to be just as bad as the first, and just as well-received and popular. And I’ll try not to let it bother me as much the second time around.