The ‘Havana’ singer and the former Fifth Harmony girl pop-group member Camila Cabello is going to make her big screen debut in a Kay Cannon directorial in the upcoming colourblind adaptation of the age-old Disney Classsic fairy-tale ‘Cinderella’. Although, Camila appeared on several TV shows before, this will be her first major role on the screen.

In 2019, Sony announced a musical-comedy redefining the charcter of ‘Cinderella’, and the cast will be filled with recognizable stars.

The production of the movie was temporarily suspended in March 2020 amid coronavirus concerns, but some of the cast and crew returned to the set in August of last year to resume filming, according to Deadline. 

In January, the official Instagram page of the movie announced that the movie would hit theaters in July. But the movie released the first movie teaser trailer and announced that it would be coming to Amazon Prime Video on September 3 instead.

Camilla’s version of Cinderella does sing, go to a grand ball and hopes to become the charming prince’s bride. But she also aspires to run her own business, Dresses by Ella. While the trailer promises magical stuff, thankfully, it doesn’t answer the pertinent question of career vs love, or whether Cinderella is able to manage both in the end. For that, the audience will have to wait for the movie’s release.

 The trailer begins with an introduction to Ella, a young woman with meanies all around her. She is ridiculed by her stepmother, who threatens to throw her on the streets and also by her townspeople, who laugh at her desire to be a seamstress, selling her own dresses one day.

Amazon’s Cinderella is hoping for a better life but not one that is handed to her by a prince but one that she creates for herself. An opportunity springs up with the king, announces a ball so his prince could choose a worthy wife for himself. All Ella can see is a way to show everyone her dresses.

As expected, the jealous stepmother pours ‘ink’ over her dreams. But then appears the Fairy Godmother in his fabulous golden gown, glittering from head to toe. Armed with a new dress and glass slippers, she makes a stunning and clumsy entry at the ball. But when the prince proposes marriage, Ella lets him know that a life of a gilded cage is not for her either. More chaos ensues, the clock strikes midnight and the stepmother changes her tone midway. The new adaptation is just as high on theatrics, drama and magic, if not so much on tradition.

Apart from Camilla Cabello, the movie also stars Billy Porter as the genderless fairy godparent, Idina Menzel as the wicked stepmother, Pierce Brosnan as the king, Minnie Driver as the queen, Missy Elliott as the town crier, John Mulaney, James Corden and Romesh Ranganathan as the three mice-turned-footmen.

In addition to having a successful career on stage and television, Porter is known for being a fashion icon, pushing gender boundaries and paving the way for more recognisition in Hollywood. Hence, the ‘Pose’ actor Billy Porter will be seen playing the movie’s version of the ‘Fairy Godmother’. In an interview in 2020 Porter said CBS News that he will be portraying the Fairy Godmother as genderless and that the entire production will be a “Cinderella” for a new generation.

“Magic has no gender,” he said. “I think the new generation is really ready. The kids are ready. It’s the grownups that are slowing stuff down.”

Whereas, Idina Menzel will be seen playing the ‘evil stepmother’ to Cabello’s Cinderella.

Menzel rose to fame by playing Maureen in “Rent” which led to her successful career on Broadway. She went on to originate roles such as Elphaba in “Wicked.”

With the help of the movie version of “Rent’ (2005), she transitioned into film and television including her current success as the voice of Queen Elsa in Disney’s ‘Frozen’ franchise.

We can’t imagine Cinderella’s evil stepfamily without her step-sisters, can we?  Maddie Baillio and Charlotte Spencer will be seen playing daughter to Idina Menzel and will appear in the movie as ‘Anastasia’ and ‘Drizella’

Meanwhile, Londoner Nicholas Galitzine will star as Cinderella’s love interest, ‘Prince Robert’, who will be an updated version of Prince Charming. 

Galitzine is known for his role on the ‘Chambers’, a Netflix Series on which he plays a struggling man who is mourning the loss of his brother.

“Cinderella” will be one of Galitzine’s first major film roles. He previously appeared opposite Luke Perry in “The Beat Beneath My Feet’ (2014) and starred in the romantic comedy “High Strung” (2016).

Pierce Brosnan will be seen playing ‘Prince Robert’s father’, i.e., the ‘King’.

Oscar and Golden Globe nominated actress Minnie Driver will portray ‘Queen Beatrice’ in the film. 

Taking on the roles of the mice-turned-footmen will be three comedians — Romesh Ranganathan, James Corden, and James Acaster.

 While celebrating the release of an official trailer for the modern-day version of the Cinderella fairytale, a Twitter user ecstatically posted, “A Cinderella movie that doesn’t revolve around a glass shoe.. hell yeah!!” Another user put Camila Cabello’s song ‘Don’t Go Yet’ reference and wrote, “When watching the #CinderellaMovie I’ll be wearing a dress for a lil’ drama.”

“Modern day cinderella that chooses work over love… WE LOVE TO SEE IT #CinderellaMovie,” wrote another Twitter user. Meanwhile, another fan took some time out to appreciate Prince Charming Nick Galitzine. “Ahhhhhhh you made me so happy. I was waiting for this. What do you do to look so gorgeous? I’m so excited to see cinderella next month. Ahhhhhhh [heart emoji],” they wrote.

 The movie’s trailer seems to have a huge positive impact on the fans as they are extremely eager to see what this upcoming movie is like and they are absolutely excited about this new version of the age-old tale and the message of empowerment that it sends across.