Anne Hathaway to remain aboard the nostalgia train with Ella Enchanted series

Ella Enchanted follows the teenage Ella of Frell, who was cursed by a well-meaning but obtuse fairy godmother to always be obedient. The 2004 film, which also starred Minnie Driver, Vivica A. Fox, and Hugh Dancey, is a charming fairy tale pastiche that popped up in the post-Shrek era, winking at tropes like evil stepmothers and sisters, handsome princes, and magical talking objects and animals. The new series seems like it’ll take a page out of the Wednesday playbook, sending Ella to a boarding school (which was not a feature of the original film) after the death of her mother. Ilana Wolpert is set to write and Beth Schwartz set to showrun. As of now, it doesn’t sound like Hathaway will have any on-screen involvement, though it could be a fun turn to see her as an evil stepmother or a deranged fairy godmother.