Fantasia is an upcoming 2023 American live-action/CGI Photorealistic film which will be distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a remake of the 1940 Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film of the same name. It came out on September 15, 2023.
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Fantasia opens with live action scenes of members of an orchestra gathering against a blue background and tuning their instruments in half-light, half-shadow. Master of ceremonies TBA enters the stage (also in half-light, half-shadow) and introduces the program.
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach: Live-action shots of the orchestra illuminated in blue and gold, backed by superimposed shadows, fade into abstract patterns. Animated lines, shapes and cloud formations reflect the sound and rhythms of the music.
- The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from the ballet suite underscore scenes depicting the changing of the seasons from summer to autumn to winter. A variety of dances are presented with fairies, fish, flowers, mushrooms, and leaves, including "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Chinese Dance", "Arabian Dance", "Russian Dance", "Dance of the Flutes" and "Waltz of the Flowers".
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas: Based on Goethe's 1797 poem "Der Zauberlehrling". Mickey Mouse, the young apprentice of the sorcerer Yen Sid, attempts some of his master's magic tricks but does not know how to control them.
- Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky: A visual history of the Earth's beginnings is depicted to selected sections of the ballet score. The sequence progresses from the planet's formation to the first living creatures, followed by the reign and extinction of the dinosaurs.
- The Ugly Duckling/The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi: Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Set on the British countryside, this segment tells a story about a young bird hatches in the nest with mallard ducklings. Over the course of the changing seasons, the ducklings and their parents don't get along with the young bird, until they realize he have grown into a beautiful mute swan.
- Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. This segment is a remake of Bumble Boggie from Melody Time. It presents a surrealistic battle for a solitary bumble bee as he tries to ward off a visual and musical frenzy. The segment's host introduces the story with this question: "What would happen if you gave a Piano to a flock of Bumblebee?".
- The Pastoral Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven: A mythical Greco-Roman world of colorful centaurs and "centaurettes", cupids, fauns and other figures from classical mythology is portrayed to Beethoven's music. A gathering for a festival to honor Bacchus, the god of wine, is interrupted by Zeus, who creates a storm and directs Vulcan to forge lightning bolts for him to throw at the attendees.
- Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli: A comic ballet in four sections: Madame Upanova and her ostriches (Morning); Hyacinth Hippo and her servants (Afternoon); Elephanchine and her bubble-blowing elephant troupe (Evening); and Ben Ali Gator and his troop of alligators (Night). The finale finds all of the characters dancing together until their palace collapses.
- Wagner Suite by Richard Wagner. Based on "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen and the 1989 movie of the same name, A sixteen-year-old mermaid princess named Ariel is dissatisfied with underwater life and curious about human life on land. After Ursula convince Ariel to visit Ursula the sea witch. Ursula makes a deal with Ariel to transform her into a human for Ariel's voice, which Ursula puts in a nautilus shell. Ariel agrees and is then given human legs and taken to the Kidnap by Ursula, Flotsam and Jetsam, Scuttle disrupts the sea witch with the help of various animals. In the chaos, the nautilus shell around Ursula's neck is broken, restoring Ariel's voice and breaking Ursula's enchantment over Eric. Ursula uses the trident to grow into monstrous proportions. Ariel and Eric reunite on the surface just before Ursula grows past and towers over the two. She then gains full control of the entire ocean, creating a storm and bringing sunken ships to the surface. Just as Ursula attempts to kill Ariel, Eric steers a wrecked ship towards Ursula, impaling her with the ship's splintered bowsprit. With Ursula destroyed, Triton and the other polyps in Ursula's garden revert into their original forms. Realizing that Ariel truly loves Eric, Triton willingly changes her from a mermaid into a human and blesses her marriage to Eric.
- Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky and Ave Maria by Franz Schubert: At midnight the devil Chernabog awakes and summons evil spirits and restless souls from their graves to Bald Mountain. The spirits dance and fly through the air until driven back by the sound of an Angelus bell as night fades into dawn. A chorus is heard singing Ave Maria as a line of robed monks is depicted walking with lighted torches through a forest and into the ruins of a cathedral.
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- The Nutcracker Suite, Rite of The Spring, The Ugly Duckling, Flight of the Bumblebee, and Dance of the Hours are the only segments to be animated in photorealistic CGI. The rest of the segments were made with real actors.