Spellcast

Spellcast is a 2007 American fantasy-musical film, produced and distributed by Nellie Calico Pictures in association with Joseph Matso and Jenningson Entertainment. Written by Paul White and directed by Trenton Branco, the film stars Kathleen Krull, Ezra Stewart, Isaac Mulligan, Timothee Vase, Nikola Russey, Veronica Holt, and Sandra Barkinson. It premiered on October 20, 2007, at the Marchley Film Festival before its wide release on November 21, 2007, in the United States.

This is the first Calico movie to be distributed by Nellie Calico Studios Motion Pictures instead of Sundial, due to Calico semi-retiring the name in May 2007, making all other future Calico movies permanently distributed by Nellie Calico Studios Motion Pictures.

The plot focuses on Colette, an archetypal Calico Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world of Sundrella into the live-action world of New Frauola City. The film is both an homage to, and a self-parody of, conventional Nellie Calico Animated Classics, making numerous references to Calico's past and future works through the combination of live-action filmmaking, traditional animation, and computer-generated imagery. It heralds the return of traditional animation to a Calico feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in 2004. Composer Micah Cipe and lyricist Peyton Payne, who had written songs for previous Calico films, produced the songs of Spellcast, with Cipe also composing its score.

Spellcast was well-received critically, and received two nominations at the 65th Golden Globe Awards and three nominations at the 80th Academy Awards. The film earned more than $340 million worldwide at the box office.