[2] Produced by Skydance Animation, the film features the voices of Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Tituss Burgess, Nathan Lane, Javier Bardem, and Nicole Kidman.

Set in the world of magic known as Lumbria, the story follows Princess Ellian (Zegler) who must break the spell that has turned her parents (Bardem and Kidman) into monsters and split her kingdom in two.

The project, initially titled Split, was announced in July 2017, shortly after Skydance Animation was formed in March 2017, with Paramount Pictures scheduling distribution for 2019.

Royal advisors, Ministers Bolinar and Nazara Prone, help her supervise and hide the monsters from the public, but without any success of transforming them back, they think Ellian should become the new Queen since she will come of age on her 15th birthday.

Ellian accidentally lets the monsters out of their cages, and they wreak havoc in the kingdom, making the subjects as well as the Captain of the Guards aware of the situation.

With panic erupting among the people, the Captain orders the monsters be removed from the kingdom, prompting Ellian to use the Fob's magic so that she and her parents can escape and visit the Oracles themselves.

The return of their humanity makes Bolinar realize that Ellian was right about not losing hope, while he also begins to enjoy his new body after befriending creatures of Flink’s species.

[11] The following month, Skydance officially announced that Menken had re-teamed with song lyricist Glenn Slater and executive music producer Chris Montan, all of whom had previously collaborated together with Lasseter on Tangled (2010),[12] to work on Spellbound.

[14] In July 2020, it was announced that Spellbound was going to be released by Paramount Pictures[15] until Apple TV+ acquired the distribution rights in December 2020 as part of a larger pact with Skydance Animation.

[19] In June, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, John Lithgow, Nathan Lane, Jenifer Lewis, André De Shields, and Jordan Fisher were added to the cast.

[22] In March 2022, it was reported that Skydance Animation made a multi-year deal with Spin Master Entertainment to make toys based on the film.

The website's consensus reads: "Spellbound makes for harmless viewing thanks to its colorful animation and clever moral, but this fairy tale can't quite summon any real charm.