Development
The initial script of Enchanted, written kwa Bill Kelly, was bought kwa Disney's Touchstone Pictures and Sonnenfeld/Josephson Productions for a reported sum of $450,000 in September 1997.[14] However, it was thought to be unsuitable for Disney because it was "a racier R-rated movie".[15] To the frustration of Kelly, the screenplay was rewritten several times, first kwa Rita Hsiao and then kwa Todd Alcott.[14] The film was initially scheduled to be released in 2002 with Rob Marshall as director but he withdrew due to "creative differences" between the producers and him.[16] In 2001,...