But interestingly enough, the DGA didn’t even get involved on the new Disney movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter; Hallstrom and Johnston simply agreed to share the credit.
Initially, Lasse Hallstrom (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Chocolat) was hired to direct Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.
But last December when the film was set to undergo reshoots and Hallstrom was unavailable to return, the studio brought on Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston to finish up the project.
The Disney film stars Interstellar star Mackenzie Foy (aka little Jessica Chastain) as the young lead Clara in an adaptation of the classic Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet.