George Lucas' animated musical to release in January 2015

Los Angeles: Animated movie 'Strange Magic' produced by 'Star Wars' director George Lucas will be released on January 23, next year.

The film, directed by Gary Rydstrom, who previously wrote and directed the 'Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation', is a musical, reported The Verge.

The movie is set to be inspired by 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The music in it will reportedly be composed of hits from the past six decades.

Lucas is also executive producing, and David Berenbaum, who wrote 'Elf', created the screenplay. The film's voice cast includes Alan Cumming, Maya Rudolph, Alfred Molina, and Kristin Chenoweth, among others.