Watch the Trailer for Gary Rydstrom's 'Strange Magic'

Gary Rydstrom, long-time sound designer and director at Pixar, is taking a crack at directing his own animated movie at Lucasfilm. The title for the feature film is Strange Magic, and it is a "madcap fairy tale musical" inspired by Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Hit songs will help tell the tale of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and the crazy misadventures that come about thanks to a battle over a powerful potion. Watch the first trailer for Strange Magic below.

Gary Rydtrom has worked on several films at Pixar, going all the way back to creating the lamp's voice on Luxo Jr. Gary designed the sound for other movies at Pixar including Finding Nemo and Brave. He has even directed short films Lifted and Hawaiian Vacation. Gary has contributed his work to several non-Pixar movies as well, he was the sound designer for Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Wreck-it Ralph, and many other feature films. He has won seven Academy Awards in his career.

Gary Rydstrom (Image Source: FUNAmerica)

The cast for Strange Magic includes Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenowirth, Maya Rudolph, Alfred Molina, Evan Rachel Wood, and Meredith Anne Bull. The movie will be released from Touchstone Pictures, which is one of Disney's distribution banners. Check out some movie stills from the film below (via Collider).

Strange Magic will arrive to theaters on January 23rd, 2015.