EXCLUSIVE: Yvette Nicole Brown (Elena of Avalor), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart), James Monroe Iglehart (Broadway’s Aladdin) Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) and Tony Hale (Veep) have joined the voice cast of Sofia the First: Royal Magic in recurring roles. Additionally, Ethan Slater, Jeremy Jordan, Rachel Bloom and Nat Faxon are set for guest star roles in the upcoming sequel series, set for a May premiere at Disney+ and Disney Jr.
Feldstein will voice Sofia’s fearless flying horse, Wildfyre, while Brown, Iglehart, and Swift voice Sofia’s teachers Lady Saddlespur, Lord Primrose, and Mr. Muddykins. Hale will voice villain Mimsy Fizzlewick, who poses as a street vendor so he can steal magical wands and amulets.
Slater and Jordan will voice puppercorns (adorable puppy-unicorns) Nutmeg and Sage. Bloom and Faxon will voice Zane’s parents, Queen Zora and King Ziggy.
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As previously announced, Ariel Winter returns as the voice of Sofia, alongside Nate Torrence as Pepper, Mela Pietropaolo as Layla, Kai Harris as Zane and Aaliyah Magcasi as Camila.
Sofia the First: Royal Magic follows Sofia (Winter) as she attends The Charmswell School for Royal Magic, where she discovers she is the most magical princess in the realm and must learn how to master her powers while making new royal friends.
Reprising their roles from the original series are Wayne Brady as Clover, Tim Gunn as Baileywick, Eric Stonestreet as Minimus, Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda, Travis Willingham as King Roland, Darcy Rose Byrnes as Amber and Jess Harnell as Cedric.
Sofia the First, which introduced Disney’s first little girl princess, originally premiered in 2012 with the animated television movie Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess, followed by the series premiere in January 2013. The series still holds the record for the Top 3 cable TV telecasts for Girls 2-5 of all time and remains one of the most successful global preschool franchises for The Walt Disney Company.
Craig Gerber, who developed and served as executive producer on the original series, is creator and executive producer of Sofia the First: Royal Magic. Krystal Banzon is co-executive producer and story editor, Kris Wimberly is supervising director, Craig Simpson is producer, and Francis Giglio is art director. The series is produced by Disney Television Animation.