Multiverse Chronicles: Prince Dandelion

***Multiverse Chronicles: Prince Dandelion*** is a 2024 American fantasy comedy action-adventure film/series, directed by Paul King, and written by Linda Woolverton, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Robert Zemeckis, who also produced the film. This film serves as the sequel to the 2023 film, *Multiverse Chronicles: An Unexpected Journey*.

The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 18, 2024, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on the same day.

## Plot

It has been six long months in the human world since Danny travelled to and explored another world and helped C.J., Robiyn, and Tip/Ozma defeat the wicked Nocto. The next morning, as Zack walks off to school, Danny recalls everything that happened in his adventure. Zack is surprised that Danny remembers all of this, since he thinks it's a dream.

Later at night, as everyone gets ready for bed, Danny tells Abby a bedtime story. He tells her about his dream. A few moments into the story, Abby falls asleep. Danny then heads off to go to sleep in his own house. As morning arrives, Danny, Zack, and Abby wakes up and gets ready to start the day and go on a cruise. Everything seemed normal for the first night on the cruise, until suddenly a purple twister comes spinning towards them. The teens panic and try to run away from it as fast as they can. As they try to run away from the twister, Danny tries to save Abby and Zack, while they holds on to each other's hands. The twister's force was so strong that it completely sucked Abby and Zack inside and then vanished, however Danny manages to escape the twister just in time, but was thrown overboard in the process, and floats away on a chicken coop. Moments later, the twister spun to a different location and pushed out Zack and Abby into the water. The twister rose up into the air and disappeared. they both swim up to the surface to see that they are not home and are somewhere completely different. Everything looked too magical to them. Suddenly, Zeta, a sorceress drives by in a boat, and uses a net to catch Zack, Abby, and some other genies in the ocean. They all take off to a dark and mysterious cave shaped like a shark.

After Danny washes to shore in a strange chess-patterned valley with his chicken, Billina, who can now talk. Exploring the land, Danny and Billina are menaced by a tribe of brightly dressed "Wheelers", who have wheels instead of hands and feet. They also find a clockwork man named Tik-Tok, who joins them. Tik-Tok informs Danny and Billina that they are in the Mushroom Kingdom of Wisdom in the Wonderland of Ev Thorugh The Looking-Glass, which currently has no competent ruler, its king having committed suicide after selling his family to the Krewl the Sorcerer, who is also the King of the neighboring Jinxland.

Meanwhile, Zack, Abby, and the rest of the genies are put into giant cages. A skeleton guard watches out for them to make sure none of them try to escape. They are greeted by Zeta, a scientist named Tekal, and King Krewl himself. Tekal tells all of the genies that he'll let all of them go if one them volunteers to steal a magic gem from Queen Samira and bring it to him. Zack volunteers to do it. Tekal eagerly lets Zack out of the cell. He gives Zack battle armor and directions on where to find Samira's castle. As Zack takes off, a worried Abby tells him to be careful.

Meanwhile, Danny, Billina, and Tik-Tok visit the castle of Princess Langwidere, who has many exchangeable, detachable heads. When Danny refuses to let Langwidere take his head and add it to her collection, Langwidere has a tantrum and locks Danny and Tik-Tok in a high tower within the palace. They meet Prince Dandelion, who explains that he is both the former king's son and the rightful heir to the Evian throne. Luckily, Queen Ozma and her Royal Court of Oz (many of whom appeared in the previous film) just happen to cross over the Deadly Desert on a mission to free the royal family from King Krewl and his army of skeletons and soldiers. Upon arriving, Ozma takes charge and has Danny, Billina and Tik-Tok released from Langwidere's custody.

The Royal Court of Oz soon arrives at Queen Samria's palace for a special meeting. First Samria tells the Royal Court of Oz that a great number of genies are disappearing, and they should be on the look out for anything suspicious. Next, she announces her marriage to someone "special". After the meeting, Samira asks Robiyn, Kaz, and Pibby to hold on to a special gem, which contains powers that are unknown. As they leave the palace, the twins see Zack running towards them and tells the trio about what's going on. They agree to help Danny save Abby from Krewl, Tekal, and Zeta. Danny uses his mermaid globe to transform himself into a mermaid. Everyone dives into the water and heads toward's Tekal's cave.

When Zack, Danny, Tik-Tok, Dandelion, Robiyn, Kaz, Pibby, C.J., and Ozma arrive to Zeta's lair, they notice that the cave is completely empty. Abby and the rest of the genies are gone. The gang receive a call from Samira that more and more genies are disappearing, while believing that Zeta might have something to do with this. She sends Marcy and Dariox to accompany them on their journey. When they arrive, everyone takes off to go find Abby and all of the genies that went missing.

Elsewhere, Abby and the rest of the genies find themselves in the dungeon of King Krewl's castle, which is underwater. Abby notices a group of genies walking together with chains and shackles towards Krewl, Tekal, and Zeta. Krewl announces his plan to use all magic in the multiverse and put it all in a staff. He also announces his plan to marry Samira, and once he does, he will take away her magic and rule all of Nonestica. After he sends Zeta, Tekal, and the guards to go out and find more genies, he tells Abby and all of the genies that he plans on cooking and eating them during his wedding reception. While Tekal wasn't paying attention, Abby sneaks out of Tekal's cave and sets out to find the others.

Meanwhile, Danny, Zack, Abby, Robiyn, C.J., Ozma, Nila, Marcy, Tik-Tok, Dandelion, and Dariox come across a mermaid named Nila. She happily decides to help Danny and his friends find the genies and Abby. As the group keeps bumping into danger (low tides, dangerous sea creatures, etc.) Danny constantly reminds his friends that small hands can do big things. They listen to his philosophy while continuing their search party. When they reach the surface, they come across a sailor genie named Seamar. He helps Danny and his friends get where they need to.

Elsewhere, Abby is walking around Jinxland around looking for the others. a guard catches up to them and then attempts to attack her. the guard eventually gets himself tangled in vines while stuck in between some rocks. Abby reaches the bay and swims away from Jinxland where she is rescued by Seamar. As she reunites with Danny, Zack, Robiyn, Kaz, Pibby , C.J., Ozma, Nila, Marcy, Tik-Tok, Dandelion, and Dariox, Zeta arrives and attempts to capture the group. Ozma enchants the boat to make it go faster. The magic eventually makes the boat fly high into the air. Zeta casts a rope into the air, which gets caught around Marcy's leg. Everyone on the boat holds onto Marcy and plays tug of war with Zeta as she tries to reel her in. Dandelion jumps from the boat and onto Zeta and slashes her repeatedly in her face with a dagger. Zeta and Dandelion fall into the water, letting go of Marcy. C.J. jumps down and rescues Dandelion and Marcy, and then returns to the boat with his emergency pixie dust. The group resumes their journey.

During the boat ride, Seamar shares some of his sea stories to his new friends. One of the stories he tells is about the time he sailed by Zahramay Falls to collect some goods. While over there, he comes across Samira and falls instantly in love with her. Ozma didn't want to break the news that Samira is already getting ready to marry Tekal soon, so they keep it a secret. After awhile, the group begins to feel like they aren't getting anywhere near the missing genies, so C.J. makes the boat transform into a submarine that magically makes it's way to Krewl's underwater dungeon. the guards pop up behind them and subtly follows Danny and his friends to the cave.

When the group makes it to the cave, they notice that every single genie in Zahramay Falls are locked up in cages. They are all powerless due to their magic getting taken away by Krewl. Abby notices a staff at the center of the cave. She comes up with a plan to free all of the genies by breaking the staff and giving back all of their magic. As she walks towards it, Zeta pops up in front of her and stops her. the guards also show up and captures Danny, Zack, Abby, Robiyn, C.J., Ozma, Nila, Marcy, Dariox, Tik-Tok, Dandelion, and Seamar and then brings all of them to Krewl. When they arrive in Krewl's throne room, he reveals that he has magically transformed the royal family into decor ornaments. When Ozma asks him to release them, he offers a bargain: the Oz people may enter his chambers and try to guess which of King Krewl's many ornaments they are, but if they fail to guess correctly, they will also become ornaments themselves. Ozma, the rest of the gang, and the one-hundred and seven soldiers of the Royal Army of Oz, including the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and Tik-Tok, all suffer this bizarre fate. Luckily with his last guess, Danny selects a green gem, which turns into Scarecrow. Realising inhabitants of Oz turn into green objects and inhabitants of Ev turn into red objects, she finds and restores everyone who was turned into an object.

Meanwhile, Billina discovers Krewl's true colors that he doesn't love or even care about Samira at all, he just wants to rule all of Nonestica and the multiverse. After Krewl takes away C.J. and Ozma's magic powers and puts it in his staff, he betrays Zeta and the guards and sends them off, replacing the Skeleton Guards with his own. The gang returns to the capital of the kingdom, where Krewl is sailing downriver with his cannons and army. Danny frees the genies, and with the help of his friends and Abby (who has gained genie powers), they are able to wreck the foremost ships and prevent the army from reaching the harbor. King Krewl fires a cannon, killing Tekal and some of his own soldiers, to clear the way. Before Zeta leaves, Robiyn uses her motorcycle to ram into the staff. As it falls over, the magic releases and gets sucked into Danny.

Danny stands alone against Krewl, using his newfound powers to deflect all the cannonballs shot at him back at the fleet, destroying it. Danny offers mercy to Krewl, but he rejects it and attacks Danny with a spear. This accidentally severs the lines holding up one of the cannons, and it falls onto the ship, supposedly killing Krewl. After Danny gives all of the magic powers back to the genies, Zeta thanks Danny and his friends for saving them all. Queen Samira shows up and discovers everything that happened. Seamar comes in and asks Samira for her hand in marriage. After she happily accepts, everyone cheers loudly for them.

After the wedding reception at Samira's palace, Samira thanks Danny, Zack, Abby, Marcy, and Dariox for their help by opening a portal to get them back home. After C.J., Ozma, Nila, Dandelion, Tik-Tok, Billina, and Seamar say their goodbyes, the quintet jumps through the portal and heads back home to Go! City. As the film closes, Danny wakes up and realizes that he was dreaming again. He gets out of his bed and goes with Zack, Abby, Marcy, and Dariox to school as Ozma watches from her crystal ball, indicating that the adventure actually happened and wasn't a dream at all.

## Cast

* **Levi Miller** as **Danny**, a teenage boy who is best friends with everyone he knows.
* **Dylan Sprouse** as **Zack**, One of Danny's many neighbors and close friends who tags along with him by accident.
* **Chloë Grace Moretz** as **Abby**, One of Danny's many neighbors and close friends who tags along with him by accident, she also may have feelings for Danny.
* **Haley Tju** as **Marcy**, One of Danny's many neighbors and close friends who tags along with him by accident.
* **Charlie Wright** as **Dariox**, One of Danny's many neighbors and close friends who tags along with him by accident.
* **Anne Hathaway** as **Queen Samira**, the ruler of Zahramay Falls, who is in charge of checking up on all the genies in training.
* **Cole Sprouse** as **C.J.**, a conductor in training who lives in Oz.
* **Millie Bobby Brown** as **Queen Ozma**, a courageous and optimistic Lurian with green eyes and blonde hair who is the ruler of Oz.
* **Dee Bradley Baker** as **Nahal** (Ozma's white Bengal tiger cub), and **Nazboo** (Zeta's pet dragon).
* **Dakota Fanning** as **Nila**, a mermaid who lives in the waters near Zahramay Falls.
* **Viggo Mortensen** as **King Krewl**, a rock-like Lurian who live underground and the main antagonist of the film. He comes up with a plan to kidnap every single genie in Zahramay Falls, suck up all of their magic, and put it all in a staff so he can take over the entire multiverse.
* **James Franco** as **Tekal**, a shaman-like scientist who lives in Zahramay Falls and the first secondary antagonist of the film. He is Zeta's partner in crime, who turns into an anti-hero after he, Zeta, and the Skeleton Guards, are betrayed by the Nome King.
* **Mila Kunis** as **Zeta**, Queen Samira's sister who wishes to be the most powerful person in Zahramay Falls (more powerful than any genie) and is the second secondary antagonist of the film.
* **Brock Baker** as **The Skeleton Guards**, Skeletons who serve Tekal and Zeta.
* **Lin-Manuel Miranda** as **Seamar**, a sailor who lives near Zahramay Falls.

## Release

*Prince Dandelion* was released on March 18, 2024 at the TLC Chinese Theater. It grossed $819,834,458, a larger gross than the previous film.

### **Critical response**

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 72% approval rating with an average rating of 6.5/10 based on 25 reviews.

## Films

**Multiverse Chronicles: An Unexpected Journey**

**Multiverse Chronicles: Prince Dandelion**

**Multiverse Chronicles: The Wizard Returns**

**Multiverse Chronicles: A Girl Called Millicent**

**Multiverse Chronicles: King Krewl Returns**

**Multiverse Chronicles: Through the Looking-Glass**

**Multiverse Chronicles: Journey's End Part 1: There & Back Again**

**Multiverse Chronicles: Journey's End Part 2: The Ender King**

**Multiverse Chronicles: Journey's End Part 3: The Battle of the Seven Realms**