Disney’s Dream Celebrity Portrait Series by Annie Leibovitz

Walt Disney has released their latest in a series of celebrity portraits they call the Dream Portrait Series. Renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz photographs stars playing out their fantasies and living out their Disney dreams.
The photos recreate popular characters and moments from classic Disney films and include Rachel Weisz as a radiant Snow White, Roger Federer as the noble King Arthur, Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinnochio with Abigail Breslin as Fira from the Disney Fairies series. Hollywood Diva Scarlett Johansson was chosen to be Cinderella, while Beyonce portrays Alice from Disney’s classic Alice in Wonderland, joined by actor Oliver Platt as The Mad Hatter and singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett as The March Hare. Finally, the English star soccer player David Beckham was chosen to represent Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty.

“It’s thrilling to have an opportunity to re-create the characters we all loved as children,” Leibovitz says. “The stories are real to my own children now, and their belief inspires me.”

Rachel Weisz as Snow White

For Weisz, slipping on the familiar hair band and dress of Snow White was a dream come true. Her finished image, “Where You’re the Fairest of Them All,” is a soft, sylvan scene in which she is surrounded by forest friends.

Roger Federer as King Arthur

Tennis ace Roger Federer traded his tennis racket for a regal sword, posing on a rock as the gallant King Arthur.

Julie Andrews as the blue fairy

Breslin as Fira (from the “Disney Fairies” series) reposes on a giant leaf while the wand-waving Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy of “Pinocchio” showers her with pixie dust. “Where the Magic Begins,” reads the photo.

Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella

Scarlett Johansson portrays Cinderella, clad in a glamorous ball gown and 62-carat, Harry Winston diamond tiara, glides down the palace staircase at the stroke of midnight and unknowingly leaves behind a single glass slipper.

Beyonce as Alice in Wonderland

Beyonce, Oliver Platt and Lyle Lovett, taking a wild spin in a whirling, giant teacup.

David Beckham as Prince Phillip

David Beckham portraying the gallant Prince Phillip from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.

Disney announced on October 1st its “Year of a Million Dreams” celebration would be extended throughout 2008 at Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The celebration is filled with new attractions and entertainment plus more “dream-come-true” moments for guests than ever before.

The special insert will be unveiled in the December editions of Cookie, Condé Nast Traveler, Details, Glamour, GQ, Men’s Vogue, New Yorker, Self, Vanity Fair, Vogue and W.

Sources: Mousesavers, Superpunch