The Land of Sometimes

3/27/2026

Well the producers certainly assembled quite an half decent cast for the English language version of this colourful and vibrant animation, and they even coaxed renowned lyricist Sir Tim Rice back for the first time in a couple of decades to write the title song for Ewan McGregor. With their sea captain father away on a very long voyage, twins “Elise” and “Alfie” are living with their mother and getting fractious. They miss their dad and need something exciting to happen. Then, out of nowhere, there appears a whale-like ship that glides through the clouds to their room and that’s when they meet the “Wish Collector”. He gives them a special watch that will give them six wishes, three apiece, on the magical “Land of Sometimes”. Magical it may be, but it’s not without it’s perils as the squabb