The Walt Disney Co. has started production on an animated musical fairy tale called “The Frog Princess,” which will be set in New Orleans and feature the Walt Disney Studio’s first black princess.
The film, set for release in 2009, also is the first hand-drawn film Disney has committed to since pledging last month to return to the traditional animation that made it a worldwide brand.
“The Frog Princess,” a musical scored by composer Randy Newman, is “an American fairy tale” starring a girl named Maddy who lives in the French Quarter in New Orleans, said John Lasseter, chief creative director for Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.
Disney did not provide details of the plot, but the company showed shareholders preliminary drawings from the movie. Newman and a jazz band played a song from the movie’s score.
Maddy joins eight other Disney princess characters, who have generated $3 billion in global retail sales since 1999.
2007-09-16 14:09:47 · 5 answers · asked by wantinganswer 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
grady - didn't KNOW that U have been talking about it for MONTHS..
Ooops - my error
2007-09-16 14:34:03 · update #1
mm- i don't think Disney is being racial sterotype by having different characters - MULAN and Pochontas (?sp) were great - and also based on Fact
So why not an African American Princess.. And have her living in New Orleans..
Oh and re the NOT a question - oops slip of finger..
2007-09-16 21:21:18 · update #2
I think it's awesome! It will be great for young girls of color to finally have their own princess to identify with. My granddaughter is mixed race and it just feels funny to buy her all that princess stuff with the "white" princesses on it. She doesn't notice that there is a difference yet- she's 3- but by 2009, she will and it will be nice to have something she can identify with as far as looks.
2007-09-16 14:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by nanny411 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool info -- not exactly a question, though. Every 20 years of so, Disney figures out that they need to go back to their strength. It would be nice if they could stay away from racial stereotypes, but given "Pocahontas" and "Aladdin", I'm not hopeful.
2007-09-16 22:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by Rainbow Connection 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard about this a couple of months ago from my friend and we actually found a picture of the character. The drawing looked pretty good.
2007-09-16 21:17:21 · answer #3 · answered by Alysha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that's really cool. I always thought they should have an African American Princess because ALL of them were white and it kinda annoyed me.
2007-09-16 21:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by crocsroc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SUPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT, I"VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS, NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-09-16 21:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Shunsui Kyouraku is 100% MINE!! 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋