Disney’s Animated “The Princess & the Frog” Movie Trailer
“The Princess and the Frog” will be the 49th animated feature film by Walt Disney Animated Classics and the first 2D-animated film by Disney since 2004’s “Home on the Range”. The film, which began production under the working title “The Frog Princess”, will be an American fairy tale, Broadway-style musical set in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Disney executives said the company wanted to show its support for New Orleans by setting its newest animated film in the city.
“The Princess and the Frog” will feature the Walt Disney Studio’s first black princess named “Maddy”. Disney introduced its first non-white animated heroine in 1992’s “Aladdin”: a Middle Eastern character named Jasmine. Three years later an American Indian princess appeared in “Pocahontas” and then in 1998 a Chinese heroine starred in “Mulan”. Maddy joins eight other Disney princess characters, who have generated $3 billion in global retail sales since 1999.
“The Princess and the Frog” is set to be released on December 11th of this year, just in time for the holidays with plenty of merchandise tie ins. I love classic Disney animated films and even though the last few “Princess” animated movies have been financially succesful, none have had the same impact as “The Little Mermaid” or “Beauty & the Beast”. The trailer for this new film gives me hope that the studio still has some life in them yet! Watch it below:
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