From
CNN
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- 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 company unveiled the plans at its annual shareholders' meeting in New Orleans.
John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Disney and the Disney-owned unit Pixar Animation Studios, said the movie would return to the classic hand-drawn animation process, instead of using computer animation that has become the industry standard. He called the film "an American fairy tale."
For the most part, who cares, but I think it's interesting to get this pitch so quickly on the heels of whatever picture it was a year or two ago that was constantly referred to as "the animation giant's final hand-drawn feature film" or whatever. Could they really not wait to pull the New Coke "the people demanded it" switcharoo, or was Chicken Little really that bad?
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 15 March 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)
Glad to see they've found a way to do it without actually having to film in New Orleans/spend any money there.
― Jordan, Thursday, 15 March 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)
the last traditionally animated one was "Home on the Range". It tanked.
i'm guessing this one will bomb too :( Even the shittiest CG kids movies make more money now.
― abanana, Thursday, 15 March 2007 22:21 (eighteen years ago)
Shark Tale
Budget $75,000,000 (estimated)
Gross $160,762,022 (USA) (2 January 2005) (sub-total)
Chicken Little
Budget $60,000,000 (estimated)
Gross $135,381,507 (USA) (9 April 2006)
Jimmy Neutron
Budget $25,000,000 (estimated)
Gross $80,920,948 (USA) (14 April 2002) (sub-total)
Home on the Range
Budget $110,000,000 (estimated)
Gross $50,026,353 (USA) (22 August 2004) (sub-total)
― abanana, Thursday, 15 March 2007 22:29 (eighteen years ago)
five years pass...
was genuinely shocked that this was actually ... really good?
― Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 February 2013 22:30 (thirteen years ago)
my daughter wanted to get it and my reaction was "eh yeah whatever" but the overall premise was well done and there was a lot of stylish animated sequences. plus the songs were not all uniformly abominable like they usually are in Disney films.
― Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 February 2013 23:28 (thirteen years ago)