The Frog Princess

[Raph's Girl]

Disney is set to release a movie entitled The Frog Princess, which introduces us to the first black Disney Princess...she's from New Orleans.

This is gonna be a hand drawn movie with Randy Newman doing the music....and there's a soul singing aligator involved (well duh...it's New Orleans).

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31815

Oh and Toy Story 3 will be out in 2010..

[Sonic777]

Singing aligators? That's weird,but toy story 3 is great news.

[Jo Dawn]

Hand drawn is excellent news.

Ok... now don't get me wrong... I'm all for whatever race princess you want... But a teeny part of me is afraid that Disney is doing this 'New Orleans-African American Princess' thing as a, like... marketing thing. I mean, to me, none of this matters... I just hope they're doing it for the right reasons.

[Raph's Girl]

Here's a pic of the Frog Princess who's name is Maddy.

http://i17.tinypic.com/2cnggv4.jpg

Further info on the movie can be found here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6434485.stm

[Sonic777]

:nod: All I can Say is:WOW!!!!
Thanks for the info raph's girl:D

[Masked Ninja]

Randy Newman, eh. We'll see what he does, but a lot of his stuff sounds the same to me.

But I've been watching the news on this for a while... very pleased that it will be traditionally animated. I too hope they don't overdo the "omg black Princess!" thing, but it has the potential to be really cool. :)

[VaughnMichael]

great they bring this out but yet they can't even bring the muppets frog prince movie on dvd. :roll:

[ThirdMarioBro]

I never thought I would see a hand drawn Disney movie again. This was like the greatest thing I had heard in a long time when I first found out about it. Seriously. Hand drawn animation is a timeless artform, and it needs to be preserved.

[Ra]

Wow, they are returning to the classical hand-drawn technique? I have never been so happy in my entire life! :D It's good to see that Disney is giving the old traditional way of things a go again. I can't help but wonder what the story line is though. Judging by the title, I have a slight feeling that this has to deal with a "Frog" and a "Princess".

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*thinks*

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I'll get to the bottom of this eventually...

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

I could care less about the whole "black princess" thing. I mean, thats great and all, but I'm not going to see a Disney princess movie anytime soon.

But I am stoked to see Disney going back to Traditional style. It really warms my heart to see it back.

[ZariusTwo]

I think it's high time we saw a remake of Freddy: FR-07.

...Better Bond movie than Brosnan's s*it.:)

[DrSpengler]

I hope they don't pansy out and release this straight to video. I thought that Mickey/Donald/Goofy: Three Musketeers had all the qualities that would've worked perfect as a theatrical release but Disney decided "ZOMG ITS HAND DRAWN NO ONE WILL GO SEE IT!!11!" and released it straight to video.

Still, I'm wondering exactly how a woman living in New Orleans in what appears to be the 20's could possibly be a princess. Was she a princess back in Africa or something and just moved to New Orleans.

Anyhow, I'll have to see some trailers or something before I decide to go see a movie called the "Frog Princess" in theaters (though there's always the possibility my boss might make me go review it). Nevertheless, I am very pleased the Disney has gotten over that whole "hand drawn animation is dead" phase.

[Mecha Cow]

I think by 'princess' they just mean a female lead character.

Anyway, I lost my faith in Disney years ago, but it's nice to see they're back in the traditional animation business.