Walt Disney Animation Studios has determined to not transfer ahead with a The Princess and the Frog Disney+ collection centered on the Tiana character.
It was introduced in December 2020 that Disney was creating a long-from TV collection based mostly on the 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog. Anika Noni Rose was set to reprise her vocal function within the present, which might have centered on the character as she continues to discover New Orleans.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has pulled the plug on the collection, because it has now been canceled.
Why did Disney cancel its The Princess and the Frog collection?
Official causes as to why Disney is not making the Tiana collection aren’t instantly clear. The Hollywood Reporter’s article mentions that the studio is abandoning “making authentic longform content material for streaming.”
The article additional notes, “Sources near the streaming collection say that regardless of finest efforts, together with a number of modifications to the artistic workforce, Tiana in the end couldn’t get to the place it wanted to be given manufacturing prices.”
Moreover, the studio has canceled an untitled, feature-length animated mission that was going to debut on Disney+. Additional particulars relating to what this mission might have been stay below wraps at the moment.
The excellent news is that Walt Disney Animation Studios is now in early growth on a “separate short-form particular impressed by The Princess and the Frog.” Plot particulars stay below wraps at the moment, although Joyce Sherri is hooked up because the director and Steve Anderson as the author.
Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, The Princess and the Frog made roughly $271 million on the international field workplace. Along with Rose, the voice forged of the film additionally contains Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, Keith David as Dr. Facilier, Michael-Leon Wooley as Louis, Jim Cummings as Ray, Oprah Winfrey as Eudora, Terrence Howard as James, John Goodman as Eli ‘Large Daddy’ La Bouff, and extra.
The Princess and the Frog is presently obtainable to stream on Disney+.
