However, Lee will continue to participate in Disney Animation's development process (i.e. On August 5, 2014, Variety reported that Lee had selected her next project: a screenplay adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time, for which Disney already holds the film adaptation rights. It’ll be something completely brand new." We're actually going to start from scratch. In the same interview, Iger also expressed the hope that the Frozen franchise "is something that is kind of forever for the company" similar to The Lion King." In June, Lee confirmed that chief creative officer John Lasseter had expressly granted her and Buck the freedom to explore whatever they were "passionate about": "We don't know what it is yet. When asked in May about a sequel during an interview with CNBC's David Faber, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger said that Disney would not "mandate a sequel" or "force storytelling", because to do so would risk creating something not as good as the first film. Horn said that "we haven't really talked about a sequel" because the studio's current priority is the planned Broadway musical, which will require "four or five" additional songs to be written by Lopez and Anderson-Lopez. But I don't know what that is right now." In late April, Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan F. When asked about future sequels, Del Vecho explained in March that Buck, Lee and he "work very, very well together, so I believe we will be developing a new project. Tour operators (including Adventures by Disney) responded by adding more Norway tours. By June 2014, the film's reliance on Norway for visual inspiration had resulted in a significant increase in tourism in that country, with a 37% increase in tourists from the United States in the first quarter of 2014 (in comparison to the previous year's first quarter). The 2013 animated film Frozen was released to critical acclaim and commercial success, sparking interest in related media to expand the Frozen universe.
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This brand extension includes animated shorts, books and a TV special. In June 2016, Disney announced a franchise extension called Frozen Northern Lights. With the success of the movie, Disney began work on three musical adaptations, for Disney California Adventure, Broadway and Disney Cruise Line, with the first starting in May 2016. The Frozen Fever short film was released with Disney's full-length live-action Cinderella in 2015.
On March 12, 2015, at Disney's annual meeting of shareholders officially announced a full-length sequel was in development at Disney Studios. The soundtrack has also been streamed over 51 million times since its release in 2013. The film earned two Academy Awards in 2014 (best animated feature and original song) and took in $1.28 billion globally and sold 4.1 million soundtracks by June 2016. ( November 2016)įrozen was released in 2013 and was inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale " The Snow Queen". 16.4.5 Arendelle: World of Frozen (Hong Kong Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios Park).16.4.4 Fantasy Springs (Tokyo DisneySea).12.4 Frozen: The Broadway Musical (2018).11.1 Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II (2020).Boxoffice chief analyst Phil Contrino was quoted as saying "it's become massive". In November 2014, explained that " Frozen is no longer a movie, it's a global brand, a larger than life franchise built around products, theme parks and sequels that could last into the next century". Disney has also released an animated film sequel, and a new book series. To date, the franchise includes various Disney theme park attractions, merchandise, video games, books, a Disney on Ice show, a Broadway stage musical and two short animated films. Since the film's release in November 2013, the franchise has expanded very rapidly. The original film was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, " The Snow Queen". John Lasseter, then- chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, served as the film's executive producer. * Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of a crossover, or has characters based on those from this franchise.įrozen is a Disney media franchise, beginning with the 2013 American animated feature film of the same name, which was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, screenplay by Lee and produced by Peter Del Vecho, music score by Christophe Beck, and songs written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Frozen – Live at the Hyperion (2016–present).For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration (2014–present).