Frozen
Film information
Directed by	Chris Buck Jennifer Lee
Produced by	John Lasseter Peter Del Vecho
Music by	Robert Lopez Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Studio	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date(s)	November 27, 2013
Language	English
Preceded by	Wreck-It Ralph
Followed by	Big Hero 6

Frozen is an upcoming American 3D computer animated musical fantasy-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Contrary to popular belief, this film will not be using Meander, the hybrid 2D/CGI animation tool made by Disney for the Paperman short, leading to uncertainty on when it will be used. However, it will be using the same animation style as Tangled. It is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen. It will be the 53rd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It will also feature the twelfth Disney Princess, Anna the Ice Princess. The film will feature the voices of Kristen Bell as Anna and Idina Menzel as the Snow Queen, in speaking as well as singing roles, along with Jonathan Groff playing the role of mountain man Kristoff. The film is currently scheduled to be released on November 27, 2013.

This would be WDAS's second Andersen-inspired full-length feature, the first being The Little Mermaid (not counting The Little Match Girl).

Plot

When Anna (Bell) is cursed by her estranged sister, the cold-hearted Snow Queen Elsa (Menzel), Anna’s only hope of reversing the curse is to survive a perilous but thrilling journey across an icy and unforgiving landscape. Joined by a rugged, thrill-seeking outdoorsman Kristoff (Groff), his one-antlered reindeer and a hapless snowman, Anna must race against time, conquer the elements and battle an army of frozen sinister warriors if she ever hopes to melt her frozen heart.

Voice Cast

Main Characters:

• Kristen Bell - Anna, the youngest daughter of a royal family.
• Idina Menzel - Elsa, the Snow Queen and Anna's elder sister.
• Jonathan Groff - Kristoff, a rugged mountain man who assists Anna in helping her find her sister.

Other characters:

• Josh Gad - Olaf, a goofy enchanted snowman tossed away by Elsa.
• Sven, a mangy reindeer who is Kristoff's companion.
• Hans, a nobleman who is Anna's boyfriend and supports her in finding Elsa.

Production

Walt Disney Animation Studios has been working on its own adaptation of The Snow Queen, most recently after being scrapped in late 2002. However, as of March 2010 Disney had shelved the project again. As of June 2010, Disney announced that the film was put on "hold". In December 2011, Disney announced a new title for the film, Frozen, and a release date, November 27, 2013. A month later, it was confirmed that the film will be a 3D CGI animated feature.

On March 5, 2012, author Eric Eisenburg reported the original details about Frozen: "The story is based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and is about an evil queen who kidnaps a young boy named Kai. Following his disappearance, a young girl named Gerda goes on an adventure to save him." The film is being directed by Chris Buck, who previously co-directed both Surf's Up - the animated film about surfing penguins - and 1999's Tarzan. Much like many of Disney's recent animated films, the project is being overseen by Pixar chief John Lasseter and Peter Del Vecho and will be done using computer generated animation. Originally, the film was supposed to be a hand-drawn animated film after Winnie The Pooh, but when John Lasseter (the one who decides which technic can be useful to visualize the animated project) read the script, he thought and decided that the of style of the adaptation would be amazing using the same hand-drawn/CGI hybrid technic from Tangled for the story. Eisenberg also reports that Kristen Bell will provide her voice in the film as the lead character.

In June 2012, it was announced that Bell will voice Anna, a young dreamer, and that Idina Menzel will voice Elsa the Snow Queen.

On July 29, 2012, a new story plot was given by The Walt Disney Animation Studios: "When Anna is cursed by her estranged sister, the cold-hearted Snow Queen, Anna’s only hope of reversing the curse is to survive a perilous but thrilling journey across an icy and unforgiving landscape. Joined by a rugged, thrill-seeking outdoorsman, his one-antlered reindeer and a hapless snowman, Anna must race against time, conquer the elements and battle an army of menacing snowmen if she ever hopes to melt her frozen heart." [1]

Broadway songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who previously wrote songs for the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh, have been confirmed to write original songs for the film.[2]

On November 29, 2012, Jennifer Lee, who previously wrote the screenplay for the movie Wreck-It Ralph will join Chris Buck as Co-Director.[3] “This is her sister’s magic. Elsa created this winter storm and ice formation,” says director Chris Buck (Surf’s Up, Tarzan). “We love the power of it, and yet there’s a magical quality to it also.”  “We wanted to push it to the extreme,” adds Jennifer Lee (screenwriter of Wreck-It Ralph), who is directing the film with him. “The unnatural quality of the ice emphasizes this is not, you know, sky-made ice, but ice made by someone.”  If you click on the image to expand, you’ll find snowflake shapes embedded within the ice.  “You’ll see that shape throughout,” Buck says. “It’s very subtle, but that’s basically [evidence of] Elsa’s magic. That’s her signature.”

-Entertainment Weekly

Music

Original songs for Frozen will be written and composed by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. At D23's Destination D event in August 2012, a song called "Let It Go" was performed as a preview. The song is to be performed by Idina Menzel as Elsa, when she leaves the kingdom and creates her own ice palace.

Gallery

For more pictures and screenshots of Frozen, click here.

Videos

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/disney%20frozen

Frozen
Media: Frozen Characters: Anna | Elsa the Snow Queen | Kristoff | Olaf | Sven | Hans Locations: Elsa's Ice Castle | Arendelle Songs:

Disney theatrical animated features

Official canon (Walt Disney Animated Classics)
Released when Walt Disney was alive	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) · Pinocchio (1940) · Fantasia (1940) · Dumbo (1941) · Bambi (1942) · Saludos Amigos (1942) · The Three Caballeros (1944) · Make Mine Music (1946) · Fun and Fancy Free (1947) · Melody Time (1948) · The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) · Cinderella (1950) · Alice in Wonderland (1951) · Peter Pan (1953) · Lady and the Tramp (1955) · Sleeping Beauty (1959) · One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) · The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Released after Walt's death	The Jungle Book (1967) · The Aristocats (1970) · Robin Hood (1973) · The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) · The Rescuers (1977) · The Fox and the Hound (1981) · The Black Cauldron (1985) · The Great Mouse Detective (1986) · Oliver & Company (1988)
Disney Renaissance	The Little Mermaid (1989) · The Rescuers Down Under (1990) · Beauty and the Beast (1991) · Aladdin (1992) · The Lion King (1994) · Pocahontas (1995) · The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) · Hercules (1997) · Mulan (1998) · Tarzan (1999)
Post-Disney Renaissance	Fantasia 2000 (1999) · Dinosaur (2000) · The Emperor's New Groove (2000) · Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) · Lilo & Stitch (2002) · Treasure Planet (2002) · Brother Bear (2003) · Home on the Range (2004) · Chicken Little (2005) · Meet the Robinsons (2007) · Bolt (2008) · The Princess and the Frog (2009) · Tangled (2010) · Winnie the Pooh (2011) · Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Upcoming	Frozen (2013) Big Hero 6 (2014)
Pixar
Toy Story (1995) · A Bug's Life (1998) · Toy Story 2 (1999) · Monsters, Inc. (2001) · Finding Nemo (2003) · The Incredibles (2004) · Cars (2006) · Ratatouille (2007) · WALL-E (2008) · Up (2009) · Toy Story 3 (2010) · Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012)
Upcoming	Monsters University (2013) · The Good Dinosaur (2014) · Inside Out (2015) · Finding Dory (2015) · Untitled Día de los Muertos film (TBA)
DisneyToon Studios animated features
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) · A Goofy Movie (1995) · Doug's 1st Movie (1999) · The Tigger Movie (2000) · Recess: School's Out (2001) · Return to Never Land (2002) · The Jungle Book 2 (2003) · Piglet's Big Movie (2003) · Teacher's Pet (2004) · The Lion King 1½ (2004) · Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) · Bambi II (2006) · Tinker Bell (2008) · Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009) · Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
Live-action films with animation
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) · Victory Through Air Power (1943) · Song of the South (1946) · So Dear to My Heart (1949) · Mary Poppins (1964) · Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) · Pete's Dragon (1977) · Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) · James and the Giant Peach (1996) · Enchanted (2007) ·
Other
The Brave Little Toaster (1987) · The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) · The Wild (2006) · A Christmas Carol (2009) · Mars Needs Moms (2011) · Frankenweenie (2012)

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