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First Look: Disney's The Princess and the Frog
January 14, 2008
by Alex Billington
After Disney's Enchanted late last year dazzled me, I'm anxiously awaiting anything Disney's got next. Their triumphant return to hand-drawn 2D animation began with a few scenes in Enchanted, but The Princess and the Frog is Disney's actual first fully traditionally animted movie since Home on the Range in 2004. The story is about Princess Tiana, voiced by Dreamgirls' Anika Noni Rose, and the movie arrives in theaters in 2009. Our very first look at the princess can be found below.
The Princess and the Frog is being co-directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, whom previously worked together to bring us the Disney classics Aladdin, Hercules, and Treasure Planet.
A musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz — New Orleans — The Princess and the Frog will introduce the newest Disney princess, Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose), a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana's mystical bayous and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn.
The Princess and the Frog is currently set to be released sometime in 2009.
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Reader Feedback - 7 Comments »
1
Glad to see 2-D back. Granted, it's only a still, but it looks promising.Plus, the directors brought us Aladdin, so there's another positive for me. - I'd loved to see the audience response to an animated movie featuring an African-American character.
Daniel on Jan 14, 2008
2
I have no doubt in my mind with the talented crew behind this that it will be nothing less than excellent but I think it will be intetresting how it will do at the Box Office in the animated age.
Ryan on Jan 14, 2008
3
This is gonna be something to see, the first "real" disney movie since probably either Brother Bear or Tarzan. It's certainly not gonna be a "Rock & Rule" type animated movie, but it should be good, I still love watching Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast even though those were my bed time movies when I was a kid.
Kail on Jan 14, 2008
5
It's great to finally see another quality traditional animation from Disney, after years of stale CGI animations.
avoidz on Jan 14, 2008
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Beautiful, simply beautiful! I truly feel Disney will give the new Disney Princess, her due, not just because she will be Black American, but someone ALL little girls can look up to. I am very excited about this coming out, and I know it will be a blockbuster. Thank you so much Disney! ^_~v
Hoshino Ai on Jan 18, 2008
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To see that Disney is doing a movie featuring an African-American young lady almost brought me to tears. I'm African American and have a 4 year old daughter who loves all of the Disney Princess, but not to long ago she had ask me why there were no princess like her…I couldn't believe she was aware enough to ask me that, but to see that by the time she is 5 there will be an animated Disney movie where the star will be just like her is just beautiful. Thank You Disney 
Heather on May 7, 2008