First Look: Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

Posted on Monday, January 14th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

The Princess and the Frog

Walt Disney Pictures has revealed the first official image from The Princess and the Frog.

Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) stars as Maddy, Disney’s first black princess. The Princess and the Frog is the first hand-drawn film Disney has committed to since the Pixar purchase. Watching the opening to Enchanted got me excited for a return of 2D animation. 3D may be the future, but 2D isn’t dead yet.  The question is, will Disney produce an interesting enough story? Or is this just a new beginning for the animation studio who went perclunk for churning out stinkers like Treasure Planet, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Home on the Range?

The film promises to return to the Broadway-style musical in the likes of the successful Disney animated films such as Walt’s classics. Written/directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the animated musical scored by Randy Newman, is set in New Orleans. The movie follows Maddy, a young African-American girl who lives in the infamous French Quarter. The new movie will feature a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells, and the music of Randy Newman.

The Princess and the Frog hits theaters in 2009.

via: ComingSoon

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  • they're still making movies?
  • BrianG
    Well if this is one of the films to benefit from the supervision of John Lasseter then there is hope. It should be, at least, significantly better than anything else Disney has churned out in the last 20 or 30 years.
  • Danatic
    The new movie will feature a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells, and the music of Randy Newman? What can possibly go wrong?

    ...that actually sounds like an amazing party.
  • Nick O.
    You don't find it a little strange to note that this is Disney's first black princess?
  • Nick O., yes, it seems to be strange, but I don't think it plays big role
  • Nick O.
    no, I mean, I was saying it was strange that -you- noted that it's Disney's first black princess.
  • Hahah
    How is it strange? It's important to note that this character actually is Disney's first black princess.
  • Thomas
    The color scheme looks too bright - I wish they would get a little richer with the palette. It looks like "Aladdin" - I long for the fluid pencil days last really seen in "The Rescuers" where you could still see the lines and feel the movement. This looks like it's trying to be computer animated.
  • kiko
    The dress is still white...
  • Ali
    Are you kidding? I loved Treasure Planet and Atlantis! As for little kids, they don't care about complex storylines or whether something is cliche or not. They just want to be entertained.
  • Kode
    who cares if is black? white? brown or green?
    is not like "ohhh whoaa, shes black, ohmygod!" you americans always making a big deal about the skincolor.
  • ciji
    Looks promising...

    Signed,
    Hesitantly Hopeful
  • Woopity Beebop
    Oh get off the man about her being black. It just, realistically, adds to the meaning of the story, especially if it has to do with new orleans junks.
  • Christopher Hoult
    From where I'm sitting, the princess looks like Leela from Futurama...
  • Rudin
    Soulful singing croc? All dogs go to heaven did it already!
  • Captain Awesome
    Thomas,

    You're calling for two different things here. You say it looks too bright but then call for a "rich pallete"? That shot looks very "rich" in color and bright to me. :P

    Also what you call "pencil" lines showing in the animation. Is the time Disney made huge budget cuts and couldn't pay their inkers to do cellwork. This is why films like The Jungle Book and The Rescuers had that "pencil line" look to them. Disney was just poor at the time. While I liked that look as well, I also liked their inked worked.

    I'm glad Disney is doing 2d animation again, i'm tired of 3d. That shot looks beautiful, I just wish it was higher-res so I could see all the details in the painting :)
  • Captain Awesome
    Dear Kode,

    Good job fighting a generalization with a generalization.


    Cheers,
    Captain Awesome
  • Kode
    Captain,

    Thanks, your awesomeness are beyond my non captain rank comprehension. I kiss you.

    Cheers,
    Kode Destroyer of Worlds
  • The New Girl
    I think that this is going to be a wonderful addition to any Disney fans collection.
    Lets look at it this way, Disney want to be diverse correct? Well, movies like this and Pocahontas and Mulan are showing that Princesses aren't only white. I think it is important that we let our children see other parts of the world through movies. This is showing that Princesses come from all over the world.

    I think though that we all need to stop focusing on the fact that she is an African American Princess. Did anyone get this bent out of shape when Pocahontas or Mulan hit the screen? No.

    I think we all just need to relax and see if Disney can wow us again!
  • rob uk
    i can not wait for this film the princess and the frog is one of my faverite fairytales along with the princes and the pea and rapunzal wish disney would make those films too but lets see wot disney do with princess and the frog also does not matter that tiana ia a black princess as theres has been mixed race e.g esmaralda and indian and chinese lol x
  • kewlcuz
    it doesnt seem like a very interesting i hope it doesnt boom
  • Frecksx luvsx kelly
    this is sick. but hey atleast theyre trying. i cant help but think this is only because of our black president. the animation isnt the best ive seen from disney and stereotypes seem abundant in this film... i give it 2 weeks of fame . this doesnt seem good.
  • lolssss
    mad racist dudessss
  • lolsss
    its really kind of sad first black princess and the movie looks boring i looked on other sights and it also seems stereotypical i cant help and think its gonna fail and when will they make a hispanic one
  • Frecksx
    itll probly me guadalupe and shel be on a farm with a pig and a goat
  • freck-ers
    dude ill probly just watch 3 mins of this in the movie theater and walk out. then ill demand my money back
  • omg
    omg like all the black people in the U.S will go to this movie and i dont want to be disappointed by it
  • frecksxy girl
    i remeber the days when out of all the white barbies id pic a blond one and my mom would smack me. this is because the only black ones were either bald or afro puffaaayy
  • barbiegrl
    i like the multi racial couple maybe one day they'll have a black prince and white princess
  • frecksx once again
    white- 98% of disney. chinese-mulan, indian-jasmine, native american-pocahontas, black-frog princess? , WHAT THE HELL?! do u realize that there are more minorities to be represented here?!!!! come on man, u put dark skin on a chick , give her some cheesey accent and now all of sudden SHES BLACK?! mightaswell make her eat fried chicken and drink koolaid all damn day.! do better! make ppl see that black ppl can b graceful princes and princesses goddammit. giv her a better name AND WHERE THE HELL IS HER NOBLE STEAD?
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