I am so super extremely incredibly excited right now, y'all!!!!!!
THE SNOW QUEEN is one of my favorite fairy tales EVER. Ever, ever, ever.
And I loooove when Disney does fairy tales. And musicals. And animated movies.
I was devastated when they stopped doing musicals, then again when they mentioned that they were done with fairy tales right before TANGLED came out and made mad amounts of money.
I was looking online to see whatever happened to Idina Menzel's proposed musical TV series with a GILMORE GIRLS-esque feel on IMDB when I saw her mentioned as The Snow Queen. "Huh," I thought, clicking the link. I was actually expecting to see a live-action movie similar to SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN.
I was SHOCKED to see that it was going to be an animated movie. I hurried to see if it was Disney putting it out because I've known that Alan Menken has been working on THE SNOW QUEEN for a few years now.
Ahh, and Disney IS doing it. And if they're really casting Idina Menzel (Broadway babies may know her as originating the roles of Maureen in RENT [Yes, she was also her in the movie version] and Elphaba in WICKED, while GLEE fans will know her as Shelby, aka "Rachel's Mom.") and Kristen Bell, who you know as an actor, but perhaps might not realize is also a singer, well...........this is another Disney musical!
It looks like news broke in December that this was going to be Disney's Winter Holiday 2013 film, but I never saw it. I wasn't even looking for it, because everyone--even Alan Menken--said that THE SNOW QUEEN was dead in the water. It was originally commissioned to be part of a show at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park, which never happened. I've been hoping to see it hit the silver screen in animation and was downtrodden when I heard that it had been shelved.
Ahhh, is it 2013 yet? [Though I shouldn't wish my life away, should I? Next month, I have both SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and Disney/Pixar's BRAVE to tide me over. But oh....!]
THE SNOW QUEEN is one of my favorite fairy tales EVER. Ever, ever, ever.
And I loooove when Disney does fairy tales. And musicals. And animated movies.
I was devastated when they stopped doing musicals, then again when they mentioned that they were done with fairy tales right before TANGLED came out and made mad amounts of money.
I was looking online to see whatever happened to Idina Menzel's proposed musical TV series with a GILMORE GIRLS-esque feel on IMDB when I saw her mentioned as The Snow Queen. "Huh," I thought, clicking the link. I was actually expecting to see a live-action movie similar to SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN.
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| Early concept art for Disney's THE SNOW QUEEN, now entitled FROZEN. I wonder what the final artwork will entail!? |
I was SHOCKED to see that it was going to be an animated movie. I hurried to see if it was Disney putting it out because I've known that Alan Menken has been working on THE SNOW QUEEN for a few years now.
Ahh, and Disney IS doing it. And if they're really casting Idina Menzel (Broadway babies may know her as originating the roles of Maureen in RENT [Yes, she was also her in the movie version] and Elphaba in WICKED, while GLEE fans will know her as Shelby, aka "Rachel's Mom.") and Kristen Bell, who you know as an actor, but perhaps might not realize is also a singer, well...........this is another Disney musical!
It looks like news broke in December that this was going to be Disney's Winter Holiday 2013 film, but I never saw it. I wasn't even looking for it, because everyone--even Alan Menken--said that THE SNOW QUEEN was dead in the water. It was originally commissioned to be part of a show at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park, which never happened. I've been hoping to see it hit the silver screen in animation and was downtrodden when I heard that it had been shelved.
This news has me sooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!
It's an animated Disney fairy tale musical, and a favorite to boot!
Ahhh, is it 2013 yet? [Though I shouldn't wish my life away, should I? Next month, I have both SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and Disney/Pixar's BRAVE to tide me over. But oh....!]