Exclusive: Disney Developing Live-Action âThe Snow Queenâ Film
We have learned that Disney is in early development on a live-action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tale The Snow Queen.
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Disney Developing Live-Action ‘The Snow Queen’ Film
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PiratesMansion
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"See, it's not Frozen! We know everyone's tired of Frozen, that's why we're making The Snow Queen, which is going to be an original not-at-all-similar film!*"
*until someone panics and throws in "Let it Go" at the last minute.
*until someone panics and throws in "Let it Go" at the last minute.
Twilight_Roxas
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Did you forget that season 4 of Ouat had Frozen characters, but more based off The Snow Queen?
Kate F
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Even if it’s an original, you really think people aren’t gonna be mentioning Frozen in the same breath?
Thankfully they aren’t remaking a billion dollar hit that’s less than a decade old, but I honestly wouldn’t put it past them to start doing remakes of the more recent animated films.
Thankfully they aren’t remaking a billion dollar hit that’s less than a decade old, but I honestly wouldn’t put it past them to start doing remakes of the more recent animated films.
Magenta Panther
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Well, let's hope THIS version actually has a little Hans Christian Anderson in it. If Disney plays its cards right, it could have a new villainess as iconic as Maleficent and the Wicked Queen.
And I hope the main characters in the story - Kay and Gerda - will be portrayed by CHILDREN, not grown actors (as was done in the Nutcracker film, and in Prince Caspian). If Kay and Gerda actually make it into the movie at all, that is.
And I hope the main characters in the story - Kay and Gerda - will be portrayed by CHILDREN, not grown actors (as was done in the Nutcracker film, and in Prince Caspian). If Kay and Gerda actually make it into the movie at all, that is.
Brer Panther
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Maybe they'll get Idina Menzel to play the Snow Queen.
Animaniac93-98
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"Due to budget cuts, the role of the Snow Queen will be played by Josh Gad".
Live action Disney Studios that is not a remake or a sequel?
This has all the hallmarks of Nutcracker and the Four Realms written all over it... and BFG... and A Wrinkle in Time.
How does Alan Horn retain his job?
This has all the hallmarks of Nutcracker and the Four Realms written all over it... and BFG... and A Wrinkle in Time.
How does Alan Horn retain his job?
Miss Jennifer
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I'd love to see this! As much as I loved Frozen, it's a shame they didn't stick with the original story. From what JimHillMedia has said, they had trouble developing the story into a workable screenplay because the original tale's ending was so anticlimactic--Kay and Gerda just walk out of the palace after Gerda breaks the spell and there's no final confrontation with the Snow Queen at all.
Now, I agree that this ending was anticlimactic and I kind of wonder why Andersen took that route...but what would have been easier, tweaking the ending or writing a whole new story? (Although Frozen's success, given that it's pretty much an original fairy tale, gives me hope that they might adapt lesser-known tales.) Plus, the story has so many elements that are tailor-made for Disney...a brave heroine, clever animal sidekicks, many interesting and colorful side stories and supporting characters along the way (that Robber Girl!), opportunities for splendid visuals, a memorable villainess. Have any of you seen the Russian-animated one from the fifties, the one that was dubbed over with the voices of Sandra Dee, Tommy Kirk, and Paul Frees? It's the best Disney movie Disney never made!
So if Disney does this, we've got the best of both worlds. Besides, I understand that years before Frozen, Tokyo DisneySea was planning a stage show based on The Snow Queen, with a score by Alan Menken. Maybe, just maybe, if they make this live-action version a musical, they can recycle the score?
Now, I agree that this ending was anticlimactic and I kind of wonder why Andersen took that route...but what would have been easier, tweaking the ending or writing a whole new story? (Although Frozen's success, given that it's pretty much an original fairy tale, gives me hope that they might adapt lesser-known tales.) Plus, the story has so many elements that are tailor-made for Disney...a brave heroine, clever animal sidekicks, many interesting and colorful side stories and supporting characters along the way (that Robber Girl!), opportunities for splendid visuals, a memorable villainess. Have any of you seen the Russian-animated one from the fifties, the one that was dubbed over with the voices of Sandra Dee, Tommy Kirk, and Paul Frees? It's the best Disney movie Disney never made!
So if Disney does this, we've got the best of both worlds. Besides, I understand that years before Frozen, Tokyo DisneySea was planning a stage show based on The Snow Queen, with a score by Alan Menken. Maybe, just maybe, if they make this live-action version a musical, they can recycle the score?