The Princess and the Frog began production in July 2007, under the working title The Frog Princess. It marked Disney's brief return to traditional animation, as it was the mainstream animation studio's first traditionally animated film since Home on the Range (2004). Musker and Clements, directors of Disney's The Great Mouse Detective (1986), The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), Hercules (1997), and Treasure Planet (2002) returned to Disney to direct The Princess and the Frog. The studio returned to a Broadway musical-style format frequently used during the Disney Renaissance, and the film features a score and songs written, composed, and conducted by Randy Newman, well known for his musical involvement in Pixar films such as the Toy Story franchise.
The Princess and the Frog premiered at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank on November 15, 2009, and first opened in a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on November 25, followed by its wide release on December 11. The film received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation (particularly the revival of the hand-drawn form), characters, music, voice acting (particularly David's), and themes; however, it was criticized for its depiction of Louisiana Voodoo and alleged historical negationism of its depiction of the Southern United States during the Jim Crow era. It was a qualified success at the box office: it somewhat underperformed Disney's targets yet finished in first place in North America on its opening weekend and grossed around $271 million worldwide (becoming, in the process, Disney’s most successful traditionally animated film since Lilo & Stitch in 2002). It received three Oscar nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards: one for Best Animated Feature and two for Best Original Song.[4]
Set in the Roaring Twenties in New Orleans, Tiana is completely devoted to opening her own restaurant, a dream she shared with her late father, who died in World War I. She works two waitress jobs every day and night to earn money to make this dream a reality, leaving her no time for a social life.
Meanwhile, Naveen, the spoiled and arrogant prince of Maldonia, arrives in New Orleans, where, being financially cut off from his family's fortune by his parents, he intends to marry the rich Southern belle Charlotte La Bouff, Tiana's best friend. Her father, wealthy Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff, hosts a masquerade ball in Naveen's honor, for which Charlotte hires Tiana to make beignets, offering her enough to buy a dilapidated mill to convert into her dream restaurant. Naveen and his valet, Lawrence, encounter Dr. Facilier, a voodoowitch doctor, who tricks them into a fortune reading. Then, he transforms Naveen into a frog and gives Lawrence Naveen's appearance through a voodoo talisman containing Naveen's blood. Facilier intends for the disguised Lawrence to marry Charlotte, then to kill her father with a voodoo doll so he can gain the La Bouff fortune.
At the ball, Tiana is told by the realtors, the Fenner Brothers, that she has been outbid for the mill. Despondent, Tiana wishes on the evening star for her dream to come true. She then meets Naveen in frog form who, believing her to be a princess, asks for a kiss to break Facilier's spell. Tiana reluctantly accepts after Naveen promises to finance her restaurant. However, Tiana transforms into a frog because she is not a princess. The two are chased into a bayou where they meet a trumpet-playing alligator named Louis, who dreams of playing jazz. After informing Louis they are actually humans under a voodoo spell, he tells them of Mama Odie, another voodoo practitioner who lives in the bayou and they all go in search of her.
They are guided to Mama Odie by a Cajunfirefly named Ray, who is enamored with the Evening Star, believing it is a firefly named "Evangeline," as no one has the heart to tell him otherwise. During the journey, Tiana and Naveen fend off a group of hunters and begin developing feelings for each other, especially after the latter learns to be a more responsible human being. Meanwhile, the talisman disguising Lawrence as Naveen needs more of Naveen's blood or Lawrence will return to his normal appearance. Discovering Naveen has escaped, Facilier asks his "friends on the other side" (a legion of voodoo spirits) to help retrieve him, offering them the souls of the people of New Orleans in exchange, and they grant him an army of shadow demons to do his bidding. The demons discover Tiana and her group in the bayou, although they are rescued by Mama Odie.
Mama Odie tells Naveen the spell can only be broken with a princess's kiss. They realize that as Big Daddy has been crowned Mardi Gras king, Charlotte will be a princess until midnight. The group hitches a ride on a paddle steamer back to New Orleans, during which Naveen tells Ray about his love for Tiana and plans to propose marriage to her, although after talking to her, he selflessly decides against it since transforming him and Tiana into humans and financing Tiana's restaurant is contingent on him kissing and marrying Charlotte. The shadow demons find and capture Naveen and bring him to Facilier, who uses his blood to replenish the talisman. After hearing from Ray how Naveen feels about her, Tiana heads to the Mardi Gras parade to find him, only to see Lawrence, masquerading as Naveen, marrying Charlotte. Heartbroken and now believing she will forever be a frog, Tiana flees the scene.
Ray rescues the real Naveen and steals the talisman, which he gives to Tiana before Facilier mortally wounds him. Facilier offers to make Tiana's dream come true in exchange for the talisman. Realizing she would rather be with Naveen and that she would be dishonoring her father by accepting, Tiana destroys it. With Facilier's plan foiled, the voodoo spirits drag him into their world for failing to pay back his debt. After Lawrence is arrested, Tiana reveals her love to Naveen and Charlotte agrees to kiss Naveen so he and Tiana can be human, but the clock strikes midnight and the kiss fails. Ray dies shortly thereafter and during his funeral a new star appears next to Evangeline. Tiana and Naveen are married by Mama Odie, and since doing so makes Tiana a princess, both are restored to human form after their kiss. They later return to New Orleans to legally marry and open their restaurant together, with Louis playing in the band.
Voice castedit
Anika Noni Rose as Tiana, an African American 19-year-old waitress and aspiring chef / restaurateur. She is an intelligent, hardworking, and independent young woman but works so hard that she often forgets about other things in life such as love, fun, and family.[5]Mark Henn was the supervising animator for Tiana.
Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, the prince of Maldonia. Naveen is a 20-year-old musician and playboy who has been cut off from his family's riches until he learns the value of responsibility. Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator of Naveen in both human and frog form.[6]
Dr. Facilier as performed by a cast member at Disneyland (Oct 2016)Keith David as Dr. Facilier, also known as the Shadow Man, a voodoobokor (witch doctor) who plans to rule New Orleans with help from his "friends on the other side" and the major antagonist of the film. He is depicted in the image of Baron Samedi and/or Ghede Nibo wearing a tailcoat and top hat. Bruce W. Smith, supervising animator of Doctor Facilier, referred to the character as the "lovechild" of his Captain Hook from Peter Pan (1953).[7] Smith was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work.[8]
Michael-Leon Wooley as Louis, a friendly, yet neurotic, obese trumpet-playing alligator whose dream is to become human so he can join a jazz band. His name comes from the famous jazz artist and trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. Terence Blanchard did the trumpet playing for Louis. Eric Goldberg, the supervising animator of Louis and other miscellaneous characters,[6] won the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work on the film.[8]
Jennifer Cody as Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff, a 19-year-old wealthy Southern débutante and Tiana's best friend since childhood who dreams of marrying a prince. Though she is initially spoiled and self-centered, she has a heart of gold and cares deeply for Tiana's well-being, going as far as giving up her chance to be a princess when she sees that Prince Naveen and Tiana are truly in love. Nik Ranieri served as the supervising animator of Charlotte as an adult and child.[6] Jennifer Cody won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her performance.[8]
Jim Cummings as Ray, a middle aged Cajun firefly. He and his vast family are close friends with Mama Odie, so he offers to help the frogs get to her. Ray has an unrequited love for the Evening Star, which he believes is another firefly named "Evangeline" (a reference to the 19th-century Longfellow poem).[9] Mike Surrey was the supervising animator for Ray. Ray's name comes from the blind pianist Ray Charles.[6]
Peter Bartlett as Lawrence, Prince Naveen's valet, whom Dr. Facilier recruits as a partner in his scheme by transforming him to look like Naveen using a blood charm. Anthony DeRosa was the supervising animator for the Lawrence character, whose design was influenced by the Mr. Smee character from Peter Pan.[9]
Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie, a blind, 197-year-old voodoo priestess, who serves as the film's "Fairy Godmother figure". Andreas Deja was the supervising animator for both Mama Odie and her pet snake, Juju, and was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production.[8][10]
Oprah Winfrey as Eudora, Tiana's mother, who wants to see her happy and worries that Tiana focuses too much on her dream of owning a restaurant.[11]Ruben A. Aquino animated both Eudora and her husband, James.[6]
Terrence Howard as James, Tiana's father, who helped instill a strong work ethic in Tiana
John Goodman as Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff, a very wealthy Southern sugar mill owner and father of Charlotte La Bouff. While he spoils Charlotte with everything she asks for, he is a loving and generous man and loves Tiana's cooking. Duncan Marjoribanks was the supervising animator for La Bouff.[6]
Ritchie Montgomery, Don Hall, and Paul Briggs as Reggie, Darnell, and Two-Fingers, three bumbling frog hunters who try to catch Tiana and Naveen as frogs. Their resemblance to The Three Stooges has been noted.
Corey Burton and Jerry Kernion as the Fenner Brothers, two real estate agents who eventually sell Tiana the sugar mill under duress after initially refusing because someone else was offering to pay for it in cash and because they believed Tiana could not manage it because of her background.[12]
Kevin Michael Richardson and Emeril Lagasse as Ian and Marlon, two of a congregation of wild and hot-tempered alligators who try to eat Tiana and Naveen as frogs
Productionedit
Early developmentedit
Disney had once announced that 2004's Home on the Range would be their last traditionally animated film. After the company's acquisition of Pixar in 2006, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter, the new president and chief creative officer of Disney Animation Studios, reversed this decision and reinstated hand-drawn animation at the studio.[13][14] Many animators who had either been laid off or had left the studio when the traditional animation units were dissolved in 2003 were located and re-hired for the project.[15] Lasseter also brought back directors Ron Clements and John Musker, whose earlier works include The Great Mouse Detective (1986), The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), Hercules (1997), and Treasure Planet (2002).[16][17] The duo had left the company in 2005, but Lasseter requested their return to Disney to direct and write the film and had let them choose the style of animation (traditional or CGI) they wanted to use.[9]
The film's story began development by merging two projects in development at Disney and Pixar at the time, both based around "The Frog Prince" fairy tale.[9][15] One of the projects was based on E. D. Baker's The Frog Princess, in which the story's heroine (Princess Emma) kisses a prince turned frog (Prince Eadric), only to become a frog herself.[15] The other was based on Ralph Eggleston's pitch of The Frog Prince set in gangster-era Chicago.[18]Jorgen Klubien separately claimed a story he was developing at Pixar tentatively titled The Spirit of New Orleans served as inspiration for the film.[19]The Princess and the Frog returns to the musical film format used in many of the previously successful Disney animated films, with a style Musker and Clements declared, like with Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, had inspiration from Golden Age Disney features such as Cinderella (1950).[20]
Musker and Clements thought that given so many fairy tales were set in Europe, they could do an American fairy tale.[20] They stated that they chose New Orleans as a tribute to the history of the city, for its "magical" qualities, and because it was Lasseter's favorite city.[9][21] The directors spent ten days in Louisiana before starting to write the film.[20]
The Princess and the Frog was originally announced as The Frog Princess in July 2006,[13] and early concepts and songs were presented to the public at The Walt Disney Company's annual shareholders' meeting in March 2007.[22] These announcements drew criticism from African-American media outlets, due to elements of the Frog Princess story, characters, and settings considered distasteful.[23][24] African-American critics disapproved of the original name for the heroine, "Maddy", due to its similarity to the derogatory term "mammy".[23] Also protested were Maddy's original career as a chambermaid,[24] the choice to have the Black heroine's love interest be a non-Black prince,[23] and the use of a Black male voodoo witchdoctor as the film's villain.[23] The Frog Princess title was also thought by critics to be a slur on French people.[25] Also questioned was the film's setting of New Orleans, which had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, resulting in the expulsion of a large number of mostly Black residents.[26] Critics claimed the choice of New Orleans as the setting for a Disney film with a Black heroine was an affront to the Katrina victims' plight.[23][26]
In response to these early criticisms, the film's title was changed in May 2007 from The Frog Princess to The Princess and the Frog. The name "Maddy" was changed to "Tiana",[25][27] and the character's occupation was altered from chambermaid to waitress.[23] Talk show host Oprah Winfrey was hired as a technical consultant for the film, leading to her taking a voice-acting role in the film as Tiana's mother, Eudora.[9]
Writing and themesedit
The head of story, Don Hall, described the plot as a fairy tale "twisted enough that it seems new and fresh", with a kingdom that is a modern city, a handsome prince that is a "knuckleheaded playboy" and a variation on the fairy godmother with Mama Odie. Co-writer Rob Edwards also said The Princess and the Frog was "a princess movie for people who don't like princess movies". As the writers thought Tiana's character motivation of simply dreaming of having her own restaurant was not appealing enough, they expanded so it was her father's as well, with the extra philosophy of "food bringing people together from all walks of life". Musker and Clements stated that while Tiana already starts as a sympathetic character, the events of the plot make her "understand things in a deeper level" and change people around her. Both protagonists would learn from each other—Naveen to take responsibilities, Tiana to enjoy life—as well as figuring from Ray's passion for Evangeline that the perfect balance is brought by having someone you love to share the experience.[20] Tiana became the first African-American Disney Princess.[28][29]
Tiana was inspired in part by famed restaurateur Leah Chase, whom Clements and Musker met on their research trip to New Orleans.[30] Clements elaborated, "There's a woman in New Orleans named Lee (sic) Chase who was a waitress and ultimately opened a restaurant with her husband … we met with her and we talked with her and she went to kind of into her story, her philosophy about food, which is a big element of the movie."[31]
On December 1, 2006, a detailed casting call was announced for the film at the Manhattan Theatre Source forum.[32] The casting call states the film as being an American fairy tale musical set in New Orleans during the 1926 Jazz Age and provides a detailed list of the film's major characters.[14]
In February 2007, it was reported that Dreamgirls actresses Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose were top contenders for the voice of Tiana and that Alicia Keys directly contacted then-Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook about voicing the role.[33] It was later reported that Tyra Banks was being considered for the role.[34] By April 2007, it was confirmed that Rose would be voicing Tiana.[35] Three months later, it was reported that Keith David was cast as Doctor Facilier, the villain of the film.[36]
Animation and designedit
Clements and Musker had agreed early on that the style they were aiming for was primarily that of Lady and the Tramp (1955), a film which they and John Lasseter feel represents "the pinnacle of Disney's style".[37] "After that, everything started becoming more stylized, like Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians—which are fantastic films as well, but there's a particular style (to Lady and the Tramp) that's so classically Disney."[38]Lady and the Tramp also heavily informed the style of the New Orleans scenes, while Disney's Bambi (1942) served as the template for the bayou scenes.[37]Bambi was described as a stylistic reference for the painted backgrounds, as according to art director Ian Gooding "Bambi painted what it feels like to be in the forest instead of the forest" so The Princess and the Frog would in turn try capturing the essence of roaming through New Orleans.[20]
The former trend in Disney's hand-drawn features where the characters and cinematography were influenced by a CGI-look had been abandoned. Andreas Deja, a veteran Disney animator who supervised the character of Mama Odie, says "I always thought that maybe we should distinguish ourselves to go back to what 2D is good at, which is focusing on what the line can do rather than volume, which is a CG kind of thing. So we are doing less extravagant Treasure Planet kind of treatments. You have to create a world but [we're doing it more simply]. What we're trying to do with Princess and the Frog is hook up with things that the old guys did earlier. It's not going to be graphic...".[39] Deja also mentioned that Lasseter was aiming for the Disney sculptural and dimensional look of the 1950s: "All those things that were non-graphic, which means go easy on the straight lines and have one volume flow into the other—an organic feel to the drawing."[39] Lasseter also felt that traditional animation created more character believability.[40] For example, with Louis the alligator, created by Eric Goldberg, Lasseter said: "It's the believability of this large character being able to move around quite like that."[40] Choreographer Betsy Baytos was brought by the directors to lead a team of eccentric dancers that gave reference to make each character a different style of movement. The character design tried to create beautiful drawings through subtle shapes, particularly for most characters being human. For the frog versions of Tiana and Naveen, while the animators started with realistic designs, they eventually went for stylized designs "removing all that is unappealing in frogs", similar to Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio (1940).[20]
Toon Boom Animation's Toon Boom Harmony software was used as the main software package for the production of the film, as the Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) system that Disney developed with Pixar in the 1980s for use on their previous traditionally animated films had become outdated by 2004.[41] The Harmony software was augmented with a number of plug-ins to provide CAPS-like effects such as shading on cheeks and smoke effects.[10][39] The reinstated traditional unit's first production, a 2007 Goofy cartoon short entitled How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, was partly animated without paper by using Harmony and WacomCintiq pressure-sensitive tablets. The character animators found some difficulty with this approach, and decided to use traditional paper and pencil drawings, which were then scanned into the computer systems, for The Princess and the Frog.[10]
The one exception to the new Toon Boom Harmony pipeline was the "Almost There" dream sequence, which utilized an Art Deco graphic style based on the art of Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas.[42] Supervised by Eric Goldberg and designed by Sue Nichols,[43] the "Almost There" sequence's character animation was done on paper without going through the clean-up animation department,[9] and scanned directly into Photoshop. The artwork was then enhanced to affect the appearance of painted strokes and fills, and combined with backgrounds, using Adobe After Effects.[7][10]
The visual effects and backgrounds for the film were created digitally using Cintiq tablet displays.[10][44] Marlon West, one of Disney's veteran animation visual effects supervisors, says about the production; "Those guys had this bright idea to bring back hand-drawn animation, but everything had to be started again from the ground up. One of the first things we did was focus on producing shorts, to help us re-introduce the 2D pipeline. I worked as vfx supervisor on the Goofy short, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater. It was a real plus for the effects department, so we went paperless for The Princess and the Frog." The backgrounds were painted digitally using Adobe Photoshop, and many of the architectural elements were based upon 3D models built in Autodesk Maya.[10] Much of the clean-up animation, digital ink-and-paint, and compositing were outsourced to third-party companies in Orlando, Florida (Premise Entertainment), Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Yowza! Animation), and Brooklin, São Paulo, Brazil (HGN Produções).[6]
In February 2006, Alan Menken was initially reported to be composing the soundtrack.[45] However, Lasseter thought that since Menken was scoring the Disney film Enchanted (2007) at the time, the music might be too repetitive. Lasseter felt that Randy Newman, whom he had previously worked with, was the perfect choice for the film and replaced Menken with him, due to the fact that Newman was a jazz composer and grew up in New Orleans, making him compatible with the project's musical setting, not to mention that he had previous experience in adding Broadway musical style to another 2D animated film which was Cats Don't Dance.[46] In February 2007, Newman was announced as the film's new composer.[47]
During Disney's 2007 shareholder meeting, Newman and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band performed the film's opening number, "Down in New Orleans", with famous New Orleans singer Dr. John singing, while slides of pre-production art from the film played on a screen.[22] Other songs in the film include "Almost There" (a solo for Tiana), "Dig a Little Deeper" (a song for Mama Odie), "When We're Human" (a song for Louis, Tiana and Naveen [as frogs]), "Friends on the Other Side" (a solo for Doctor Facilier), and "Gonna Take You There" and "Ma Belle Evangeline" (two solos for Ray).[22] Newman composed, arranged, and conducted the music for the film, a mixture of jazz, zydeco, blues, and gospel styles performed by the voice cast members for the respective characters, while R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo wrote and performed the end title song, "Never Knew I Needed", an R&B love song referring to the romance between the film's two main characters, Tiana and Naveen. Supported by a music video by Melina, "Never Knew I Needed" was issued to radio outlets as a commercial single from the Princess and the Frog soundtrack.[48]
The film's soundtrack album, The Princess and the Frog: Original Songs and Score, contains the ten original songs from the film and seven instrumental pieces. The soundtrack was released on November 23, 2009, the day before the limited release of the film in New York and Los Angeles.[49]
Releaseedit
The film premiered in theaters with a limited run in New York and Los Angeles beginning on November 25, 2009, followed by wide release on December 11, 2009.[50] The film was originally set for release on Christmas Day 2009, but its release date was changed due to a competing family film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, scheduled for release the same day.[51]The Princess and the Frog received a limited re-release in AMC Theatres, lasting for one week from October 6 to October 12, 2017, as part of the Dream Big, Princess campaign.[52][53] As part of Disney's 100th anniversary the film was re-released in cinemas across the UK on October 6, 2023 for one week.[54]
Marketingedit
The Princess and the Frog was supported by a wide array of merchandise leading up to and following the film's release. Although Disney's main marketing push was not set to begin until November 2009, positive word-of-mouth promotion created demand for merchandise well in advance of the film.[55] Princess Tiana costumes were selling out prior to Halloween 2009, and a gift set of Tiana-themed hair-care products from Carol's Daughter sold out in seven hours on the company's website.[55] Other planned merchandise includes a cookbook for children and even a wedding gown.[55] Princess Tiana was also featured a few months before the release in the Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate! show.[56] The film itself was promoted through advertisements, including one from GEICO where Naveen, as a frog, converses with the company's gecko mascot.[57]
A live parade and show called Tiana's Showboat Jubilee! premiered on October 25, 2009, at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida[58] and on November 5 at Disneyland in California.[59] In Disneyland, actors in New Orleans Square paraded to the Rivers of America and boarded the park's steamboat.[59] From there, the cast, starring Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, Louis the alligator, and Doctor Facilier, would sing songs from the movie, following a short story line taking place after the events of the film. The Disneyland version's actors actually partook in singing, while the Walt Disney World rendition incorporated lip-syncing.[59]
Tiana's Showboat Jubilee! ran at both parks until January 3, 2010.[58][59] At Disneyland Park, the show was replaced by a land-based event called Princess Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration, which features Princess Tiana along with five of the original presentation's "Mardi Gras dancers" and the park's "Jambalaya Jazz Band" as they perform songs from the movie.[60] "Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration" officially ended on October 3, 2010. However, it returned to Disneyland from 2011–2013 as part of the "Limited Time Magic" family-fun weekends.[61][62][63]
Tiana also appears in Disneyland Paris's New Generation Festival.[64] Some of the characters appear frequently during World of Color, the nightly fountain and projection show presented at Disney California Adventure. Disney announced on June 4, 2009, that they would release a video game inspired by the film and it was released on November 2009 exclusively for Wii and Nintendo DS platforms. It has been officially described as an "adventure through the exciting world of New Orleans in a family-oriented video game", featuring events from the film and challenges for Princess Tiana.[65]
Receptionedit
Box officeedit
On its limited day release, the film grossed $263,890 at two theaters and grossed $786,190 its opening weekend.[66][67] On its opening day in wide release, the film grossed $7 million at 3,434 theaters.[68] It went on to gross $24.2 million over the opening weekend averaging $7,050 per theater,[69] ranking at #1 for the weekend, and making it the highest-grossing opening to date for an animated movie in December (a record previously held by Beavis and Butt-Head Do America from 1996).[70] The film went on to gross $104.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $271 million worldwide. It was the fifth-highest-grossing animated film of 2009, which was deemed an underachievement by Disney's standards. Overall, the film was considered a qualified commercial success against greater production and pre-release hopes.[1]
While the film outgrossed Disney's contemporaneous hand-drawn films of the 2000s – including The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), Brother Bear (2003), and Home on the Range (2004) – it had a considerably less auspicious time than the animated films from Disney's second heyday of the latter 1980s and 1990s. Disney animator Tom Sito compared the film's performance to that of The Great Mouse Detective (1986), which had been a step up from the theatrical run of the 1985 box office bombThe Black Cauldron (both films presaged upcoming commercial returns to form for Disney, with The Great Mouse Detective, in particular, cited as a self-successful inflection point towards the Renaissance, including by Disney internally).[71] It has been opined that part of the film's modest return could be ascribed to being overshadowed by the release of James Cameron’s Avatar a week after its release.[72] Nonetheless, the film's fiscal shortcoming was a major reason for the changing of title of the next year's Tangled from "Rapunzel" in order to dissociate from The Princess and the Frog and the entire vacillating Disney Princess concept (Tangled would almost double its predecessor's box office take, despite the nomenclative controversy and being perceived as another typical Disney Princess story).[73]
Critical receptionedit
Review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes reported the film has an 85% approval rating based on 201 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's general consensus is that "The warmth of traditional Disney animation makes this occasionally lightweight fairy-tale update a lively and captivating confection for the holidays."[74] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[75] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[76]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A" grade and applauded the film's creative team for "uphold[ing] the great tradition of classic Disney animation".[77] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised Walt Disney Animation for "rediscovering its traditional hand-drawn animation" and for "a thing called story".[78] David Germain of the Associated Press wrote that "The Princess and the Frog is not the second coming of Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King. It's just plain pleasant, an old-fashioned little charmer that's not straining to be the next glib animated compendium of pop-culture flotsam."[79]
Justin Chang of Variety was less receptive, stating "this long-anticipated throwback to a venerable house style never comes within kissing distance of the studio's former glory".[80] Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film three stars out of five stars while saying "The Princess and the Frog breaks the color barrier for Disney princesses, but is a throwback to traditional animation and her story is a retread".[81]Village Voice's Scott Foundas found that "the movie as a whole never approaches the wit, cleverness, and storytelling brio of the studio's early-1990s animation renaissance (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) or pretty much anything by Pixar".[82] Betsy Sharkey, formerly of the Los Angeles Times, gave the film a positive review claiming: "With The Princess and the Frog they've gotten just about everything right. The dialogue is fresh-prince clever, the themes are ageless, the rhythms are riotous and the return to a primal animation style is beautifully executed."[83]
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and admired Disney's step back to traditional animation, writing, "No 3-D! No glasses! No extra ticket charge! No frantic frenzies of meaningless action! And ... good gravy! A story! Characters! A plot! This is what classic animation once was like!", but stated that the film "inspires memories of Disney's Golden Age it doesn't quite live up to, as I've said, but it's spritely and high-spirited, and will allow kids to enjoy it without visually assaulting them."[84] S. Jhoanna Robledo of Common Sense Media gave the film three out of five stars, writing, "First African-American Disney princess is a good role model".[85] Saint Bryan of KING 5 Seattle praised the film and called it "The Best Disney Movie Since The Lion King".[86]
Upon its release, the film created controversy among some Christians over its use of Louisiana Voodoo as a plot device.[87]Christianity Today's review of the film cited its sexual undertones and use of voodoo, arguing that the scenes with Dr. Facilier and his "friends on the other side" contain many horror elements and that young children might be frightened by the film.[88] The film's negative portrayal of Voodoo also drew criticism from non-Christian factions.[89] The film also received criticism for historical negationism of the Jim Crow era in the Southern USA.[90][91][92]
The Princess and the Frog was released in North America on DVD and Blu-ray on March 16, 2010.[105]
The film is available on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray combo pack editions. The combo pack includes the DVD, Digital Copy, and Blu-ray of the film.[105] The DVD edition has sold over 4.5 million copies and has made $71.8 million in DVD sales,[106] making it the ninth-best-selling DVD of 2010.[107] As of 2019, the film had earned $119 million from its home media releases.[3]The Princess and the Frog was released on 4K Blu-ray on November 5, 2019.[108]
Impact and debatesedit
Following The Princess and the Frog, Disney considered releasing at least one hand-drawn animated film every two years,[109] starting with Winnie the Pooh (2011), and continuing with a film inspired by "The Snow Queen". The medium of the latter was later switched to CGI (although it features a similar visual style to the 2010 film Tangled by blending elements of the two media) due to complex visual elements in the story. The film was ultimately titled Frozen, and was released in 2013.
The blog website /Film noted in July 2014 with the release of hand-drawn concept art for Frozen (which grossed over US$1 billion worldwide), that any future hand-drawn animated films have been "killed" for the time being due to The Princess and the Frog failing "to ignite the box office".[110] Two months later, however, many Disney artists announced they were working on a new independent hand-drawn animated film, Hullabaloo, as part of an attempt to bring back hand-drawn animation,[111] consisting in three short films, while others got later involved on making the Netflix animated film Klaus, released in 2019.
Looking back on the experience four years later, Catmull stated that Disney had made a "serious mistake" in the process of marketing and releasing the film.[112]Walt Disney Studios' marketing department had warned Disney Animation that the word "princess" in the title "would lead moviegoers to think that the film was for girls only," but the animation studio's management insisted on keeping the "princess" title because they believed that the film's quality and hand-drawn animation would bring in all quadrants anyway.[112] In Catmull's words, this belief "was our own version of a stupid pill."[112] The marketing department turned out to be correct in their prediction that many moviegoers would and did avoid the film because they thought it was "for little girls only."[112] This was further compounded by the fact that the film opened a week before Avatar.[112]
Looking back on the experience seven years later, Lasseter told Variety: "I was determined to bring back [hand-drawn animation] because I felt it was such a heritage of the Disney studio, and I love the art form … I was stunned that Princess didn't do better. We dug into it and did a lot of research and focus groups. It was viewed as old-fashioned by the audience."[113]
Despite the absence of traditional animated feature films after the release of Winnie the Pooh, Disney Animation has been using both media for the sake of experimenting with new techniques and styles. In 2019, after Lasseter left Disney due to criticism regarding his pattern of alleged misconduct,[114][115]Jennifer Lee (the succeeding CCO of Walt Disney Animation Studios), producer Peter Del Vecho and director Chris Buck confirmed that making another 2D animated film is still possible, and that the different styles are driven by the filmmakers who chose what method to use to tell their stories.[116]
Since the film's original release, it has had success on streaming platforms and with merchandise sales.[117][118]
In June 2020, Disney announced that the Splash Mountain theme park attraction, which is themed to Disney's 1946 film Song of the South, would be rethemed based on The Princess and the Frog in Disneyland and Magic Kingdom, which was stated to have had been in development since 2019. The announcement came amid the ongoing George Floyd protests and online petitions to change the theme of Splash Mountain.[120][121]The New York Times reported that Disney executives had privately discussed removing the attraction's Song of the South theme for at least five years, before putting into development the Princess and the Frog theme.[122]
The attraction's story line will take place after the events of the film, with Tiana hosting a party for the people of New Orleans during Carnival season. Tiana discovers that the celebration is missing a key ingredient and needs the guests' help to find it as they join her and Louis on a trip to the bayou.[123][120][124] In June 2022, Anika Noni Rose mentioned during an interview on Live with Kelly and Ryan that she has been involved with discussions with Disney on what they want the attraction to be like.[125] In July 2022 during the ESSENCE festival in New Orleans, Disney announced that the attraction will be called Tiana's Bayou Adventure and that it will open in both parks in late 2024.[126][127] At the D23 Expo in September 2022, it was confirmed that Rose, Bruno Campos, Michael-Leon Wooley, and Jenifer Lewis would be reprising their roles for the ride.[128] The Magic Kingdom version of Splash Mountain closed in January 2023,[129] while the Disneyland version closed in May 2023.[130]
Upcoming sequel television seriesedit
In December 2020, Disney announced a television spin-off titled Tiana is in development for Disney+.[131] It was also announced that Anika Noni Rose, who voiced Tiana would be reprising her role in the series.[132] On November 12, 2021, Stella Meghie was announced as writer and director, making her the first African-American director to helm a Walt Disney Animation Studios project.[133] Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee contacted Meghie for the project following the latter's attempt to pitch a live-action remake of The Princess and the Frog.[134] The series will center on Tiana as she explores her city of New Orleans.[135]
A first look of Tiana was revealed in 2021,[133] with the series originally scheduled to release in 2022.[136][137] The release date was later changed to 2023[138] and eventually 2024.[139] In March 2023, the show's page changed to "coming soon to Disney+" with mention of a date removed.[140]
The series will be among the first spin-offs of a Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be produced by the studio itself rather than Disney Television Animation. Animation services will be provided by Walt Disney Animation Studios' Burbank and Vancouver studios, with storyboarding and pre-production also handled at the Burbank studio.[141]
Potential live-action adaptationedit
In January 2022, Jennifer Lee revealed that Stella Meghie, writer and director of Tiana, wanted to develop a live-action adaptation of the film.[142]
In other mediaedit
Films and televisionedit
Tiana made a guest appearance on Sofia the First in the second-season episode "Winter's Gift".[143]
Tiana is featured in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet, alongside all the other Disney Princesses.[148] However, earlier promo images and trailers from the film showed that her appearance was depicted with a lighter skin tone, a narrower nose, and European features.[149][150][151] This led to several backlashes from the viewers on social media as these drew her appearance away from that expected of African-Americans.[151] Disney contacted Anika Noni Rose and the advocacy group Color of Change to redesign Tiana for Ralph Breaks the Internet to make sure that she more closely resembles her actual appearance, which was revealed in the second trailer.[150][151][152]
In the Descendants franchise, Dr. Facilier appears in the novel The Isle of the Lost, being the principal of Dragon Hall, the school for villains' children. Facilier's teen daughter, Freddie, appears as one of the main characters in the computer animated series Descendants: Wicked World. Dr. Facilier (played by Jamal Sims) appears in the Disney Channel original film Descendants 3, along with his other teen daughter, Celia.[153]
Tiana, Prince Naveen, Louis, Mama Odie (along with Juju), Eudora, Charlotte La Bouff, and Dr. Facilier appear as playable characters to unlock for a limited time in the world builder video game Disney Magic Kingdoms, along with some attractions based on locations in the film. In the game, the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of the events of the film.[156]
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This article is about the 2009 film For other uses see The Princess and the Frog disambiguation The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures It is inspired in part by the 2003 novel The Frog Princess by E D Baker which in turn is based on the German folk tale The Frog Prince as collected by the Brothers Grimm The film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and produced by Peter Del Vecho from a screenplay that Musker and Clements co wrote with Rob Edwards The directors also co wrote the story with the writing team of Greg Erb and Jason Oremland The film stars the voices of Anika Noni Rose Bruno Campos Michael Leon Wooley Jim Cummings Jennifer Cody John Goodman Keith David Peter Bartlett Jenifer Lewis Oprah Winfrey and Terrence Howard Set in New Orleans during the 1920s the film tells the story of a hardworking waitress named Tiana who dreams of opening her own restaurant After kissing a prince who has been turned into a frog by an evil witch doctor Tiana becomes a frog herself and must find a way to turn back into a human before it is too late The Princess and the FrogTheatrical release posterDirected byJohn Musker Ron ClementsScreenplay byRon Clements John Musker Rob EdwardsStory byRon Clements John Musker Greg Erb Jason OremlandBased onThe Frog Princessby E D Baker The Frog Princeby Brothers GrimmProduced byPeter Del VechoStarringAnika Noni Rose Bruno Campos Keith David Michael Leon Wooley Jim Cummings Jennifer Cody Peter Bartlett Jenifer Lewis Oprah Winfrey Terrence Howard John GoodmanEdited byJeff DraheimMusic byRandy NewmanProductioncompaniesWalt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation StudiosDistributed byWalt Disney StudiosMotion PicturesRelease datesNovember 25 2009 2009 11 25 Los Angeles and New York City December 11 2009 2009 12 11 United States Running time97 minutes 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 105 million 2 Box office 271 million 1 3 The Princess and the Frog began production in July 2007 under the working title The Frog Princess It marked Disney s brief return to traditional animation as it was the mainstream animation studio s first traditionally animated film since Home on the Range 2004 Musker and Clements directors of Disney s The Great Mouse Detective 1986 The Little Mermaid 1989 Aladdin 1992 Hercules 1997 and Treasure Planet 2002 returned to Disney to direct The Princess and the Frog The studio returned to a Broadway musical style format frequently used during the Disney Renaissance and the film features a score and songs written composed and conducted by Randy Newman well known for his musical involvement in Pixar films such as the Toy Story franchise The Princess and the Frog premiered at the Roy E Disney Animation Building on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank on November 15 2009 and first opened in a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on November 25 followed by its wide release on December 11 The film received largely positive reviews from critics who praised the animation particularly the revival of the hand drawn form characters music voice acting particularly David s and themes however it was criticized for its depiction of Louisiana Voodoo and alleged historical negationism of its depiction of the Southern United States during the Jim Crow era It was a qualified success at the box office it somewhat underperformed Disney s targets yet finished in first place in North America on its opening weekend and grossed around 271 million worldwide becoming in the process Disney s most successful traditionally animated film since Lilo amp Stitch in 2002 It received three Oscar nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards one for Best Animated Feature and two for Best Original Song 4 Contents 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 3 1 Early development 3 2 Writing and themes 3 3 Voice cast 3 4 Animation and design 3 5 Music 4 Release 4 1 Marketing 5 Reception 5 1 Box office 5 2 Critical reception 5 3 Awards and nominations 5 4 Home media 5 5 Impact and debates 6 Follow ups and legacy 6 1 Theme parks 6 1 1 Upcoming theme park ride 6 2 Upcoming sequel television series 6 3 Potential live action adaptation 6 4 In other media 6 4 1 Films and television 6 4 2 Video games 7 See also 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 External linksPlot editSet in the Roaring Twenties in New Orleans Tiana is completely devoted to opening her own restaurant a dream she shared with her late father who died in World War I She works two waitress jobs every day and night to earn money to make this dream a reality leaving her no time for a social life Meanwhile Naveen the spoiled and arrogant prince of Maldonia arrives in New Orleans where being financially cut off from his family s fortune by his parents he intends to marry the rich Southern belle Charlotte La Bouff Tiana s best friend Her father wealthy Eli Big Daddy La Bouff hosts a masquerade ball in Naveen s honor for which Charlotte hires Tiana to make beignets offering her enough to buy a dilapidated mill to convert into her dream restaurant Naveen and his valet Lawrence encounter Dr Facilier a voodoo witch doctor who tricks them into a fortune reading Then he transforms Naveen into a frog and gives Lawrence Naveen s appearance through a voodoo talisman containing Naveen s blood Facilier intends for the disguised Lawrence to marry Charlotte then to kill her father with a voodoo doll so he can gain the La Bouff fortune At the ball Tiana is told by the realtors the Fenner Brothers that she has been outbid for the mill Despondent Tiana wishes on the evening star for her dream to come true She then meets Naveen in frog form who believing her to be a princess asks for a kiss to break Facilier s spell Tiana reluctantly accepts after Naveen promises to finance her restaurant However Tiana transforms into a frog because she is not a princess The two are chased into a bayou where they meet a trumpet playing alligator named Louis who dreams of playing jazz After informing Louis they are actually humans under a voodoo spell he tells them of Mama Odie another voodoo practitioner who lives in the bayou and they all go in search of her They are guided to Mama Odie by a Cajun firefly named Ray who is enamored with the Evening Star believing it is a firefly named Evangeline as no one has the heart to tell him otherwise During the journey Tiana and Naveen fend off a group of hunters and begin developing feelings for each other especially after the latter learns to be a more responsible human being Meanwhile the talisman disguising Lawrence as Naveen needs more of Naveen s blood or Lawrence will return to his normal appearance Discovering Naveen has escaped Facilier asks his friends on the other side a legion of voodoo spirits to help retrieve him offering them the souls of the people of New Orleans in exchange and they grant him an army of shadow demons to do his bidding The demons discover Tiana and her group in the bayou although they are rescued by Mama Odie Mama Odie tells Naveen the spell can only be broken with a princess s kiss They realize that as Big Daddy has been crowned Mardi Gras king Charlotte will be a princess until midnight The group hitches a ride on a paddle steamer back to New Orleans during which Naveen tells Ray about his love for Tiana and plans to propose marriage to her although after talking to her he selflessly decides against it since transforming him and Tiana into humans and financing Tiana s restaurant is contingent on him kissing and marrying Charlotte The shadow demons find and capture Naveen and bring him to Facilier who uses his blood to replenish the talisman After hearing from Ray how Naveen feels about her Tiana heads to the Mardi Gras parade to find him only to see Lawrence masquerading as Naveen marrying Charlotte Heartbroken and now believing she will forever be a frog Tiana flees the scene Ray rescues the real Naveen and steals the talisman which he gives to Tiana before Facilier mortally wounds him Facilier offers to make Tiana s dream come true in exchange for the talisman Realizing she would rather be with Naveen and that she would be dishonoring her father by accepting Tiana destroys it With Facilier s plan foiled the voodoo spirits drag him into their world for failing to pay back his debt After Lawrence is arrested Tiana reveals her love to Naveen and Charlotte agrees to kiss Naveen so he and Tiana can be human but the clock strikes midnight and the kiss fails Ray dies shortly thereafter and during his funeral a new star appears next to Evangeline Tiana and Naveen are married by Mama Odie and since doing so makes Tiana a princess both are restored to human form after their kiss They later return to New Orleans to legally marry and open their restaurant together with Louis playing in the band Voice cast editAnika Noni Rose as Tiana an African American 19 year old waitress and aspiring chef restaurateur She is an intelligent hardworking and independent young woman but works so hard that she often forgets about other things in life such as love fun and family 5 Mark Henn was the supervising animator for Tiana Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen the prince of Maldonia Naveen is a 20 year old musician and playboy who has been cut off from his family s riches until he learns the value of responsibility Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator of Naveen in both human and frog form 6 nbsp Dr Facilier as performed by a cast member at Disneyland Oct 2016 Keith David as Dr Facilier also known as the Shadow Man a voodoo bokor witch doctor who plans to rule New Orleans with help from his friends on the other side and the major antagonist of the film He is depicted in the image of Baron Samedi and or Ghede Nibo wearing a tailcoat and top hat Bruce W Smith supervising animator of Doctor Facilier referred to the character as the lovechild of his Captain Hook from Peter Pan 1953 7 Smith was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work 8 Michael Leon Wooley as Louis a friendly yet neurotic obese trumpet playing alligator whose dream is to become human so he can join a jazz band His name comes from the famous jazz artist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong Terence Blanchard did the trumpet playing for Louis Eric Goldberg the supervising animator of Louis and other miscellaneous characters 6 won the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work on the film 8 Jennifer Cody as Charlotte Lottie La Bouff a 19 year old wealthy Southern debutante and Tiana s best friend since childhood who dreams of marrying a prince Though she is initially spoiled and self centered she has a heart of gold and cares deeply for Tiana s well being going as far as giving up her chance to be a princess when she sees that Prince Naveen and Tiana are truly in love Nik Ranieri served as the supervising animator of Charlotte as an adult and child 6 Jennifer Cody won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her performance 8 Jim Cummings as Ray a middle aged Cajun firefly He and his vast family are close friends with Mama Odie so he offers to help the frogs get to her Ray has an unrequited love for the Evening Star which he believes is another firefly named Evangeline a reference to the 19th century Longfellow poem 9 Mike Surrey was the supervising animator for Ray Ray s name comes from the blind pianist Ray Charles 6 Peter Bartlett as Lawrence Prince Naveen s valet whom Dr Facilier recruits as a partner in his scheme by transforming him to look like Naveen using a blood charm Anthony DeRosa was the supervising animator for the Lawrence character whose design was influenced by the Mr Smee character from Peter Pan 9 Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie a blind 197 year old voodoo priestess who serves as the film s Fairy Godmother figure Andreas Deja was the supervising animator for both Mama Odie and her pet snake Juju and was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production 8 10 Oprah Winfrey as Eudora Tiana s mother who wants to see her happy and worries that Tiana focuses too much on her dream of owning a restaurant 11 Ruben A Aquino animated both Eudora and her husband James 6 Terrence Howard as James Tiana s father who helped instill a strong work ethic in Tiana John Goodman as Eli Big Daddy La Bouff a very wealthy Southern sugar mill owner and father of Charlotte La Bouff While he spoils Charlotte with everything she asks for he is a loving and generous man and loves Tiana s cooking Duncan Marjoribanks was the supervising animator for La Bouff 6 Ritchie Montgomery Don Hall and Paul Briggs as Reggie Darnell and Two Fingers three bumbling frog hunters who try to catch Tiana and Naveen as frogs Their resemblance to The Three Stooges has been noted Corey Burton and Jerry Kernion as the Fenner Brothers two real estate agents who eventually sell Tiana the sugar mill under duress after initially refusing because someone else was offering to pay for it in cash and because they believed Tiana could not manage it because of her background 12 Kevin Michael Richardson and Emeril Lagasse as Ian and Marlon two of a congregation of wild and hot tempered alligators who try to eat Tiana and Naveen as frogsProduction editEarly development edit Disney had once announced that 2004 s Home on the Range would be their last traditionally animated film After the company s acquisition of Pixar in 2006 Ed Catmull and John Lasseter the new president and chief creative officer of Disney Animation Studios reversed this decision and reinstated hand drawn animation at the studio 13 14 Many animators who had either been laid off or had left the studio when the traditional animation units were dissolved in 2003 were located and re hired for the project 15 Lasseter also brought back directors Ron Clements and John Musker whose earlier works include The Great Mouse Detective 1986 The Little Mermaid 1989 Aladdin 1992 Hercules 1997 and Treasure Planet 2002 16 17 The duo had left the company in 2005 but Lasseter requested their return to Disney to direct and write the film and had let them choose the style of animation traditional or CGI they wanted to use 9 The film s story began development by merging two projects in development at Disney and Pixar at the time both based around The Frog Prince fairy tale 9 15 One of the projects was based on E D Baker s The Frog Princess in which the story s heroine Princess Emma kisses a prince turned frog Prince Eadric only to become a frog herself 15 The other was based on Ralph Eggleston s pitch of The Frog Prince set in gangster era Chicago 18 Jorgen Klubien separately claimed a story he was developing at Pixar tentatively titled The Spirit of New Orleans served as inspiration for the film 19 The Princess and the Frog returns to the musical film format used in many of the previously successful Disney animated films with a style Musker and Clements declared like with Aladdin and The Little Mermaid had inspiration from Golden Age Disney features such as Cinderella 1950 20 Musker and Clements thought that given so many fairy tales were set in Europe they could do an American fairy tale 20 They stated that they chose New Orleans as a tribute to the history of the city for its magical qualities and because it was Lasseter s favorite city 9 21 The directors spent ten days in Louisiana before starting to write the film 20 The Princess and the Frog was originally announced as The Frog Princess in July 2006 13 and early concepts and songs were presented to the public at The Walt Disney Company s annual shareholders meeting in March 2007 22 These announcements drew criticism from African American media outlets due to elements of the Frog Princess story characters and settings considered distasteful 23 24 African American critics disapproved of the original name for the heroine Maddy due to its similarity to the derogatory term mammy 23 Also protested were Maddy s original career as a chambermaid 24 the choice to have the Black heroine s love interest be a non Black prince 23 and the use of a Black male voodoo witchdoctor as the film s villain 23 The Frog Princess title was also thought by critics to be a slur on French people 25 Also questioned was the film s setting of New Orleans which had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 resulting in the expulsion of a large number of mostly Black residents 26 Critics claimed the choice of New Orleans as the setting for a Disney film with a Black heroine was an affront to the Katrina victims plight 23 26 In response to these early criticisms the film s title was changed in May 2007 from The Frog Princess to The Princess and the Frog The name Maddy was changed to Tiana 25 27 and the character s occupation was altered from chambermaid to waitress 23 Talk show host Oprah Winfrey was hired as a technical consultant for the film leading to her taking a voice acting role in the film as Tiana s mother Eudora 9 Writing and themes edit The head of story Don Hall described the plot as a fairy tale twisted enough that it seems new and fresh with a kingdom that is a modern city a handsome prince that is a knuckleheaded playboy and a variation on the fairy godmother with Mama Odie Co writer Rob Edwards also said The Princess and the Frog was a princess movie for people who don t like princess movies As the writers thought Tiana s character motivation of simply dreaming of having her own restaurant was not appealing enough they expanded so it was her father s as well with the extra philosophy of food bringing people together from all walks of life Musker and Clements stated that while Tiana already starts as a sympathetic character the events of the plot make her understand things in a deeper level and change people around her Both protagonists would learn from each other Naveen to take responsibilities Tiana to enjoy life as well as figuring from Ray s passion for Evangeline that the perfect balance is brought by having someone you love to share the experience 20 Tiana became the first African American Disney Princess 28 29 Tiana was inspired in part by famed restaurateur Leah Chase whom Clements and Musker met on their research trip to New Orleans 30 Clements elaborated There s a woman in New Orleans named Lee sic Chase who was a waitress and ultimately opened a restaurant with her husband we met with her and we talked with her and she went to kind of into her story her philosophy about food which is a big element of the movie 31 Voice cast edit nbsp Anika Noni Rose voices Tiana On December 1 2006 a detailed casting call was announced for the film at the Manhattan Theatre Source forum 32 The casting call states the film as being an American fairy tale musical set in New Orleans during the 1926 Jazz Age and provides a detailed list of the film s major characters 14 In February 2007 it was reported that Dreamgirls actresses Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose were top contenders for the voice of Tiana and that Alicia Keys directly contacted then Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook about voicing the role 33 It was later reported that Tyra Banks was being considered for the role 34 By April 2007 it was confirmed that Rose would be voicing Tiana 35 Three months later it was reported that Keith David was cast as Doctor Facilier the villain of the film 36 Animation and design edit Clements and Musker had agreed early on that the style they were aiming for was primarily that of Lady and the Tramp 1955 a film which they and John Lasseter feel represents the pinnacle of Disney s style 37 After that everything started becoming more stylized like Sleeping Beauty 101 Dalmatians which are fantastic films as well but there s a particular style to Lady and the Tramp that s so classically Disney 38 Lady and the Tramp also heavily informed the style of the New Orleans scenes while Disney s Bambi 1942 served as the template for the bayou scenes 37 Bambi was described as a stylistic reference for the painted backgrounds as according to art director Ian Gooding Bambi painted what it feels like to be in the forest instead of the forest so The Princess and the Frog would in turn try capturing the essence of roaming through New Orleans 20 The former trend in Disney s hand drawn features where the characters and cinematography were influenced by a CGI look had been abandoned Andreas Deja a veteran Disney animator who supervised the character of Mama Odie says I always thought that maybe we should distinguish ourselves to go back to what 2D is good at which is focusing on what the line can do rather than volume which is a CG kind of thing So we are doing less extravagant Treasure Planet kind of treatments You have to create a world but we re doing it more simply What we re trying to do with Princess and the Frog is hook up with things that the old guys did earlier It s not going to be graphic 39 Deja also mentioned that Lasseter was aiming for the Disney sculptural and dimensional look of the 1950s All those things that were non graphic which means go easy on the straight lines and have one volume flow into the other an organic feel to the drawing 39 Lasseter also felt that traditional animation created more character believability 40 For example with Louis the alligator created by Eric Goldberg Lasseter said It s the believability of this large character being able to move around quite like that 40 Choreographer Betsy Baytos was brought by the directors to lead a team of eccentric dancers that gave reference to make each character a different style of movement The character design tried to create beautiful drawings through subtle shapes particularly for most characters being human For the frog versions of Tiana and Naveen while the animators started with realistic designs they eventually went for stylized designs removing all that is unappealing in frogs similar to Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio 1940 20 Toon Boom Animation s Toon Boom Harmony software was used as the main software package for the production of the film as the Computer Animation Production System CAPS system that Disney developed with Pixar in the 1980s for use on their previous traditionally animated films had become outdated by 2004 41 The Harmony software was augmented with a number of plug ins to provide CAPS like effects such as shading on cheeks and smoke effects 10 39 The reinstated traditional unit s first production a 2007 Goofy cartoon short entitled How to Hook Up Your Home Theater was partly animated without paper by using Harmony and Wacom Cintiq pressure sensitive tablets The character animators found some difficulty with this approach and decided to use traditional paper and pencil drawings which were then scanned into the computer systems for The Princess and the Frog 10 The one exception to the new Toon Boom Harmony pipeline was the Almost There dream sequence which utilized an Art Deco graphic style based on the art of Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas 42 Supervised by Eric Goldberg and designed by Sue Nichols 43 the Almost There sequence s character animation was done on paper without going through the clean up animation department 9 and scanned directly into Photoshop The artwork was then enhanced to affect the appearance of painted strokes and fills and combined with backgrounds using Adobe After Effects 7 10 The visual effects and backgrounds for the film were created digitally using Cintiq tablet displays 10 44 Marlon West one of Disney s veteran animation visual effects supervisors says about the production Those guys had this bright idea to bring back hand drawn animation but everything had to be started again from the ground up One of the first things we did was focus on producing shorts to help us re introduce the 2D pipeline I worked as vfx supervisor on the Goofy short How to Hook Up Your Home Theater It was a real plus for the effects department so we went paperless for The Princess and the Frog The backgrounds were painted digitally using Adobe Photoshop and many of the architectural elements were based upon 3D models built in Autodesk Maya 10 Much of the clean up animation digital ink and paint and compositing were outsourced to third party companies in Orlando Florida Premise Entertainment Toronto Ontario Canada Yowza Animation and Brooklin Sao Paulo Brazil HGN Producoes 6 Music edit Main article The Princess and the Frog soundtrack In February 2006 Alan Menken was initially reported to be composing the soundtrack 45 However Lasseter thought that since Menken was scoring the Disney film Enchanted 2007 at the time the music might be too repetitive Lasseter felt that Randy Newman whom he had previously worked with was the perfect choice for the film and replaced Menken with him due to the fact that Newman was a jazz composer and grew up in New Orleans making him compatible with the project s musical setting not to mention that he had previous experience in adding Broadway musical style to another 2D animated film which was Cats Don t Dance 46 In February 2007 Newman was announced as the film s new composer 47 During Disney s 2007 shareholder meeting Newman and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band performed the film s opening number Down in New Orleans with famous New Orleans singer Dr John singing while slides of pre production art from the film played on a screen 22 Other songs in the film include Almost There a solo for Tiana Dig a Little Deeper a song for Mama Odie When We re Human a song for Louis Tiana and Naveen as frogs Friends on the Other Side a solo for Doctor Facilier and Gonna Take You There and Ma Belle Evangeline two solos for Ray 22 Newman composed arranged and conducted the music for the film a mixture of jazz zydeco blues and gospel styles performed by the voice cast members for the respective characters while R amp B singer songwriter Ne Yo wrote and performed the end title song Never Knew I Needed an R amp B love song referring to the romance between the film s two main characters Tiana and Naveen Supported by a music video by Melina Never Knew I Needed was issued to radio outlets as a commercial single from the Princess and the Frog soundtrack 48 The film s soundtrack album The Princess and the Frog Original Songs and Score contains the ten original songs from the film and seven instrumental pieces The soundtrack was released on November 23 2009 the day before the limited release of the film in New York and Los Angeles 49 Release editThe film premiered in theaters with a limited run in New York and Los Angeles beginning on November 25 2009 followed by wide release on December 11 2009 50 The film was originally set for release on Christmas Day 2009 but its release date was changed due to a competing family film Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel scheduled for release the same day 51 The Princess and the Frog received a limited re release in AMC Theatres lasting for one week from October 6 to October 12 2017 as part of the Dream Big Princess campaign 52 53 As part of Disney s 100th anniversary the film was re released in cinemas across the UK on October 6 2023 for one week 54 Marketing edit The Princess and the Frog was supported by a wide array of merchandise leading up to and following the film s release Although Disney s main marketing push was not set to begin until November 2009 positive word of mouth promotion created demand for merchandise well in advance of the film 55 Princess Tiana costumes were selling out prior to Halloween 2009 and a gift set of Tiana themed hair care products from Carol s Daughter sold out in seven hours on the company s website 55 Other planned merchandise includes a cookbook for children and even a wedding gown 55 Princess Tiana was also featured a few months before the release in the Disney on Ice Let s Celebrate show 56 The film itself was promoted through advertisements including one from GEICO where Naveen as a frog converses with the company s gecko mascot 57 A live parade and show called Tiana s Showboat Jubilee premiered on October 25 2009 at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida 58 and on November 5 at Disneyland in California 59 In Disneyland actors in New Orleans Square paraded to the Rivers of America and boarded the park s steamboat 59 From there the cast starring Princess Tiana Prince Naveen Louis the alligator and Doctor Facilier would sing songs from the movie following a short story line taking place after the events of the film The Disneyland version s actors actually partook in singing while the Walt Disney World rendition incorporated lip syncing 59 Tiana s Showboat Jubilee ran at both parks until January 3 2010 58 59 At Disneyland Park the show was replaced by a land based event called Princess Tiana s Mardi Gras Celebration which features Princess Tiana along with five of the original presentation s Mardi Gras dancers and the park s Jambalaya Jazz Band as they perform songs from the movie 60 Tiana s Mardi Gras Celebration officially ended on October 3 2010 However it returned to Disneyland from 2011 2013 as part of the Limited Time Magic family fun weekends 61 62 63 Tiana also appears in Disneyland Paris s New Generation Festival 64 Some of the characters appear frequently during World of Color the nightly fountain and projection show presented at Disney California Adventure Disney announced on June 4 2009 that they would release a video game inspired by the film and it was released on November 2009 exclusively for Wii and Nintendo DS platforms It has been officially described as an adventure through the exciting world of New Orleans in a family oriented video game featuring events from the film and challenges for Princess Tiana 65 Reception editBox office edit On its limited day release the film grossed 263 890 at two theaters and grossed 786 190 its opening weekend 66 67 On its opening day in wide release the film grossed 7 million at 3 434 theaters 68 It went on to gross 24 2 million over the opening weekend averaging 7 050 per theater 69 ranking at 1 for the weekend and making it the highest grossing opening to date for an animated movie in December a record previously held by Beavis and Butt Head Do America from 1996 70 The film went on to gross 104 4 million in the United States and Canada and 271 million worldwide It was the fifth highest grossing animated film of 2009 which was deemed an underachievement by Disney s standards Overall the film was considered a qualified commercial success against greater production and pre release hopes 1 While the film outgrossed Disney s contemporaneous hand drawn films of the 2000s including The Emperor s New Groove 2000 Atlantis The Lost Empire 2001 Treasure Planet 2002 Brother Bear 2003 and Home on the Range 2004 it had a considerably less auspicious time than the animated films from Disney s second heyday of the latter 1980s and 1990s Disney animator Tom Sito compared the film s performance to that of The Great Mouse Detective 1986 which had been a step up from the theatrical run of the 1985 box office bomb The Black Cauldron both films presaged upcoming commercial returns to form for Disney with The Great Mouse Detective in particular cited as a self successful inflection point towards the Renaissance including by Disney internally 71 It has been opined that part of the film s modest return could be ascribed to being overshadowed by the release of James Cameron s Avatar a week after its release 72 Nonetheless the film s fiscal shortcoming was a major reason for the changing of title of the next year s Tangled from Rapunzel in order to dissociate from The Princess and the Frog and the entire vacillating Disney Princess concept Tangled would almost double its predecessor s box office take despite the nomenclative controversy and being perceived as another typical Disney Princess story 73 Critical reception edit Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported the film has an 85 approval rating based on 201 reviews with an average rating of 7 4 10 The site s general consensus is that The warmth of traditional Disney animation makes this occasionally lightweight fairy tale update a lively and captivating confection for the holidays 74 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 29 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 75 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale 76 Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A grade and applauded the film s creative team for uphold ing the great tradition of classic Disney animation 77 Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised Walt Disney Animation for rediscovering its traditional hand drawn animation and for a thing called story 78 David Germain of the Associated Press wrote that The Princess and the Frog is not the second coming of Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King It s just plain pleasant an old fashioned little charmer that s not straining to be the next glib animated compendium of pop culture flotsam 79 Justin Chang of Variety was less receptive stating this long anticipated throwback to a venerable house style never comes within kissing distance of the studio s former glory 80 Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film three stars out of five stars while saying The Princess and the Frog breaks the color barrier for Disney princesses but is a throwback to traditional animation and her story is a retread 81 Village Voice s Scott Foundas found that the movie as a whole never approaches the wit cleverness and storytelling brio of the studio s early 1990s animation renaissance Beauty and the Beast The Lion King or pretty much anything by Pixar 82 Betsy Sharkey formerly of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review claiming With The Princess and the Frog they ve gotten just about everything right The dialogue is fresh prince clever the themes are ageless the rhythms are riotous and the return to a primal animation style is beautifully executed 83 Chicago Sun Times film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and admired Disney s step back to traditional animation writing No 3 D No glasses No extra ticket charge No frantic frenzies of meaningless action And good gravy A story Characters A plot This is what classic animation once was like but stated that the film inspires memories of Disney s Golden Age it doesn t quite live up to as I ve said but it s spritely and high spirited and will allow kids to enjoy it without visually assaulting them 84 S Jhoanna Robledo of Common Sense Media gave the film three out of five stars writing First African American Disney princess is a good role model 85 Saint Bryan of KING 5 Seattle praised the film and called it The Best Disney Movie Since The Lion King 86 Upon its release the film created controversy among some Christians over its use of Louisiana Voodoo as a plot device 87 Christianity Today s review of the film cited its sexual undertones and use of voodoo arguing that the scenes with Dr Facilier and his friends on the other side contain many horror elements and that young children might be frightened by the film 88 The film s negative portrayal of Voodoo also drew criticism from non Christian factions 89 The film also received criticism for historical negationism of the Jim Crow era in the Southern USA 90 91 92 Awards and nominations edit The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and twice for the Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to Up and Crazy Heart respectively 4 93 It was also nominated for eight Annie Awards and at the 37th Annie Awards Ceremony on February 6 2010 won three 8 Award Category Nominee Result2009 Satellite Awards 94 Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media The Princess and the Frog NominatedBest Original Song Randy Newman Almost There Randy Newman Down in New Orleans African American Film Critics Association Awards 2009 Top 10 Films The Princess and the Frog WonBest Screenplay John Musker Ron Clements and Rob Edwards Tied with Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire2009 Producers Guild of America Awards 95 Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Peter Del Vecho Nominated2009 Online Film Critics Society Awards 96 Best Animated Feature The Princess and the Frog67th Golden Globe Awards 97 Best Animated Feature Film2009 Chicago Film Critics Association 98 Best Animated Feature2009 Critics Choice Awards 99 Best Animated FeatureBest Score Randy NewmanBest Song Almost There 2009 Black Reel Awards 100 Best Film The Princess and the FrogBest Song Original or Adapted Ne Yo Never Knew I Needed Anika Noni Rose Almost There WonAnika Noni Rose Down in New Orleans NominatedBest Voice Performance Keith DavidAnika Noni Rose WonBest Ensemble The Princess and the Frog Nominated37th Annie Awards 8 Best Animated FeatureAnimated Effects James DeValera Mansfield WonProduction Design in a Feature Production Ian Gooding NominatedCharacter Animation in a Feature Production Andreas DejaEric Goldberg WonBruce W Smith NominatedVoice Acting in a Feature Production Jennifer Cody Charlotte WonJenifer Lewis Mama Odie Nominated82nd Academy Awards 4 93 Best Animated Feature John Musker and Ron ClementsBest Original Song Randy Newman Almost There Randy Newman Down in New Orleans 41st NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Motion PictureOutstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Anika Noni Rose36th Saturn Awards 101 Best Animated Film The Princess and the Frog2010 Teen Choice Awards 102 103 Choice Movie Animated2011 Grammy Awards 104 Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media Randy Newman Down in New Orleans Women Film Critics Circle Best Animated Females Anika Noni Rose Tiana Jennifer Cody Charlotte La Bouff Oprah Winfrey Eudora Jenifer Lewis Mama Odie and all other female characters in The Princess and the Frog WonHome media edit The Princess and the Frog was released in North America on DVD and Blu ray on March 16 2010 105 The film is available on DVD Blu ray and Blu ray combo pack editions The combo pack includes the DVD Digital Copy and Blu ray of the film 105 The DVD edition has sold over 4 5 million copies and has made 71 8 million in DVD sales 106 making it the ninth best selling DVD of 2010 107 As of 2019 the film had earned 119 million from its home media releases 3 The Princess and the Frog was released on 4K Blu ray on November 5 2019 108 Impact and debates edit Following The Princess and the Frog Disney considered releasing at least one hand drawn animated film every two years 109 starting with Winnie the Pooh 2011 and continuing with a film inspired by The Snow Queen The medium of the latter was later switched to CGI although it features a similar visual style to the 2010 film Tangled by blending elements of the two media due to complex visual elements in the story The film was ultimately titled Frozen and was released in 2013 The blog website Film noted in July 2014 with the release of hand drawn concept art for Frozen which grossed over US 1 billion worldwide that any future hand drawn animated films have been killed for the time being due to The Princess and the Frog failing to ignite the box office 110 Two months later however many Disney artists announced they were working on a new independent hand drawn animated film Hullabaloo as part of an attempt to bring back hand drawn animation 111 consisting in three short films while others got later involved on making the Netflix animated film Klaus released in 2019 Looking back on the experience four years later Catmull stated that Disney had made a serious mistake in the process of marketing and releasing the film 112 Walt Disney Studios marketing department had warned Disney Animation that the word princess in the title would lead moviegoers to think that the film was for girls only but the animation studio s management insisted on keeping the princess title because they believed that the film s quality and hand drawn animation would bring in all quadrants anyway 112 In Catmull s words this belief was our own version of a stupid pill 112 The marketing department turned out to be correct in their prediction that many moviegoers would and did avoid the film because they thought it was for little girls only 112 This was further compounded by the fact that the film opened a week before Avatar 112 Looking back on the experience seven years later Lasseter told Variety I was determined to bring back hand drawn animation because I felt it was such a heritage of the Disney studio and I love the art form I was stunned that Princess didn t do better We dug into it and did a lot of research and focus groups It was viewed as old fashioned by the audience 113 Despite the absence of traditional animated feature films after the release of Winnie the Pooh Disney Animation has been using both media for the sake of experimenting with new techniques and styles In 2019 after Lasseter left Disney due to criticism regarding his pattern of alleged misconduct 114 115 Jennifer Lee the succeeding CCO of Walt Disney Animation Studios producer Peter Del Vecho and director Chris Buck confirmed that making another 2D animated film is still possible and that the different styles are driven by the filmmakers who chose what method to use to tell their stories 116 Since the film s original release it has had success on streaming platforms and with merchandise sales 117 118 Follow ups and legacy edit nbsp Tiana and Prince Naveen in Disney on Ice Theme parks edit Tiana Naveen and Dr Facilier appear as meet and greet characters at the Disney Parks while Louis appears during parades or live shows 119 Upcoming theme park ride edit Main article Tiana s Bayou Adventure In June 2020 Disney announced that the Splash Mountain theme park attraction which is themed to Disney s 1946 film Song of the South would be rethemed based on The Princess and the Frog in Disneyland and Magic Kingdom which was stated to have had been in development since 2019 The announcement came amid the ongoing George Floyd protests and online petitions to change the theme of Splash Mountain 120 121 The New York Times reported that Disney executives had privately discussed removing the attraction s Song of the South theme for at least five years before putting into development the Princess and the Frog theme 122 The attraction s story line will take place after the events of the film with Tiana hosting a party for the people of New Orleans during Carnival season Tiana discovers that the celebration is missing a key ingredient and needs the guests help to find it as they join her and Louis on a trip to the bayou 123 120 124 In June 2022 Anika Noni Rose mentioned during an interview on Live with Kelly and Ryan that she has been involved with discussions with Disney on what they want the attraction to be like 125 In July 2022 during the ESSENCE festival in New Orleans Disney announced that the attraction will be called Tiana s Bayou Adventure and that it will open in both parks in late 2024 126 127 At the D23 Expo in September 2022 it was confirmed that Rose Bruno Campos Michael Leon Wooley and Jenifer Lewis would be reprising their roles for the ride 128 The Magic Kingdom version of Splash Mountain closed in January 2023 129 while the Disneyland version closed in May 2023 130 Upcoming sequel television series edit In December 2020 Disney announced a television spin off titled Tiana is in development for Disney 131 It was also announced that Anika Noni Rose who voiced Tiana would be reprising her role in the series 132 On November 12 2021 Stella Meghie was announced as writer and director making her the first African American director to helm a Walt Disney Animation Studios project 133 Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee contacted Meghie for the project following the latter s attempt to pitch a live action remake of The Princess and the Frog 134 The series will center on Tiana as she explores her city of New Orleans 135 A first look of Tiana was revealed in 2021 133 with the series originally scheduled to release in 2022 136 137 The release date was later changed to 2023 138 and eventually 2024 139 In March 2023 the show s page changed to coming soon to Disney with mention of a date removed 140 The series will be among the first spin offs of a Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be produced by the studio itself rather than Disney Television Animation Animation services will be provided by Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank and Vancouver studios with storyboarding and pre production also handled at the Burbank studio 141 Potential live action adaptation edit In January 2022 Jennifer Lee revealed that Stella Meghie writer and director of Tiana wanted to develop a live action adaptation of the film 142 In other media edit Films and television edit Tiana made a guest appearance on Sofia the First in the second season episode Winter s Gift 143 Alternate versions of Tiana Prince Naveen Eudora and Dr Facilier appear in the seventh season of Once Upon a Time Maldonia also appears as a realm in New Fairy Tale Land 144 145 146 147 Tiana is featured in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet alongside all the other Disney Princesses 148 However earlier promo images and trailers from the film showed that her appearance was depicted with a lighter skin tone a narrower nose and European features 149 150 151 This led to several backlashes from the viewers on social media as these drew her appearance away from that expected of African Americans 151 Disney contacted Anika Noni Rose and the advocacy group Color of Change to redesign Tiana for Ralph Breaks the Internet to make sure that she more closely resembles her actual appearance which was revealed in the second trailer 150 151 152 In the Descendants franchise Dr Facilier appears in the novel The Isle of the Lost being the principal of Dragon Hall the school for villains children Facilier s teen daughter Freddie appears as one of the main characters in the computer animated series Descendants Wicked World Dr Facilier played by Jamal Sims appears in the Disney Channel original film Descendants 3 along with his other teen daughter Celia 153 Tiana is one of the main characters in Lego s animated special Lego Disney Princess The Castle Quest 154 Like other Walt Disney Animation Studios characters the main characters of the film have cameo appearances in the short film Once Upon a Studio 155 Video games edit Tiana Prince Naveen Louis Mama Odie along with Juju Eudora Charlotte La Bouff and Dr Facilier appear as playable characters to unlock for a limited time in the world builder video game Disney Magic Kingdoms along with some attractions based on locations in the film In the game the characters are involved in new 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