Image is by Scott Gustafson and has nothing to do with the Frog Princess ProductionVariety reports that the new project, "Frog Princess," will be overseen by John Musker and Ron Clements, who left the studio shortly after "Treasure Planet" bombed at the end of 2002, grossing just $38 million domestically. In their Disney heyday, Musker and Clements demonstrated their ability to spin a popular tale around a female protagonist with 1989's "The Little Mermaid." They also worked on such traditionally animated Disney musicals as "Aladdin" and "Hercules."
The question here is, can traditional animation draw the crowd lost to CG animated films these days. Will the medium stand up to the bombardment of eye candy driven CG films? Only if the story is tight. Pixar principals Ed Catmull and John Lasseter, who now run Disney's feature animation operations, are interested in exploring Disney's pioneering 2-D tradition. And thankfully with Lasseter at the helm of story development on this project, 2D might have a chance to return to Disney. One of Lasseter's first initiatives following Disney's acquisition of Pixar this year was to "woo" Musker and Clements back into the fold. However, Walt Disney Feature Animation is tight lipped these days and has adopted Pixar's PR strategy, refusing to comment on any projects until the studio is ready to announce them.
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