Disney introduces its first black princess

[RiverStone]

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. has started production on an animated musical fairy tale called "The Frog Princess," which will be set in New Orleans and feature the Walt Disney Studio's first black princess.

The company unveiled the plans at its annual shareholders' meeting in New Orleans.

John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Disney and the Disney-owned unit Pixar Animation Studios, said the movie would return to the classic hand-drawn animation process, instead of using computer animation that has become the industry standard. He called the film "an American fairy tale."

"The film's New Orleans setting and strong princess character give the film lots of excitement and texture," Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook said.

more:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/15/disney.newprincess.ap/index.html




It's about time...:applause:

[Shine]

1. I read about this a couple days ago. I think it's awesome!!!

:thumbsup:
hard to believe it took this long.....

[mzteris]

2. It's about d*mn time!

:woohoo:

[Deja Q]

3. Hand drawn? Wow. Who's drawing all the cels?

:wow:

Still, about time indeed.

I'll still wait for the reviews.

[woo me with science]

4. This is wonderful, but

does she look more anorexic than any princess before, or is it just me?

[BulletproofLandshark]

5. And it only took them 70 years!

[bmbmd]

6. And her name is

"Maddy"???