Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10052880.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Walt Disney Animation Studios Makes Jennifer Lee Director of "Frozen"</b></a> <p>Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) taps Jennifer Lee to join Chris Buck at the helm of its 53<sup>rd</sup> full-length animated feature “Frozen,” which is slated for the big screen on Nov. 27, 2013. Lee, who has contributed to the film’s screenplay, is one of the screenplay writers of this year’s hit arcade-hopping adventure “Wreck-It Ralph.”</p>
Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-81248.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Walt Disney Animation Studios Makes Jennifer Lee Director of "Frozen"</b></a> <p>Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) taps Jennifer Lee to join Chris Buck at the helm of its 53<sup>rd</sup> full-length animated feature “Frozen,” which is slated for the big screen on Nov. 27, 2013. Lee, who has contributed to the film’s screenplay, is one of the screenplay writers of this year’s hit arcade-hopping adventure “Wreck-It Ralph.”</p>
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ which highlights what a basketcase this movie has become for WDAS. You don't bring a new director on board less than a year before its premiere. I was told last week that Buck had been sacked entirely so I guess they changed their minds with so little time to go before release. Pixar kicked Brenda Chapman off Brave more than 18 months before the film was due to be released.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox WTF is with the leadership changing out directors at such late dates? Ratatouille, Cars 2, Brave, and now Frozen. I'm inclined to blame Lasseter for this. Seems he cannot determine what 'perceived problems' exist in a film until it's almost completed.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ He is never there these days. A friend of mine is a producer on an upcoming movie that is in development and he hasn't seen Lasseter since May. Too busy hawking his wife and goofing around in the parks. I really wonder whether he is getting sidelined.
Originally Posted By leemac <<one of the screenplay writers of this year’s hit arcade-hopping adventure “Wreck-It Ralph.”>> I don't know Jennifer Lee at all - and she isn't one imdb which makes me think she has no animation experience at all - I hope imdb is wrong. Wreck-it Ralph isn't officially a hit either - it has just passed $150m and might just make it to $200m. WDAS dumped $200m on it plus a hefty $80m marketing budget.
Originally Posted By mawnck Someone in marketing suddenly realizes that dropping the apostrophe-s from "Disney's" wasn't such a good idea after all in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... <a href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/frozen_logo.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-...logo.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Qindarka leemac, do you happen to have any more information on the film other than this and the scenes you watched those months ago? Thanks.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<He is never there these days. A friend of mine is a producer on an upcoming movie that is in development and he hasn't seen Lasseter since May.>> So if it isn't Lasseter, who's firing the directors? I'm pretty sure John was the one who fired Pinkava from Rat. And he definitely pushed Lewis aside and theoretically 'fixed' Cars 2 as the second director. I don't know about Brave or Frozen, but I'd be surprised if he didn't have a hand in those decisions, as Executive Producer.
Originally Posted By leemac <<So if it isn't Lasseter, who's firing the directors?>> Sorry - didn't mean to suggest it wasn't him. He has full creative control so would have been involved. Peter Del Vecho is the producer and I'm sure he had a hand as he is a notoriously difficult person to work with - he gave Steve Anderson and Don Hall a very hard time on Pooh and PatF constantly evolved due to his involvement. He just doesn't seem to be at the Studios as often as he used to be - of course it may be that that is still enough for him to fulfil his role but that begs the question why he has been there so much in the past. He has a nightmare of a slate to supervise at Pixar without even considering WDAS. Some of the projects post-Monsters Uni are very "out there" and he is under pressure to make sure they are commercial. Best of luck bringing Pete Docter's piece into the mainstream.
Originally Posted By u k fan <<< <<Too busy hawking his wife>> What a slip! WINE. Oy vey.>>> If you're gonna slip, slip big I say!!!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Ya sure knows how ta make a coven a witches cackle, leemac, ducklin'! That was a good one!
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<(hates the title 'Frozen' as much as 'Tangled')>> Me too. Seriously, they couldn't come up with anything better here? I get it, they don't want the word "Queen" in the title because they might scare off boys or something, but was Frozen really the best they could come up with?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I understand your sentiments, ducklings. The title is certainly less than inspired or romantic. But since they really aren't following the tale of The Snow Queen hardly at all, it's more like they've given title to an original story all their own. Looking at it in that light, it makes the title seem slightly less jarring, whereas we'll NEVER refer to Rapunzel's movie as 'Tangled' because the story for that was just close enough to the original to make it really inappropriate to change its title.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Disney management is so paranoid about film titles these days it's laughable. They forgot how much money the live action version of Alice in Wonderland made them WITHOUT messing around with the title on that one. But now they wanting to cheapen all future fairy tales they do by ruining their title in some stupid attempt to be 'hip and edgy'--like what they're also doing with Rumplestiltskin. They want to rename THAT one to: 'The Name Game'. It just makes a coven of witches so darn mad when they do this. It steals away that precious sense of timelessness whenever they do such a thing!! In years to come I think it makes a movie less special--particularly period piece fairytales--when they mess around with the titles. There's nothing magical about 'Tangled' or 'The Name Game'.
Originally Posted By Qindarka Weren't the rumours about a Rumpelstiltskin movie false? There has certainly been no confirmation about it.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: We read about consideration for Rumplestiltskin from several different sources. It's not hard to believe they would consider making any number of fairy tales into animated movies. The fact that they have never formally announced that they're making Rumplestiltskin merely means it's under consideration and nothing more. ORWEN: They were also considering making an animated version of Jack & the Beanstalk until they got scared over the fact that another studio is already making their own version of that called Jack the Giant Killer. I think we read about that in a couple of different places just before Rapunzel came out. ORDDU: We even read that Hanzel & Grettle was being considered as an animated tale from Disney. But, here again, nothing has been confirmed.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Best of luck bringing Pete Docter's piece into the mainstream.>> No sh*t. I'm wondering how the heck it even got the green light, given the squeamishness exhibited when Rio got a bit too close thematically to newt. I'll be shocked if the brain film doesn't get a major overhaul prior to theatrical release to the point of non-recognition.
