Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I think it has been a while since Disney introduced a new princess. I rather see a new movie with a new Princess than a bad sequel to a classic. What are your thoughts?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: And us Cauldron girls got to see a recent poster promoting the movie at Disney M-G-M. Rapunzel will, of course, be blonde and she was wearing a dark pink dress in the poster we saw. Her long, flowing hair seemed to be full of flowers and tiny fairies--who made themselves at home among her long tresses. Our only fear is that the whole project may be given the dreaded SHREK treatment--and if it turns out to be a parody of itself, that won't bode well at all. The movie would eventually become dated and not at all timeless. (sigh.)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Witches, in the reference I saw, the 'Unbraided' portion was not part of the title. Hopefully, they've dropped the 'fractured fairytale' idea at Disney.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh, I could just KISS you for saying that, Jim, duckling!! And I so hope you're right. The poster we saw still had the word 'unbraided' under Rapunzel's name--as of a week ago. But we had also heard that Glenn Keane never wanted this to be a parody in the first place. Supposedly, it's the lunatic producer who's fighting to follow in the footsteps of Shrek--againt Glenn's better judgement. But we'll hope and pray...
Originally Posted By utahjosh There is another princess movie in the works. "Enchanted" will start out animated, but then the animated princess finds herself in NYC or something. Alan Menken has written the songs or score, and Idina Menzel is playing the princess, I believe.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Oh hmm.. was hoping for a traditionally animated princess movie taht is NOT a sequel to classics!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Traditionally animated would be nice for a princess movie, but I'll be happy with a princess movie that "plays it straight" - the parody thing doesn't interest me. It's been far too long, in my opinion, since we've had a good old-fashioned princess movie - preferably one where the characters actually sing!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh--now you're singing MY song, Liberty Belle, duckling!! Next time you make it to Morva, I DO hope you'll drop in for a visit--and be sure you bring a box of Krispy Kremes along with you, if you please.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I agree too Liberty Belle, thats for sure!! Here are some images I found: <a href="http://animationarchive.net/Feature" target="_blank">http://animationarchive.net/Fe ature</a>%20Films/Rapunzel%20Unbraided/Images/ And here is the IMDB page on it...it says its set for 2009: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03 98286/</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Yes, BlazesofFire, duckling. Us Cauldron girls have read that plot summary before--where it asks the question: "Are you sick to death of storybook endings where true love conquers all?" Well, of COURSE not!! My gosh!! I LIVE for stories about true love conquering all! I mean, that's the most beautiful sort of ending to bestow on ANY fairy tale!! ORDDU: As we've said countless times before, we fear that this particular version of RAPUNZEL may have its heart ripped out and changed so drastically that it will only be a mere shadow of the original. ORWEN: Rapunzel, herself, won't even be the REAL Rapunzel. Instead, some gawd awful witch is going to take some modern, disfunctional couple and turn THEM into the main characters--to teach them a lesson, I guess. But it's all so convoluted and messed up it'll most likely be another travesty--just like CHICKEN LITTLE was.
Originally Posted By basil fan I remember reading a young readers' novel called The Practical Princess that I thought would make a great animated feature. It's not a parody, but the princess goes against type by her interest in cooking and other "practical" things--not just sitting around looking delicate. It takes place in a fairytale kingdom & has a wizard & a prince charming & other stuff you'd expect. It bucks the cliches without making fun of them & still has a happy fairytale ending. Kuzco, Disney's Bad Boy Hero <a href="http://www.whatistsgalore.com/disney/kuzco.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatistsgalore.com/ disney/kuzco.html</a>
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire <<ORWEN: Rapunzel, herself, won't even be the REAL Rapunzel. Instead, some gawd awful witch is going to take some modern, disfunctional couple and turn THEM into the main characters--to teach them a lesson, I guess. But it's all so convoluted and messed up it'll most likely be another travesty--just like CHICKEN LITTLE was.>> I hate that idea too. I, also, am not tired of the fairy tales! We need another one! Right now. the only fairy tale movies that are coming out seem to be the Barbie movies.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead "Idina Menzel is playing the princess, I believe." She's in it, but Amy Adams (Oscar nominee!) is playing the princess.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire IMDB says Kristin Chenowith is playing Rapunzel. She also plays Glinda in "Wicked" I believe.
