the princess and the frog

Details will change as the release date approaches and more information becomes available. The Princess and the Frog Directed by Ron Clements

John Musker Produced by Peter Del Vecho Written by Ron Clements

John Musker

Rob Edwards Starring Anika Noni Rose

Oprah Winfrey

Keith David

Jenifer Lewis

John Goodman

Bruno Campos Music by Randy Newman Editing by Jeff Draheim Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures Release date(s) December 25, 2009[1] Country United States Language English IMDb • Allmovie

The Princess and the Frog is an upcoming 2009 American animated family feature film based upon the book series The Frog Princess by the author E.D. Baker[2] and presented by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It will be the first 2D traditional animated film since 2004's Home on the Range and the forty-ninth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It is being directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, with songs and score composed by Randy Newman and with the voices of Anika Noni Rose (as Princess Tiana), Oprah Winfrey [3], Keith David, Jim Cummings, John Goodman, Jenifer Lewis, Bruno Campos, Michael-Leon Wooley and Peter Bartlett.

The film, which began production under the working title The Frog Princess, will be an American fairy tale, Broadway-style musical set in French Quarter of New Orleans. A prince named Naveen from the land of Maldonia [4], is transformed into a frog by the evil scheming voodoo magician Dr. Facilier. The frog prince asks Tiana to break the spell by kissing him. However, the kiss doesn't break the spell but rather makes Tiana a frog, as well. Together the two of them must reach the good voodoo priestess of the Bayou, Mama Odie, while befriending a trumpet playing alligator and a hopelessly romantic firefly along the way. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Production 3 Controversy 4 Cast of characters 5 Crew 6 See also 7 References 8 External links //

History

Disney had once announced that Home on the Range would be the studio's last 2D animated film entry to their animated features canon, but after the company's acquisition of Pixar in early 2006, it was reported that Ed Catmull and John Lasseter, new leaders of the animation department, were interested in going back to the Disney tradition of 2D animation.[5] Ron Clements and John Musker, directors of successful 2D Disney films The Little Mermaid and Aladdin will be writing and directing. [6] About a month later, at the Comic-Con, Disney animator Eric Goldberg confirmed the news and also mentioned that Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken would be in charge of the music. [7] [8]

The film promises to return to the Broadway-style musical in the style of the successful Disney films like Walt's classics, and the musical renaissance of the late-1980s and all of the 1990s. [9] Rhett Wickham also reported that John Lasseter had personally asked