Remember the reason why Disney changed the title from Rapunzel into TANGLED? Because they didn’t want the movie prejudged by its title, they didn’t want people to assume it’s a fairy tale for girls only.
Via Yahoo, looks like Disney animation read the signs and decided that they’re done making movies about fairy tales and princesses..
Disney Animation co-chief Ed Catmull told the L.A. Times..
“They may come back later because someone has a fresh take on it,”
“but we don’t have any other musicals or fairy tales lined up.”
Wait… No musicals? Did Disney not hear the praise from all the classical animation fans thanking them for The Princess and the Frog returning to its hand drawn roots and musical numbers? That felt like old Disney Magic for sure!
And what about movies like Aladdin and Lion King? Easily the best of their classics and both were rife with musical numbers and adventure. Massive hits for the studio.
It is a sad day that Disney is walking away from all of this and throwing out the baby with the bathwater because they think these are too girly.
I thought Princess and the Frog was going to lead them back into the Oscar contenders of anmiated films with real heart and soul … instead we get Reboot Ralph… a boy who has to contend in the X-Box age (I didn’t make that up)
Luckily, fans of the Disney princess movies can still access these classics by purchasing them through this online store. All of the greatest Disney movies of all time, including the newer ones are available, giving the next generation of children the chance to own a piece of history. Just because Disney has decided not to create any new princess movies does not mean that young girls should have to grow up without this genre of film in their lives. Online DVD stores are making these movies easily accessible for all.
