Jennifer Lee, Chief Creative Officer at Disney Animation, confirmed this afternoon that work has quietly begun on a third edition in the company’s Frozen film franchise during a keynote session at the London Film Festival (LFF).
Lee — who wrote and co-directed the first two Frozen films — was tightlipped about any specific details regarding the threequel, including timeframes and production status, but told the LFF audience that she is “blown away” by the work the studio already has in the can. “All I’ll say is that last week, they carved out time for me to work with the creative team on it.
And I’m blown away,” Lee said. “I’m so excited. I don’t know what I’m doing on it yet. I might be doing nothing.” Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed earlier this year that the company had plans to create new additions to the Toy Story, Frozen, and Zootopia franchises.
Frozen 2 clocked $1.45 billion at the global box office in 2019. The song “Into the Unknown”from the picwas nominated for Best Original Song at the 2020 Oscars, while the first film won two Oscars in 2014, including Best Animated Feature and Best Song.
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