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! Award! Category! Nominee! Result| Randy Newman (Down in New Orleans)| Best Screenplay| Best Score| Best Song (Almost There)|Anika Noni Rose (Almost There)|{{Won}}|Anika Noni Rose (Down in New Orleans)|rowspan="2" {{Nom}}|Anika Noni Rose|{{Won}}|Best Ensemble|Animated Effects|James DeValera Mansfield|{{Won}}|Production Design in a Feature Production|Ian Gooding|rowspan="2" {{Nom}}|Bruce W. Smith|{{Nom}}|Jenifer Lewis ("Mama Odie")|rowspan="10" {{nom}}|Randy Newman (Down in New Orleans)|Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture|Anika Noni Rose|Women Film Critics Circle|Best Animated Females

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name	The Princess and the Frog| image = The Princess and the Frog poster.jpg| caption = Theatrical release poster| alt = A cartoon image of a woman in a princess costume with a frog in her hand.	Ron Clements John Musker Rob Edwards {edih}	Ron Clements John Musker Greg Erb Jason Oremland {edih}	{{based on|The Frog Princess|E. D. Baker}} {{based on|"The Frog Prince"|Brothers Grimm}} }}| producer = Peter Del Vecho	Anika Noni Rose Bruno Campos Keith David Michael-Leon Wooley Jim Cummings Jennifer Cody Peter Bartlett Jenifer Lewis Oprah Winfrey Terrence Howard John Goodman {edih}	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios {edih}| distributor = Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	2009	25	Los Angeles and New York City>2009	11|United States}}		WORK=BOX OFFICE MOJO	INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE>IMDB, July 18, 2010, | music = Randy Newman| editing = Jeff Draheim| country = United States| language = English		WORK=MTV	VIACOM (2005–PRESENT)>VIACOM	DATE=DECEMBER 14, 2009	QUOTE=[...]COST DISNEY $105 MILLION TO PRODUCE[...],		WORK=THE NUMBERS	ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 29, 2021, }}The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is inspired in part by the 2002 novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker, which in turn is based on the German folk tale "The Frog Prince" as collected by the Brothers Grimm. The film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and produced by Peter Del Vecho, from a screenplay that Clements and Musker co-wrote with Rob Edwards. The directors also co-wrote the story with the writing team of Greg Erb and Jason Oremland. The film stars the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jim Cummings, Jennifer Cody, John Goodman, Keith David, Peter Bartlett, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, and Terrence Howard. Set in New Orleans during the 1920s, the film tells the story of a hardworking waitress named Tiana who dreams of opening her own restaurant. After kissing prince Naveen, who has been turned into a frog by the evil voodoo witch doctor Facilier, Tiana becomes a frog as well and must find a way to turn Naveen and herself back into humans before it is too late.The Princess and the Frog began production in July 2006, under the working title The Frog Princess. It marked Disney's brief return to traditional animation, as it was the mainstream animation studio's first traditionally animated film since Home on the Range (2004). Musker and Clements, directors of Disney's The Great Mouse Detective (1986), The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), Hercules (1997), and Treasure Planet (2002) returned to Disney to direct The Princess and the Frog. The studio returned to a Broadway musical-style format frequently used during the Disney Renaissance, and the film features a score and songs composed and conducted by Randy Newman, well known for his musical involvement in Pixar films such as the Toy Story franchise.The Princess and the Frog premiered at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank on November 15, 2009, and first opened in a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on November 25, followed by its wide release on December 11. The film received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation (particularly the revival of the hand-drawn form), characters, music, voice acting (particularly David's), and themes; however, it was criticized for its depiction of Louisiana Voodoo and alleged historical negationism of its depiction of the Southern United States during the Jim Crow era. It was a qualified success at the box office: it somewhat underperformed Disney's targets yet finished in first place in North America on its opening weekend and grossed around $271 million worldwide (becoming, in the process, Disney’s most successful traditionally animated film since Lilo & Stitch in 2002). It received three Oscar nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards: one for Best Animated Feature and two for Best Original Song.WEB, "The Hurt Locker" Takes Top Honors at 82nd Academy Awards,weblink playbill.com, March 8, 2010, Playbill, February 1, 2015, Plot In New Orleans during the Roaring Twenties, a young woman named Tiana is devoted to opening her own restaurant, a dream she shared with her late father. She works two waitress jobs to save enough money for her own restaurant, leaving her no time for a social life. In early 1926, Naveen, the arrogant prince of Maldonia, arrives in New Orleans. His parents have cut him off from the family fortune, so he intends to marry Charlotte La Bouff, Tiana's best friend. In order to convince her to marry Naveen, Charlotte's father, wealthy Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff, hosts a masquerade ball in Naveen's honor, for which Charlotte hires Tiana to make beignets, paying her enough to buy a dilapidated mill to convert into her dream restaurant. Naveen and his valet, Lawrence, encounter Dr. Facilier, an evil and powerful voodoo witch doctor who plans to rule New Orleans. Facilier transforms Naveen into a frog and Lawrence into a doppelganger of Naveen, using a voodoo talisman containing Naveen's blood. Facilier intends for the disguised Lawrence to marry Charlotte, then to kill her father with a voodoo doll so he can gain the La Bouff fortune.At the ball, Tiana learns she has been outbid for the mill. Upset, she accidentally spills beignets and sauce on her outfit, so Charlotte lends her a princess costume. Feeling disheartened, she begins wishing on a star when Naveen appears in frog form. Thinking Tiana is a real princess, he asks her to kiss him to break the spell. Tiana reluctantly agrees since Naveen can give her enough money for the mill. However, she is transformed into a frog as well. The two are chased into a nearby bayou, where they meet a jazz-loving alligator named Louis. When they explain their predicament, he tells them of Mama Odie, another voodoo practitioner who lives in the bayou. Naveen convinces Louis to take him and Tiana to see Mama Odie so he would ask her to turn him into a human as well to accomplish his dream of being a professional jazz musician.However, Louis does not know the way to Mama Odie; a Cajun firefly named Ray, who knows Mama Odie, helps the three. During the journey, Tiana and Naveen begin developing feelings for each other, especially after Naveen learns to be more responsible. Meanwhile, the talisman disguising Lawrence as Naveen begins faltering; it needs a steady supply of Naveen's blood to function. Facilier asks his "friends on the other side" (a legion of voodoo spirits) to help retrieve Naveen, and they grant him an army of shadow demons to do his bidding. The demons discover Tiana and her group in the bayou; Mama Odie rescues the group.Mama Odie tells Naveen the spell can only be broken with a princess's kiss. Tiana realizes that since Big Daddy has been crowned Mardi Gras king, Charlotte will be a princess until midnight. The group hitches a ride on a paddle steamer back to New Orleans, during which Naveen tells Ray about his love for Tiana and plans to propose marriage to her. After talking to Tiana, Naveen selflessly decides against proposing, since transforming him and Tiana into humans and financing Tiana's restaurant is contingent on him kissing and marrying Charlotte. The shadow demons capture Naveen and bring him to Facilier, who uses his blood to replenish the talisman. After Ray tells Tiana of Naveen's love for her, Tiana heads to the Mardi Gras parade to find Naveen, only to see the disguised Lawrence marrying Charlotte. Heartbroken, Tiana flees the scene.Ray rescues the real Naveen and steals the talisman, which he gives to Tiana before Facilier mortally wounds him. Facilier offers to make Tiana's dream come true in exchange for the talisman. Realizing that she would be dishonoring her father by accepting, Tiana destroys the talisman. With Facilier's plan foiled, the voodoo spirits drag him into their world for failing to pay back his debt. After Lawrence is arrested, Tiana reveals her love to Naveen. Charlotte is moved by this and agrees to kiss Naveen so he and Tiana can be human together, but as the clock strikes midnight, Charlotte is no longer a princess, so Tiana and Naveen remain frogs. Ray dies shortly thereafter and is reincarnated as a star. Tiana and Naveen are married by Mama Odie, and since doing so makes Tiana a princess, both are restored to human form. They later return to New Orleans to legally marry and open Tiana's restaurant, which she renames "Tiana's Palace". Voice cast Anika Noni Rose as Tiana, an African American 19-year-old waitress and aspiring chef / restaurateur. She is an intelligent, hardworking, and independent young woman but works so hard that she often forgets about other things in life such as love, fun, and family.NEWS, The Washington Post, A fairy tale beginning: Snow White, she is not. Among the royal ladies of Disney, Tiana is a prominent first.,weblink April 16, 2009, Neely, Tucker, May 25, 2010, Mark Henn was the supervising animator for Tiana. Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, the prince of Maldonia. Naveen is a 20-year-old musician and playboy who has been cut off from his family's riches until he learns the value of responsibility. Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator of Naveen in both human and frog form. File:Dr. Facilier (34310802761) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Dr. Facilier as performed by a cast member at DisneylandDisneylandKeith David as Dr. Facilier, also known as the Shadow Man, a voodoo bokor (witch doctor) who plans to rule New Orleans with help from his "friends on the other side" and the major antagonist of the film. He is depicted in the image of Baron Samedi and/or Ghede Nibo wearing a tailcoat and top hat. Bruce W. Smith, supervising animator of Doctor Facilier, referred to the character as the "lovechild" of Cruella de Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and Captain Hook from Peter Pan (1953). Smith was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work. Michael-Leon Wooley as Louis, a friendly yet neurotic trumpet-playing alligator whose dream is to join a jazz band. His name comes from the famous jazz artist and trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. Terence Blanchard did the trumpet playing for Louis. Eric Goldberg, the supervising animator of Louis and other miscellaneous characters, won the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work on the film. Jennifer Cody as Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff, a 19-year-old wealthy European-American débutante and Tiana's best friend since childhood who dreams of marrying a prince. Though she is initially spoiled and self-centered, she has a heart of gold and cares deeply for Tiana's well-being, going as far as giving up her chance to be a princess when she sees that Prince Naveen and Tiana are truly in love. Nik Ranieri served as the supervising animator of Charlotte as an adult and child. Jennifer Cody won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her performance. Jim Cummings as Ray, a middle aged Cajun firefly. He and his vast family are close friends with Mama Odie, so he offers to help the frogs get to her. Ray has an unrequited love for the Evening Star, which he believes is another firefly named "Evangeline" (a reference to the 19th-century Longfellow poem). Mike Surrey was the supervising animator for Ray. Ray's name comes from the blind pianist Ray Charles. Peter Bartlett as Lawrence, Prince Naveen's valet, whom Dr. Facilier recruits as a partner in his scheme by transforming him to look like Naveen using a blood charm. Anthony DeRosa was the supervising animator for the Lawrence character, whose design was influenced by the Mr. Smee character from Peter Pan. Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie, a blind, 197-year-old voodoo priestess, who serves as the film's "Fairy Godmother figure". Andreas Deja was the supervising animator for both Mama Odie and her pet snake, Juju, and was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production. Oprah Winfrey as Eudora, Tiana's mother, who wants to see her happy and worries that Tiana focuses too much on her dream of owning a restaurant.WEB, September 24, 2008, January 31, 2009,weblink Breaking: Oprah Winfrey Joins Voice Cast Of 'The Princess and the Frog', MTV, Viacom, Ruben A. Aquino animated both Eudora and her husband, James. Terrence Howard as James, Tiana's father, who helped instill a strong work ethic in Tiana John Goodman as Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff, a very wealthy Southern sugar mill owner and father of Charlotte La Bouff. While he spoils Charlotte with everything she asks for, he is a loving and generous man and loves Tiana's cooking. Duncan Marjoribanks was the supervising animator for La Bouff. Ritchie Montgomery, Don Hall, and Paul Briggs as Reggie, Darnell, and Two-Fingers, three bumbling frog hunters who try to catch Tiana and Naveen as frogs. Their resemblance to The Three Stooges has been noted. Corey Burton and Jerry Kernion as the Fenner Brothers, two antagonistic real estate agents who eventually sell Tiana the sugar mill under duress after initially refusing because someone else was offering to pay for it in cash and because they believed Tiana could not manage it because of her "background".BOOK, Missouri, Montré Aza, 2015, Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film: Race, Sex, and Afro-Religiosity, 1st, 169, Palgrave Macmillan, 978-1-137-45417-1, Kevin Michael Richardson and Emeril Lagasse as Ian and Marlon, two of a congregation of wild and hot-tempered alligators who try to eat Tiana and Naveen as frogs Production Early development Disney had once announced that 2004's Home on the Range would be their last traditionally animated film. After the company's acquisition of Pixar in 2006, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter, the new president and chief creative officer of Disney Animation Studios, reversed this decision and reinstated hand-drawn animation at the studio.WEB, July 27, 2006, Dark Horizons, July 29, 2006,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20121216055154weblink">weblink dead, December 16, 2012, Disney Goes Traditional For "Princess", {{Harvp|Kurtti|2009|p=8}}. Many animators who had either been laid off or had left the studio when the traditional animation units were dissolved in 2003 were located and re-hired for the project.NEWS,weblinkweblink June 18, 2022, subscription, live, Leap of faith: The Princess and the Frog, The Independent, January 18, 2010, January 26, 2010, London, Lasseter also brought back directors Ron Clements and John Musker, whose earlier works include The Great Mouse Detective (1986), The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), Hercules (1997), and Treasure Planet (2002).WEB,weblink Rhett Wickham: It's Baaack!, LaughingPlace.com, June 23, 2006, June 23, 2006, WEB,weblink Comic-Con Sees Stars, 2D Officially Back at Disney, AWN Headline News, July 23, 2006, July 29, 2006, The duo had left the company in 2005, but Lasseter requested their return to Disney to direct and write the film and had let them choose the style of animation (traditional or CGI) they wanted to use.The film's story began development by merging two projects in development at Disney and Pixar at the time, both based around "The Frog Prince" fairy tale. One of the projects was based on E. D. Baker's The Frog Princess, in which the story's heroine (Princess Emma) kisses a prince turned frog (Prince Eadric), only to become a frog herself. The other was based on Ralph Eggleston's pitch of The Frog Prince set in gangster-era Chicago.NEWS, Scott, Mike,weblink New Orleans setting for 'Princess and the Frog' is a Disney dream come true for one man, The Times-Picayune, July 1, 2014, November 22, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091124143228weblink">weblink November 24, 2009, live, Jorgen Klubien separately claimed that a story he was developing at Pixar tentatively titled The Spirit of New Orleans served as inspiration for the film.WEB, Klubien, Jorgen,weblink Miscellaneous, Jorgen Klubien.com,weblink July 9, 2021, live, The Princess and the Frog returns to the musical film format used in many of the previously successful Disney animated films, with a style Musker and Clements declared, like with Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, had inspiration from Golden Age Disney features such as Cinderella (1950).Musker and Clements thought that given so many fairy tales were set in Europe, they could do an American fairy tale. They stated that they chose New Orleans as a tribute to the history of the city, for its "magical" qualities, and because it was Lasseter's favorite city.NEWS, King, Susan, Q & A with 'Princess and the Frog' animators,weblink Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2010, November 22, 2009, The directors spent ten days in Louisiana before starting to write the film.The Princess and the Frog was originally announced as The Frog Princess in July 2006, and early concepts and songs were presented to the public at Anchor Bay Entertainment's annual shareholders' meeting in March 2007. These announcements drew criticism from African-American media outlets, due to elements of the Frog Princess story, characters, and settings considered distasteful. African-American critics disapproved of the original name for the heroine, "Maddy", due to its similarity to the derogatory word term "mammy".WEB, Misick, Bobbi, Controversy Over The Princess and the Frog,weblink Essence.com, May 17, 2010, Nov 30, 2009, Also protested were Maddy's original career as a chambermaid,MAGAZINE, Stephey, M. J., Top 10 Disney Controversies,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091214012532weblink">weblink dead, December 14, 2009, Time, December 9, 2009, the choice to have the Black heroine's love interest be a non-Black prince, and the use of a Black male voodoo witchdoctor as the film's villain. The Frog Princess title was also thought by critics to be a slur on French people. Also questioned was the film's setting of New Orleans, which had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, resulting in the expulsion of a large number of mostly Black residents. Critics claimed the choice of New Orleans as the setting for a Disney film with a Black heroine was an affront to the Katrina victims' plight.NEWS, Heldenfels, Rich, 'Princess' leaps to DVD,weblink Akron Beacon Journal, March 14, 2010, In response to these early criticisms, the film's title was changed in May 2007 from The Frog Princess to The Princess and the Frog. The name "Maddy" was changed to "Tiana",WEB,weblink Protests Come Early to Disney's 'Princess', IMDb, May 11, 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070820084833weblink">weblink August 20, 2007, NEWS,weblink Enchanting return to 2-D, USA Today, Wloszczyna, Susan, May 3, 2007, May 5, 2007, and the character's occupation was altered from chambermaid to waitress. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey was hired as a technical consultant for the film, leading to her taking a voice-acting role in the film as Tiana's mother, Eudora. Writing and themes The head of story, Don Hall, described the plot as a fairy tale "twisted enough that it seems new and fresh", with a kingdom that is a modern city, a handsome prince that is a "knuckleheaded playboy" and a variation on the fairy godmother with Mama Odie. Co-writer Rob Edwards also said The Princess and the Frog was "a princess movie for people who don't like princess movies". As the writers thought Tiana's character motivation of simply dreaming of having her own restaurant was not appealing enough, they expanded so it was her father's as well, with the extra philosophy of "food bringing people together from all walks of life". Musker and Clements stated that while Tiana already starts as a sympathetic character, the events of the plot make her "understand things in a deeper level" and change people around her. Both protagonists would learn from each other—Naveen to take responsibilities, Tiana to enjoy life—as well as figuring from Ray's passion for Evangeline that the perfect balance is brought by having someone you love to share the experience."Magic in the Bayou", The Princess and the Frog Blu-ray. Walt Disney Home Entertainment. Tiana became the first African-American Disney Princess.WEB,weblink The Word on the "Princess and the Frog," Disney's First Film With a Black Heroine, November 23, 2009, About.com, Nittle, Nadra Kareem, August 19, 2013, August 13, 2018,weblink dead, WEB,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20130819235127weblink">weblink dead, 2013-08-19, The Princess and the Frog Directed by Ron Clements & John Musker, Exclaim!, Bell, Robert, August 19, 2013, February 2010, Tiana was inspired in part by famed restaurateur Leah Chase, whom Clements and Musker met on their research trip to New Orleans.WEB,weblink The Princess and the Frog's Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to "the other side" of animation!, June 1, 2010, Animated Views, Noyer, Jérémie, 19 August 2013, Clements elaborated, "There's a woman in New Orleans named Lee (sic) Chase who was a waitress and ultimately opened a restaurant with her husband … we met with her and we talked with her and she went to kind of into her story, her philosophy about food, which is a big element of the movie."WEB, Gilchrist, Todd, Interview: 'Princess and the Frog' Directors Ron Clements and John Musker,weblink Moviefone, December 18, 2012, October 23, 2009, May 3, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120503102142weblink">weblink dead, Voice cast File:Anika Noni Rose at 2010 Oscars.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Anika Noni RoseAnika Noni RoseOn December 1, 2006, a detailed casting call was announced for the film at the Manhattan Theatre Source forum.WEB, December 1, 2006, Animated-News.com, December 4, 2006,weblink Frog Princess Casting Call,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070113092506weblink">weblink January 13, 2007, The casting call states the film as being an American fairy tale musical set in New Orleans during the 1926 Jazz Age and provides a detailed list of the film's major characters.In February 2007, it was reported that Dreamgirls actresses Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose were top contenders for the voice of Tiana and that Alicia Keys directly contacted then-Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook about voicing the role.WEB, Malkin, Marc, February 5, 2007, E! Online, March 9, 2007,weblink Alicia Keys into Next Movie Role,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070210054735weblink">weblink February 10, 2007, dead, It was later reported that Tyra Banks was being considered for the role.WEB, Malkin, Marc, April 20, 2007, E! Online, June 1, 2007,weblink Princess Anika and the Frog, By April 2007, it was confirmed that Rose would be voicing Tiana.WEB, Malkin, Marc, April 19, 2007, E! Online, April 20, 2007,weblink Disney Crowns Its Frog Princess, Three months later, it was reported that Keith David was cast as Doctor Facilier, the villain of the film.NEWS, Giardina, Carolyn, July 5, 2007, The Hollywood Reporter, July 5, 2007,weblink David hops aboard 'Frog',weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071001000059weblink">weblink October 1, 2007, dead, Animation and design Clements and Musker had agreed early on that the style they were aiming for was primarily that of Lady and the Tramp (1955), a film which they and John Lasseter feel represents "the pinnacle of Disney's style".WEB,weblink Interview: 'Princess and the Frog' Directors Ron Clements and John Musker, Todd Gilchrist, Cinematical.com, October 23, 2009, October 30, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130921054004weblink">weblink September 21, 2013, dead, mdy-all, "After that, everything started becoming more stylized, like Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians—which are fantastic films as well, but there's a particular style (to Lady and the Tramp) that's so classically Disney."NEWS, Scott, Mike,weblink For 'Princess and the Frog,' Disney animators go back to the drawing board, December 12, 2009, The Times-Picayune, Lady and the Tramp also heavily informed the style of the New Orleans scenes, while Disney's Bambi (1942) served as the template for the bayou scenes. Bambi was described as a stylistic reference for the painted backgrounds, as according to art director Ian Gooding "Bambi painted what it feels like to be in the forest instead of the forest" so The Princess and the Frog would in turn try capturing the essence of roaming through New Orleans.The former trend in Disney's hand-drawn features where the characters and cinematography were influenced by a CGI-look had been abandoned. Andreas Deja, a veteran Disney animator who supervised the character of Mama Odie, says "I always thought that maybe we should distinguish ourselves to go back to what 2D is good at, which is focusing on what the line can do rather than volume, which is a CG kind of thing. So we are doing less extravagant Treasure Planet kind of treatments. You have to create a world but [we're doing it more simply]. What we're trying to do with Princess and the Frog is hook up with things that the old guys did earlier. It's not going to be graphic...". Deja also mentioned that Lasseter was aiming for the Disney sculptural and dimensional look of the 1950s: "All those things that were non-graphic, which means go easy on the straight lines and have one volume flow into the other—an organic feel to the drawing." Lasseter also felt that traditional animation created more character believability.WEB,weblink John Lasseter Returns to Hand Drawn Animation with The Princess and the Frog, MovieWeb, Orange, B. Alan, March 13, 2010, January 8, 2011, July 14, 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140714175653weblink">weblink dead, For example, with Louis the alligator, created by Eric Goldberg, Lasseter said: "It's the believability of this large character being able to move around quite like that." Choreographer Betsy Baytos was brought by the directors to lead a team of eccentric dancers that gave reference to make each character a different style of movement. The character design tried to create beautiful drawings through subtle shapes, particularly for most characters being human. For the frog versions of Tiana and Naveen, while the animators started with realistic designs, they eventually went for stylized designs "removing all that is unappealing in frogs", similar to Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio (1940).Toon Boom Animation's Toon Boom Harmony computer software was used as the main software package for the production of the film, as the Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) system that Disney developed with Pixar in the 1980s for use on their previous traditionally animated films had become now outdated by 2004.WEB, Wickham, Rhett, June 23, 2006, It's Baaack!,weblink LaughingPlace.com, August 10, 2006,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060702030813weblink">weblink July 2, 2006, The Harmony software was augmented with a number of plug-ins to provide CAPS-like effects such as shading on cheeks and smoke effects.{{citation|last=Robertson|first=Barbara|title=The Tradition Lives On|journal=Computer Graphics World|volume=33|issue=1|url=http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2010/Volume-33-Issue-1-Jan-2010-/The-Tradition-Lives-On.aspx|date=January 26, 2010}}WEB,weblink Insights From ADAPT 2008, Animated World Network, October 8, 2008,weblink September 17, 2023, dead, mdy, The reinstated traditional unit's first production, a 2007 Goofy cartoon short entitled How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, was partly animated without paper by using Harmony and Wacom Cintiq pressure-sensitive tablets. The character animators found some difficulty with this approach, and decided to use traditional paper and pencil drawings, which were then scanned into the computer systems, for The Princess and the Frog.The one exception to the new Toon Boom Harmony pipeline was the "Almost There" dream sequence, which utilized an Art Deco graphic style based on the art of Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas.WEB, March 13, 2010, Exclusive "Princess and The Frog" Virtual Roundtable with Writer-Directors; Ron Clements and John Musker,weblink Neal, Fischer, FilmMonthly.com, May 8, 2010, Supervised by Eric Goldberg and designed by Sue Nichols,WEB, Interview with The Princess and the Frog filmmakers from Disney,weblink KillerReviews.com, May 8, 2010, the "Almost There" sequence's character animation was done on paper without going through the clean-up animation department,Musker, John; Clements, Ron; and del Vecho, Peter (2010). DVD/Blu-ray Disc audio commentary for The Princess and the Frog. Walt Disney Home Entertainment. and scanned directly into Photoshop. The artwork was then enhanced to affect the appearance of painted strokes and fills, and combined with backgrounds, using Adobe After Effects.WEB, Desowitz, Bill, November 24, 2009, Goldberg, Deja, and Smith talk Princess and the Frog,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100213114614weblink">weblink February 13, 2010, May 8, 2010, Animation World Network, mdy-all, The visual effects and backgrounds for the film were created digitally using Cintiq tablet displays.WEB, Roush, George,weblink Interview: Princess And The Frog Directors John Musker And Ron Clements. Plus 7 Brand New Images!, Latino Review, October 21, 2009, October 30, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091022114309weblink">weblink October 22, 2009, Marlon West, one of Disney's veteran animation visual effects supervisors, says about the production; "Those guys had this bright idea to bring back hand-drawn animation, but everything had to be started again from the ground up. One of the first things we did was focus on producing shorts, to help us re-introduce the 2D pipeline. I worked as vfx supervisor on the Goofy short, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater. It was a real plus for the effects department, so we went paperless for The Princess and the Frog." The backgrounds were painted digitally using Adobe Photoshop, and many of the architectural elements were based upon 3D models built in Autodesk Maya. Much of the clean-up animation, digital ink-and-paint, and compositing were outsourced to third-party companies in Orlando, Florida (Premise Entertainment), Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Yowza! Animation), and Brooklin, São Paulo, Brazil (HGN Produções).WEB,weblink Academy Awards press kit for The Princess and the Frog, Disney Enterprises, Inc., November 6, 2015, April 8, 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100408202417weblink">weblink Music In February 2006, Alan Menken was initially reported to be composing the soundtrack.NEWS, Gallo, Phil,weblink Mouse inks music man, Variety, February 28, 2006,weblink September 26, 2021, live, However, Lasseter thought that since Menken was scoring the Disney film Enchanted (2007) at the time, the music might be too repetitive. Lasseter felt that Randy Newman, whom he had previously worked with, was the perfect choice for the film and replaced Menken with him, due to the fact that Newman was a jazz composer and grew up in New Orleans, making him compatible with the project's musical setting, not to mention that he had previous experience in adding Broadway musical style to another 2D animated film which was Cats Don't Dance.WEB, Hill, Jim,weblink Monday Mouse Watch: Why a change of composers on "The Frog Princess" caused lots of WDFA staffers to lose their composure, Jim Hill Media, November 13, 2006,weblink September 30, 2007, dead, In February 2007, Newman was announced as the film's new composer.NEWS, Szalai, George,weblink 'Toy Story 3,' 'Frog Princess' on tap, The Hollywood Reporter, March 9, 2007,weblink June 27, 2023, live, During Disney's 2007 shareholder meeting, Newman and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band performed the film's opening number, "Down in New Orleans", with famous New Orleans singer Dr. John singing, while slides of pre-production art from the film played on a screen. Other songs in the film include "Almost There" (a solo for Tiana), "Dig a Little Deeper" (a song for Mama Odie), "When We're Human" (a song for Louis, Tiana and Naveen [as frogs]), "Friends on the Other Side" (a solo for Doctor Facilier), and "Gonna Take You There" and "Ma Belle Evangeline" (two solos for Ray).WEB, March 8, 2007, Yahoo News, March 9, 2007,weblink New Orleans the site of new Disney film, {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Newman composed, arranged, and conducted the music for the film, a mixture of jazz, zydeco, blues, and gospel styles performed by the voice cast members for the respective characters, while R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo wrote and performed the end title song, "Never Knew I Needed", an R&B love song referring to the romance between the film's two main characters, Tiana and Naveen. Supported by a music video by Melina, "Never Knew I Needed" was issued to radio outlets as a commercial single from the (The Princess and the Frog: Original Songs and Score|Princess and the Frog soundtrack).WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100103172749weblink">weblink dead, January 3, 2010, Ne-Yo's "Never Knew I Needed" To Be Featured Song in the New Walt Disney Pictures Animated Film "The Princess And The Frog", YearOfTheGentleman.com, October 14, 2009, May 8, 2010, The film's soundtrack album, The Princess and the Frog: Original Songs and Score, contains the ten original songs from the film and seven instrumental pieces. The soundtrack was released on November 23, 2009, the day before the limited release of the film in New York and Los Angeles.WEB, November 25, 2009, Walt Disney Records, The Princess and the Frog Soundtrack,weblink December 13, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091213170356weblink">weblink December 13, 2009, mdy-all, Release The film premiered in theaters with a limited run in New York and Los Angeles beginning on November 25, 2009, followed by wide release on December 11, 2009.WEB, June 9, 2009, Peter Sciretta, FILM.com, High-res Photos of Disney's The Princess and the Frog,weblink December 13, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091223131944weblink">weblink December 23, 2009, dead, mdy-all, The film was originally set for release on Christmas Day 2009, but its release date was changed due to a competing family film, (Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel), scheduled for release the same day.NEWS, Pamela McClintock, Tatiana Siegel, Fox finesses release schedule. 'Alvin' sequel set for X-Mas, 'A-Team' to 2010,weblink Variety, October 23, 2008, December 13, 2009, The Princess and the Frog received a limited re-release in AMC Theatres, lasting for one week from October 6 to October 12, 2017, as part of the Dream Big, Princess campaign.WEB, Vulpo, Mike, Surprise! Your Favorite Disney Princess Movies Are Heading Back to Theatres,weblink E! Online, August 3, 2017, August 2, 2017, MAGAZINE, Lenker, Maureen Lee, Disney princess movies are coming back to theaters,weblink Entertainment Weekly, August 3, 2017, August 3, 2017, As part of Disney's 100th anniversary the film was re-released in cinemas across the UK on October 6, 2023 for one week.WEB, DISNEY100 'CELEBRATING TIMELESS STORIES' SCREENING PROGRAMME LAUNCHES IN THE UK TOMORROW, FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST, 2023,weblink 2023-10-13, UK Press, en-GB, Marketing The Princess and the Frog was supported by a wide array of merchandise leading up to and following the film's release. Although Disney's main marketing push was not set to begin until November 2009, positive word-of-mouth promotion created demand for merchandise well in advance of the film.WEB, October 30, 2009, Nedra, Rhone, Princess Tiana 'already sold out',weblink Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 1, 2009, Princess Tiana costumes were selling out prior to Halloween 2009, and a gift set of Tiana-themed hair-care products from Carol's Daughter sold out in seven hours on the company's website. Other planned merchandise includes a cookbook for children and even a wedding gown. Princess Tiana was also featured a few months before the release in the (Disney on Ice|Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate!) show.WEB, Disney On Ice Presents Let's Celebrate!,weblink ABC7 News, ABC Inc., WLS-TV/DT Chicago, IL., May 17, 2010, January 22, 2010, February 16, 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100216121157weblink">weblink dead, The film itself was promoted through advertisements, including one from GEICO where Naveen, as a frog, converses with the company's gecko mascot.NEWS, Marcucci, Carl, GEICO Gecko teams with "The Princess and the Frog",weblink Radio and Television Business Report, November 13, 2009, February 22, 2018,weblink February 22, 2018, A live parade and show called Tiana's Showboat Jubilee! premiered on October 25, 2009, at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in FloridaNEWS, Mongello, Lou, First Look – Tiana's Showboat Jubilee at Walt Disney World Videos,weblink WDW Radio, October 26, 2009, February 16, 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120126200749weblink">weblink January 26, 2012, and on November 5 at Disneyland in California.NEWS, MacDonald, Brady, First look: 'Tiana's Showboat Jubilee' opens at Disneyland for a limited run,weblink Los Angeles Times, November 5, 2009, February 17, 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091209013606weblink">weblink December 9, 2009, In Disneyland, actors in New Orleans Square paraded to the Rivers of America and boarded the park's steamboat. From there, the cast, starring Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, Louis the alligator, and Doctor Facilier, would sing songs from the movie, following a short story line taking place after the events of the film. The Disneyland version's actors actually partook in singing, while the Walt Disney World rendition incorporated lip-syncing.Tiana's Showboat Jubilee! ran at both parks until January 3, 2010. At Disneyland Park, the show was replaced by a land-based event called Princess Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration, which features Princess Tiana along with five of the original presentation's "Mardi Gras dancers" and the park's "Jambalaya Jazz Band" as they perform songs from the movie.WEB, Princess Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration,weblink Disneyland Park official website, Disney Enterprises, Inc., May 17, 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100527021657weblink">weblink May 27, 2010, mdy-all, "Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration" officially ended on October 3, 2010. However, it returned to Disneyland from 2011–2013 as part of the "Limited Time Magic" family-fun weekends.WEB, Princess Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration,weblink Disney Parks Blog, February 15, 2011, Disney Enterprises, Inc., August 22, 2014, NEWS, New Orleans Bayou Bash! Begins Today at Disneyland Park,weblink Disney Parks Blog, Disney Enterprises, Inc., August 22, 2014, WEB, 'Limited Time Magic' Continues at the Disneyland Resort with New Orleans Bayou Bash!,weblink Disney Parks Blog, January 11, 2013, Disney Enterprises, Inc., August 22, 2014, Tiana also appears in Disneyland Paris's New Generation Festival.NEWS, Win a class trip to Disneyland Paris,weblink May 17, 2010, Belfast Telegraph, April 25, 2010, Some of the characters appear frequently during World of Color, the nightly fountain and projection show presented at Disney California Adventure. {{anchor|Video game}}Disney announced on June 4, 2009, that they would release a video game inspired by the film and it was released on November 2009 exclusively for Wii and Nintendo DS platforms. It has been officially described as an "adventure through the exciting world of New Orleans in a family-oriented video game", featuring events from the film and challenges for Princess Tiana.WEB, Gamezone.com, Disney Interactive Studios Announces The Princess and the Frog Video Game Inspired by the Upcoming Walt Disney Pictures Animated Comedy Adventure Film "The Princess and the Frog",weblink June 4, 2009, June 10, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090614201107weblink">weblink June 14, 2009, mdy-all, Reception Box office On its limited day release, the film grossed $263,890 at two theaters and grossed $786,190 its opening weekend.WEB,weblink Daily Box Office for Wednesday, November 25, 2009, Box Office Mojo, November 25, 2009, WEB,weblink Weekend Box Office Results for November 27–29, 2009, Box Office Mojo, November 29, 2009, On its opening day in wide release, the film grossed $7 million at 3,434 theaters.WEB,weblink Daily Box Office for Friday, December 11, 2009, Box Office Mojo, December 11, 2009, It went on to gross $24.2 million over the opening weekend averaging $7,050 per theater,WEB,weblink Weekend Box Office Results for December 11–13, 2009, Box Office Mojo, December 15, 2009, ranking at #1 for the weekend, and making it the highest-grossing opening to date for an animated movie in December (a record previously held by Beavis and Butt-Head Do America from 1996).WEB,weblink Weekend Report: 'Princess and the Frog' Leaps to the Top, Box Office Mojo, Gray, Brandon, December 14, 2009, December 15, 2009, The film went on to gross $104.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $271 million worldwide. It was the fifth-highest-grossing animated film of 2009, which was deemed an underachievement by Disney's standards. Overall, the film was considered a qualified commercial success against greater production and pre-release hopes.While the film outgrossed Disney's contemporaneous hand-drawn films of the 2000s – including The Emperor's New Groove (2000), (Atlantis: The Lost Empire) (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), Brother Bear (2003), and Home on the Range (2004) – it had a considerably less auspicious time than the animated films from Disney's second heyday of the latter 1980s and 1990s. Disney animator Tom Sito compared the film's performance to that of The Great Mouse Detective (1986), which had been a step up from the theatrical run of the 1985 box office failure The Black Cauldron (both films presaged upcoming commercial returns to form for Disney, with The Great Mouse Detective, in particular, cited as a self-successful inflection point towards the Renaissance, including by Disney internally).WEB,weblink Disney seeks to crown revival with 'Frozen' Oscar gold, Yahoo News, February 24, 2014, August 29, 2021, live,weblink August 29, 2021, It has been opined that part of the film's modest return could be ascribed to being overshadowed by the release of James Cameron’s Avatar a week after its release.NEWS,weblink At Disney, a Celebration That Was a Long Time Coming, New York Times, March 4, 2014, August 29, 2021, The film's fiscal shortcoming was a major reason for the changing of title of the next year's Tangled from "Rapunzel" in order to dissociate from The Princess and the Frog and the entire vacillating Disney Princess concept (Tangled would almost double its predecessor's box office take).BOOK, Catmull, Ed,weblink Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, Amy Wallace, Random House, 2014, 978-0-81-299301-1, New York, 268, Critical reception Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported the film has {{a or an|{{RT data|score}}}} approval rating based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's general consensus is that "The warmth of traditional Disney animation makes this occasionally lightweight fairy-tale update a lively and captivating confection for the holidays."WEB,weblink The Princess and the Frog, Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango Media, Fandango, {{RT data, access date, }}{{RT data|edit}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".WEB,weblink The Princess and the Frog: Reviews, Metacritic, December 17, 2009, Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.WEB, Manfredi, Lucas, November 24, 2022, Strange World CinemaScore Might Be the Lowest Ever For a Walt Disney Animation Studio Film,weblink live,weblink November 25, 2022, August 22, 2023, TheWrap, Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A" grade and applauded the film's creative team for "uphold[ing] the great tradition of classic Disney animation".MAGAZINE, November 24, 2009, Schwarzbaum, Lisa,weblink The Princess and the Frog Movie Review, Entertainment Weekly, November 27, 2009, Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised Walt Disney Animation for "rediscovering its traditional hand-drawn animation" and for "a thing called story".NEWS, Honeycutt, Kirk, November 24, 2009, The Princess and the Frog – Film Review,weblink The Hollywood Reporter, June 30, 2014, David Germain of the Associated Press wrote that "The Princess and the Frog is not the second coming of Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King. It's just plain pleasant, an old-fashioned little charmer that's not straining to be the next glib animated compendium of pop-culture flotsam."NEWS, December 11, 2009, Germain, David, Hand-drawn animation jumps again with Disney's 'Frog',weblink Billings Gazette, Associated Press, December 11, 2020, Justin Chang of Variety was less receptive, stating "this long-anticipated throwback to a venerable house style never comes within kissing distance of the studio's former glory".NEWS, November 24, 2009, Chang, Justin, The Princess and the Frog Movie Review,weblink Variety, November 27, 2009, Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film three stars out of five stars while saying "The Princess and the Frog breaks the color barrier for Disney princesses, but is a throwback to traditional animation and her story is a retread".NEWS, November 24, 2009, Disney's first black princess mark the studio's return to old-style animation,weblink New York Daily News, November 27, 2009, Joe, Neumaier, Village Voice{{'}}s Scott Foundas found that "the movie as a whole never approaches the wit, cleverness, and storytelling brio of the studio's early-1990s animation renaissance (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) or pretty much anything by Pixar".WEB, November 24, 2009, Foundas, Scott, Disney's Princess and the Frog Can't Escape the Ghetto,weblink Village Voice, November 27, 2009, December 8, 2017,weblink dead, Betsy Sharkey, formerly of the Los Angeles Times, gave the film a positive review claiming: "With The Princess and the Frog they've gotten just about everything right. The dialogue is fresh-prince clever, the themes are ageless, the rhythms are riotous and the return to a primal animation style is beautifully executed."NEWS, November 25, 2009, Sharkey, Betsy, Review: 'The Princess and the Frog',weblink Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2009, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and admired Disney's step back to traditional animation, writing, "No 3-D! No glasses! No extra ticket charge! No frantic frenzies of meaningless action! And ... good gravy! A story! Characters! A plot! This is what classic animation once was like!", but stated that the film "inspires memories of Disney's Golden Age it doesn't quite live up to, as I've said, but it's spritely and high-spirited, and will allow kids to enjoy it without visually assaulting them."NEWS, December 9, 2009, Roger, Ebert, Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times, The Princess and the Frog review,weblink December 12, 2009, RogerEbert.com, S. Jhoanna Robledo of Common Sense Media gave the film three out of five stars, writing, "First African-American Disney princess is a good role model".WEB,weblink The Princess and the Frog – Movie Review, S. Jhoanna Robledo, commonsensemedia.org, March 16, 2010, May 27, 2012, Saint Bryan of KING 5 Seattle praised the film and called it "The Best Disney Movie Since The Lion King".WEB,weblink The Princess and the Frog released on Blu-Ray and DVD March 16th, Bryan, Saint, January 26, 2010, Upon its release, the film created controversy among some Christians over its use of Louisiana Voodoo as a plot device.NEWS, Pinsky, Mike I.,weblink What Walt Wrought, The Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2010, Christianity Today{{'}}s review of the film cited its sexual undertones and use of voodoo, arguing that the scenes with Dr. Facilier and his "friends on the other side" contain many horror elements and that young children might be frightened by the film.NEWS, Young Frisbie, Annie,weblink The Princess and the Frog review, Christianity Today, November 25, 2009, The film's negative portrayal of Voodoo also drew criticism from non-Christian factions.WEB, Maldonado, Michelle Gonzales, # # Bad Magic: Voodoo According to Disney,weblink Religion Dispatches, February 4, 2010, May 17, 2010, The film also received criticism for historical negationism of the Jim Crow era in the Southern USA.WEB, 2014-04-03, The Princess and the Frog: Rewriting Jazz Age History and Culture,weblink 2022-03-17, The Black Atlantic, en-US, WEB, Foundas, Scott, Whitewash: Some fairy tale! Disney's first black princess can't escape the ghetto.,weblink 2022-03-17, Riverfront Times, en, WEB, 2021-01-18, The Princess and The Frog: A case in cultural revisionism,weblink 2022-03-17, The Enlightenment, en, Awards and nominations The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and twice for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to Up and Crazy Heart, respectively. It was also nominated for eight Annie Awards and, at the 37th Annie Awards Ceremony on February 6, 2010, won three.WEB, 37th Annual Annie Nominations,weblink February 7, 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091204131419weblink">weblink December 4, 2009, {|class="wikitable"
Satellite Awards 2009	HTTP://WWW.PRESSACADEMY.COM/SATAWARDS/AWARDS2009.SHTML	AUTHOR=INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY	WORK=SATELLITE AWARDS 2009	>ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 8, 2009	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20111008032601/HTTP://WWW.PRESSACADEMY.COM/SATAWARDS/AWARDS2009.SHTML, October 8, 2011, | Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media| The Princess and the Frog|rowspan="3" {{nom}}
	Best Original Song| Randy Newman (Almost There)
African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2009| Top 10 Films| The Princess and the Frog|rowspan="2" {{won}}
	John Musker, Ron Clements and Rob Edwards â€” Tied with Geoffrey S. Fletcher>Geoffrey Fletcher for (Precious (film)|Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire)
Producers Guild of America Awards 2009>2009 Producers Guild of America AwardsHTTP://WWW.PRODUCERSGUILD.ORG/NEWS/34893/>TITLE=PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES BEST PRODUCED MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE, AND DOCUMENTARY MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 PGA AWARDS	AUTHOR=RAE	PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS 2009>PRODUCERSGUILD.ORG, January 7, 2010, | Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures| Peter Del Vecho|rowspan="9" {{nom}}
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2009>2009 Online Film Critics Society AwardsHTTP://WWW.43KIX.COM/WAP/AWARD.PHP?AWARD=60&YEAR=2009%20PREMIOS >TITLE=ONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY – 2009 PREMIOS OFCS AWARDS	ONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY>OFCS.ROTTENTOMATOES.COM	ACCESS-DATE=JANUARY 9, 2010	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110707064110/HTTP://WWW.43KIX.COM/WAP/AWARD.PHP?AWARD=60&YEAR=2009%20PREMIOS	DF=MDY, | Best Animated Feature	The Princess and the Frog
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Chicago Film Critics Association>2009 Chicago Film Critics AssociationHTTP://WWW.CHICAGOFILMCRITICS.ORG/INDEX.PHP?OPTION=COM_CONTENT&VIEW=ARTICLE&ID=62&ITEMID=60 >TITLE=2009 WINNERS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL CHICAGO FILM CRITICS AWARDS	CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION>CHICAGOFILMCRITICS.ORG	URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=FEBRUARY 24, 2010, mdy, | Best Animated Feature
15th Critics' Choice Awards	HTTP://WWW.BFCA.ORG/CCAWARDS/2009.PHP	YEAR=2009	15TH CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS>BFCA.ORG	URL-STATUS=DEAD		ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 14, 2010, | Best Animated Feature
	Randy Newman
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	Best Song, Original or Adapted|Ne-Yo (Never Knew I Needed)
	Best Voice Performance|Keith David
	The Princess and the Frog|rowspan="2" {{Nom}}
37th Annie Awards|Best Animated Feature
	Character Animation in a Feature Production|Andreas Deja
		Eric Goldberg (animator)>Eric Goldberg|{{Won}}
	Voice Acting in a Feature Production|Jennifer Cody ("Charlotte")|{{Won}}
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	Academy Award for Best Animated Feature>Best Animated Feature|John Musker and Ron Clements
	Best Original Song|Randy Newman (Almost There)
41st NAACP Image Awards|Outstanding Motion Picture
36th Saturn AwardsHTTP://WWW.SATURNAWARDS.ORG/NOMINATIONS.HTML	WORK=THE SATURN AWARDS	URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=FEBRUARY 21, 2012, mdy, | Best Animated Film	The Princess and the Frog
2010 Teen Choice AwardsHTTP://WWW.THEFUTONCRITIC.COM/NEWS/2010/06/14/FIRST-WAVE-OF-TEEN-CHOICE-2010-NOMINEES-ANNOUNCED/20100614FOX01/	DATE=JUNE 14, 2010	ACCESS-DATE=JUNE 15, 2010, HTTP://TVBYTHENUMBERS.COM/2010/08/08/WINNERS-OF-TEEN-CHOICE-2010-AWARDS-ANNOUNCED-TEENS-CAST-MORE-THAN-85-MILLION-VOTES/59453>TITLE=WINNERS OF 'TEEN CHOICE 2010' AWARDS ANNOUNCED; TEENS CAST MORE THAN 85 MILLION VOTES	DATE=AUGUST 8, 2010		ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20100819045403/HTTP://TVBYTHENUMBERS.COM/2010/08/08/WINNERS-OF-TEEN-CHOICE-2010-AWARDS-ANNOUNCED-TEENS-CAST-MORE-THAN-85-MILLION-VOTES/59453	DF=MDY-ALL, | Choice Movie: Animated
2011 Grammy AwardsHTTPS://WWW.VARIETY.COM/ARTICLE/VR1118028273?REFCATID=16	WORK=VARIETY	LAST=MORRIS	ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 1, 2010,	Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media>Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Randy Newman (Down in New Orleans)
Anika Noni Rose (Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)>Tiana), Jennifer Cody (Charlotte La Bouff), Oprah Winfrey (Eudora), Jenifer Lewis (Mama Odie), and all other female characters in The Princess and the Frog.|{{won}}

Home media

The Princess and the Frog was released in North America on DVD and Blu-ray on March 16, 2010.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110510083939weblink">weblink dead, May 10, 2011, The Princess and the Frog, VideoETA.com, January 26, 2010, The film is available on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray combo pack editions. The combo pack includes the DVD, Digital Copy, and Blu-ray of the film. The DVD edition has sold over 4.5 million copies and has made $71.8 million in DVD sales,WEB,weblink The Princess and the Frog â€“ DVD Sales, The Numbers (website), The Numbers, December 11, 2020, making it the ninth-best-selling DVD of 2010.WEB,weblink Top-Selling DVDs of 2010, The Numbers, December 11, 2020, As of 2019, the film had earned $119 million from its home media releases. The Princess and the Frog was released on 4K Blu-ray on November 5, 2019.WEB, The Princess and the Frog 4K Blu-ray,weblink Blu-ray.com, October 8, 2019,

Impact and debates

Following The Princess and the Frog, Disney considered releasing at least one hand-drawn animated film every two years,WEB, Sciretta, Peter,weblink WonderCon: The Princess and the Frog and The Future of 2D Animation at Disney, /Film, February 28, 2009, September 11, 2019, starting with Winnie the Pooh (2011), and continuing with a film inspired by "The Snow Queen". The medium of the latter was later switched to CGI (although it features a similar visual style to the 2010 film Tangled by blending elements of the two media) due to complex visual elements in the story. The film was ultimately titled Frozen, and was released in 2013.The blog website /Film noted in July 2014 with the release of hand-drawn concept art for Frozen (which grossed over US$1 billion worldwide), that any future hand-drawn animated films have been "killed" for the time being due to The Princess and the Frog failing "to ignite the box office".WEB,weblink Frozen Concept Art Shows What A Hand Drawn Movie Could've Looked Like, Sciretta, Peter, /Film, July 1, 2014, July 2, 2014, Two months later, however, many Disney artists announced they were working on a new independent hand-drawn animated film, Hullabaloo, as part of an attempt to bring back hand-drawn animation,WEB,weblink Disney animators aim to revive 2D hand-drawn animation with "Hullabaloo," an independent animated steampunk project, Brigante, Ricky, Inside the Magic, September 1, 2014, September 2, 2014, consisting in three short films, while others got later involved on making the Netflix animated film Klaus, released in 2019.Looking back on the experience four years later, Catmull stated that Disney had made a "serious mistake" in the process of marketing and releasing the film.BOOK, Catmull, Ed, Amy Wallace, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, 2014, Random House, New York, 978-0812993011, 268,weblink registration, Walt Disney Studios' marketing department had warned Disney Animation that the word "princess" in the title "would lead moviegoers to think that the film was for girls only," but the animation studio's management insisted on keeping the "princess" title because they believed that the film's quality and hand-drawn animation would bring in all quadrants anyway. In Catmull's words, this belief "was our own version of a stupid pill." The marketing department turned out to be correct in their prediction that many moviegoers would and did avoid the film because they thought it was "for little girls only." This was further compounded by the fact that the film opened a week before Avatar.Looking back on the experience seven years later, Lasseter told Variety: "I was determined to bring back [hand-drawn animation] because I felt it was such a heritage of the Disney studio, and I love the art form … I was stunned that Princess didn't do better. We dug into it and did a lot of research and focus groups. It was viewed as old-fashioned by the audience."NEWS, Debruge, Peter, Disney's Pixar Acquisition: Bob Iger's Bold Move That Reanimated a Studio,weblink January 24, 2017, Variety, November 22, 2016, Despite the absence of traditional animated feature films after the release of Winnie the Pooh, Disney Animation has been using both media for the sake of experimenting with new techniques and styles. In 2019, after Lasseter left Disney, Jennifer Lee (the succeeding CCO of Walt Disney Animation Studios), producer Peter Del Vecho and director Chris Buck confirmed that making another 2D animated film is still possible, and that the different styles are driven by the filmmakers who chose what method to use to tell their stories.WEB, Pearson, Ben,weblink Walt Disney Animation Isn't Opposed to Hand-Drawn Features, Jennifer Lee Talks About Making Changes After John Lasseter's Exit [Interview], /Film, September 30, 2019, Since the film's original release, it has had success on streaming platforms and with merchandise sales.Is Splash Mountain Still Getting a Retheme? The Latest Plans [2023]Disney’s Splash Mountain to Drop ‘Song of the South’ Depictions

Other media

File:Disney on Ice - Tiana and prince Naveen.jpg|thumb|Tiana and Prince Naveen in Disney on IceDisney on Ice

Theme parks

Tiana, Naveen, and Dr. Facilier appear as meet-and-greet characters at the Disney Parks, while Louis appears during parades or live shows.WEB,weblink The Princess and the Frog (Movie) at Disney Character Central, 2021-10-20, charactercentral.net,

Upcoming theme park ride

In June 2020, Disney announced that the Splash Mountain theme park attraction, which is themed to Disney's 1946 film Song of the South, would be rethemed based on The Princess and the Frog in Disneyland and Magic Kingdom, which was stated to have had been in development since 2019. The announcement came amid the ongoing George Floyd protests and online petitions to change the theme of Splash Mountain.WEB,weblink New Adventures with Princess Tiana Coming to Disneyland Park and Magic Kingdom Park, Michael, Ramirez, Disney Parks Blog, June 25, 2020, June 25, 2020, NEWS,weblink Disneyland's Splash Mountain To Be Reimagined With 'Princess And The Frog' Theme, Patrick, Hipes, Deadline Hollywood, June 25, 2020, June 25, 2020, The New York Times reported that Disney executives had privately discussed removing the attraction's Song of the South theme for at least five years, before putting into development the Princess and the Frog theme.NEWS, Barnes, Brooks, Disney's Splash Mountain to Drop 'Song of the South' Depictions,weblink The New York Times, December 9, 2020, June 25, 2020, The attraction's story line will take place after the events of the film, with Tiana hosting a party for the people of New Orleans during Carnival season. Tiana discovers that due to a mix-up, the celebration is missing a band and needs the guests' help to find one, as they join her and Louis on a trip to the bayou to search for musical critters.NEWS, Storyline Revealed for Tiana's Bayou Adventure Coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World,weblink Laughingplace, September 11, 2022, September 11, 2022, NEWS, Armenia, Anthony, Gather Around The Table For a Conversation and Peek at the Latest Developments of the Upcoming Attraction Inspired By 'The Princess and the Frog',weblink Disney Park Blog, June 2, 2022, August 23, 2021, NEWS, Ace, Shannen,weblink First Look at New Tiana's Bayou Adventure Critter Characters and More Story Revealed, wdwnt.com, March 26, 2024, March 26, 2024, In June 2022, Anika Noni Rose mentioned during an interview on Live with Kelly and Ryan that she has been involved with discussions with Disney on what they want the attraction to be like.MAGAZINE, Nolfi, Joey, Anika Noni Rose says Splash Mountain's Princess and the Frog revamp will open in 2024,weblink Entertainment Weekly, June 2, 2022, June 2, 2022, In July 2022 during the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Disney announced that the attraction will be called Tiana's Bayou Adventure, setting an opening date of "late 2024" at both parks.WEB,weblink Tiana's Bayou Adventure Coming to Disney Parks in Late 2024, Carmen, Smith, Disney Parks Blog, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2022, NEWS, Becker, Emma, Disney Reveals Splash Mountain Will Be Transformed Into Tiana's Bayou Adventure by 2024,weblink People magazine, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2022, At the D23 Expo in September 2022, it was confirmed that Rose, Bruno Campos, Michael-Leon Wooley, and Jenifer Lewis would be reprising their roles for the ride.NEWS, Leishman, Rachel, Tiana's Bayou Adventure Concept Art Shows Stunning Splash Mountain Redesign at D23 Expo,weblink Collider, September 11, 2022, September 11, 2022, The Magic Kingdom version of Splash Mountain closed in January 2023,NEWS, Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom to Close January 23, New Concept Art for Tiana's Bayou Adventure Released,weblink laughingplace.com, December 2, 2022, December 2, 2022, while the Disneyland version closed in May 2023.NEWS, Chen, Eve,weblink Disneyland's Splash Mountain closing date, new Tiana Bayou's Adventure details announced, usatoday.com, April 12, 2023, April 12, 2023, Tiana's Bayou Adventure is scheduled to open at Magic Kingdom on June 28, 2024 and later in 2024 at Disneyland.NEWS, Scott, Mike,weblink Disney reveals opening date for New Orleans-inspired Tiana's Bayou Adventure, nola.com, February 13, 2024, February 29, 2024, NEWS, Chen, Eve,weblink Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Splash Mountain's replacement, will open at Disney World in June, usatoday.com, May 12, 2024, May 12, 2024,

Upcoming sequel television series

In December 2020, Disney announced a television spin-off titled Tiana is in development for Disney+.NEWS, Holloway, Daniel,weblink 'Moana,' 'Cars,' 'Princess and the Frog' Spinoff Series Set for Disney Plus, Variety (magazine), Variety, December 10, 2020, December 11, 2020,weblink May 31, 2022, live, It was also announced that Anika Noni Rose, who voiced Tiana in the film would be reprising her role in the series.WEB, Inman, DeMicia,weblink Disney+ sets 'Tiana' and 'Iwaju' animated series, TheGrio, December 11, 2020, July 24, 2022,weblink December 12, 2020, live, On November 12, 2021, Stella Meghie was announced as writer and director, making her the first African-American director to helm a Walt Disney Animation Studios project, but was replaced in those capacities by Joyce Sherri by October 2023.WEB, Otterson, Joe, 2023-10-09, 'Tiana' Disney+ Animated Series Sets Joyce Sherri as Lead Writer, Director (EXCLUSIVE),weblink 2023-12-07, Variety, en-US, Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee contacted Meghie for the project following the latter's attempt to pitch a live-action remake of The Princess and the Frog.WEB, Keegan, Michael,weblink The Magic Maker: Jennifer Lee's Plan for Walt Disney Animation — and Finding the Next 'Frozen', The Hollywood Reporter, January 21, 2022, July 24, 2022,weblink January 21, 2022, live, The series will center on Tiana as she explores her city of New Orleans.NEWS, Porter, Rick,weblink 'Moana,' 'Tiana' Animated Series Set at Disney+, The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2020, July 24, 2022,weblink November 15, 2021, live, A first look of Tiana was revealed in 2021,WEB,weblink Princess and the Frog sequel series called Tiana announced by Disney+, Digital Spy, November 13, 2021, July 24, 2022,weblink January 24, 2022, live, with the series originally scheduled to release in 2022.WEB, McKay, Alexia,weblink New Animated Series Starring Princess Tiana & Moana Are Coming To Disney+, Romper (website), Romper, December 14, 2020, July 24, 2022,weblink July 30, 2021, live, WEB, Radulovic, Petrana,weblink Moana and Tiana get their own musical Disney Plus shows, Polygon (website), Polygon, December 10, 2020, July 24, 2022,weblink July 12, 2022, live, The release date was later changed to 2023WEB, Boccella, Maggie,weblink 'Tiana' First Look Reveals an All-New Magical Adventure in Disney's 'Princess and the Frog' Sequel Series, Collider (website), Collider, November 12, 2021, July 24, 2022,weblink July 11, 2022, live, and eventually 2024.WEB,weblink Tiana, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Walt Disney Company,weblink November 29, 2022, January 10, 2023, In March 2023, the show's page changed to "coming soon to Disney+" with mention of a date removed.WEB, Winarski, Jessica,weblink 'Princess and the Frog' Series Faces Uncertain Future, Inside the Magic, March 15, 2023, March 15, 2023,weblink March 16, 2023, live, The series will be among the first spin-offs of a Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be produced by the studio itself rather than Disney Television Animation. Animation services will be provided by Walt Disney Animation Studios' Burbank and Vancouver studios, with storyboarding and pre-production also handled at the Burbank studio.NEWS, D'Alessandro, Anthony,weblink Walt Disney Animation Amps Up Production With New Vancouver Studio, First Project Is 'Moana' Musical Series, Deadline Hollywood, Deadline, August 4, 2021, August 4, 2021,weblink April 12, 2022, live,

Potential live-action adaptation

In January 2022, Jennifer Lee revealed that Stella Meghie, originally the writer and director of Tiana, wanted to develop a live-action adaptation of the film.WEB, Keegan, Rebecca, 2022-01-21, The Magic Maker: Jennifer Lee's Plan for Walt Disney Animation — and Finding the Next 'Frozen',weblink 2023-05-08, The Hollywood Reporter, en-US,

Films and television

• Tiana made a guest appearance on Sofia the First in the second-season episode "Winter's Gift".NEWS, Settembre, Jeanette,weblink 'Sofia the First' getting a visit from Princess Tiana, December 12, 2014,
• Alternate versions of Tiana, Prince Naveen, Eudora, and Dr. Facilier appear in the seventh season of Once Upon a Time. Maldonia also appears as a realm in New Fairy Tale Land.MAGAZINE,weblink Once Upon a Time bosses reveal new characters for season 7, Abrams, Natalie, Entertainment Weekly, July 22, 2017, August 31, 2017, MAGAZINE,weblink Spoiler Room: Scoop on Once Upon a Time, Supergirl, Teen Wolf, and more, Abrams, Natalie, Entertainment Weekly, August 31, 2017, September 1, 2017, WEB,weblink 'Once Upon a Time' Season 7 Has Big News for Tiana and Her Mom, Carbone, Gina, Moviefone, September 1, 2017, September 1, 2017, MAGAZINE,weblink 'Once Upon A Time': Jeff Pierre Cast As Prince Naveen In ABC Series, Petski, Denise, Deadline Hollywood, January 30, 2018, May 12, 2018,
• Tiana is featured in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet, alongside all of the other Disney Princesses.MAGAZINE,weblink Wreck-It Ralph sequel will unite the Disney princesses — and Star Wars!, Breznican, Anthony, Entertainment Weekly, July 14, 2017, October 8, 2018, However, earlier promo images and trailers from the film showed that her appearance was depicted with a lighter skin tone, a narrower nose, and European features.WEB, Brucculieri, Julia, August 13, 2018, Disney Accused Of Lightening Princess Tiana's Skin Tone In 'Wreck It Ralph' Sequel,weblink The Huffington Post, November 1, 2018,weblink October 6, 2018, live, mdy-all, WEB, Milligan, Mercedes, September 23, 2018, Disney Reanimates 'Ralph's Tiana After Colorism Criticism,weblink Animation Magazine, November 1, 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180926124044weblink">weblink September 26, 2018, WEB, Schwartzel, Erich, September 20, 2018, Disney Reanimates Portions of Upcoming Film After Criticism for Lightening Black Character's Skin,weblink The Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2019,weblink October 1, 2018, This led to several backlashes from the viewers on social media as these drew her appearance away from that expected of African-Americans. Disney contacted Anika Noni Rose and the advocacy group Color of Change to redesign Tiana for Ralph Breaks the Internet to make sure that she more closely resembles her actual appearance, which was revealed in the second trailer.NEWS, Gutierrez, Lisa, September 27, 2018, Anika Noni Rose goes to bat for Princess Tiana after Disney lightens her skin tone,weblink The Kansas City Star, November 1, 2018,weblink September 28, 2018,
• In the Descendants franchise, Dr. Facilier appears in the novel The Isle of the Lost, being the principal of Dragon Hall, the school for villains' children. Facilier's teen daughter, Freddie, appears as one of the main characters in the animated series (Descendants: Wicked World). Dr. Facilier (played by Jamal Sims) appears in Disney Channel's 2019 original film Descendants 3, along with his other teen daughter, Celia.MAGAZINE, Maureen Lee Lenker,weblink Descendants 3 casts The Princess and the Frog's Dr. Facilier and his daughter, Entertainment Weekly, May 4, 2018, June 25, 2020,
• Tiana is one of the main characters in Lego's 2023 animated special (Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest).WEB,weblink LEGO Disney Princess : The Castle Quest Coming To Disney+, August 3, 2023, BSCkids,
• Like other Walt Disney Animation Studios characters, the main characters of the film have cameo appearances in the 2023 short film Once Upon a Studio.WEB, Reif, Alex, Disney's "Once Upon a Studio" – List of Characters in Order of Appearance,weblink Laughing Place, October 16, 2023,

Video games

• As mentioned earlier, a video game adaptation of the film was released in late 2009 for Microsoft Windows, Wii and Nintendo DS.
• Tiana, Prince Naveen, Louis, Mama Odie (along with Juju), Eudora, Charlotte La Bouff, and Dr. Facilier appear as playable characters to unlock for a limited time in the world builder video game Disney Magic Kingdoms, along with some attractions based on locations in the film. In the game, the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of the events of the film.WEB,weblink Update 27: The Princess and the Frog {{!, Livestream|publisher=YouTube|author=Disney Magic Kingdoms|date=February 8, 2019}}
• An alternate version of Tiana appears as a playable character in the video game Disney Mirrorverse (2022).WEB,weblink Tiana - Disney Mirrorverse, December 2, 2021, Kabam,

See also

• List of animated feature-length films
• List of traditional animated feature films
• List of Disney theatrical animated features
• List of Disney animated films based on fairy tales

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References

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Bibliography

• BOOK, Kurtti, Jeff, 2009, The Art of The Princess and the Frog, 1st, Chronicle Books, 978-0-8118-6635-4,

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