Disney abandons Tiana, the series derived from the princess and the frog

Joyce Sherri (midnight oaths), was to decline the animated film of Jon Musker and Ron Clements for Disney+. But the firm has changed its strategy.

The project was running since 2020, but it has just been canceled, reveals The Hollywood Reporter. The princess and the frog (2009) will have no derivative series on Disney+. Tiana However, seemed to take his course since his post-Cavid announcement, since in 2023 Anika Noni Rose had been rehired to double the heroine, and that the screenwriter Joyce Sherri had been chosen to write this new story.

We also knew that it would be a musical, the songs being already quite present in the original feature film directed by Jon Musker And Ron Clements (The little mermaid, Vaiana). The author had just collaborated in the formidable series of horror of Mike Flanagan, Midnight oaths, and everything seemed to be well started despite the mixed success of The princess and the frog In theaters: for a budget of more than $ 100 million – not to mention its advertising – the film had brought in the world. However, he has his fans, his return to 2D animation being perfectly mastered.

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The source evokes “efforts” of the streaming service to develop this series on the first black princess of the studio, but specifies that “Despite creative team changes, Tiana did not have what it took to obtain a substantial budget. “

No series project transformation into a cinema film, this time, unlike Vaiana 2who hit theaters recently when he was initially thought of as a show intended for streaming. Seeing the first 2016 opus in 2016 break records on their platform, Disney leaders decided to transform it into a feature film, and this change of strategy has paid since it crossed the billion dollars in revenue. Since then, the studio mainly put on suites for the big screen.

THR Recalls also that at Pixar either, “The priority is no longer given to the variations of animated films in series as was recently with Dream Productions“”a show from Vice versa. Disney would be changing strategy to get out of short films or “Special projects” on their platform around large broadcasts in the cinema, as for Zootopia 2 in November 2026 or The Snow Queen 3 A year later. Recently, the court Bluey Cardboard with subscribers, and mini-shows Zootopia+ And Baymax! (Inspired by New heroes), Also.