Throughout Walt Disney Studios’ nearly 100-year history in the animation industry, the company has continued to build and expand many beloved worlds through its imaginative motion pictures. And looking ahead, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that House of Mouse is currently working on three new sequels to some of its most beloved properties, including Frozen AND toy story.
Iger made the announcement during the company’s quarterly earnings call, which 24 News Bulletin was hearing. And with the company’s biggest franchises, those of Disney Animation Frozen and Pixar toy story ready to receive follow-up, zootopia will also have a sequel following the success of the original 2016 film.
Bob Iger’s exciting news was a silver lining that unfortunately came with the news that The Walt Disney Company would also lay off 7,000 jobs in an effort to save $5.5 billion in costs. Another piece of good news from the Disney CEO was the announcement that Disneyland will have a new Avatar experience .
First of all, it’s really no surprise that Frozen would get a third film after the franchise became a worldwide phenomenon from Elsa saying “Let It Go.” The 2019 sequel grossed $1.45 billion at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time, according to Variety . The actors also shared their interest in reprising their real characters, including Elsa’s voice actress Idina Menzel , in the past.
However, when it comes to more toy storytechnically, the franchise has say goodbye to Woody and Buzz twice Already . Though at this point we don’t know if Tom Hanks and Tim Allen will return for the sequel. The franchise has a ton of characters and may even explore another corner of the toy box they introduced earlier, but for now all we can do is speculate.
Last year, Pixar released a toy story split with Light year AND made the controversial decision to cast Chris Evans as a space cadet to accompany the unique story told by the film. However, Light year It was not as successful as the previous one. toy story film, which has grossed $226 million worldwide as of 2019 toy story 4 earn over a billion dollars. Maybe Disney realized their spin-off experience wasn’t as lucrative as the main broadcast. toy story franchise itself.
zootopia was another $1 billion-plus box office hit for Walt Disney when it was released in 2016 to rave reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, like the original. Frozen AND Story of the toy 3 previously won. The crime comedy that imagines a world where wild animals live in the society of humanity certainly left things open for Jason Bateman’s Nick Wilde and Ginnifer Goodwin’s Judy Hopps to solve more cases together.
The announcement of these sequels comes more than three years after Disney’s last animated sequel with frozen II. The studio has delivered a lot of original films lately, such as Soul, Raya and the last dragon, Luca, Charm AND turns red. This trend will continue with the next Pixar movie, ElementaryIn theaters June 16, alongside Disney Animation releasing this fall, Desire and the Pixar movie next spring, helium. See what others are doing upcoming disney movies you can expect here at 24 News Bulletin.
Source: Cinemablend
