Princess and the Frog Preview Clip

A first preview clip of Walt Disney's animated movie The Princess and the Frog is available:

The Princess and the Frog
That's exactly the answer: you must kiss me!


The Princess and the Frog - He's got friends on the Other Side
Dr. Facilier (Keith David) tempts Prince Naveen (Bruno Campos).

More clips of The Princess and the Frog below:


The Princess and the Frog - Gumbo
Tiana as a girl (Elizabeth M. Dampier) makes gumbo.


The Princess and the Frog - Almost there
Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) sings about her plans for the future.


The Princess and the Frog - Ma Belle
Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) and Naveen (Bruno Campos) trip the light fantastic in the bayou.


The Princess and the Frog - Didn't End Well


The The Princess and The Frog - Meet Mama Odie
That frog's got the gift of the gab to persuade that pretty girl to give him a kiss!
:)

The Princess and The Frog Cards

Take a look to those trading cards of The Princess and the Frog, they were first unveiled during the last Comic Con:
(Click on a picture to enlarge it.)

Princess Tiana A bright, hard-working resourceful visionary

Naveen The handsome and gregarious Prince of Maldonia

Moe cards of the Princess and the Frog:

Ray The lovesick Cajun firefly

Louis, The Jazz Virtuozo Fun-loving allogator with a heart of gold and a love of jazz

Dr. Facilier, Master of Shadows The sinister (yet charismatic) Witch Doctor

Big Daddy Richest man of all Louisiana

Charlotte Tiana's enthusiastic romance-obsessed (very spoiled) debutante friend

Lawrence, the pompous valet Prince Naveen's stiff roly-poly (and comically sinister) manservant

Friends from the other sides Sinister shadows who carry out Dr, Facilier's dark deeds

James & Eudora, the parents Tiana's nurturing mother and inspirational father

Mama Odie A 200-year-old voodoo priestess, all knowing seer

Two Fingers, Reggie, Darnell, aka The Frog Hunters The hilarious (though dim-witted) father-son trio of frog hunters

I'm already found of Ray! I guess that Ray the firefly and his friend Louis the alligator will steal the show in the movie The Princess and the Frog.
:)

Princess and the Frog Video Test

Here below we may watch a video test of the Princess and the Frog, it gives a rare insight into the process of movie animation:

It's like watching a silent film from the early times of the cinema industry.
:)

The Princess and The Frog Trailer

The movie trailer of The Princess and The Frog has premiered on Disney Channel:

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

After 75 years of Magic

Walt Disney Pictures brings a classic tale to life!
The Princess and The Frog is a charming movie, but unless Disney spends like hell to promote it, i doubt it will people will go in drove to watch this hand-drawn animated movie. But I bet it will fare very well in its second-life on DVD and Blu-Ray.

One point though: this is not really a classic tale, I'm surprised to see Disney using such a twist (the princess transforming into a frog herself after kissing the amphibian). Shreck must have had some influence...
;-P

The Princess and the Frog Official Teaser Trailer

Disney has decided to renew with its original roots: a traditional 2D animated movie based upon the classic fairy tale The Frog Princess is indeed under production. The film is titled the Princess and the Frog.

The animated movie is directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose is lending her voice to the lead character, Tiana. The Princess and The Frog is slated for a release on Christmas 2009.

Here below the first official teaser trailer of The princess and the Frog:

The Plot:
"A fairy tale centered on a young Afro-American girl named Princess Tiana who lives in New Orleans' French Quarter during the 1920's Jazz Age." (Source: IMDb)

The Princess and the Frog has been fueling the controversy on two fronts:

- Some people were perplex at the idea of a black fairy tale princess. Let's remind here a quote from Will Smith:

"You mess up white people's heroes in Hollywood, you'll never work in this town again!" (Will Smith on MTV)

But people sharing such concerns did not voice their opinion too loudly afraid to be accused of racism.

- More surprisingly, the real controversy came from people feeling that the original name of the heroine, Maddy, and her occupation as chambermaid were a stereotype of a black "lower class"...

But what's the matter with being a chambermaid? Cinderella did clean soils too, didn't she?

About the name: she is finally called Princess Tiana. I really feel sorry of such a coward change by Walt Disney! Should people whose real name is Maddy change their name too?

Nonetheless we will forgive Walt Disney about this name issue because it is at long last the Disney movie featuring an Afro-American princess in a fairy tale.
:)