{"id":17374,"date":"2023-06-17T20:54:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T00:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17374"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:25:10","slug":"jennifer-lee-opts-out-of-directing-frozen-3-sequel-for-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17374","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lee Opts Out of Directing &#8216;Frozen 3&#8217; Sequel for Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Despite her acclaimed work on <em><strong>Frozen<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Frozen 2<\/strong><\/em>, Jennifer Lee will not be returning to direct <em><strong>Frozen 3<\/strong><\/em> for Disney, the next installment in the lucrative franchise.<\/p>\r\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/frozen-3-jennifer-lee-not-directing\/\"><em>The Wrap<\/em> <\/a>at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Lee revealed that she would be handing over the directorial reins to a yet-unnamed successor. As chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, she is widely regarded as one of Disney\u2019s most talented figures, having also written the screenplays for <em><strong>Zootopia<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Wreck-It Ralph<\/strong><\/em>. The original <strong>Frozen<\/strong>, which Lee co-directed with Chris Buck, earned an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2014. She\u2019s also one of the writers involved with <em><strong>Wish<\/strong><\/em>, a soon-to-be released animation starring Chris Pine and Ariana DeBose.<br \/><br \/>In her interview, Lee revealed few details about the sequel, which is now in development; &#8220;I can\u2019t say where we are with <em><strong>Frozen 3,<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; she was quoted as saying. &#8220;All our stories are driven by the artists in the studio. Where we\u2019re going with <em><strong>Frozen<\/strong> <\/em>did not come from me. It came from an incredible person. That\u2019s a new piece, I\u2019ve told no one.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/blockdrugstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/symbicort-inhaler.html\">buy symbicort inhaler online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> And I\u2019ve been blown away by it and I\u2019m just having a blast with that team.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/blockdrugstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/oseltamivir.html\">buy oseltamivir online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br>&#8220;<br \/><br \/>According to Lee, she will be still involved in <em><strong>Frozen 3<\/strong><\/em> in a consultative role. She expressed her confidence that someone else on the team would rise to the occasion. \u201cWe\u2019ve lived the world for awhile together and a lot of the artists in the studio grew up with that film too, both of them, and have been there the whole way\u2026They kinda own them as much as anyone else.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/blockdrugstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/symbicort.html\">buy symbicort online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br>&#8220;<br \/><br \/>Though she\u2019s coming in out of the cold as far as <em><strong>Frozen<\/strong> <\/em>is concerned, Lee did not rule out future directorial projects with the Magic Kingdom folks, telling her interviewer: &#8220;I know someday I want to be a filmmaker again. I\u2019m old but I\u2019m not that old! I\u2019ve only done two films and I do believe there\u2019s a time \u2014 I\u2019ll know it \u2014 but there\u2019s a time when you give everything you can and then you make room for innovation of the next person. I can\u2019t imagine anywhere but Disney.\u201d<br \/><br \/>It&#8217;s unclear when <em><strong>Frozen 3<\/strong><\/em> will be released: it\u2019s only one of several franchise sequels that are being greenlit under the new Bob Iger regime, a list that includes <em><strong>Toy Story 5<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Zootopia 2<\/strong><\/em>. It\u2019s expected that Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez will once again be providing the music for the new sequel.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles.<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite her acclaimed work on Frozen and Frozen 2, Jennifer Lee will not be returning to direct Frozen 3 for Disney, the next installment in the lucrative franchise. 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