Archive for October, 2009

The founders of this Princess and the Frog website have written out a contest to find the person/group of persons, who can deliver the best photograph of themselves or others in a Princess and the Frog Costume during Halloween. There are several requirements of the photograph:

1). The person(s) in the photograph have to wear a costume of an official character in the “Princess and the Frog” Movie.

2). You can only send in one photograph! So make sure you pick the best one!

3). Make sure that the picture you send in, is in a standard file, so that our website can easily read and publish them.

4). The deadline for sending in the picture is November 7th. You can send your photograph to info@princessandthefrogmovie.net.

5). When the contest is finished, all pictures will be shown in a photo album on the website.

The winner of the Princess and the Frog Costume Contest will get free tickets to see the Princess and the Frog movie!

New artwork in the form of sketches and photos have been released by Walt Disney Animation. This artwork gives a deeper impression of the different locations of the movie. The first few sketches give an impression of the wealthy and industrial life in the Southern states, while the other sketches give an impression of the Bayou where Prince Naveen and Tiana have to survive as frogs and where they are struggling to recover their old shapes. Furthermore, it gives us an impression of the houses of both Dr. Facilier and Madame Odie.

Songwriter/composer Ne-Yo is about to get animated in the upcoming Disney Movie “Princess and the Frog”, because he has contributed the song “Never Knew I Needed” to the soundtrack of the movie.

According to reports, the Las Vegas native will also shoot an accompanying video for the song in the coming weeks. The clip will be directed by Melina, who has helmed videos for Beyonce, Whitney Houston and Ciara. A snippet of the song can be heard on the soundtrack page on the Walt Disney Records website.

‘The Princess and the Frog’ soundtrack is due out November 23, while the film opens in December 11 in U.S. theaters.

Disney Animation Studios has released its latest “Princess and the Frog Poster”

The first five minutes of the opening scene of the upcoming movie “Princess and the Frog” were leaked to the media. The movie starts in the beautiful mansion of La Bouff in historic New Orleans, where a young Tiana and Charlotte La Bouff are listening to the story about “the Prince and the Frog” told by Eudora, Tiana’s mother. Ironically, Tiana tells her mother that she would never kiss a frog, while her friend mocks her by trying to make Tiana kiss her transformed Frog puppet. One can definitely see that the montage of the movie is not finalized yet, given the lack of color in the scene with James, Eudora and Tiana. This clip gives us all a sense of joy and warmth, that is reminiscent of the old Disney Classics. I have a strong sense that the movie could become more popular than most analysts and studios are projecting and will be important to Disney’s new Renaissance of classic hand-drawn 2D movies, because of the audacity to use black people as main characters and the wonderful combination of music, joy, characters and story line, that hasn’t been enjoyed by large audiences since the Lion King and Aladdin.

Willem de Vocht

Sojone Tiana and Prince Naveen

People might still be debating about whether Princess Tiana from Disney’s upcoming movie release ”The Princess and the Frog” should be marrying a brother instead of a white prince, but beauty company Carol’s Daughter didn’t waste any time jumping on board.

They’ve created a line of products for every princess in the world called “The Magical Beauty Collection” as a celebration of Princess Tiana, hard work, multiethnic beauty and universal acceptance.

Carol’s Daughter started in Brooklyn inside founder Lisa Price’s kitchen and is now one of the country’s most recognizable African-American beauty brands. Aside from Lisa Price, the brand has some A-list investors such as celebs Jay-Z, Steve Stoute, Jada Pinkett Smith and Mary J Blige. Lisa Price told TheYBF.com:

“This moment has been a long time coming, and I’m so honored to be a part of something with such significant social importance. I’m thrilled that young African-Americans everywhere will see the movie and see someone to identify with, someone to be proud of, and someone to emulate. Princess Tiana will tell African-American women, young and old, that they can be beautiful and successful by being themselves and working hard—a powerful message that can’t be underestimated.”

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Orlando, FL – With Disney is celebrating its return to traditional animation with “The Princess and the Frog,” the Mouse House is giving people who visit their theme parks a chance to see the movie for free.

Visitors to any of the four Walt Disney World theme parks and any of the two Disneyland Resort parks in California between now and November 22, 2009 will be able to earn a free children’s ticket to see “The Princess and the Frog.” With a valid theme park ticket, guests will visit select locations around the parks to pick up a card with a code used to print out their movie money to be used at participating theaters.

The free child’s tickets can be used when the movie opens on December 11th, 2009 through the end of the year. One card is eligible per theme park ticket. An even bigger bonus is the free theme park tickets being given away for birthday visits are also eligible for the free movie. Even passholders are allowed one free child’s ticket when they visit the Disney parks.

The free movie tickets can be found at Disney theme parks and soon so can Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. The royal couple from “The Princess and the Frog” will meet and greet guests beginning October 26th at Walt Disney World and November 6th at the Disneyland Resort. They’ll also be kicking off Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee, featuring characters and guests on the riverboat complete with live jazz music, which will appear through the end of the year.