Kristen Bell stars in the animated Disney movie 'Frozen' (+trailer)
Disney has released the first teaser for their winter animated release, the musical-fantasy聽Frozen, finally kicking off wide promotion for the film in earnest. Don鈥檛 expect to learn too much about the movie鈥檚 story from the clip, though: the footage plays more like its own distinct short than anything else, focusing on antics between two side characters rather than plot.
贵辞谤迟耻苍补迟别濒测,听Frozen happens to be based off of聽The Snow Queen, Hans 海角大神 Andersen鈥檚 classic fairy tale, so audiences may already be familiar with it. Here鈥檚 the official synopsis:
In 鈥淔rozen,鈥� fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell ) teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff ) and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna鈥檚 sister Elsa (voice of聽Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.
The teaser revolves entirely on the interactions between Olaf (Josh Gad) and Sven, and even though it doesn鈥檛 say anything about the film, it鈥檚 funny and charming enough on its own merits. What may be most striking here is how much this feels like something out of Pixar鈥檚 wheelhouse; last year, Disney鈥檚聽Wreck-It Ralph聽pulled off the same feat, blurring the lines between the Mouse House and its subsidiary. Be that as it may, the animation and imagination on display here are both great, particularly Olaf鈥檚 attempts at rearranging his body to best Sven in a race across the ice.
It may also worth noting that聽Frozen boasts a smorgasbord of Broadway talent. In fact, Gad, Menzel, Groff, and Santino Fontana (starring here as Prince Hans) have each originated roles in plays ranging from聽The Book of Mormon (whose composer and co-creator, Robert Lopez, provided scoring for聽Frozen), 迟辞听Wicked, 迟辞听Rent. Those are some impressive credentials, and it鈥檚 going to be interesting to see how Bell keeps up with all of them.
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