'Frozen' characters trek to 'Northern Lights' in new TV shorts, books
A new 'Frozen Northern Lights' series will feature the 'Frozen' characters as Lego creations and as characters in multiple books. The novel 'Disney Frozen Northern Lights: Journey to the Lights' will be released this July.
'Frozen' stars Idina Menzel.
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The expansion of Disney鈥檚 鈥淔rozen鈥� franchise continues, with various new TV segments and literary material based on the movie set to be released.聽
Through what Disney is calling the 鈥淔rozen Northern Lights鈥� series, multiple animated segments featuring the 鈥淔rozen鈥� characters as LEGO characters will air on the Disney Channel this autumn. The clips will then all be grouped together in a TV program that will also air on the Disney Channel聽
Several of the movie鈥檚 actors, including Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, and Jonathan Groff, will appear in the LEGO segments.
Books will come a little sooner 鈥� the title 鈥淛ourney to the Lights鈥� will be released this July and will tell the story of characters such as Elsa, Anna, and Olaf trying to help the Northern Lights shine again. There will be several more titles following that.
Disney announced in 2015 that a movie sequel to 鈥淔rozen鈥� is on its way as well.聽
鈥淔rozen鈥� is the biggest Disney's hit to be released by Disney 鈥� the movie became the biggest-grossing animated movie worldwide. The studio has had a string of hits in the past several years, with this year鈥檚 鈥淶ootopia,鈥� and earlier hits 鈥淏ig Hero 6,鈥� 鈥淲reck-It Ralph,鈥� and 鈥淭angled鈥� all doing very well.
In Hollywood, success usually means a sequel or some other continuation of the story, yet in multiple cases with these hits, Disney has turned to TV to expand on these worlds, showing how the studio uses multiple forms of entertainment to attempt to appeal to viewers.聽
With 鈥淭angled,鈥� Disney brought in the Disney Channel as it is doing with 鈥淔rozen Northern Lights.鈥� A TV show based on the story of 鈥淭angled鈥� (which was based on the German 鈥淩apunzel鈥� fairy tale popularized by the Brothers Grimm) starring the film鈥檚 actors, Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, is set to debut in 2017.聽
And the film 鈥淏ig Hero 6鈥� is also set to continue as a TV series, with a program based on the movie scheduled to air on Disney XD in 2017.