Bron: Hollywood Reporter 27 juli
Dis leaps at chance with 'Frog'
By Sheigh Crabtree
Walt Disney Feature Animation is getting back into the business of traditional animation with Frog Princess, a new twist on a classic fairy tale. Disney Animation's new leaders Ed Catmull and John Lasseter may have earned their reputation as computer-animation maestros at Pixar Animation Studios, but now that they are overseeing Disney's animation efforts, they also are interested in exploring Disney's 2-D tradition. The studio is putting John Musker and Ron Clements in charge ofdeveloping Frog, which promises, according to sources, to put a female spin on the tale of the Frog Prince. Musker and Clements demonstrated their ability to spin a popular tale around a female protagonist with 1989's The Little Mermaid. They also worked together on such traditionally animated Disney musicals as Aladdin and Hercules. However, their last film for the studio was Treasure Planet, an animated adventure tale that proved a boxoffice disappointment when it grossed $38 million domestically in 2002. Shortly thereafter, they left the studio.