Official 'Enchanted' Discussion Thread + Trailer !

[BonusMage]

Does anyone know where I can get good quality, full body shots of the animated characters especially Prince Edward. I've been looking for ages and the time limit I have is almost up.
The UK character banners are good but I need other shots. I like the one with Edward on the horse but from the pic I've got if you resize it messes with the pic. I wish the storybook and others were out over here!
Thanx if anyone can help.

[gumby17]

NEW Idina Memzel interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQo_14SuVac
kinda worthless but still nice.

[Flanger-Hanger]

here is a cast interview, which even shows Giselle with a sword like Ariel's Prince mentioned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWpKZBPY9TA

[gumby17]

AMY ADAMS interview!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsg_0B0TmHY

video clip!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxWjbn6Dvo

[skyler888]

GAH!
I officially love Amy Adams!
She seems so nice and is actually a true Disney fan, she's so perfect for this role.

[Ariel'sprince]

here is a cast interview, which even shows Giselle with a sword like Ariel's Prince mentioned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWpKZBPY9TA

Yay! see,everyone? she's the heroine,she's no damsle in distress! she's officialy my favorite Disney character and a princess with Ariel .
Thanks for finding this .
I love Amy Adams,it's good to know that she's a Disney fan and she saying that the film is not a parody.

[Poody]

I went to Party City and they had all of the Giselle birthday sets! I picked up some bracelets, stickers, and tattoos (with the animated Giselle). I'll be rockin' all of them on Wednsday!!!

By the way... don't forget... 9pm tonight.... TV Guide Channel..... Enchanted Red Carpet Preimer....

[UmbrellaFish]

By the way... don't forget... 9pm tonight.... TV Guide Channel..... Enchanted Red Carpet Preimer....

I was expecting TV Guide or E! to do coverage of the premiere so I was watching intently to my guide to see when it was coming on. I searched this thread yesterday and found out the day and time. But, when I went to schedule it to be DVRed, it said "Close Up is coming on Monday a 9 o'clock. Is "Close Up" what they call their coverage of red carpet premieres. I realize this could be a mistaken that happened on my guide, but I just want to extra sure.

[Joshrzmeup]

I was watching an episode of Gilmore Girls tonight and there was a scene that reminded me of what i've seen in previews for 'Enchanted'.

LORELAI: I'm making her dress right now.

EMILY: You're making her dress?

LORELAI: Yep.

EMILY: But why?

LORELAI: Well, so she'll look really ugly and people will point and throw rocks.

EMILY: Why don't you let me buy her a dress?

LORELAI: Mom, you were thrilled five seconds ago, remember?

EMILY: You're not using the curtains are you?

[gumby17]

I was watching an episode of Gilmore Girls tonight and there was a scene that reminded me of what i've seen in previews for 'Enchanted'.

LORELAI: I'm making her dress right now.

EMILY: You're making her dress?

LORELAI: Yep.

EMILY: But why?

LORELAI: Well, so she'll look really ugly and people will point and throw rocks.

EMILY: Why don't you let me buy her a dress?

LORELAI: Mom, you were thrilled five seconds ago, remember?

EMILY: You're not using the curtains are you?

I JUST saw that episode and I instantly thought of Giselle! haha gott alov Gilmore Girls!

[Disney Villain]

GAH!
I officially love Amy Adams!
She seems so nice and is actually a true Disney fan, she's so perfect for this role.

I completely agree. Amy Adams seems like a true Disney fan at heart. She even defended Disney in the interview. I truly admire her.

Well I found allot of news online today. From this article, which is posted below, Disney is currently creating a Scottish princess to bring to the Disney Princess line, in addition to Princess Tiana and Rapunzel. The article also points out that despite the merchandising opportunities, Giselle will not be added to the Disney Princess line, because Disney "realized securing the life-long rights to the image of Amy Adams, who plays Giselle, was harder than an ugly step-sister squeezing into Cinderella's glass shoe." However I think that once Disney sees how huge of a sucess Enchanted will become, they will try their hardest to add Giselle into the official Disney Princess line.

Disney reaches to the crib to extend princess magic
By MERISSA MARR,AP
Posted: 2007-11-19 10:24:59
Eds: Via AP.

By MERISSA MARR

The Wall Street Journal

At the recently opened Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Cinderella's castle in Walt Disney World, hordes of young girls in ball gowns jostle every day to get their hair coiffed, their nails painted and their faces plastered with make-up to imitate their favorite princess.

It's an image that's become classic of the Walt Disney Co. Princess revolution. What started out in 2001 as a few princess outfits became an overnight sensation as Disney enchanted 3- to 6-year-old girls throughout America with everything from princess comforters and princess backpacks to princess-emblazoned sneakers. Smartly-packaged releases of classic princess movies have helped bring girls back for more each year.

But while Disney appears to have exploited every corner of princess mania, it is also under pressure to keep its $4 billion princess franchise growing. So Disney's princess minders are hoping to hook even younger girls and their moms on the craze with a new range of princess products aimed at newborns. The princess clan will feature on cribs, diaper-changing mats and other infant products next year.

Also on tap: adding new princesses to the core lineup that includes Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle and Jasmine (more-recent characters, Mulan and Pocahontas, are largely on the sidelines). Disney plans to introduce a new African-American princess called Tiana in an animated film, "The Princess and the Frog," a response to demands for more diversity among princesses. Two other animated princess-based movies - one starring Rapunzel and another starring a Scottish princess in a new Pixar production - will be rolled out after that.

Meanwhile, Disney's first live-action princess movie, "Enchanted," will hit screens this week and is being tapped to sell more princess products. The movie - in which an animated girl betrothed to a prince is propelled into modern-day, live-action New York City - was originally conceived as a chance to introduce a new princess, Giselle, to the lineup, according to people familiar with the matter. But Disney abandoned that plan when it realized securing the life-long rights to the image of Amy Adams, who plays Giselle, was harder than an ugly step-sister squeezing into Cinderella's glass shoe.

Andy Mooney, Disney's head of consumer products who launched the Princess brand, concedes that the heady growth of recent years is likely to slow at home and that the company is looking to push the brand more aggressively overseas. That initially means Europe, then Asia. Disney has been trying to introduce the brand in countries like India, where it launched a search for an Indian princess.

One challenge in the more mature home market: a brewing backlash against what Disney Princess represents. Tomi-Ann Roberts, a professor of psychology at Colorado College, complains that the princesses have become more sexualized, with more skin showing and bigger heads, eyes and breasts. "The ever increasing marketing to younger and younger girls of an adult sexualized version of the princesses is concerning," says Ms. Roberts, who co-authored a report on the sexualization of girls.

Other critics worry that encouraging young girls to obsess about being a princess sends the wrong message, with too much focus on being beautiful and not more substantive achievements.

Disney doesn't see that as a problem, and says most parents understand that Disney Princess is simply a role-play phase that kids go through. "For every mother that sees an issue, there are a million that don't," says Mr. Mooney, who adds that even beyond the target age group of 3 to 6, "girls do princess in private."

Still, many parents of princess-obsessed daughters notice they abruptly drop the brand at about age 6. In an attempt to keep girls enchanted longer, the company launched Disney Fairies, a slightly edgier group of characters (including Tinker Bell) aimed at 7- and 8-year olds. Mr. Mooney estimates the Fairies franchise will generate $750 million in retail sales this year.

The ultimate aim is to waltz girls from one franchise to another well into their teens. After fairies, Disney is attempting to hook them on "Kim Possible," "That's So Raven" and "Hannah Montana," all playing on the Disney Channel, and then serve up "High School Musical" for older kids.

"Then they come back to us as brides and mothers," says Mr. Mooney. Earlier this year, his group launched a range of princess-themed wedding gowns. Unlike the kitschy outfits made for kids, the wedding gowns are high-end, selling for $1,100 to $4,000. Walt Disney World also offers Cinderella-style weddings.

A gaping hole was babies. Mr. Mooney says mothers are highly gender aware these days (he estimates at least 80 percent elect to know the ______ of their baby before it is born). Disney had historically sold gender-neutral characters like Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the infant market, but mothers surveyed have shown more interest in gender specific products, selecting princesses for a girl and "Finding Nemo" for a boy. Disney has both in the works.

The key for the princess infant line was to make sure it didn't damage the core business - something they tried to get around by making it a more subtle, less character-driven design. Mr. Mooney says, "We don't want to turn off the older kids."

Indeed, one issue for Disney is that many of its franchises are skewing younger each year. In the beginning, the princess franchise appealed to a slightly older audience. Also, competition has been growing. Toymakers like Mattel Inc. have pushed hard into the fantasy market for young girls. And many of the traditional characters like Cinderella exist in the public domain. In fact, MGA Entertainment has introduced a line of edgy, more modern dolls called Bratz Princess.

Independent toy analyst Chris Byrne says Disney Princess is one of the most "strategically sound properties and branding initiatives in many years." He adds that "princess fans really are fans."

Disney does have the huge advantage of a powerful movie studio to fuel the brand. All of Disney's princesses originated in the movie world and the studio is core to introducing new characters. But Disney's new head of animation, John Lasseter, put a stop to direct-to-DVD sequels that had included "Cinderella" out of concern they were cheapening the brand. The studio will continue to make direct-to-DVDs in the princess world, just ones with original stories and bigger budgets. Disney, meanwhile, has contemplated extending the brand to the Disney Channel, but has so far concluded it could damage the channel by skewing it too female.

Another question is whether the brand could suffer from overkill. But Mr. Byrne, the analyst, says, "We're talking about 3- to 6-year-olds - there's no such thing as overkill."


Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
11/19/07 10:23 EST
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Also here is another interesting article about the Disney Princess line and adults. It's an interesting read, despite the fact that they call Giselle "Ella Enchanted"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/70985

[purin]

Why not just use her animated version? That's not her image!

.... XD I SAW THE MOVIE! HAHAHA!

[dvdjunkie]

Saw an Advanced Screening of "Enchanted" Sunday evening, and I am for sure going to go watch this film at least two or three more times. What a wonderful movie, and Susan Sarandon is fabulous as the evil queen. The story is great, and the music will have you singing on your way out of the theater. Don't miss this one. Disney is back, and in a big way!!!!!

[blackcauldron85]

A Pixar character will be added to the Princess line?!?!? Will she be redrawn as a 2D character for the Princess line?

Why not just use her animated version? That's not her image!

My thoughts exactly!!! It makes no sense NOT to use animated Giselle in the Princes line. It's boggling my mind that she won't be added to the line-up. Especially if Disney is already thinking of sequels to "Enchanted"!!!!!!?!?!?!?

a search for an Indian princess

What does this mean? Will she be a Disney princess?!?!? They can't just draw a random girl and call her a Disney Princess- will this girl have her own movie?!?!? How does this work?!?!

I just downloaded the 3 main songs from "Enchanted", and I LOVE THEM!!! I'm seeing the film either Friday or Sunday (I don't have money and my parents are coming for Turkey Day- they'll pay for me!)- I can't wait, and as much as I like spoilers, I may need to lay low of this thread until I see the film, unless people make it clear that they're posting spoilers...

[akhenaten]

how do they settle using julie andrews' likeness for mary poppins? and johhny depp's for jack sparrow?? AT THE PARK EVEN??

[Ariel'sprince]

What!? that's not right ,they need to add her to the line.
Why are they using the live action one,anyway? they should use the animated one,this is dosn't make any sense that they prefer to add a character that she's just "Sottish Princess" insted of a classic character (this is getting out of control,what's next? a jewish princess? a lesbian princess? a blind princess? Disney,stop that!) and i believe that they are just not sure if the movie will do well in the box office (remember that in the Mattel dolls they used the title Disney Princess and now it's gone?) and if the film will do well she will be add to the line (i don't think anyone thought that the live action Giselle will be in the line) but if she really won't i"m disappointed,in fact,i think i might officaily hate Tiana and i really don't like this idea of a Pixar scottish princess.

[Ariel'sprince]

Ha! told you it's worng,look what i found:
http://www.disney.co.jp/dcp/princess/index.html
(In the flower that says top,go to the last one).

[Someday...]

What!? that's not right ,they need to add her to the line.
Why are they using the live action one,anyway? they should use the animated one,this is dosn't make any sense that they prefer to add a character that she's just "Sottish Princess" insted of a classic character (this is getting out of control,what's next? a jewish princess? a lesbian princess? a blind princess? Disney,stop that!) and i believe that they are just not sure if the movie will do well in the box office (remember that in the Mattel dolls they used the title Disney Princess and now it's gone?) and if the film will do well she will be add to the line (i don't think anyone thought that the live action Giselle will be in the line) but if she really won't i"m disappointed,in fact,i think i might officaily hate Tiana and i really don't like this idea of a Pixar scottish princess.

I doubt they are just making her scottish for no reason,
I personally am assuming they will adapt a scottish fairy story.
And scotland is steeped in legends and fairies, and did have a royal family.
Your other suggestions arent really that comparatable with a princess being scottish

[Ariel'sprince]

What!? that's not right ,they need to add her to the line.
Why are they using the live action one,anyway? they should use the animated one,this is dosn't make any sense that they prefer to add a character that she's just "Sottish Princess" insted of a classic character (this is getting out of control,what's next? a jewish princess? a lesbian princess? a blind princess? Disney,stop that!) and i believe that they are just not sure if the movie will do well in the box office (remember that in the Mattel dolls they used the title Disney Princess and now it's gone?) and if the film will do well she will be add to the line (i don't think anyone thought that the live action Giselle will be in the line) but if she really won't i"m disappointed,in fact,i think i might officaily hate Tiana and i really don't like this idea of a Pixar scottish princess.

I doubt they are just making her scottish for no reason,
I personally am assuming they will adapt a scottish fairy story.
And scotland is steeped in legends and fairies, and did have a royal family.
Your other suggestions arent really that comparatable with a princess being scottish

Anyway i changed my mind and i actually like those Princesses and The Frog And The Princess altought i think it's unfaire to Giselle (if she won't be).

[Disney Duster]

I wonder if the reason Disney can't use Giselle is because Amy Adams doesn't want that image used once she starts venturing into other films and other roles. Julie Andrews may have been okay with her image a Johnny Depp already said he loved playing Jack Sparrow and wouldn't mind more chances (i.e. more sequels or spin-offs).

Anyway, I und this cool article about the homages to past princess films:
Disney's Enchanted Homages