Disney To Create New "Enhanced" Princess Web-Site

[Disney Villain]

Disney has issued a press release on their Consumer Products web-site which states that they will be creating a new "enhanced" princess web-site in the near future for the releases of Sleeping Beauty PE, The Princess and the Frog, and Rapunzel. It's also interesting to note that this press release seems to say that the princess from Pixar's upcoming film The Bear and the Bow will be an official Disney Princess and featured on the site. Here is the quote:

With combined global retail sales projected to reach the $5 billion mark, DCP's girls franchises, Disney Princess and Disney Fairies, are supported by companywide synergy and creative merchandise assortments that keep them alive year round on retail shelves worldwide. The return of favorite fairytales and the release of new ones provide an ongoing basis for the success of these franchises– from the Platinum Edition DVD release of Sleeping Beauty this fall and the theatrical release of Walt Disney Studios The Princess and the Frog in 2009, to Rapunzel in 2010 and Disney·Pixar's The Bear and the Bow in 2011. An enhanced DisneyPrincess.com Web site will soon immerse girls in new interactive fairytale experiences.

So there is NO debate over who is in the princess line I want to state a few things. First off the new princess web-site will be directed by Disney Consumer Products. From this press release and Disney Consumer Products Princess Franchise Information page the official princesses, as of right now, are Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Mulan. In the future Tiana, Rapunzel, and the new Pixar princess will be officially inducted into the franchise. Elionway, Kida, Megara, Jane, Esmeralda, and Giselle are NOT and will not be considered in the Disney Princess Franchise.

The Press Release also contains some other interesting information on other current and future franchises. Here is the link:
https://licensing.disney.com/Home/displ ... oom_all_US

[UmbrellaFish]

Funny how ariels'prince was talking about how outdated it was the other day.

Maybe this will turn out to be a good resource to learn about the upcoming Princess movies.

[bruno_wbt]

I'm worried because they are not talking about the second volume of Enchanted Tales... What's happening?

[Mooky]

I wonder how will they put them all together. Two of them are bound to stick out.

[supertalies]

Funny how ariels'prince was talking about how outdated it was the other day.

Maybe this will turn out to be a good resource to learn about the upcoming Princess movies.

Yes, I was thinking of that too!

[Disney Villain]

I wonder how will they put them all together. Two of them are bound to stick out.

That worries me as well. How is Disney going to make two CG Princesses fit in the other 2D Princesses? I'm sure they will find a way. They might draw the two 3D characters in a 2D style for merchandise, etc. or they may update all the princess clip art and give all the princesses a 3D effect. Of course, with Disney being Disney, I wouldn’t put it past them to create an all-new one hour Princess film that features the classic ladies in 3D . I doubt that would happen though.

bruno_wbt, I would not be too worried about Enchanted Tales. We know Disney has the series animated so it will be released in one form or another eventually. I recently updated my Enchanted Tales site (with the help of atlanticaunderthesea) it has everything you could ever want to know about Enchanted Tales on it. The link is my siggy.

[Mooky]

That worries me as well. How is Disney going to make two CG Princesses fit in the other 2D Princesses? I'm sure they will find a way. They might draw the two 3D characters in a 2D style for merchandise, etc. or they may update all the princess clip art and give all the princesses a 3D effect. Of course, with Disney being Disney, I wouldn’t put it past them to create an all-new one hour Princess film that features the classic ladies in 3D . I doubt that would happen though.

I hope not I'd much rather have Rapunzel and Merida out of the line than have 2D princesses turned 3D. It would be the equivalent of raping them.

[bruno_wbt]

bruno_wbt, I would not be too worried about Enchanted Tales. We know Disney has the series animated so it will be released in one form or another eventually. I recently updated my Enchanted Tales site (with the help of atlanticaunderthesea) it has everything you could ever want to know about Enchanted Tales on it. The link is my siggy.

Thank you Disney Villain.

I read your update and I loved the history of Enchanted Tales, what worried me is that we have no release date for volume 2.

But, that's true, we know that those stories are finished, so they must be released!!!

[Escapay]

I hope not I'd much rather have Rapunzel and Merida out of the line than have 2D princesses turned 3D. It would be the equivalent of raping them.

Whoa WHOA WHOA WHOA!

PLEASE TELL ME YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!

Rape is a truly horrible and damaging thing that can happen to a person (be it male or female), and it should NEVER be used in a humorous context, and certainly not in a complaint of "oh no, our beloved 2D princesses drawn in CGI". While there are some people who will love 2D to death and despise CGI like the plague, it certainly does NOT entitle ANYONE to make a statement like that. Rethink your priorities there if you're crying "Rape!" at the mere thought of a 2D character being done in CGI, or a CGI character being added to a merchandise line.

That's just WRONG.

Albert

[Mooky]

Thank you, I'm fully aware what rape is. And I was dead serious when I said that. Forgive me for being honest.

[Escapay]

If you fully know what rape is, you wouldn't have used it to describe disgust at the idea of changing 2D characters into CGI.

THAT IS NOT RAPE and there will never ever be an instance where that can even be considered rape or truly comparable to the effects of rape.

Please, for the love of all things, remove your offensive statement.

Albert

[Chernabog_Rocks]

I have to agree with 'Scaps on this, you could have used a completley different term instead of Rape to describe how you felt. It's not rape, it's not even in the same league as rape by far and never will be.

I think upgrading the clip art to 3d would be a good thing, all of the 2d clip art that I've seen is repetitive, bland or uninteresting to me. Making it 3d would at least be new for a while and might actually look better. Personally I do not see the need for a new "enhanced" site for princesses, while other character groups get shoved to the side and left with sub-par sites.

One thing I'm glad to see is that Giselle was removed from merchandise, and I'm not suprised that once again Eilonwy and Kida are shoved to the side :eyeroll: Honestly this whole princess line is rather sad when characters get excluded, it's like high school the non-popular ones get mocked and ignored while the more popular crowd get all the attention.

[Mooky]

I admit, I've probably gone too far when I used that term. It's just that I feel so strongly about this issue. Don't you think that re-imagining some character's appearance just to please modern tastes is just plain wrong? And I'm not talking only about making 2D look 3D, I feel the same when it comes to turning 3D characters into 2D clip-art.

[Poody]

In the future Tiana, Rapunzel, and the new Pixar princess will be officially inducted into the franchise. Elionway, Kida, Megara, Jane, Esmeralda, and Giselle are NOT and will not be considered in the Disney Princess Franchise.

I wouldn't say that's a sure thing. Giselle was featured on their site as well!!! Which in the end, didn't mean anything. I'm betting they will all be adding, other than the Pixar princess.

[Escapay]

Don't you think that re-imagining some character's appearance just to please modern tastes is just plain wrong?

Not necessarily, it should be a case-by-case analysis rather than a blanket statement.

Look at Speed Racer. The new live-action movie is a complete re-imagining of the classic cartoon series and it *works*. And then there's the many faces of Mickey Mouse, who has evolved over the years to look more "modern" each time. Look at his "Steamboat Willie" incarnation compared to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" compared to Theme Park "Suit" costumes compared to "House of Mouse". All radical re-designs that are done to appeal to a newer audience while still retaining the basic/classic Mickey Mouse design.

Then on the flipside there are pieces of crap like "Loonatics" or that godawful Prom Night to see how re-imaging a character (or movie) can be detrimental and an insult to the original (then again, the original Prom Night wasn't much either).

But regardless what the "change" is, none of it is ever, nor will it ever be, bad enough of a violation to ever ever be considered "rape".

Albert

[Mooky]

Actually, I was referring to "updating" hand-drawn characters to the CG versions of themselves. I don't mind changes made to animated characters in live-action films - it's a different medium, of course they're going to look different. I'm perfectly fine with "Speed Racer", "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "Flintstones", "Casper", or the upcoming "Smurfs".

It's unnecessary tinkering with their appearance (a la CG Tinker Bell, CG Mickey Mouse or CG "Dragon Hunters") that gets on my nerves.

[Ariel'sprince]

In the future Tiana, Rapunzel, and the new Pixar princess will be officially inducted into the franchise. Elionway, Kida, Megara, Jane, Esmeralda, and Giselle are NOT and will not be considered in the Disney Princess Franchise.

I wouldn't say that's a sure thing. Giselle was featured on their site as well!!! Which in the end, didn't mean anything. I'm betting they will all be adding, other than the Pixar princess.

Defintly agree.
Well,I don't care if they prefer Merida over Giselle,Jasmine and Mulan,I still think Giselle is a Disney Princess and so are Pocahontas and Mulan (And of course Jasmine),and besides-Giselle seems WAY more official then Alice or Esmeralda,she was inculeded in many places and was official,she's also incoulded in their shopping website.
Why on earth they add Merida? she's Pixar,make a whole line of her like all the Pixar character but don't make a Disney Princess.
If Merida really is incoulded,then I hope this movie will be canceled,no,this is silly to include her.

[musicradio77]

So now, the jury is in to determined which franchise going too far.

The main reason is that the "Enchanted Tales - Vol. 2" DVD is still delay until further notice, and don't we have enough Princesses!!! Come on! Giselle is one of the princess in "Enchanted", but do we add Tiana, Rupunzel and the very first Pixar princess? This is going totally insane! My niece prefers the classic Disney princess as I do. This is going way too far!

[Super Aurora]

So now, the jury is in to determined which franchise going too far.

The main reason is that the "Enchanted Tales - Vol. 2" DVD is still delay until further notice, and don't we have enough Princesses!!! Come on! Giselle is one of the princess in "Enchanted", but do we add Tiana, Rupunzel and the very first Pixar princess? This is going totally insane! My niece prefers the classic Disney princess as I do. This is going way too far!

It's all about the money, my friend.

[Ariel'sprince]

So now, the jury is in to determined which franchise going too far.

The main reason is that the "Enchanted Tales - Vol. 2" DVD is still delay until further notice, and don't we have enough Princesses!!! Come on! Giselle is one of the princess in "Enchanted", but do we add Tiana, Rupunzel and the very first Pixar princess? This is going totally insane! My niece prefers the classic Disney princess as I do. This is going way too far!

Agree,Giselle,Tiana and Rapunzel are great new Disney Princesses but Merida? she's Pixar (So if The Incredibles was out now and if Violet/Mrs. Incredible was a real princess then she whould have been a Disney Princess too?) this going way too far,and I"m worried that now they"ll focus on Tiana and Rapunzel insted of the true classic Princesses like Ariel and Cinderella.
I don't think we"ll see Giselle,Tiana,Merida and Rapunzel in Enchanted Tales.
It's begun with a line about classic Disney heroines now they"re making movies just to add more girls (And it's now "The first black/Scottish/Turkish/gypsy/American Disney Princess! hurry to see it and buy dolls,keychains,books,Smarties and more of her!!!!").