1. An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersenthe 1845 fairy tale The Snow Queen, Frozen was actually in development at Disney for almost a decade (and was briefly considered for a hand-drawn animated feature in 1937).
The first modern attempt took place in 2002, and when 2003 also proved unsuccessful, other blocked attempts followed over the years. Frozen only really started to come together when Christopher Buckwho led Tarzancame on board in 2008, but the film wasn’t commissioned until 2011 after TangledBox office success.
And in 2012, Jennifer Leeinitially a screenwriter, was named co-director, making her the first woman to direct an animated film by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
2. The film was going to be called The Snow Queen after the original fairy tale, but the filmmakers decided to change it to Frozen ” because for us, he represents the film. Frozen plays on the level of ice and snow but also of the frozen relationship, of the frozen heart that must be thawed”, declared the producer Peter Del Vecho explained to Bleeding Cool, denying that he was inspired by Tangled. (The Snow Queen the title was still used abroad.)
