‘Just the beginning of the process’: Wish producer hints at long road ahead for Frozen 3 and 4

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Disney producer Peter Del Vecho has confirmed that theFrozenteam are currently “hard at work” on the hugely successful film franchise’s third and fourth movies.

Speaking to TechRadar at the UK press junket forWish, one of 2023’snew movies, Disney’s latest animated feature film, Del Vecho – who served as producer on bothFrozenfilms, which are available to stream onDisney Plus– also suggested it’ll be some time before fans travel back to Arendelle for more snow-filled adventures with Anna, Elsa, and company.

Last Friday (November 17), Disney CEO Bob Iger surprisingly revealed that Walt Disney Animation Studios wasn’t just developing a thirdFrozenflick. Indeed, speaking to Good Morning America (see the video below), Iger confirmedFrozen 4was also in the works – a revelation that’s sure to have delighted fans of the multi-billion dollar making film series.

Unfortunately, Del Vecho couldn’t provide any further details on Iger’s unexpected reveal when we asked him about theentertainmentbehemoth’s plans forFrozen 3andFrozen 4.

“I noticed Bob made that announcement,” Del Vecho said. “Look,Frozen[3 and 4] are in development, for sure. They’re hard at work at it, [but] it’s just the beginning of the process, so there’s more to come on that.”

Chris Buck,Wish’s co-writer and co-director, who also co-wrote and co-directedFrozen1 and 2, enigmatically added: “I can’t really say much. All I can say is Bob has said there are more stories to tell and I’ll leave it at that.”

The Oscar-winningFrozen– inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen’ – was a global box office smash when it was released in 2013, pulling in $1.33 billion.Frozen II, its 2019 follow-up, surpassed that colossal figure to become the biggest animated release of all-time with its $1.45 billion haul. It wasn’t a huge surprise, then, when Iger confirmed (perDeadline) Disney’s sequel plans forFrozen– one of thebest Disney Plus movies, in our view – and other money-spinning film series in February.

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Considering it celebrated its 100th birthday in mid-October, there’s plenty more inspiration Disney can draw from its expansive well of characters, stories, and other notable franchises. So, which specific Disney characters would Buck be keen to center a movie around? It turns out he’d go old-school and chose someone from 1951’sAlice in Wonderland. “Do you know who would be a wild one?,” he said. “I would love to revisit the Cheshire Cat and do the origin story.”

“Working on the character of King Magnifico [played by Chris Pine],” Wish co-director Fawn Veerasunthorn added when we put the same question to her. “This was a character I wanted to know more than was shown on screen, because we only have so much real estate. We wanted a villain with an intriguing back story: where did he come from and what happened [to him]? We did talk jokingly about doing the prequel of Magnifico.” If you’re listening, Bob, that’s not a bad idea.

Wishis out now in theaters across the US and debuts in UK cinemas on November 24. Read our spoiler-freeWishreviewto see if it’s worth catching at a multiplex near you, or read ourWishinterview-focused feature, which looks athow Disney’s legacy-built movie that celebrates 100 years of wish fulfilment.

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Laura Martin is an entertainment journalist who covers TV, film, and music. She’s written for numerous big publications, including TechRadar, Esquire, BBC Culture, The Guardian, and The i newspaper. Her favourite stories usually involve prestige TV drama, reality TV, or true-life documentaries. Basically, the more obscure, the better!

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