It’s finally here – the official trailer for the new short film, FROZEN FEVER. The official follow-up to Walt Disney Animation’s Oscar-winning cultural smash (see all my coverage here) will debut in front of Walt Disney Motion Picture Studios’ live-action CINDERELLA (get tix) in theaters everywhere on March 13. I haven’t shown this to my girls yet, but what I can tell you is that Olaf steals birthday cake like my oldest does – not-so-stealthily, and in plain sight. Check out the seasonally-appropriate trailer below and start thinking Spring!
Kristen Bell (Anna), Idina Menzel (Elsa), Jonathan Groff (Kristoff) and Josh Gad (Olaf) reprise their iconic roles for FROZEN FEVER, in which Elsa and Kristoff prep a fantastic Spring birthday party for Anna – one that becomes hampered when Elsa catches a cold and unleashes her powers.
While the cold never bothered her anyway, a cold just might!
Check out FROZEN FEATURE with CINDERELLA next month, and grab your advance tickets now via Fandango.
CINDERELLA (2015)
The story of “Cinderella” follows the fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) whose merchant father remarries following the death of her mother. Eager to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie McShera) into the family home. But, when Ella’s father unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Finally relegated to nothing more than a servant girl covered in ashes, and spitefully renamed Cinderella, Ella could easily begin to lose hope. Yet, despite the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella is determined to honor her mother’s dying words and to “have courage and be kind.” She will not give in to despair nor despise those who mistreat her. And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an apprentice at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul. It appears her fortunes may be about to change when the Palace sends out an open invitation for all maidens to attend a ball, raising Ella’s hopes of once again encountering the charming Kit (Richard Madden). Alas, her stepmother forbids her to attend and callously rips apart her dress. But, as in all good fairy tales, help is at hand, and a kindly beggar woman (Helena Bonham Carter) steps forward and – armed with a pumpkin and a few mice – changes Cinderella’s life forever.
