‘Toy Story 5’ and ‘Frozen 3’ Are In Development, Says Disney – CNET [CNET]
“I’m so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises — Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia,” Iger said in Disney’s earnings call for the year-end 2022 quarter on Wednesday. Iger continued that Disney would have more to share about the productions soon.
While 2022’s Lightyear, a prequel to the Toy Story movies, underperformed at the box office, Toy Story 3 and 4 both made more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office respectively. Frozen 2 also surpassed the $1 billion mark when it was released in 2019.
Toy Story 4, released in 2019, earned critical acclaim with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. Frozen 2 earned 77%, a drop from the 2013 original Frozen’s 90% score.
Frozen star Kristen Bell who voices Anna said on Jimmy Fallon in June that she would be up for a third film.
“But I know Idina [Menzel] recently said she would do it. And I feel like if we’re all in, like, what are we waiting for? We want it, let’s do it.”