Disney Plans Frozen Sequel

When it comes to Frozen, Disney will not let it go: The company announced official plans for a sequel to the hit 2013 animated film during a shareholders meeting in San Francisco, Varietyreports.

While no release date was revealed, originaldirectors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck are developing the project for Walt Disney Animation Studios. While the films legions of fans will have to wait for the official follow-up, a new short, Frozen Fever, can be seen before screenings of Disneys new live-action Cinderella, which open this weekend.

We enjoyed making Frozen Fever so much and being back in that world with those characters, said John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have come up with a great idea for a sequel and you will be hearing a lot more about it and were taking you back to Arendelle.

Frozen was a monumental success for Disney, becoming the higest grossing animated film of all time, garnering nearly $1.3 billion at the box office, and winning Oscars for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, for Let It Go.

Let It Go as sung by Elsa herself, Idina Menzel and the Frozen soundtrack went on to become phenomenons in their own right as well. Menzels rendition of the inspiring ballad peaked at Number Five on the Billboard Hot 100, while the soundtrackmanaged to secure the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 three separate times. It ended up becoming the highest selling album of 2014, moving nearly 3.5 million copies and handily besting LPs released by Beyonc, Taylor Swift and One Direction.