#wdas

I just don't know. I'm getting too old to see these movies, and frankly, I wonder if anyone I know is going to see this one, and I'm in a community of movie watchers.

Congratulations to celebrated Walt Disney Animation Studios animator Floyd Norman who will receive an Academy Honorary Award at the 2026 Governors Awards.

We have new releases of dolls for an upcoming shirt form video called "The Night Before the Royal Fitting".

These photos are directly from Reddit but the dolls are available on Amazon. The description for these dolls read:

Inspired by the world of Disney Frozen, the next chapter in the Off the Page Adventures is “The Night Before the Royal Fitting,” a story extension that imagines an exciting evening for Anna and Elsa in the lead-up to future celebrations and adventures in the kingdom of Arendelle. This Disney Frozen toy set lets kids play out bedtime activities with Anna and Elsa fashion dolls dressed in elegant nightgowns, plus an Olaf figure ready to join in the slumber party fun. With 14 storytelling accessories—including a soft blanket, 2 pillows and an adorable pair of slippers sized just for Olaf—kids can re-create the story or imagine all-new adventures. Dolls cannot stand alone. Colors and decorations may vary.

- Inspired by Disney Frozen and “The Night Before the Royal Fitting” short-form video, kids can play out cozy bedtime stories with this Disney Frozen Slumber Sister Set featuring Anna, Elsa, Olaf and 14 bedtime-inspired accessories!

- Anna and Elsa posable fashion dolls are dressed for a cozy night indoors, in fully removable nightgowns, slippers and eye masks.

- Each doll has long hair that kids can brush, braid and style again and again.

- Olaf figure is ready for bed, too, with posable arms and his own adorable pair of slippers!

- Additional play pieces help kids tell the story, including a cozy blanket, two pillows, a clothing chest and more!

- Fans can imagine even more Disney Frozen adventures with dolls and playsets inspired by the movies! (Each sold separately, subject to availability.)

The description and title teases that the story is based on a sleepover before a fitting for a royal event, assumingly Anna's fitting for her wedding. The description is also written in the same way as previous short from videos like Frozen: Winter Festival and Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found and their dresses are inspired by their Frozen 2 attire, especially Elsa's. So yeah it's for the 2D animated short but before you go and say "oh not another one!" let me remind you of how good the previous one was. Let's very briefly relieve back on that story for Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found. The story picked up literally right after Frozen 1 ended, from the very next day. A bunch of animals are found in the castle and are misplaced from their home so the gang sets off to go and send them back to the habitats as Elsa's eternal winter disrupted the balance of nature. You can read my full review of that here but I remember loving it way more than Winter Festival which was little cringe. Animals of Arendelle had a good story that could be considered canon if you like. So let's also give this new 2D short a chance.

The new Frozen short?

Some speculate this short form video is the said short, by Paul Glitter, releasing in October. I originally didn't think so but now I think it might actually be it unfortunately. Paul Glitter said a few months back on Frozen's marketing as well as the build up to Frozen 3, and I made a post about it here. He says that the team's strategy is to bring “show-to-shelf” products tied to short form content (like done with Frozen: Winter Festival and Animals of Arendelle) but also mentions he's targeting the fans who've grown up with Frozen from the very beginning with brands like Pandora, which is good and his strategy seems to be working hence more dolls coming out and short form content too. However, what we were all caught off guard by was when he mentioned that there's a short coming this October that's set to officially kick off the countdown and their “biggest ever cross-company movie marketing campaign” for Frozen 3. Gitter mentions these recent shorts as short form videos, as they are, but then mentions short for the short in October rather than short form, which means there could be a chance that this Frozen short is an official 3D animated short like Frozen Fever and Olaf's Frozen Adventure, right? But then looking back in Disney Kids Channel on YouTube, both previous short form videos were released in October.

Now I don't mean to get hopes up or down and I can't say for certain but with the release date being October for the previous 2D shorts, I feel like it's just this short is really just the 2D animated short. But it is assumedly based on the Royal Wedding so it does help to pull in kids to this new era of Frozen.

wreck it ralph features a main cast that's half male characters, half female characters; there's an action merch line for boys, while there's a candy-themed merch line for girls; the sequel, rbti, is a bit more uni-gender in its marketing, tho

bolt features a dog pretending to be a superhero, while being raised by a little girl

big hero 6 features a superhero ensemble of 4 males, 2 females who fight off an army of micro bots

chicken little features a paranoid chicken boy who tries to tell that the sky is falling

zootopia tackles police and crime and conspiracies

meet the robinsons about robots and time travel i think

just a heads up because most of disney's most popular cgi's have been aimed at females and more emotional, such as tangled, frozen, moana, encanto (to a lesser extent, the "wish" movie, which flopped).

(also theres another 2020s disney movie that aims at boys, strange world, but it failed horribly)

the disney cgi movies aimed and marketed at boys have more action than emotion, and follow boys topics such as video games, superheroes, robots, and police officers.

From pencil to picture ✏️ A look at The Walt Disney Studios Courtyard.

I think this would I think this might lead to the third and fourth film

What if there was a cult that worshipped the primordial fire giant? That wants to free him

But only members of a powerful bloodline, their blood can open or awaken him

Iduna family is the one who can do it, but I’m not talking about from her mother side because she’s from the enchanted forest, I’m talking about her father side

His family side contained a special blood well type of magic they could unlock or awaken the fire giant say I like the key to unlock a door

And I think that’s what happened to iduna’s parents in dangerous of secrets? A few members of the cult went to retrieve iduna and her father, but fate had other plans.

The cult wouldn’t risk taking her now I mean back then because they were a secret group

Hi Anon,

I love your theory and the connection with norse mythology and relating to Agnarr's side this time. It would be really interesting if Agnarr's side of the family also had magic ancestry or connection like Iduna's does.

I haven't read Dangerous Secrets yet but I will get my hands on it now that I'm into reading lol! And so I don't know who the cult is or any connections with Iduna and Agnarr.

All I can say is if we're going to go full deep dive into Norse mythology in 3 and 4 then we could see Norse mythology creatures like those fire giants. But then again they shouldn't confuse us with more magical creatures, with the four elemental spirits already in the picture and being important in the overall lore and arcs. I would say this could be more human grounded with vikings and actual animals like maybe the Narwhals but they could be a little magical too for a more fantasy appeal. And maybe the vikings were once afraid of magical creatures and people during their time too and that fear remained and carried on down the line, hence Runeard hating on Northuldra and the Spirits.