While some fans are gearing up for the Splash Mountain decoration overhaul centered on the beloved fantasy musical, the world of The Princess and the Frog is coming back to audiences even sooner as a sequel series entitled Tiana is currently in development for Disney+!
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Tiana, coming to the streamer in 2023, is a long-form musical-comedy series featuring the extraordinary entrepreneur who’s now princess of the kingdom of Maldonia. The all-new adventure explores both Maldonia and Tiana’s beloved hometown, New Orleans.
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Tiana is the first princess to have her own Walt Disney Animation Studios series!
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The Oscar-nominated 2009 feature The Princess and the Frog, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker who co-wrote the screenplay along with Rob Edwards, features Tiana (Anika Noni Rose, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
In addition to Rose, the cast for the film included Bruno Campos (Nip/Tuck, Royal Pains), Keith David (Rick and Morty, The Thing, They Live), Michael-Leon Wooley (AJ and the Queen, Grand Theft Auto IV), Jim Cummings (DuckTales, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Jennifer Cody (Shrek the Musical, Winx Club), John Goodman (The Righteous Gemstones, The Conners), Jenifer Lewis (Black-ish, The Addams Family Values), Terence Howard (Iron Man, Empire) and Oprah Winfrey (A Wrinkle in Time, The Color Purple).
Just Announced: @DisneyAnimation’s first-ever original animated series are coming to @DisneyPlus: Baymax!, Zootopia+, and Tiana are coming in 2022, and Moana, the series, in 2023. pic.twitter.com/s7aOht4uU6
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