Poster released for ‘The Princess and the Frog’: Voodoo? You do!

Hey, HEY, here’s a look at the poster from Disney’s upcoming fairy tale flick The Princess and the Frog.

I’m a big fan of hand-drawn animation and while Pixar does a mighty fine job (DreamWorks, that’s a different story) with its cartoon features, color me a traditionalist but I miss the days of yore with princesses and midgets, singing, dancing and evil white folks.

To appease my addiction for animated films from a simpler time, Disney will be releasing The Princess and the Frog, their first hand-drawn animated tale in 5-frakkin’ years. It’s also their first animated-film with an African-American princess.

A “Broadway-style musical,” The Princess and the Frog is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans. A prince named Naveen from the land of Maldonia is transformed into a frog by the evil voodoo magician Dr. Facilier. The frog prince mistakes a girl named Tiana for a princess and has her kiss him to break the spell. However, the kiss doesn’t break the spell (sad clown face), but instead turnsTiana into a frog as well (happy clown face). The frog duo must reach the good voodoo priestess (oooooh , Disney is going to get letters about all this voodoo stuff. Walt is rolling over in his freezer.) of the Bayou, Mama Odie, while befriending a trumpet-playing alligator and a hopelessly romantic firefly along the way.

Look for it in theaters on December 11th.

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