'Frozen' Movie's Box Office Success in South Korea Sparks Disney's Interest in Local Projects
Frozen became a global phenomenon and continues to be a hot topic in the toy and music industries, but it also spurred the energy in the animation industry.
Frozen is the second foreign film to do so well in South Korea, Avatar being the first in 2009, and attract more than 10 million viewers, Korea Herald reported.
This sparked a discussion about what plans Walt Disney had to capitalize on the success.
John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, is on an Asia tour and spoke about the plans for upcoming animation in Seoul Tuesday.
Lasseter complimented the love of the film from Korea and shared his story when coming on board to Disney in 2006.
He shared his thoughts about what was wrong with the animation films at the time, and how to address the issue.
"You know there is not a woman that I know that is waiting around for men to save her, not my wife, my mom or even anyone I work with at Disney," Lasseter said.
As a result, the next lineup for both studios includes a more creative approach to storytelling, similar to Pixar's Monster's Inc.
This includes titles for Walt Disney like "Big Hero 6" in 2015, "Zootopia" in 2016, "Moana" in 2016 and "Giants" in 2016.
Pixar will be revealing Inside Out" in 2015, "The Good Dinosaur" in 2016, and "Finding Dory," the sequel to "Finding Nemo" in 2016.
But some wanted to know if Disney and Pixar intended to open up a studio to work on local projects in the Asian market.
"At this point in time, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, we have artists from all over the world working for us. We are working on handcrafted films at our in-house studios," Lasseter said, according to Hollywood Reporter.
He told reporters in Seoul that if other animation studios are strengthening it was welcomed competition.
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