Film/TV/Stage Star Kristen Bell and Tony® Award Winner/film/TV star
Idina Menzel Lend their Singing/Acting Talents
Broadway Greats Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez to
Contribute Original Songs
BURBANK, Calif. (June 11, 2012) – Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy in "Frozen," a computer-animated feature
film slated for the big screen in November 2013. Directed by Chris Buck
("Tarzan," "Surf's Up") and produced by Peter Del Vecho ("Winnie the
Pooh," "The Princess and the Frog"), "Frozen"
features the vocal talents of film/TV/stage star Kristen Bell as Anna, a
young dreamer about to take the adventure of a lifetime, and Tony Award
®-winning actress Idina Menzel as Elsa the Snow Queen. The movie will feature original songs by Broadway greats Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
In "Frozen," a
prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, so Anna (voice of Bell)
must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, on the grandest of
journeys to find the Snow Queen (voice of Menzel) and put an end to the
icy spell. Encountering Everest-like extremes, mystical creatures and
magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to
save the kingdom from destruction.
Bell
has starred in a variety of films, including the comedies "Forgetting
Sarah Marshall" and "Couples Retreat," and the upcoming films "Hit &
Run," "Some Girls" and the Farrelly Brothers' "Movie 43." On the small
screen, Bell is currently starring in the Showtime series "House of
Lies" alongside Don Cheadle; she has also starred in "Heroes" and
"Veronica Mars." Broadway credits include "The Crucible" and "Tom
Sawyer."
Menzel,
who won a Tony Award® as Best Actress in a Musical for her role as
Elphaba in Broadway's "Wicked" (2004), landed her first role on Broadway
in 1995 in the Tony Award-winning musical "Rent." Film credits include
"Enchanted" and the feature film "Rent." She has appeared in a recurring
role on TV's "Glee" and recently released "Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot
at the Symphony," a live concert with an orchestra led by composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch. Menzel is currently on a North American concert tour.
Robert
Lopez is a three-time Tony Award®-winning writer of the Tony and
Grammy® Award-winning musical "The Book of Mormon," which was co-written
with Trey Parker and Matt Stone ("South Park"), and the musical "Avenue
Q," which ran for six years on Broadway and four years in London's West
End. Lopez teamed with wife Anderson-Lopez, whose Drama Desk-winning
show "In Transit" is Broadway-bound, to write original songs for 2011's
"Winnie the Pooh," a stage version of "Finding Nemo" and a new musical
called "Up Here."