You might have thought that the Frozen phenomenon was finished snowballing across the globe. But it just keeps on rolling and Disney has been planning to revisit the film for a while, announcing a follow-up short,** Frozen Fever, last year. USA Today got its hands on the first pictures from the film, which you can find below.
We already knew that the plot, once more cooked up by co-directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, finds Elsa (Idina Menzel) attempting to throw a birthday party for sister Anna (Kristen Bell).
Things don’t exactly go according to plan, and part of the reason is that the title is a little more literal than expected, since the short features Elsa getting the sniffles. "Elsa doesn't get a cold in the usual way," Lee tells USA Today. "She's special. Surprising things occur that wreak a little havoc."
"It's another side of Elsa the audience hasn't seen before and we hadn't really played with in the original feature," says Chris Buck. What will remain the same from the film is the close bond between the sisters and the gang around them, including snowman Olaf (Josh Gad) ice merchant Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and reindeer Sven. Plus, we can expect a new song from Oscar-winning writers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Earworm alert!
Frozen Fever, which carries a seven-minute running time, will be attached to the live-action Cinderella, due to arrive here on March 27.