Frozen was one of the biggest hits of 2013, and it came with the ear-worm ‘Let it Go.’ Fans of the movie have barely let the song die down yet, and there are already two more upcoming chapters of the movie. However, fans are worried that Disney is making the same mistake that made Jujutsu Kaisen fans hate MAPPA.
After the second Frozen movie grossed a worldwide total of $1.453 billion, Disney realized that there was more potential in the franchise. Thus, two more seasons of the movie went under production, but under a peculiar condition that had animators tearing out their hair.
Frozen Director Confirms Frozen 3 and 4 are Simultaneously Under Production
Jennifer Lee is the chief creative officer of Disney and is also one of the writers and directors of Frozen. In an interview, she spilled the latest details on the upcoming movies Frozen 3 and 4, and fans have been gasping about it ever since then.
Lee was asked that, after serving worldwide hits like ‘Let It Go’ and ‘Into the Unknown’, where the upcoming movies stand in the musicality of the franchise. Jennifer Lee answered that while the music is important, they have not reached the stage to think about songs yet.
We are not even fully scripted yet; we are early scripting, so it’s too soon to know where the musical language will go.
Apart from the music in the upcoming movies, the director also talked about how they are being produced. In a jaw-dropping moment, Lee announced that both the movies are being created simultaneously.
We’re working in a room where this half is ‘Frozen 3’, this half is ‘Frozen 4’, we’re standing in the middle going back & forth.
This statement brought to light how hard the animation teams are working behind the scenes. Each Frozen movie takes a huge amount of effort to animate, and creating two at once is a havoc amount of work. Despite the teams being divided, they are bound to have problems with continuation since Frozen 4 should begin where Frozen 3 ends, but the third installation hasn’t even completed its early drafting yet. One can presume that this puts extra stress on animators on top of their already hectic workloads.
Disney Does the Same Mistake as MAPPA with Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
MAPPA is one of the most popular anime studios in Japan at the moment. It has anime like Yuri! on Ice, Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan Season 4, Chainsaw Man, and other worldwide hits series under its belt. While MAPPA has managed to dish out these bangers, otakus still hate the studio for its inhumane working conditions.
There have been several animators who have walked out of the job due to the pure stress of the projects. Many have submitted complaints and revealed the reality of MAPPA on social media, but to no avail, as the company still overworks its animators indiscriminately.
The production schedule of Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 was apparently horrible. Kosuke Kato, a key animator in Jujutsu Kaisen 2, took to social media to reveal the harsh reality of MAPPA. He disclosed that coworkers had to be woken up every three hours for deadlines. MAPPA takes on more projects than its animators can provide and creates an unhealthy working environment with low wages and systematic overworking.
Let’s hope that Disney is at least treating its animators a bit better than MAPPA and won’t force them to walk out on the company.
Frozen is available to stream on Disney+, while the Jujutsu Kaisen anime is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
