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FROZEN 2 www.postmagazine.com 19 POST SEPT/OCT 2019 W hen Frozen hit theaters in 2013, it was a mammoth success. The film scored two Oscars in 2014 for "Best Animated Feature" and "Original Song" ("Let it Go"), earned $1.2 billion globally (making it the high- est grossing animated film of all time), sold 4.1 million soundtracks by June 2016 and set forth a princess "Anna/Elsa" frenzy among little girls all over the world. With those kinds of achievements, you would have to wonder how Disney could possibly resist making a sequel. Well, the answer is, it couldn't! The masterminds behind the film — director/writer/chief creative officer Jennifer Lee, director Chris Buck and producer Peter Del Vecho — have traveled far and wide (literally!) to bring fans more of a very good thing. On November 22nd, audiences will finally be able to head to theaters to see the highly-anticipat- ed sequel, Frozen 2. "We realized there were lingering questions within us," says Lee. "We wondered what Anna would do now that she has everything she's ever wanted. We felt there were unanswered questions about their parents and where their ship was going when it went down. And the biggest one: Why was Elsa born with magical powers?" "There was something about these characters that still was very interesting and appealing to us. We wanted to know more — we felt that their story continued," adds Del Vecho. According to Buck, one of the defining moments when the team realized there would be a sequel was when "we were doing the short, and the first time our characters were animated again and we looked at each other and said, 'We love these characters.' So that, and just talking about what could be next for them, and getting inspired that there's more sto- ry to tell. There were so many unanswered questions for all of our characters that was very exciting." "I remember it was around the holidays of 2014 and we looked at each other saying, 'Yep, we're do- ing it,'" laughs Lee. "We knew it because we couldn't stop talking about it." FOLKLORE, FAIRYTALES & MYTHS The three filmmakers jumped back in and, joined by production designer Michael Giaimo and director of story Marc Smith, journeyed to Finland, Norway The new release joins the hugely-successful 2013 film to form a complete story.