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Disney is remaking “Rapunzel” and the film is slated for a December 10, 2010 release. John Lasseter showed some clips and sketches from the film at the D23 Expo he also revealed three ways Rapunzel leads the pack when it comes to the Disney princesses we all know and love.
One of the ways this Rapunzel is different is she uses her hair as a weapon. Check out this concept drawing from “Rapunzel” with the prince using her long hair to climb into this dome.
There are some changes to Rapunzel when it comes to the other Disney princesses, but she will still hold some of the same characteristics we all know and love about them. She still sings, there is still a prince involved and films have been made out of all five Disney princesses: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Beauty.
At the D23 Expo, John Lasseter said, "The sixth one finally comes to life. Take a closer look at the girl behind the golden hair."
More concept art drawings of “Rapunzel” below.
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and New Media Strategies
[...] More concept art drawings of “Rapunzel”. [...]
those are some gorgeous pictures! my gosh.
I’m a little worried about this film. When it was originally developed, Glen Keane had originally described it as a “film of astonishing beauty,” resembling a Fragonard painting. They even did a beautiful test shot of Rapunzel on a swing, to mimic the design of the famous “Swing” painting. And if you haven’t seen it, this test is absolutely gorgeous!!! This newer concept art, while it still looks nice, does NOT have the same lushness of the original test. This scares me because in most feature cartoons, the actual, completed animation does not look as impressive as the concept art. I know Keane is still involved with this project, as animation head (or something akin to this) and I hope he still has enough control to make this film the most visually intense film ever to come out of the Walt Disney Company.
These are much better than what I expected!