Calling all Princess and the Frog fans! Today is a HUGE day for fans of the original film and for everyone who just adores Tiana.
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There are a few different ways to show your love for Tiana in Disney World, like grabbing some beignets from Port Orleans French Quarter, riding Tiana’s Bayou Adventure or heading to Princess Fairytale Hall in Magic Kingdom, or you can turn on the beloved film in your hotel room at the end of the night. Now, we know that there will soon be another film to turn on, and it’s coming to Disney+!
Collider has reported that The Princess and the Frog will be returning in the form of a brand new project, featuring new songs and members of the original cast! Jared Bush, Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief Creative Officer, confirmed this news in a conversation with Steve Weintraub at SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
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This new special will be a complete story, not an ongoing television series, and it’s been described as more of a television special. Bush is quoted saying, “It is a special set in the world of The Princess and the Frog. We are really moving on that right now. So, that’s actually in active production. That will be out to people soon. New songs. Original cast. It is pretty spectacular.”
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This is far from the first time that Disney has tried to bring Tiana back to the screen. The musical series Tiana was set to debut on Disney+ with Anika Noni Rose reprising her role as Tiana, but Disney shelved the project in March 2025. At the time, it was known that Disney was also actively working on a special in the world of Tiana and The Princess and the Frog, but we didn’t know anything about it until now. Bush continued in his recent interview, saying, “I’m hesitant to give you the specifics. I’d say it probably will feel more like a special to people. So, it’s not shorts. It’s a full story with a lot of songs as part of it. We have not announced a specific timing of that yet. I’ll get back to you on that. But there are other projects in similar veins, and I think that that’s a great way for us to experiment with some things and also to revisit worlds that I think people want to see.”
Tiana!
Disney has not yet revealed which original cast members are returning, the story, or when the special will premiere, but we’re hoping that Bush saying “soon” means that we’ll be hearing more news in the coming months. You can find the original film on Disney+ right now, so if you’re wanting to step back into the world, it just takes a few taps of a remote!
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