First Five Minutes of The Princess and the Frog

Walt Disney Pictures has released the first five minutes from the company's upcoming animation feature  “The Princess and The Frog.”

The Princess and the Frog Billboard Image (source: ComingSoon)

The film marks a return to hand-drawn animation for the studio and is an adaptation of E.D. Baker's novel, The Frog Princess.

“The Princess and the Frog” is set in the great city of New Orleans. It follows free-spirited, jazz-loving Prince Naveen of Maldonia turned into a frog by a shady voodoo doctor. In his desperate attempt to be human again, he asks a kiss from a young African-American girl named Tiana. But, instead of finding himself becoming a human again, he learns that Tiana has also been turned into a frog.

“The Princess and the Frog” features the voices of Anika Noni Rose, John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey, Keith David, Bruno Campos, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Jenifer Lewis and opens on December 11th, 2009.

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