'Frozen III' Bumped To 2027, Proshot Musical Confirms 2025 Disney+ Release
The gone-too-soon musical shows itself as Disney+’s second musical, while the movie storm moves on to another year
The punt never bothered me anyway. It wouldn’t be D23 without showing off the juggernaut that is Frozen, and a look at Frozen III is exactly what happened to finish the Disney Animation portion of the event’s Disney Entertainment Showcase.
Franchise director and studio chief creative officer Jennifer Lee said, “there were a lot of questions coming out of Frozen II…it will take two films to answer them” being far less direct about a fourth film than Bob Iger was but still rather blatant. She then showed off the first publicly shown concept art for III, She then showed off the first concept art of Frozen III, which features Anna and Elsa on horseback, Olaf riding with Anna, and some sort of floating kingdom in the auroras: “It captures the scene of Anna and Elsa…everyone at Disney Animation is excited to be back at in this world.”
It was here that it was announced that III would be releasing in 2027, displaced from its November 25, 2026 slot, but a specific date wasn’t given until Tuesday, with reports confirming that it would not be losing the pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday that both previous films had. Therefore, it was set for a year later, November 24, 2027, which Disney already had reserved. Because Disney always has that weekend. Lee said an original film will release in 2026, likely as a direct replacement ready to take its release date whenever the film is ready to be announced. With this date confirmation was one for the just-announced Pixar film Hoppers, directed by Daniel Chong, which is actually a spring release, March 6, 2026, keeping it well spaced from Toy Story 5.
But that’s not all! After quite a while that it was believed a recorded performance of the Aladdin musical would be headed to Disney+. Instead, the West End production of Frozen, starring Samantha Barks as Elsa, Laura Dawkes as Anna, Jammy Kasongo as Kristoff, Craig Gallivan as Olaf, Oliver Ormson as Hans, Richard Frame as the Duke of Weselton and Mikayla Jade as Sven, will be released on the streamer next year. The performance was filmed earlier this year at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Barks was on hand at the showcase to belt “Let It Go”. Not only does the stage version feature all songs from the first film, but an expanded score incorporating a dozen new numbers from the same songwriters, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Jennifer Lee penned the book, with direction by Michael Grandage. The musical’s Broadway run began in February 2018 before abruptly ending thanks to the beginning of the COVID pandemic in March 2020, as it was later confirmed that it would not be one of the shows reopening with its Broadway brethren. The West End production opened in 2021 and closes on September 8.
