Busy new Princess/Frog poster

[tazber]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 7:05am

Like it, but what is with that awful background color?

Updated On: 9/23/09 at 07:05 AM

[BroadwayBenny]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 7:56am

I actually love the background. It gives the right location and timeframe feel

Here is a higher res version
Princess and the Frog poster

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 10:04am

Does anyone remember those giant Disney puzzles they used to make of theses posters. I remember having a Beauty and the Beast one, and a Little Mermaid one . . . but the posters were different from the cover of the VHS box.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 10:41am

Yeah, this poster kinda says, "Look how much we have going on! 8,000 busy characters to tell a very simple story that you could rattle off in two sentences!"

If they have to pad the poster this much with "stuff," it makes me wonder if they've done the same thing with the whole movie. Just a hunch. Either that, or they're trying too hard.

It pretty much says, "This one's for the kids," to me. Not the simple elegance of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, or The Lion King. Although, those movies had two poster campaigns. One aimed at children and the other at adults. Could there be a "B" poster lurking somewhere?

As for the Louisiana mud-colored background, yeah, it works for the story. And the location. But something a little warmer would have been better. Like a reddish-brown.

This color looks like something I scraped off my boot.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 10:44am

It looks like old school Disney and for that, I am very happy.

[tazber]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:51am

Besty, here's the one that is geared toward adults. It's still a little busy around the border though.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:57am

There's also this poster, but I think it's only going to be used for the international premieres.



Which is okay, because Tiana looks really angry and stiff.


And, it's weird. That first poster has so many characters on it, but some of them are really barely even in the movie. I think the turtle has like a five second cameo.

Updated On: 9/23/09 at 11:57 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:58am

She looks pissed off in that one.

[BroadwayBenny]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:04pm

It's not mud colored on the actual poster, it's green. The pic at the top post is a low resolution.

[tazber]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:07pm

But even in hi-res it's a muddy green.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:09pm

"She looks pissed off in that one."

I know, and they're using it as promo art. I hatehatehate that picture of Tiana.




I also hate this picture of Naveen.



He looks like an asshole in it. I love his character design in the trailers and screenshots, but his face is totally off-model there.

This is what he's supposed to look like:


Updated On: 9/23/09 at 12:09 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:11pm

Oh, that picture of conditioner is a shame.

Who approved that?

Naveen definitely has that "I'm so great" expression. He reminds me of James Marsden in Enchanted.

[degrassifan]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 10:59pm

Does the new poster remind everyone of this?

Anyway, I think I'm going to like Prince Naveen. I can see the personality resemblance to Prince Edward, but I think Naveen may be smarter.
Updated On: 9/23/09 at 10:59 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:04pm

Naveen definitely has that "I'm so great" expression. He reminds me of James Marsden in Enchanted.

Or Gaston.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:16pm

"I can see the personality resemblance to Prince Edward, but I think Naveen may be smarter."


From what I've seen/heard, he's not stupid, just a huge slacker who wants to do nothing but have dancey time 24-7, LOL.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 12:11pm

They've already got her out doing meet and greets in the parks, and there's already lots of merchandise available. They really seem to be banking on this doing well, and being able to make her a viable part of the Princess franchise.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 10:27pm

They have her meet&greeting already?? I thought the first she'd be in the Disney parks would be around when Tiana's Showboat Jubilee starts at WDW in October! I saw the promotional pictures of Tiana with Anika Noni Rose, but I had no idea they had already sent her out into the parks.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 10/8/09 at 11:03am

Here is Princess Tiana out greeting guests at the Magic Kingdom.

[James2]

Posted: 10/8/09 at 8:11pm

I don't know what language that foreign poster is in, but I think it's saying that Princess will be on DVD in March.

[Baine]

Posted: 10/8/09 at 9:03pm

I just wanted to comment on the fact that Disney actually didn't re-do the story of this fairytale on thier own. I recently found out that the story is actually based on a book by ED Baker entitled "The Frog Princess." It's the first in a series of teen books. I actually just bought it to read, though I'm debating reading it *after* I've seen the movie since books are always better...


As far as the posters go, I like the second one better than the first one' I like the tones better and feel that it's less busy. You're right that the busier poster is very reminiscent of TLM, though! <3