Disney plans to stop making Fairy Tale movies
 

It's true. Disney is planning to stop making Princess movies and start making more movies that appeal to guys. They're doing this for 2 reasons:
1. They feel they are "alienating" boys for making movies that appeal to girls all the time.
2. That some girls consider themselves to cool to be princesses.

I for one am glad they are doing this as always when I'm looking to go watch a good movie, everything out is either babyish, a chic flic, or a fairy tale.

If anyone wants to see the article they can just PM and ask for it because I don't think I'm allowed to post it here.

EDIT: Sorry I misread the article they're not going to stop making fairy tales, they're going to stop making princess movies.

stop it completly? im not sure about that fairy tales always bring money in but i can see making more guy kinda movies that makes kinda sense

So thats why they just released a demo for a PSP video game with explosions and epic graphics....

Pretty much or at least for the next several years.
They're next movies are a new Winnie the Pooh and a movie about a video game character who comes to life and has to compete with characters in the Modern Video game world.

Where did you hear this?

Who the heck has gotten in charge of Disney? These movies bring in big bucks. Not just from girls. I will openly admit that as a very young boy, I enjoyed the Princess movies. They should just make movies for the younger audience, and then ones for older ones (POTC, etc.)

^LOL^ You enjoyed princess movies??? :laughks2::laughks2::laughks2::laughks2::laughks2:

On a serious note,I do agree with Davy. They shouldn't stop making those movies. Just do it like he said. Younger and Older.

Here's the article
http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/17...nk-theyre-icky

Thats just plain stupid....


"Oh we are making millions and million of dollars off of princess movies, so ....WE BETTER STOP!!! and make boy oriented movies"

Stupidity is frustrating yet entertaining at the same time O_o


When I was younger I watched every disney movie that was on the disney channel, even the girl oriented ones, they seemed like great movies to me.

*faints* ZOMG IM SOOO EXCITED A DISNEY MOVIE FOR A BOY! YIPEE!

Though, to add to my last post...I do think having guy oriented movies is good...U don't completely abandon what's reeling in the big money...

My 13yr, 12 yr, 2-5yr & 2-4yr nieces are all interested in princesses, still. In fact so am I. WOW, I don't know who they talked to. I hope Disney doesn't doesn't ruin what they have because they have $ signs in their eyes and they think this is the way to make more money. They will be disappointed.

~Ropeburn

Already made tons... Ever heard of Wall-E or Tarzan?

Those movies were like Disney tradition! The first movies since Disney started. Pixie Pyrates are NOT going to be happy when they see this.

No kidding! These movies are, and always have been, the cornerstone to the empire. From Snow White to Mulan these movies have raked in billions for Disney. And what do they mean focus on guys? This is the list of animated movies produced by D, computer or drawn, since Mulan in 1998

Tarzan 1999
Fantasia 2000 (duh, 2000 LOL)
Dinosaur 2000
Atlantis 2001
Lilo & Stitch 2002
Treasure Planet 2002
Brother Bear 2003
Home On The Range 2004
Chicken Little 2005
Cars 2006
Meet The Robinsons 2007
Bolt 2008
The Princess And The Frog 2009

And this year, Tangled.

Now, check out that list. It seems to me that around 2/3 of it is geared specifically to little boys. Dinosaur, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Cars, Meet The Robinsons, and Bolt were probably all designed with boys in mind.

And D wants to say they are focusing on boys almost to the exclusion of girls?! Shame on Disney!! What happened to being a family oriented company? As if parents are cranking out nothing but little boys? What, do girls no longer matter? Or are little girls to be stuck with Bratz and .... movies... like that? And D says girls grow up to fast? Well gee, if they are stuck with Bratz because Disney won't give them a good role model, when Disney has always been a driving force behind childhood, what do they expect?

Generations of little girls were raised with the belief that every girl could be a princess, and that dreams really do come true. Taking away Disney Princess is sort of like taking away the hopes and dreams of little girls. Way to go Disney! Disillusion little girls faster. Worse, it could teach them they don't matter as much as boys when they see noting but an endless parade of boy movies but nothing for them. Oh how twisted and wrong that is!!

EPIC FAIL D!


(Note: Yes, I actually mailed that to Corporate Disney.)

Well... Seems like the Princesses will be laid off at Disney World and D Land.

It seems like some people didn't see my edit on the 1st post, Disney will continue to make Fairy tale movies as normal but no fairy tales involving princesses will be released for the next several years or maybe even a decade or two.

Also to those saying it's a bad thing, since when did a princess movie ever appeal to guys? I can name only one, Enchanted, and even that was pushing it. I'm not trying to start a war of the genders I'm just saying that maybe for a good 2 years they should go to boy oriented movies then when the money has been made they should do something totally original that hasn't been thought of that would appeal to both genders and to families.

No!

The Disney that I was born around revolved on the mystery of the enchanted, the wonders of the imagination, and the innocence and fun of childhood. I feel that directing it more torwards boys, least to say, would be alienating a LOT of people. I much rather enjoy the female-esque (sorry ladies) that we have now, than if we directed everything towards action and fart jokes... This isn't Pixar, darn it!

And besides, who never loved watching Mulan? One of my favorite animated movies, definately!

Hehe, personally my favorite would have to be Aladdin... he was the one who said "Your only in trouble if you get caught!" :D

^ditto, but i liked it cuz teh monkey was kool LULZ :D

I LOVE princess movies. I own most, if not all of them on DVD. I watch them when I'm either sick or just need something to laugh at.

I enjoy Disney movies, with a few exceptions. I love princesses and fairies, yet I still like movies such as Pirates and Cars.

Actually, I'm looking forward to Tangled. Other than the fact that it may be... a little corny, it looks like a good family-friendly movie, and not something boys would go "ewww" at.

To me, it seems like Disney is doing a good job balancing their movies to appeal to everyone. I could probably stand a few years with more explosions and such though :laughks2:

whats mulan? lol :piratear:

I dont really like mulan or the other princess movies mostly because.....
Sorry, to hurt you people but most princess movies I find today seem fake....

"Oh! Some day my prince will come and save me!

^ - - ^ - - ^
Your not the only one.

You are not looking at it from Disney's point of view. First they get bad publicity when the news talk about Princesses being unrealistically slim and causing girls to starve themselves to death to match the looks of their favorite cartoon character.

Also don't forget how "Girl" movies affect boys, my little cousin goes around saying HE IS a princess. That is not right at all!
I think they are just going to make more movies with older boys in mind. Believe it or not the average audience of Disney Movies is 10 - 19 year old boys and girls, so why do they make "Princess" movies for 6 year olds. This is why they are making a smart change.

.......LOL!!!!!!!

record him saying that and show it to him 7 years later lol! XD :pirate2::sadmh9::mybadki6::piratetongueor4::laugh ks2:

One reason that Disney is making this change is because it's the same thing every single time. All princess movies released involve a happy ending. Now this may be what the kids want, but I would prefer something like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which ends in both their deaths. Honestly Disney could learn something from Shakespeare like "Not everything in life will end in a happy ending". I really hope the change from making Princess movies is PERMANENT!

I agree! Lets change Sleeping Beauty so that the dragon thing eats the prince and the castle with the princess burns down! Who's with me?! xD

That would be the extreme end. I do think it would be interesting to see some stuff that isn't exactly a happy ending, like Romeo and Juliet.

Although I do admit that something like Romeo and Juliet would be a little too grownup for Disney, I think it would be a step in the right direction for a company like Warner Bros. or another company.

Not true! The new expansion of Fantasyland at Disney World includes lots of princess stuff!


As for the movies, I'm fine with it - Disney is running out of stories to make movies of. Snow White... Rapunzel... etc. The princesses will always be a big part of Disney.

del is right about mulan tho i saw that 13 times when i was younger lol and ya life some times doesnt always have a happy ending but one of the big things is always try to see a silver lining and the happy endings always make ya happy romeo and juliet they both die the end O_O ya... i want movies like that... but it is mostly that they r probably running out of stories sadly but if they still make movies like toy story, simba, brother bear, tarzan all of those movies end happy in a way and i bet alot of boys saw them too

Im Glad They Are Making More Movies For Guys. All You Ppl saying that Removing Princess moves are killing hopes & dreams of littles girls, since when has disney made moves for guys that gave little boys hopes & dreams?
tarzan - makes them wanna run around with a lon cloth hitting themselfs on the chest ( nice thing to do when your 20 years old )
i mean really, i can name thousands of movies directed just for girls but anything that has to do has to be for both. tarzan - he has all that " mushy gushy" stuff for that gril that boys think is icky. & thats why they r drected to both genders. i mean, they barely have 20 movies directed just for boys, Tron is 1.
Girl Moves-
Beauty & the beast
snow white
princess & the frog
Hanna Montanna
so forth....

Boys & girls -
bolt
wizards of waverly place
suit life of zack & cody
|| || on Deck
good luck charle
phineas & ferb
Fish hooks
sonny with a chance

Boys-
zeke & luther,
Avengers,
kick buttowski,


See The Majority?????

Some of the guy ones aren't even only guy. The thing is, boys would hardly ever watch something like Beauty and the beast, but a girl might watch a more guy type of movie or show. It makes it seem like more of these are for girls.

I think it's a great idea to make movies for boys but I don't think they should give up on the girls altogether. A combination of both would be great!

A combination eh?

If girls like princesses.... and boys like action movies... a Princess who has to fight an army of evil robots who want to take over the world! The Princess has a whole stash of weapons that she can blow the robots up with, and of course she falls in love with her second in command!

Rofl, that was just for grins. I do like the idea of having combinations of the two though.

LOL! I meant doing both types of movies but yes, a combination would be even better haha! I would definitely see that movie, Davy! ;)

Disney desperately needs movies oriented towards males, at least about 5-7. As a guy I feel left out and ignored by Disney. Everything nowadays made by Disney is for young children or girls. That is fine, but Disney needs to remember that the audience they had when they really started making modern blockbusters has grown up and millions of them are males. I really think that Disneys latest films have been stale and unoriginal, I mean who hasn't heard the story of Repunzel, and the Princess and the Frog was only changed a little. Pixar is making the quality movies at Disney ( Who didn't like Wall-e? ). I think to appeal to it's original audience, Disney should make a movie that's more PG-13 than G. Definitely not anything too bad, but more movies like POTC.

I believe that the planned 2013 film "Maleficent" (based on the Sleeping Beauty villain) which might star Angelina Jolie, may be POTC-esque. Not sure though. But it would be based on the story from the villain's point of view, and yes, it's Live-action. There's also a possibility of a very far future crossover between these series', so I've heard.

Alice in Wonderland and Prince of Persia probably appeal to both boys and girls. You have to take the ENTIRE list of both TV shows AND movies. I'm noticing a bunch of movies that would appeal to everyone. Also, don't judge a movie unless you've actually SEEN it. I've seen most Disney movies, and I think quite a lot of them would appeal to everyone. Tangled wasn't too bad, now was it?