Today, March 18, the Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Video of Disney’s latest Oscar-winning animated film—Frozen—is released. One of the reasons Disney brought me out to Disney Studios last month was to give me a preview of the film. I chatted with the directors, writer, and producer of the film, I played with the rigging software used to animate the film, and I even got to record a voiceover for Olaf in the Disney Animated Studios sound booth.
The film itself is fantastic: the best Disney animated film in years. I took my entire family to see it in the theater, and the kids have been asking about the Blu-Ray release constantly since then. The moment it arrived, they watched every bit of it. The extra features include:
- The animated short “Get A Horse,” which showed in the theater before the film.
- The Making of Frozen. Stars Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, and Jonathan Groff take you on a musical tour of Disney Animation Studios.
- D’frosted: Disney’s Journey From Hans Christian Anderson to Frozen: Frozen was in development for years, and this bit tells you all about how it finally made it to the screen.
- A number of deleted scenes. These are shown via storyboards and roughs rather than full animation.
- Videos for “Let It Go” in English (by Demi Lovato), Spanish, Italian, and Malaysian.
- The original teaser trailer.
It’s a fantastic package, and if your house is like mine—in which the film will get watched over and over—it’s worth every penny. Grab the Frozen Blu-Ray as soon as you can.
To celebrate the release, Disney sent me the videos of me recording dialog for Olaf in their recording studio. Here I am doing the actual work:
And here’s the final result. It was wild fun, although Josh Gad (the original voice of Olaf) is in no danger of losing his job to me.
Matt Forbeck is the best in the business!
Who’s you’re Daddy?
I would have liked to see some discussion by GeekDad of why 3D is not included in this release and any additional (possibly confirmed) details about when a 3D release can be expected. I see the lack of 3D release at this time to be a real sour point for Disney. My family and I enjoyed this film in the theatres, but not enough to fork out money for both this release and a future 3D release. We will wait.