Preparations for a Broadway version of Disney’s “Frozen” are in full swing, according to the Daily Mail.
The tabloid newspaper reported that Disney Theatrical is on the job, hoping to have it on the stage by 2017.
“Disney Theatrical is working on a stage adaptation of the animated film Frozen,” said Thomas Schumacher, president and producer of Disney Theatrical Productions, in a statement.
Schumacher added that EGOT-winning Broadway veteran Robert Lopez and Grammy-winning Kristen Anderson-Lopez will collaborate once more, and that Oscar winner Jennifer Lee, co-director and screenwriter of the film, will be working on the book of the stage version.
He concluded, “No other staffing or dates have been announced.”
“Frozen,” a 2013 3D computer-animated musical fantasycomedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, set new box-office records in Korea.
Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen,” “Frozen” has won a number of awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
“Miss A” member Suzy lost Sunday in a lawsuit that she filed against an online shopping mall to seek compensation for her name being used for commercial purposes.
The plaintiff claimed that the mall from September 2011 to February 2014 sold hats that used her name as a search keyword, even though she does not endorse them. The mall also uploaded the singer’s photographs that were taken during interviews or at the airport to promote the products.
Upon learning of this, Suzy filed a lawsuit claiming publicity rights.
But the Seoul Central District Court said because the rights to use and manage your name and portrait commercially are included in your name and portrait rights, separate publicity rights do not need to be acknowledged.
It said that the fact that the rights to her name and portrait were violated isn’t enough to prove that an existing contract was terminated, or that the plaintiff was unable to sign a new contract with a different party regarding the use of her name and image. Thus, it cannot be said that there were financial damages, it added.
Suzy’s agent JYP Entertainment told local media Sunday it will decide on whether or not it will appeal the ruling after discussing the matter with its lawyer.
Publicity rights refer to an individual’s right to control the commercial use of his or her name, image, likeness or other unequivocal aspects of their identity.