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Wonders never cease: After 73 years of romantic swooning, Disney is closing the door on the genre that helped make them famous – the fairy tale.
The LA Times reports that after ‘Tangled](Tangled (2010) - Movie | Moviefone),’ the Mouse House is shutting the door on fairy tales and princesses for the foreseeable future. Though they can never say never – because the future can bring any number of surprises – the company wants to keep up with the times, and the times aren’t too keen on romantic stories of unstoppable princes saving desperate, pretty princesses …even if they *are *a cornerstone of the company’s business, from the castles that adorn the logos to Princess merchandise lines and spin-off Broadway musicals.
Animation heads Ed Catmull (Pixar) and John Lasseter (Disney) believe that “films and genres do run a course. They may come back later because someone has a fresh take on it … but we don’t have any other musicals or fairy tales lined up.” In fact, as part of this fairy tale-free future, they’ve killed the other two films that have been in development – ‘The Snow Queen’ and ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’