Disney Animation’s Chief Creative Officer Jennifer Lee Steps Down To Focus on Next Two FROZEN Sequels

Disney Animation main imaginative serviceman Jennifer Lee is fresh to measurement retired of nan executive domiciled and get imaginative again. She is stepping down from her domiciled arsenic nan studio’s CCO truthful that she tin put her afloat attraction and attraction connected penning and directing Frozen 3 and Frozen 4.

She will beryllium replaced by Jared Bush, who won an Academy Award for Encanto and is besides 1 of nan writers and executive producers for Moana 2.

Lee is penning and directing nan adjacent 2 Frozen films pinch Marc Smith, and there’s nary uncertainty that these films are going to beryllium immense hits for nan studio.

Disney Entertainment co-chair Alan Bergman said successful a statement: “Jared Bush is an unthinkable filmmaker and a talented executive who’s been a salient imaginative unit astatine Disney Animation for nan past decade, and I americium thrilled that he’ll beryllium taking nan reins of this storied studio.

“I besides want to convey Jennifer Lee for her passionate activity of nan workplace complete nan past respective years – she’s made an indelible people connected some Disney Animation and nan industry. I cognize she has truthful galore much stories to tell, and location is genuinely nary 1 amended suited to oversee nan continuation of nan beloved communicative of Frozen.” 

Lee, who worked connected nan first 2 Frozen movies, said: “I americium truthful grateful to Bob and Alan for supporting my determination to return to filmmaking afloat time. I’ve ever believed successful Jared’s unthinkable talent and can’t hold to see, pinch his passion and dedication to animation, what he brings to nan CCO role.” 

Bush added: “I americium truthful profoundly grateful to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman for their religion successful me, and thankful to Jennifer for her activity and for her generous support arsenic she embarks connected nan adjacent chapters of Frozen.

“I’m truthful excited to activity pinch each of our filmmakers, artists, and Disney Animation squad members arsenic we style nan early of this legendary workplace together.”

Source: Variety