Ford, Rebecca (November 27, 2019). " Frozen II Songwriters on Creating New Music Magic for Anna and Elsa". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019 . Retrieved February 25, 2022. D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 8, 2023). " Frozen, Toy Story& Zootopia Sequels In The Works". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023 . Retrieved February 11, 2023. Moses, Joseph Norman; Gaddipati, Vijoy; Fiske, Benjamin; Tollec, Marie; Miller, Tad (August 17, 2020). "Frozen 2: Effects Vegetation Pipeline". ACM Siggraph 2020 Talks. Siggraph '20. 7: 2. doi: 10.1145/3388767.3409320. ISBN 9781450379717. S2CID 221178097. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021 . Retrieved September 26, 2021– via ACM Digital Library. Frozen II shares many similarities with the Frozen arc of Once Upon a Time. Both act as sequels to the first film, Anna and Kristoff are engaged, both involve venturing into an Enchanted Forest, both reveal that the reason for the King and Queen's voyage was due to Elsa's powers, both explore the Queen of Arendelle, in her youth and both have Anna and Elsa find preserved memories of their mother. Frozen: Anna • Elsa • Kristoff • Hans • Olaf • Sven • The Duke of Weselton • Grand Pabbie • Marshmallow • King Agnarr • Queen Iduna • Erik and Francis • Trolls • Bulda • Oaken • Sitron • Wolves • Kai • Castle Guards • Hans' Brothers

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Menzel has been comparing the sequel to "a real girl power, badass kind of superhero type of movie", adding: "They're really strong, the two sisters, and it's exciting. The music is beautiful." Mendelson, Scott (November 14, 2019). " Frozen II Review: A Flawed But Funny Walt Disney Sequel". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021 . Retrieved August 12, 2021.

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We have tons of conversations about it, and we're really conscientious about these things," Lee said. "Elsa's every day telling me where she needs to go, and she'll continue to tell us. I always write from character-out, and where Elsa is and what Elsa's doing in her life, she's telling me every day. We'll see where we go." Boone, John (January 20, 2020). "Kristen Bell and Jonathan Groff Sing 'I Want to Get This Right' in Frozen 2 Deleted Scene (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020 . Retrieved January 20, 2020. Dundes, Lauren (2020). "Elsa as Horse Whisperer in Disney's Frozen 2: Opportunity 'Nokk's to Quash Gender Stereotypes". Social Sciences. Westminster, Maryland: McDaniel College. 86 (9): 11. doi: 10.3390/socsci9050086. Abell, Bailee (November 9, 2019). " “Frozen 2” is a darker Disney sequel – Kristen Bell says it’s a good thing". Inside the Magic. Retrieved on November 10, 2019. D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 14, 2019). " Frozen 2 On Fire: Most-Watched Animated Film Trailer Of All Time". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019 . Retrieved February 15, 2019.

Tollec, Marie; Jenkins, Sean; Summers, Lance; Cunningham-Scott, Charles (August 17, 2020). "Deconstructing Destruction: Making and breaking of "Frozen 2"'s Dam". ACM Siggraph 2020 Talks. Siggraph '20. 24: 2. doi: 10.1145/3388767.3407333. ISBN 9781450379717. S2CID 221178145. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021 . Retrieved September 27, 2021– via ACM Digital Library.Even as a childless adult, I loved the first Frozen. It was charming, beautiful, and brought something that was at the time fresh and new for the Disney formula. The sequel…eh. Honestly the whole thing feels like one of the better Disney direct-to-dvd sequels. That's the thing, one of the better direct-to-dvd sequels. Some of those things weren't bad, but none of them were great.

Liu, Ying; Wright, Jared; Alvarado, Alexander (August 17, 2020). "Making Beautiful Embroidery for "Frozen 2" ". ACM Siggraph 2020 Talks. Siggraph '20. 73: 2. doi: 10.1145/3388767.3407360. ISBN 9781450379717. S2CID 221178053. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021 . Retrieved September 26, 2021– via ACM Digital Library. Debruge, Peter (November 14, 2019). " Frozen 2: Film Review". Variety. Archived from the original on April 5, 2020 . Retrieved August 6, 2021.Despite being the highest-grossing fully-animated film of all time, this film was not given an Academy Awards nomination for Best Animated Feature (unlike the first film). Instead, Toy Story 4 won that nomination. Mithaiwala, Mansoor (September 30, 2019). " Frozen 2 Interview: Animators On The Enchanted Forest & Dark Sea". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019 . Retrieved August 10, 2021. This is the fifth Disney animated theatrical sequel to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Planes: Fire & Rescue, Finding Dory, Incredibles 2, and Ralph Breaks the Internet.