Colman Domingo in Talks for ‘Princess and the Frog’ Spin-Off

(Left) Colman Domingo arrives at the 15th Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Credit/Provider: Mark Von Holden / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) 2009’s ‘The Princess and the Frog’. Photo: Walt Disney Animation.

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Colman Domingo and Robert O’Hara may co-write a ‘Princess and the Frog’ spin-off.
It would be a live-action story about the movie’s Princess Tiana.
The potential film is still at a very early stage.

Given that the live-action ‘Moana’ just ran aground at the box office (it dropped 55% in its second weekend of release), Disney might be re-thinking its policy on retooling its animated back catalogue.

But if Colman Domingo (‘Sing Sing’) and Robert O’Hara (‘Slave Play’) have their way, a new movie based on 2009’s ‘The Princess and the Frog’ could go in an interesting, different direction.

“Every love story begins with a kiss…”

Release Date: Dec 11, 2009

Run Time: 1 hr 38 min

Budget: $105,000,000

Per Deadline, the duo is pitching an original story that features the movie’s Tiana, instead of simply a new version of the animated pic. It’s very early days yet, but we’d be fascinated to see what they dream up.

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What’s the story of ‘The Princess and the Frog’?

2009’s ‘The Princess and the Frog’. Photo: Walt Disney Animation.

The 2009 Disney animated outing –– its last entirely hand-drawn movie –– is set in New Orleans during the 1920s and based on E.D. Baker’s ‘The Frog Princess.’

It follows a waitress, Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), who dreams of opening her own restaurant. She’s set on turning a frog prince, Naveen, back into a human after he’s cursed by an evil voodoo witch doctor, Facilier. However, Tiana becomes a frog as well, and the couple must find a way to become human again.

What else is Colman Domingo working on?

Most recently seen in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ and the final season of TV’s ‘Euphoria,’ Domingo has a number of movies in the works, including a Nat King Cole biopic, ‘Scandalous!’ about the relationship between singer Sammy Davis Jr. and actress Kim Novak and thriller ‘An Innocent Girl,’ which is in post-production now.

Colman Domingo arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Heather Swift / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.