Josh Gad has been talking about the future of animated fairytale Frozen, revealing that the filmmakers are currently busy breaking down the story for Frozen 2, and stating that there won't be an Olaf spin-off "until there's a reason to do it."
Gad visited IGN's UK office to discuss his new film Pixels, but talk inevitably turned to his biggest hit to date, in which the actor lends his voice to lovable snowman Olaf. But don't hold your breath for the hugely popular character to get a spin-off, as when we asked Gad that very question, he didn't seem convinced.
"You know what it comes down to is John Lasseter and his brain trust who run Pixar and Disney are very sensitive to making sure it’s coming from a place of character and story" he explained. "So until there’s a reason to do it… you know, like Frozen 2 came about a lot quicker than any of us anticipated because you look at the difference in time, there was like 10 years before they made Finding Dory now and six or seven years before they made Toy Story 3. I think that they tend to take a lot of time by virtue of the fact that they want to get it right. They know what the expectation is. Especially for a movie like Frozen where it just became a phenomenon. There’s a lot of expectation."
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Gad visited IGN's UK office to discuss his new film Pixels, but talk inevitably turned to his biggest hit to date, in which the actor lends his voice to lovable snowman Olaf. But don't hold your breath for the hugely popular character to get a spin-off, as when we asked Gad that very question, he didn't seem convinced.
"You know what it comes down to is John Lasseter and his brain trust who run Pixar and Disney are very sensitive to making sure it’s coming from a place of character and story" he explained. "So until there’s a reason to do it… you know, like Frozen 2 came about a lot quicker than any of us anticipated because you look at the difference in time, there was like 10 years before they made Finding Dory now and six or seven years before they made Toy Story 3. I think that they tend to take a lot of time by virtue of the fact that they want to get it right. They know what the expectation is. Especially for a movie like Frozen where it just became a phenomenon. There’s a lot of expectation."
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