![]() The franchise was created in the early 2000s by Andy Mooney, then the chairman of Disney Consumer Products, mainly to sell merchandise. “Disney Princess” is not an arbitrary character title it is a franchise, and the lineup is prestigious. ![]() Not to be a Disney purist and a spoilsport, but I’m here to be a Disney purist and a spoilsport: Just because Anastasia is a princess that belongs to Disney doesn’t mean she qualifies as a Disney Princess. Now that she belongs to Disney, many are celebrating the fact that Anastasia can be anointed with the title. Released in 1997, Anastasia arrived at the tail end of the Disney Renaissance, amidst other coming-of-age movies involving sweeping ballgowns and catchy musical sequences, so Meg Ryan’s plucky, animated heroine is often assumed to be a Disney Princess. It also means Fox’s animated princess, Anastasia, is now part of the Disney collective. This includes the Fox-owned Marvel superheroes like the X-Men and Deadpool. Polygon first published a version of this story in 2019, right after the Disney-Fox acquisition.Īfter Walt Disney’s successful acquisition of 21st Century Fox, a good deal of movies, TV shows, and characters now exist under the Disney banner. ![]() Anastasia is currently available to stream on Disney Plus.
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