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Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:28 am**

A princess-themed TV show titled "Sofia the First" is in the works at Disney Television Animation.

Given that the Company's Disney Princess franchise suddenly appears to need some shoring up (Which is why there are reportedly plans in the works for Disney Jr. to begin airing a Disney Princess TV series sometime after this cable channel transitions over from being SoapNet in 2012), it just makes sense to slow down things a bit.

Source: http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief ... vised.aspx

"Sofia the First" (new animated special and series pilot)

"Sofia the First," a full length animated special and series pilot, set in the storybook world of the classic Disney Princesses, introduces Sofia, a little girl with a commoner's background until her mom marries the King and suddenly she is royalty. Sofia is whisked off to the castle, where she learns what it means to be a real princess, discovering empowering lessons about kindness, forgiveness, generosity, courage and self-respect. With the help of the three familiar fairies in charge of the Royal Training Academy – Flora, Fauna and Merryweather of Disney's classic "Sleeping Beauty" – Sofia learns that looking like a princess isn't all that hard, but behaving like one must come from the heart. The writer is Craig Gerber ("The Pixie Hollow Games") and the executive producer/director is Jamie Mitchell ("Special Agent Oso"). It is a production of Disney Television Animation.

Source: http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/3 ... n-uprising

The show is set in the storybook world of the classic Disney Princesses and introduces Sofia, a little girl with a commoner’s background introduced to royalty when her mom marries the King. Sofia moves to live in the King’s castle and learns what it means to be a real princess, learning traits like kindness, forgiveness, generosity, courage and self-respect with the help of “Sleeping Beauty” characters Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. And amidst the education, she has to fend off an evil wizard Cedric, who wants the amulet Sofia has which was given to her by the King.

Source: http://nexyanne.blogspot.com/2011/05/disney-junior.html

In fall 2012, Disney Junior will premiere Sofia the First, a new full length animated special and series pilot set in the storybook world of the classic Disney Princess characters. It introduces Sofia, a little girl with a commoner's background until her mom marries the King and suddenly she is royalty. With the help of the three familiar fairies in charge of the Royal Training Academy — Flora, Fauna and Merryweather of Disney's classic "Sleeping Beauty" and, on occasion, classic Disney Princess characters including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White — Sofia learns that looking like a princess isn't all that hard but behaving like one must come from the heart.

Source: https://www.disneyconsumerproducts.com/ ... 911&forPri

Source: http://nexyanne.blogspot.com/2011/05/disney-junior.html

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:34 am**

Thanks for the images and info! Great costumes! The animation and designs actually looks like a Disney Princess from the 50s! Impressed!

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:42 pm**

mm well the animals look decent...the bird on the branch especially does...
maybe Disney will produce something decent for little children for once..although it looks like this series is gonna contain lots of glitter....rather say loads..

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:59 pm**

For some reason Princess Sofia reminds me of a young Giselle from 'Enchanted' - hmm, for not wanting to dilute the Disney brands with sequels, they've sure begun diluting it with preschooler shows... : /

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:28 pm**

Kilala Princess 2.0

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:48 pm**

Toky wrote:mm well the animals look decent...the bird on the branch especially does...
maybe Disney will produce something decent for little children for once..although it looks like this series is gonna contain lots of glitter....rather say loads..

Hey, it's WAYYYYY better than....

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:13 pm**

I'm not too fond of her character design. She looks like a chipmunk. I think it's the nose (and maybe the mouth too).

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:38 pm**

The image seems stretched so I tried to fix it:

I think she looks less like a chipmunk now.

I actually like the design a lot, she looks like she'd be fun to draw, lol.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:53 pm**

The rabbit's face scares me.

I'm going to watch this show because I'm curious.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:57 pm**

Sky Syndrome wrote:The rabbit's face scares me.

Indeed. It looks psychotic.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:37 pm**

Looks awful! What are Disney thinking...

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:09 pm**

enigmawing wrote:I actually like the design a lot, she looks like she'd be fun to draw, lol.

Hahah that's because it looks like you designed it!!!

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:40 pm**

SWillie! wrote:Hahah that's because it looks like you designed it!!!

Nah, enigmawing's drawings are far better!

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:46 pm**

Sotiris wrote:
SWillie! wrote:Hahah that's because it looks like you designed it!!!
Nah, enigmawing's drawings are far better!

Good point.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:03 pm**

Prince Edward wrote:Looks awful! What are Disney thinking...

How else can we market the princess brand?

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:08 pm**

FigmentJedi wrote:
Prince Edward wrote:Looks awful! What are Disney thinking...
How else can we market the princess brand?

by making her a whore.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:09 pm**

Super Aurora wrote:
FigmentJedi wrote: How else can we market the princess brand?
by making her a whore.

Considering the whole "Aurora's fairies teaching her and little girls by extension proper etiquette" premise, I don't think they're going the Bratz route here.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:18 pm**

Oh you guys.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:39 pm**

I think she looks cute--which I’m sure is all they’re going for with this. Definitely looks inspired by the Walt-era princesses. Cinderella’s ball gown mixed with Aurora’s maiden dress and Snow White’s cutesy forest friends.

Which reminds me of Cartman's Christmas story.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:53 pm**

enigmawing wrote:Oh you guys.

yeah i just noticed the resembles (sp.) w/ them

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