Disney announces Frozen and Toy Story sequels in the works

Disney is expanding its animated movie category with the announcent of Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia sequels in the works.

Disney is expanding its animated movie category with new films from some favourite franchises.

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced on an earnings call Wednesday (local time) that Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia have sequels in the works, Fox News reports.

“Today, I’m so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises, Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia,” Iger said.

“We’ll have more to share about these productions soon, but this is a great example of how we’re leaning into our unrivalled brands and franchises.”

It was announced that Frozen has a sequel in development. Picture: Disney

The new instalment in the Toy Story series comes after four films starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, and with Disney recently replacing Allen with Chris Evans in the Lightyear spin-off.

Hanks and Allen have worked together on four Toy Story movies starting with 1995’s Toy Story and the sequels, Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019).

Toy Story will get a fifth instalment, according to Bob Iger. Picture: Disney Pixar,

Frozen was released in 2013 and Frozen II in 2019. Zootopia was released in 2016, and a Disney+ series of short episodes, Zootopia+, was released last year.

Kristen Bell, who stars in Frozen as the voice of Anna, has been outspoken on her desire for a third film.

“I would like to officially announce, with zero authority, Frozen3,” she said on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in June.

“Please bear in mind I did say, ‘zero authority,’ because I can’t [actually announce it]. I can’t do that — I’m not in charge. But there could be something in the works and something maybe happening, maybe.”

Zootopia was released in 2016.

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced Wednesday new instalments in the “Frozen,” “Toy Story” and “Zootopia” franchises are in the works. Picture: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images North America / AFP

The Walt Disney Company also announced on Wednesday that it is trimming its payroll by some 7,000 employees.

In November, Iger returned to his CEO position of the company, replacing Bob Chapek. That same month, Iger announced that Kareem Daniel, the head of media and entertainment, would be leaving the company.

Iger was Disney’s public face for 15 years as chief executive before handing the job off to Chapek in 2020.

This article originally appeared in Fox News and was reproduced with permission