Paul Kingthe director behind Paddington Franchise and WB willy wonka movie, which has teamed up with Disney Studios to develop a live-action version prince charming Movie.
King also penned the script with screenwriters Simon Farnaby and Jon Crocker. The project is still in the early stages of development, so there aren’t many details to share just yet. But it won’t be about cinderellaPrince Charming.
Prince Charming is a recurring character archetype in classic Disney animated fairy tales, often symbolizing the idealized male hero who saves the princess.
“Prince Charming” made his debut in snow white and the seven dwarfs (1937), he was simply known as “The Prince.” His role in the film is relatively brief, as he appears at the beginning and end to awaken Snow White from her psychedelic slumber with “Love’s First Kiss.”
After this, cinderella (1950) introduced another Prince Charming, who also had a more background role, appearing mainly at the royal ball, where he fell in love with Cinderella and later discovered that she was wearing a glass slipper.
In these early depictions, the Prince Charming character often had little character development and was used as a plot device to achieve a “happily ever after.”
As Disney storytelling evolved, so did the princes. exist sleeping Beauty (1959), Prince Philip stands out as a more mature version of the Prince Charming archetype.
Philip not only woos Princess Aurora, but also battles the evil and sinister Maleficent, displaying courage and skill beyond his romantic prowess. This shift marked a gradual change in Disney’s attitude towards leading men, with subsequent films such as little mermaid (1989) and beauty and the Beast (1991) features a prince or male character as the protagonist, a more personal and complex character in the narrative.
While I’m curious as to how Disney and King could take the Prince Charming archetype and build a movie around it, I’m not that interested in the movie concept.
What’s your pitch for the Prince Charming movie!
Source: Deadline
