Dear Disney,
For your next major film, would you please focus on Roger Radcliffe and Anita and how they fell in love? I know absolutely nothing that happened between falling in the pond and walking into the church, and, quite frankly, this saddens me.
I have listed below a pros and cons list of doing a movie like this:
Pros:
- Every single person who grew up watching 101 Dalmatians will go see it. That’s a lot of people. That’s a lot of profit.
- Those two are probably the biggest and most wonderful dorks the company has ever created. Wouldn’t it be lovely to revisit them?
- More Cruella backstory. Who doesn’t love to write and animate a villain backstory? My word, you people love that crap right now.
- Dogs.
- You’re super into revisiting old movies, what with the revisit to Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty and the upcoming Beauty and the Beast. This could just be another link in that celebration of Disney works phase the company seems to be going through.
- People pay good money for nostalgia. Again, think of the profit.
- This could mean a return to 2D animation, which seriously needs to happen.
- It would be the most beautiful love story ever written. Ever.
- Dogs. Everyone loves dogs.
- I will single-handedly earn back production cost by going to see it in theaters. Seriously. I went to see How to Train Your Dragon 2 over fifty times. Don’t doubt me on this one.
- Seriously. I wanted this for my entire life.
- Half of your profit will come directly from me. That is a promise.
- Anita is a delightful being of adorableness and sass, and Roger is the biggest dork on the block. They’re perfect.
- Also, dogs.
- Consider the cost of producing the 2D Princess and the Frog (106 million) with that of Tangled, which came out one year later (260 million). It is, like, so cost effective to make 2D movies right now. Which means more money in the box office.
- Seriously, I know you can afford to do this. You own, like, a fifth of the world right now.
- Literally, you could write a 100 million dollar check to make this happen and have the money back by the time its validated. Maybe that’s not totally true. But you had a gross income of 20 billion last year. That’s over three hundred million per week. You would literally have made back the money for making this movie in less than a week.
- And you’ll definitely earn it all back in box office sales. Maybe twice over. I don’t know. I’m dedicated.
- So is the Disney fandom.
- Think of the merchandise sales. I know your puppy dog sales have been down because kids haven’t been exposed to 101 Dalmatians in a long time. I know. You’ve been cutting back on production. But think of the increase in sales. Think of the increase in merchandise. Barbie-sized dolls of Roger and Anita. Funko toys of Roger and Anita. I don’t know. Just do what you did with Elsa and slap Anita’s face on everything from shampoo to lamps. It worked once, didn’t it?
- We don’t need another princess. We need a starving artist falling in love with a lovely lady he accidentally pushed into a pond. That’s real love. That’s real life. Because not everyone gets a real palace, but a tiny house in London with your own Sir Galahad can definitely be your dream castle.
- Two words: Park profit. Kids will flock to get their pictures taken with Anita and Roger and get their autographs in their little books. And guess what that means? More tickets sold.
- One word: Dogs
- It’s what Walt would have wanted.
Cons:
- Honestly, I couldn’t think of any. But an all pro’s list is just silly, so…
- You…can’t…write them into Once Upon a Time because you already gave Pongo to someone? Nah. I’m sure the writers would figure out how to work with this one too.
In light of the above lists, I see the implementation of this idea as a necessity.
Sincerely,
Dyanne
P.S.
This film would also contain dogs, which is a huge bonus. Who doesn’t want to see a dog on screen?