Disney Announces Next Movie Will Feature Princess With Never-Before-Seen Ethnicity
BURBANK, CA—Taking a huge step toward adding more diversity to their films, Disney announced Friday that the company’s next movie would feature a princess with a never-before-seen ethnicity. “The film will tell the story of a young girl who grows up in the traditions of a storied culture no one in the world has ever heard of before,” said Disney CEO Bob Chapek, explaining that audiences will be introduced to this completely original ethnic group through the princess’s coming-of-age story living among a group of people sharing a common set of traditions unexplored until now. “The st...