The Princess Blog

After an annoying two-month delay , Secret Society of Second-Born Royals  finally dropped on Disney+ today, marking the streaming service's first original princess movie . Secret Society  was teased all the way back in January  with a clip of Andi Mack's Peyton Elizabeth Lee  in a gorgeous ice blue princess gown running for her life on some sort of important mission. That sequence was featured as promised, but the rest of the film had little to offer in terms of princess content. Secret Society  is the first princess/superhero movie since Barbie's  Princess Power  in 2015 and is a far cry from the animated heroine who received her powers from a magic butterfly and went by the alias Super Sparkle. Oddly enough, I found the lack of humor or camp in Secret Society  mildly disappointing. It takes itself too seriously to fall into the "so bad it's good"  category and comes off instead as a high end Disney Channel Original Movie , which makes...

When the first Women's Rights meeting was held in Seneca Falls in 1848 , some people were opposed to the concept of feminism because it was not considered feminine. By today's standards, it seems silly to even consider a world where women wouldn't be allowed to vote. Modern girls are encouraged to grow into powerful women who can do anything they put their minds to, pushing boundaries and breaking stereotypes. However, what happens when the stereotype they are fighting against no longer exists? Through the years,  Disney Princesses  have represented the ultimate ideal for what it means to be a woman. During the Disney Renaissance era of the '90s, that ideal shifted from a damsel in distress  to a rebel fighting to break free  from the restrictions of her society. Today, a Disney Princess represents a young woman who has already reached the strength and potential of a queen  and is simply waiting for her time to rise to power. In the 1998 version of Disney's Mul...

After much speculation and delay , three princess movies that once had uncertain futures are now officially coming to streaming services next month. Two will be on Disney+ , and the third will stream on Netflix. We now have confirmed release dates for these movies with new trailers and previews released for all three within the last week to build up excitement for the next month. The traditional November of princess events and releases  probably won't happen this year , so September is going to the final frontier of princess movies for 2020. With the current stigma against going outside, streaming services will become the primary medium for all our princess content, at least for a while. Of the three princess movies coming out next month, none has suffered more with its release than the  live-action remake of Mulan . Disney desperately wanted this to be a theatrical release, which is clear from the fact that they delayed it three times before ultimately deciding to make it an...

The virus in Corona  has drastically changed life as we know it. One of the industries that got hit the hardest by this pandemic was the entertainment industry. Back in April, Disney announced that their upcoming live-action adaptation of Mulan  would be delayed until July 24th. Now, it has been delayed again to August 21st. How much faith can we place in this new release date after so much disappointment? Theatrical delays are at least understandable due to the difficulty of social distancing in a crowded theater. Not every princess movie in the works was set for a theatrical release, though. I was hoping that Disney would at least stick to their July 17th release date for Secret Society of Second-Born Royals , since that was going to be uploaded to their Disney+ streaming service to watch from home. Yet, it seems that even superheroes lack the powers to maintain their release as this action-packed fairy tale has been pushed back to September 25th . Disney isn't th...

Reports of recent production delays  made me question whether or not the upcoming Disney+ original movie  Secret Society of Second-Born Royals  was far enough along to premiere this summer as initially promised . Two days ago, I received my answer when a long-anticipated trailer for the action-packed princess flick was finally dropped alongside a release date of July 17th. I was excited about this movie not because I have a preference for princesses who kick butt , but instead because of its lead actress, Peyton Elizabeth Lee , who starred in the brilliant Disney Channel sitcom Andi Mack . Peyton is an endearing and talented actress who will take on the role of Sam, the younger sister of the crown princess of Illyria. Another familiar face in the Secret Society is its teacher,  Skylar Astin , the second actor to take on the role of Greg in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend  that currently portrays the character of Max in another musical drama, Zoey's Extraordinary Pla...

Last year was quite possibly the biggest year for princess media  ever. I don't think anything from 2020 will compare to the sheer number of princess anniversary events , TV shows , books , and movies that 2019 bestowed upon us, but that doesn't mean we won't have anything to look forward to in the coming year. Two of our favorite Disney Princess cartoons will be ending soon, leaving us with a tiara-shaped hole in our hearts. Fortunately, the advent of Disney+  allows for even more original content from the studio than feature films or Disney Channel specials, promising some low-key princess entertainment while the cinemas get overrun with live-action remakes . One such upcoming Disney+ original princess movie is Secret Society of Second-Born Royals . Secret Society of Second-Born Royals  stars the immensely talented  Peyton Elizabeth Lee,  who played the title role in Andi Mack , one of my favorite shows from the last decade. In this upcoming Disney+ or...