The Princess Blog

The past few years brought us a myriad of rumors about another sequel to the beloved 2001 Disney classic  The Princess Diaries . In 2017,  Anne Hathaway reported  that there was already a script for The Princess Diaries 3  and that most of the talent behind the original including Queen Julie Andrews herself were interested in participating in the project. Of course, it's one thing for them to say they're interested and another for Disney to actually produce it, especially when they are already up to their eyeballs in  sequels and remakes . The advent of Disney+  gives them a new platform for original content that makes the distribution of their smaller films easier and cheaper than worldwide theatrical releases. They are already taking advantage of this with several upcoming princess-related movies  that will be exclusive to the new streaming platform. Whether or not The Princess Diaries 3  will be released in theaters remains to be seen, but i...

I have kind of a strange relationship with The Princess Diaries . I saw the Disney movie  when it came out in 2001 and more or less forgot about it for at least five years until I had several hours to kill at Barnes & Nobles one day and read the a handful of the  books by Meg Cabot . So, unlike many fans of the series, I didn't get into the books as a result of the movie or vice versa. I simply happened upon them at different times because I was bored and looking for entertainment. Don't get me wrong; I have nothing against The Princess Diaries . It just isn't one of my favorite live-action princess movies . It wasn't until at least another five years after I read the books that I saw the movie again, so there had been too much time between viewings for me to properly compare the two mediums even though I knew Disney had changed a lot of the source material. I decided to remedy that yesterday and by rereading the first book  shortly after another viewing of the film...

The final entry in my series of different types of princesses is about the ones who are most famous for their portrayals in live-action movies. That means I'm not counting any of  Disney's live-action remakes  because all of those characters were made famous through old stories and animation. Live-action movies create worlds that feel more grounded and less fantastical than animation. These princesses look like someone you might see walking around on the street, but each has an amazing secret. Somewhere in the world, there is a kingdom that waits patiently for their return. First up, we have ABC Family Channel's original movie from 2008, titled simply  Princess . I have no idea why Disney chose to air this on their channel for family dramas instead of the more age-appropriate Disney Channe. Fortunately, it wound up on Netflix later to build a larger audience. Though there was a lot in the story that went unexplained, such as where the mysterious princess powers cam...