--- description: That’s a surefire way to get people into theaters title: 'Frozen' Short Will Play Before 'Cinderella' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c524a18bb67c035/69876b85cd684853610984d2/frozen.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Frozen_ Short Will Play Before _Cinderella_ by [Entertainment Weekly / Esther Zuckerman](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 8:15 PM CUT  "FROZEN" (Pictured) ELSA. ©2013 Disney. All Rights Reserved. "FROZEN" (Pictured) ELSA. ©2013 Disney. All Rights Reserved.Disney by [Entertainment Weekly / Esther Zuckerman](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 8:15 PM CUT More _Frozen_ is coming to theaters soon. No, not [a sequel](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/30/frozen-idina-menzel-sequel/ "undefined") (yet), but the _Frozen Fever_ [short](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/09/02/frozen-fever-disney-to-bring-back-elsa-and-anna-for-animated-short/ "undefined"), which Disney [announced](http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2014/12/03/frozen-fever-to-debut-in-front-of-cinderella/?cmp=SMC|none|natural|blgomd|OMDDecember|TWT|frozenfeverc-OhMyDisney|InHouse|2014-12-03|||esocialmedia||| "undefined") today will play in front of the upcoming live action _Cinderella_. (As [predicted](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/09/02/frozen-fever-disney-to-bring-back-elsa-and-anna-for-animated-short/ "undefined").) That’s a surefire way to get people into theaters March 13, 2015\. The official synopsis for the short? “In _Frozen Fever_, it’s Anna’s birthday and Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever, but Elsa’s icy powers may put more than just the party at risk.” Hopefully this means there will be a “Let It Go” reprise. _Frozen Fever_ is a [product](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/09/02/frozen-fever-disney-to-bring-back-elsa-and-anna-for-animated-short/ "undefined") of the original _Frozen_ team including directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The Kenneth Branagh–directed _Cinderella_ stars _Downton Abbey_’s Lily James as the titular character and Cate Blanchett as her wicked stepmother. [_This article originally appeared on_ Entertainment Weekly](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/03/frozen-fever-short-will-play-before-cinderella/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3616767/frozen-cinderella/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3616767/frozen-cinderella/"},"headline":"Frozen Short Will Play Before Cinderella","datePublished":"2014-12-03T20:15:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:33:06.522Z","description":"That’s a surefire way to get people into theaters","url":"https://time.com/3616767/frozen-cinderella/","keywords":["movies","Frozen","Cinderella"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c524a18bb67c035/69876b85cd684853610984d2/frozen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly / Esther Zuckerman"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c524a18bb67c035/69876b85cd684853610984d2/frozen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FROZEN","caption":"FROZEN","creditText":"Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3616767/frozen-cinderella/","name":"Frozen Short Will Play Before Cinderella"}}]}] ```