The codirector of 'Frozen' confirms that Tarzan is not Anna and Elsa's brother despite saying otherwise years ago. Sorry, Disney fans. Tarzan isn't Anna and Elsa's brother. "Tarzan" codirector Chris Buck shut down theory started years ago at a 20th anniversary panel for the film at D23 Expo, which Insider attended.
Is the story of Tarzan and Frozen being connected?
As he explained to co-director Jennifer Lee, Buck envisions Anna and Elsa's parents being shipwrecked off the coast of Africa and eventually giving birth to a boy we know as Tarzan. "In my little head, Anna and Elsa's brother is Tarzan," he told MTV.
Get ready to question reality as you know it because a huge Disney fan theory has just been confirmed to be TRUE: Tarzan is the secret long-lost brother of Anna and Elsa from Frozen. Speaking to MTV US, Frozen director confirmed that the sibling theory is true.
Despite what Disney fans may believe, Tarzan is not related to "Frozen" characters Anna and Elsa. "Can I put one rumor to rest that is my fault? Tarzan's parents are not Anna and Elsa's parents," said codirector Chris Buck during a 20th anniversary panel for "Tarzan" to a lot of applause from the crowd.
What is the theory that Tarzan is Elsa and Anna's brother?
"In my little head, Anna and Elsa's brother is Tarzan," he told MTV. "That's my fun little world." Director Chris Buck confirms that, in his mind, the sisters in ''Frozen'' (left) are the older sisters of Tarzan (right).
One fan theory that has been around for a while is one that connects cult classics The Little Mermaid, Frozen, and Tangled. According to the theory, the characters in each film are closely connected and it all begins with the death of Queen Elsa and Anna's parents who both died while travelling out at sea.
Animated by Ruben A. Aquino, Ursula's original design was inspired by several different sea creatures, including manta rays and scorpion fish, before Clements finally decided to base the character on an octopus; her number of tentacles was reduced from eight to six for financial reasons.
In the original Frozen, it's revealed that Anna and Elsa's parents (played by Alfred Molina and Evan Rachel Wood in the sequel) were killed when their boat sank en route to an important wedding, and fans have long theorised that this was in fact the wedding of Tangled characters Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and Flynn Rider ( ...
Denmark is reportedly where The Little Mermaid is set and as many fans would know, Ariel is seen playing around a popular shipwreck in the opening scenes of the much-loved film. According to fans, that shipwreck could be the ship that Elsa and Anna's parents perished in on their way to the wedding.
According to a Cast Member who played the iconic Jack Sparrow in Disneyland Park, one character was cut from the lineup of walk-around characters due to multiple accounts of sexual harassment. The male character they had pulled was Tarzan. He moved around the tree house dressed in just a butt flap.
Licensing and Rights: The rights to Tarzan and related characters are not wholly owned by Disney. The character Tarzan is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' literary works, and the rights to those works are held by the Burroughs estate.
After Iduna (Evan Rachel Wood), a member of the Northuldra tribe, rescues Agnarr (Alfred Molina), the son of King Runeard, during a battle between the Arendellians and the Northuldra people, the four elemental spirits gift their daughter Elsa with ice magic as a reward for Iduna's selfless act.
While it is known that her mother perished, there is no story attached to the event. However, much later, in 2008, an animated The Little Mermaid prequel revealed that Ariel's mother was crushed by a pirate ship during an altercation between humans and merpeople.
Frozen explicitly shows the audience that Iduna and Agnarr's ship has sunk, killing both of the young princesses' parents. It's later revealed in Frozen 2 that the king and queen were traveling to Ahtohallan, a magical glacier in the north, and Frozen's sequel again confirms that Anna and Elsa's parents died at sea.
The fourth Disney Princess, Ariel is the youngest daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena of an underwater kingdom of merfolk called Atlantica. She is often rebellious, and in the first film, she longs to be a part of the human world.
There is a popular theory that Anna and Elsa's mother and father didn't die on a shipwreck, and that they made their way to an island and gave birth to Tarzan. This theory has been touched on by the director, and he likes it, but it really does not make sense. Frozen is set sometime inbetween 1830 and 1840.
Tarzan (White-skin) is his ape name; his English name is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (the formal title is Viscount Greystoke according to Burroughs in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle; Earl of Greystoke in later, non-canonical sources, notably the 1984 movie Greystoke).
"William Mildin, 14th Earl of Streatham, was the real-life inspiration for Tarzan of the Apes. In 1868 he was shipwrecked off West Africa at the age of 11, and spent 15 years living in the jungle, after which he lived in Thrale Road (not much difference there, then)."
Anna is the youngest child in the royal family of Arendelle, whose older sister, Elsa was born with the power to create and control ice and snow. Despite this, the sisters become best friends and frequently use Elsa's abilities for their enjoyment.
It's finally happening: Disney is plotting a return the return of Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Kristoff in Frozen 3. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that a third Frozen movie was currently in development during a year-end earnings call in February 2023.
