# Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II (2020)

> A six-part Disney+ docuseries that opens the doors of Walt Disney Animation Studios to show the challenges and artistry behind making Frozen II.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/86601

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 33 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Network: Disney+
- Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jennifer Lee, Jonathan Groff, Chris Buck, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10196382/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: warm, earnest, admiring, inspiring, reflective

## What critics say

Audiences broadly acclaim the series as an engaging, warm behind-the-scenes look at how Frozen II was made.

## Synopsis

Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II (2020) is a American streaming documentary docuseries produced for Disney+, a six-episode limited series of roughly thirty-three minutes each. It follows the people behind Frozen II, with directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez appearing as on-camera subjects, alongside voices from the cast including Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad. The engine of the series is the grind of animation itself: story reworks, songs that must land, and technical problems that threaten a release schedule for a film the studio badly needs to get right. Each episode is a close look at a different stage of the process, from early storyboards to final scoring, so the drama is quiet, not manufactured. The tone is warm, earnest and admiring, with flashes of anxiety when a breakthrough arrives late or a sequence fails in testing. Set in the modern Walt Disney Animation Studios, it is a portrait of collaboration, craft and creative pressure. Fans of Abstract: The Art of Design, Jiro Dreams of Sushi and Pixar's own making-of films will find resonance here. The result is an inviting, family-friendly look at how one of the most anticipated animated films of its era came together.

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