Josh Gad as Olaf, a snowman who dreams of experiencing summer.[3]
Production
On September 2, 2014, during the ABC airing of The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic, Disney Animation's chief creative officerJohn Lasseter announced that a Frozen short film with a new song would be released in the future.[5] On the same day, Variety announced that the short would be released in spring 2015 under the title Frozen Fever, with Lee and Buck returning as directors, Peter Del Vecho returning as a producer and a new song by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The summary of the short is as follows: "...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." Olaf the snowman will also make an appearance in the short.[6][7][8] In a mid-October interview, Idina Menzel revealed that the cast had already recorded their vocal tracks: "We just worked on a short for Frozen."[9] On December 3, 2014, it was announced that Aimee Scribner will be a co-producer and that Frozen Fever will debut in theaters with Disney's Cinderella on March 13, 2015.[10][3] In late December, the directors told the Associated Press: "There is something magic about these characters and this cast and this music. Hopefully, the audiences will enjoy the short we're doing, but we felt it again. It was really fun."[11] Around the same time, Dave Metzger, who worked on the orchestration for Frozen, disclosed that he was already at work on Frozen Fever.[12]
