The Princess Who Would Be a Prince

The Princess Who Would Be a Prince would be a 2029 American adventure fantasy film directed by Byron Howard and Chris Buck from an screenplay by Howard and Jared Bush, who would also co-write the story along side Buck and Aaron & Jordan Kandell. Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distribuited by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film would star the voices of Sir Lady Java and Brian Michael Smith as the lead role, with Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, and Idris Elba in secondary roles, while Kris Bowers would compose the score. The film would center on Sam, the prince of a magical kingdom, who is turned into a princess after a magical accident, and now tries to find a way to revert it.

Development on a gender-swapping animated Disney film would begin in early 2025, with Howard set to direct the film, and Buck joining as co-director and co-writer alongside Howard later that year. Java and Michael Smith would join the cast as the lead voices in early 2026. Nyong'o and Gurira would join in late 2026, with Elba joining the cast in early 2027. The Kandells and Bush would join the film's writing team througth the following two years, with Bush and Howard receiving final screenwriting credit. The filmmakers would consult with transgenders activists in order to potray transgenders accurately within the film.

The Princess Who Would Be a Prince would be released in November 13, 2029, and would become a critical and commercial success. Critics would praise the film for its use of a transgender lead character, direction, voice acting, storyline, themes, screenplay, score, and animation. The film would earn 1 billion dollars at the worldwide box office over a budget of 130 million dollars. The Princess Who Would Be a Prince would earn a GLAAD for Outstanding Film – Wide Release, and would earn three Academy Award nomnations for Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Film.