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Disney can't let it go just yet.

The animated short "Frozen Fever" will open in theaters on March 13, 2015, in front of Disney’s live-action Cinderella.

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was one of the most seminal animated projects of the last thirty years, but few people are aware of the long gestation of the project.

Disney's Frozen will soon merit its own chapter in the entertainment industry Big Book. The 2014 Oscar winner for best animated feature has earned over US$1 billion at the box office, currently the second highest-grossing animated feature in history, behind "Toy Story 3." The movie’s phenomenal financial success has obscured under-the-hood examination of its performance engine. As an acting teacher, I am an artistic purist; grosses and popularity awards don’t mean much to me. My standard of measurement is the emotional impact a movie has on its audience and its elegance as a work of art. "Frozen" is beautiful to see, fun to sing along with and is a modern day marketing marvel, but the script has structural and performance issues that are worth examining because they impact directly on acting.

At the end of Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck’s acceptance speech for Frozen, a visibly shaking Chris Buck said, “And finally we’d like to dedicate this to our guardian angel, that’s my son Ryder Buck. Thank you, Ryder.” Ryder was Chris Buck’s 23-year-old son, an up-and-coming musician, who died tragically last October in a car accident, just 24 days before the release of Frozen. The circumstances of his death were particularly heartbreaking because Ryder had been battling Stage 4 testicular cancer for the year prior, and was on the verge of making a recovery when he was hit by two cars after his own car broke down on the 2 freeway in Glendale, California. Last month, LA Weekly published a feature story about Ryder Buck’s life.

It's a special day for directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. Their film "Frozen" will win the Best Animated Feature Oscar on the day that it crosses $1 billion in global box office revenue. It becomes, along with "Toy Story 3," only the second animated feature to achieve this distinction, and the 18th film overall.

And here it is…the teaser trailer for Disney’s Frozen:

SEE ALSO: First Stills From Disney’s Frozen

USA Today published an article this afternoon with these five stills from Frozen, the Disney studio’s adaptatation of The Snow Queen that will open on November 27, 2013.