Disney hasn't announced film about openly gay princes…yet

The book is real but the adaptation isn't

(Amplifying Glass)

A false story is circulating this week that Disney has announced 'Princes', an animated feature about two men who set off to rescue a princess but end up falling in love.

The 'report', which has been shared 60,000 times on Facebook, claims that it will be adapted from Jeffrey A. Miles' children's book The Princes and the Treasure, but while the book is real, the adaptation isn't.

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But even if you didn't spot that - the 'Princes' logo halfway down the article is taken from a can of tuna for God's sake.

The news may be a hoax, but such a commission doesn't feel far off, with The Atlantic suggesting back in April that Frozen was in fact a veiled gay narrative, exploring the struggles faced by members of the LGBT community.

If Disney, and Marvel for that matter, have any sense, movies featuring strong gay protagonists will be calculatedly being cooked up right now. The internet will applaud and box office sales will snowball.