The Princess and the Frog doesn’t hit theaters until December 11, but it’s already making money — and it joins New Moon and Precious as proof that audiences respond to female-driven stories. Variety reports that Princess Tiana-oriented merchandise is outselling other Disney Princess-branded items by double digits. (Disney hasn’t had a new princess-like character since Mulan in 1998.) The LA Times spoke to The Disney animation team of Ron Clements and John Musker — who wrote and directed the The Little Mermaid and Aladdin — …
