▁David ▁Fab er ▁that ▁Disney ▁would ▁not ▁" m and ate ▁a ▁sequ el " ▁or ▁" force ▁story t elling ", ▁because ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁would ▁risk ▁creating ▁something ▁not ▁as ▁good ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁film . ▁I ger ▁also ▁expressed ▁the ▁hope ▁that ▁the ▁Fro zen ▁franch ise ▁" is ▁something ▁that ▁is ▁kind ▁of ▁forever ▁for ▁the ▁company " ▁similar ▁to ▁The ▁Lion ▁King . ▁ ▁In ▁June , ▁Lee ▁confirmed ▁that ▁then - ch ief ▁cre ative ▁officer ▁John ▁L ass eter ▁had ▁express ly ▁granted ▁her ▁and ▁Buck ▁the ▁freedom ▁to ▁explore ▁whatever ▁they ▁were ▁" pass ion ate ▁about ": ▁" We ▁don ' t ▁know ▁what ▁it ▁is ▁yet ▁... ▁We ' re ▁actually ▁going ▁to ▁start ▁from ▁scratch . ▁It ' ll ▁be ▁something ▁completely ▁brand ▁new ." ▁Years ▁later , ▁Lee ▁and ▁Buck ▁revealed ▁that ▁they ▁really ▁had ▁begun ▁development ▁of ▁an ▁entirely ▁new ▁film ▁un related ▁to ▁Fro zen . ▁But ▁during ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁while ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁short ▁film ▁Fro zen ▁F ever , ▁they ▁realized ▁how ▁much ▁they ▁missed ▁the ▁characters . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁Del ▁V echo ▁had ▁been ▁accepting ▁speaking ▁engag ements ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁where ▁fans ▁pe pper ed ▁him ▁with ▁questions ▁left ▁un answer ed ▁by ▁the ▁first ▁film . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Lee , ▁Buck , ▁and ▁Del ▁V echo ▁agreed ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁yet ▁ready ▁to ▁leave ▁behind ▁the ▁world