Frozen (2013 film) billion, and Lasseter was promoted to chief creative officer of both Pixar and Disney Animation. The next attempt started in 2008, when Lasseter was able to convince Chris Buck (who co-directed the 1999 film "Tarzan" for the studio) to return to Walt Disney Animation Studios from Sony Pictures Animation (where he had recently co-directed the Oscar-nominated 2007 film "Surf's Up"); that September, Buck pitched several ideas to Lasseter, one of which was "The Snow Queen". Buck later revealed that his initial inspiration for "The Snow Queen" was not the Andersen fairy tale itself, but that he wanted "to do something
Frozen: Olaf's Quest Frozen: Olaf's Quest Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest is a platform video game developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by GameMill Entertainment. It was first released for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS in North America on November 12, 2013, and in the PAL region on December 6, 2013. The game is based on the 2013 animated film "Frozen" by Disney, and follows snowman Olaf. Orla Madden of Nintendo Life gave the game a mixed review and a score of 5/10. While a fan of the film, Madden criticized the lack of presentation, noting a complete lack of dialogue or storyline.