the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘The Frog Prince’

There is at least one company that makes a business model out of this: grab the same basic premise, get as close as you can to the style without being sued, bang out a script as quick as possible, then animate it overseas as cheaply as possible, quality be damned (Usually the Russians).

Release on video at bargain prices before movie hits theater.

Sad to say, this has been a SUCCESSFUL business model at least since Pocahontas, since that's how long they've been doing it for.

Not to forget The Asylum, creators of such fine and non-derivative fare as Transmorphers, The Terminators and The Day The Earth Stopped.