Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20160401165933/@comment-1916997-20160401183404

Well, the fact of the matter is though, that (with the exception of Frozen), when they are planning to do something, they probably start with the original story, and then use things from the Disney version, because those are more iconic. Saying Cruella looks like she does in the movie, doesn't really matter, because the Disney version was based off how she was described in the book, so even if they didn't have the Disney version to use, she would still come out looking pretty similar. I think when deciding new stories they want to incorporate, if it has a Disney version is definitly brought up, but it is not the deciding factor. Furthurmore, although both Arthurian Legend and Greek Mythology have a Disney movie based around them (The Sword and The Stone and Hercules respectivly), you will notice that Once is very much using things from the source material over the Disney versions.