As Once Upon a Time prepares to take on the billion dollar animated smash hit Frozen, the ABC show's creator have revealed that it will not necessarily be a direct adaptation of the movie.

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As Enstars previously reported, Once Upon a Time Season 4 will feature the Frozen characters Elsa, Anna and Kristoff, but series co-creator Adam Horowitz told E! News that the series is not going to "redo" the popular film.

"Well, it's funny, we're not going to redo the movie, because we just don't feel like it's in anyone's interest for us to redo it," Once Upon a Time co-creator Adam Horowitz told E! News after the finale. "But what we are going to do, we're not ready to tell you. But what we can say is we're very aware of what we think makes this character from Frozen so special and we want to honor that and make sure that what we do is in the universe of everyone fell in love with this past year."

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Once Upon a Time first teased the introduction of Frozen during the Season 3 finale, showing Queen Elsa in her blue gown and blonde hair from the back.

Fans should probably expect a casting announcement for all three Frozen characters soon as production is slated to begin soon. As tweeted by Katrina Tan Monday, production on Season 4 begins on July 9 and ends on April 2, 2015.

Once Upon a Time Season 4 premieres in fall 2014 on ABC, though the network has not yet scheduled a specific air date. It will be returning to its regular Sundays at 8 p.m. timeslot.

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