Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Colman Domingo and “Slave Play” director Robert O’Hara are in talks to write a live-action film about Princess Tiana from Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog.”

The project, which is in its early stages at the studio, is an original idea inspired by the 2009 animated classic “The Princess and the Frog,” which featured Anika Noni Rose as the voice of Tiana. The musical fairy tale set in 1920s New Orleans centers on Tiana, a waitress who dreams of becoming a restaurant owner, who sets out on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human, only to face the same problem after she kisses him. “The Princess and the Frog” grossed $267 million at the global box office and was nominated for three Academy Awards: best animated film and two of Randy Newman’s songs, “Almost There” and “Down in New Orleans.” While plans for a spin-off series stalled, Disney commemorated Princess Tiana’s popularity by renaming the Splash Mountain theme park attraction “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” at Disney World and Disneyland.

The “Princess and the Frog” project arrives as Domingo celebrates a big 2026 with the films “Michael” (which just surpassed $1 billion to become the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time) and “Disclosure Day,” and the TV shows “The Four Seasons” and “Euphoria,” for which he earned two more Emmy nominations.

while accepting Varieties Creative Consciousness Award last month, Domingo shared that he has noticed a change in how Hollywood perceives him in recent years. “Now they see me the way I always wanted to be seen, which was multi-hyphenate,” he said. “I never wanted to be just an actor. I always wanted to act, write, direct and produce.”

Later this year, Domingo will begin work on the Nat “King” Cole biopic “Unforgettable,” where he will multitask as director, producer and star. He is represented by WME, Liebman Entertainment and Shreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.

O’Hara, a noted playwright and theater director, and Domingo previously collaborated on Domingo’s “Wild With Happy,” which was presented by The Public Theater in 2012. In 2020, O’Hara was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for “Slave Play.” He is represented by CAA and Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin.

News of the film in development was first reported by Deadline. Disney had no comment.