The first footage from the sequel to the hit Disney animation has hit the internet

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The first trailer for the sequel to the Walt Disney Animation Studio’s blockbuster hit from 2013, has been released on to the internet.

The trailer showcases the main characters familiar from the first film: ice-casting princess Elsa, her sister Anna, plus Olaf the snowman and Anna’s love interest Kristoff.

The sequel is directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, the same team as presided over Frozen, which grossed $876m worldwide, and won two Oscars (for best animated film and best song for Let It Go). The first film was loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ice Queen, but few details have been released for Frozen II, with no indication whether petitions to “give Elsa a girlfriend” have been successful.

Frozen II is due for release on 22 November in the US and UK, and on 26 December in Australia.