Disney has officially shelved its highly anticipated Tiana series, disappointing fans who have waited years for the return of its groundbreaking princess character. The cancellation represents part of a larger strategic shift at Walt Disney Animation Studios as the entertainment giant moves away from producing long-form original content for its streaming platform.

Disney is planning to abandon all longform animated streaming projects, and the first casualty of the new strategy is the long in-development series based on The Princess and the

Walt Disney Animation Studios won’t be wasting any more time on streaming shows, according to a new report. The studio has dropped long-gestating plans for a Tiana series (about the protagonist of 2009’s The Princess And The Frog) starring Anika Noni Rose and is dropping all plans for longform content,