List of abandoned projects

[TsWade2]

And I definitely wish we could have had The Snow Queen and not the movie we ended up getting.

Dude, you even don't know what the old version was about. Please, just cut it out with your anti-CGI comments.

(I'm in a very terrible state of mind right now. I have a huge family emergency and b/c of it, I have to skip my Disney College Program for this fall. So, please don't mind me.)

My thoughts and prayers goes to you and your family.

[Atlantica]

I do feel terrible for him as it feels like almost every single thing he's helped to create / have a hand in seemed to have come to nothing!

[Mooky]

The thing I've always found strange about the sequels is that I've never once seen or heard anything about one for Hercules. There was just that TV series and this one VHS release I recall that only had episodes of the TV series on it. But nothing that was it's own direct-to-video sequel or something.

Actually...

A source close to Walt Disney Studio revealed in October 2001 that Ron Clements and John Musker, who directed the original 1997 Hercules, are interested in making a sequel. A first script for the film has just been turned in: it follows the adventures of Hercules, who is now living in Athens with Megara and their daughter, Hebe. When an old friend named Helen is captured by the evil Paris of Troy, Hercules joins the united Greek army as they head out to war. However this war will create revelations, including Hercules finding an old friend that went missing... There would be several new characters for the film, including a new design for Philoctetes, who would return.

It was quite possibly a fake rumor, but it existed at one time...

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/200308011542 ... cules.html

[Sotiris]

According to Nik Ranieri in this interview, Randy Fullmer and Mark Dindal were working on a feature called "Little Red’s Wolf" which was an irreverent adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, sort of like Hoodwinked. At that time Shrek came out and the project was deemed too similar to Shrek so it was abandoned.

Update: Nik Ranieri also talked about the shelved project on his Facebook page.

Mark and Randy were working on a new film. The Emperor’s New Groove was one of the best experiences of my career. Naturally, I wanted to repeat that experience as many times as possible so I was really interested in working on whatever those two were cooking up. Their new project was entitled “Red’s Wolf” and was sort of a take on classic fairy tales. I figured on supervising one of the characters. What I didn’t expect was what they offered me. They basically asked me to be not just a supervising animator but THE animation supervisor. Those duties would have included working with Joe Moshier on character design; setting the animation style on all the characters and most likely being in charge of the animation for that picture. This was a chance of a lifetime and I accepted it gratefully.

Unfortunately, the studio (and the industry) was about to go through big changes. First change; due to the success of Shrek, it was decided that Red’s Wolf was too close to the aforementioned film and was shelved and Mark and Randy were asked to come up with another idea (Of course, timing is everything and a few years later the Weinstein Company released “Hoodwinked”, a low budget take on classic fairy tales. It ended up grossing over 100 million and generating a sequel. I can’t help thinking we would have done it better). Second change; Disney Feature Animation was about to enter the world of CGI.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/NikRanieriAnim ... 77/?type=3

[Warm Regards]

According to Nik Ranieri in this interview, Randy Fullmer and Mark Dindal were working on a feature called "Red’s Wolf" which was an irreverent adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, sort of like Hoodwinked. At that time Shrek come out and the project was deemed too similar to Shrek so it was abandoned.

Oh, so that's what was up with that "Little Red Riding Hood" drawing in the beginning of this Chicken Little: From Henhouse to Hollywood art book. (Or at least the Amazon preview of it... maybe someone who has the book can get a scan of that particular image?)

GOOD TO KNOW.

(Personally, I think LRRH is more suited to be a drama than a comedy.)

[disneyprincess11]

Yikes, sounded like an earlier Chicken Little. And I agree with Warm: It should be more dramatic. I'd love Disney to tackle this fairytale though.

So, we have deleted versions of Rumplesilken (The one where he adopts a girl who think she's a wolf) and now, LRRH.

[Sotiris]

Oh, so that's what was up with that "Little Red Riding Hood" drawing in the beginning of this Chicken Little: From Henhouse to Hollywood art book.

You're right! I can't believe no one ever noticed that before. It even says so in the description below the image.

[disneyboy20022]

The thing I've always found strange about the sequels is that I've never once seen or heard anything about one for Hercules. There was just that TV series and this one VHS release I recall that only had episodes of the TV series on it. But nothing that was it's own direct-to-video sequel or something.

I remember back when there was still going to be a Mulan 3 and the sequel train was rolling I found a listing for Hercules II: The Trojan War. Can't remember what site it was though.

[Sotiris]

Disney had planned a Bambi spin-off movie.

In 1985, Disney announced it was considering that its next animated feature film would be “Thumper: The Motion Picture”. The character of Thumper does not appear in the original novel by Felix Salten but Disney executives felt it was a good idea because it featured a beloved famous character so it would have strong merchandising potential as well as nostalgic appeal.

Source: http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/an ... dotes-184/

[Sotiris]

There was a feature called The Last Songbird in the works at Disney back in 2003.

Found this ink and watercolor sketch I did back in 2003 for a bird movie we were developing at Disney. We started this idea as we were doing the post work on Brother Bear. We wanted to have something to roll onto after BB was finished. It was called The Last Songbird. Unfortunately, under David Stainton. We barely convinced him to take the pitch. After the pitch he simply said, "I don't like birds." That was the end of 2 months of work.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 056&type=1

[Tangled]

...and then Stainton went and made the classic, well-beloved bird film, Chicken Little.

I honestly would have loved to see a 2D film about birds. The animation probably would have been glorious regardless of what the story was.

[DisneyFan09]

In 1985, Disney announced it was considering that its next animated feature film would be “Thumper: The Motion Picture”. The character of Thumper does not appear in the original novel by Felix Salten but Disney executives felt it was a good idea because it featured a beloved famous character so it would have strong merchandising potential as well as nostalgic appeal.

Source: http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/an ... dotes-184/

Haha!

The title sounds beyond ridiculous, but on the other hand, I wouldn't mind to see the picture become a reality if it was made well. I'm a little biased, since I actually love the characters from "Bambi". But who knows? Perhaps it was the best thing that it was canceled? Haha

[Sotiris]

After Kingdom of the Sun fell apart, Roger Allers developed a project based on Scottish folktale.

Q: After Lion King were you developing anything else that was not greenlighted?

Roger Allers: After Kingdom, I developed an Irish fairy tale based on the Scottish legend of Tam Lin (a fairy abduction story). I did it for Roy Disney who was eager for an Irish tale (as was I) but Michael Eisner, the head of the company was in conflict with Roy on many matters at the time and when I pitched it to him, he rejected it because of its Irish-ness (knowing that it was Roy’s baby).

Source: http://www.fumettologica.it/2014/12/int ... e-leone/2/

[jazzflower92]

After Kingdom of the Sun fell apart, Roger Allers developed a project based on Scottish folktale.

Q: After Lion King were you developing anything else that was not greenlighted?

Roger Allers: After Kingdom, I developed an Irish fairy tale based on the Scottish legend of Tam Lin (a fairy abduction story). I did it for Roy Disney who was eager for an Irish tale (as was I) but Michael Eisner, the head of the company was in conflict with Roy on many matters at the time and when I pitched it to him, he rejected it because of its Irish-ness (knowing that it was Roy’s baby).

Source: http://www.fumettologica.it/2014/12/int ... e-leone/2/

Another reason to dislike Michael Eisner.

[estefan]

After Kingdom of the Sun fell apart, Roger Allers developed a project based on Scottish folktale.

Q: After Lion King were you developing anything else that was not greenlighted?

Roger Allers: After Kingdom, I developed an Irish fairy tale based on the Scottish legend of Tam Lin (a fairy abduction story). I did it for Roy Disney who was eager for an Irish tale (as was I) but Michael Eisner, the head of the company was in conflict with Roy on many matters at the time and when I pitched it to him, he rejected it because of its Irish-ness (knowing that it was Roy’s baby).

Source: http://www.fumettologica.it/2014/12/int ... e-leone/2/

Interesting enough, he took that project to Sony Pictures Animation to co-direct with Brenda Chapman. I wonder why that eventually fell through.

[unprincess]

first Lucasfilm ruins A Midsummers Nights Dream and now I find out we could have had a Disney version of Tam Lin. Why cant I have my nice(well made) fairy animated film? Are the Tinkerbell films and Ferngully all I get.*


*still need to watch Epic but the little Ive seen doesnt look promising.

[Semaj]

There's one webcomic I read called Pibgorn, where I'm actually GLAD that it has never been adapted into animation. It probably gets away with more than most regular comics, but it seems like there are too many pitfalls that would either prevent a movie from ever being made, or if it was, it would be noodled to the point of undermining the original author's vision.

[estefan]

first Lucasfilm ruins A Midsummers Nights Dream and now I find out we could have had a Disney version of Tam Lin. Why cant I have my nice(well made) fairy animated film? Are the Tinkerbell films and Ferngully all I get.*


*still need to watch Epic but the little Ive seen doesnt look promising.

Leafmen are not technically fairies (if by fairies, you mean tiny winged beings). And Epic is a fantastic movie, that's a lot more layered and three-dimensional than it's given credit for. It's probably the closest we've seen to an animated film capturing the size, scope and mythological imagination of a Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. It's that spectacular and I highly recommend it.

Also, you can't say Lucasfilm has ruined A Midsummer Night's Dream if the movie hasn't come out yet. The trailer especially reeks of the marketing department taking all majesty out of the movie to try and market it to the widest possible audience, not unlike the Frozen trailer that made it look like some sort of silly Kate Hudson romantic comedy. Even Strange Magic's PG rating is for "some action and scary images", which indicates the movie is a lot more serious than the previews let out. It's incredibly rare for the MPAA to not say an animated film an "rude humour."

[disneyboy20022]

Found a link that has abandoned storyboard art for for Toy Story 3. It's the one where Buzz Lightyear malfunctions and had a recall.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/ ... /?a=112853

Below, you can find key frame and concept art, as well as character designs from Circle 7's Toy Story 3 that were created by Jim Martin and Shane Zalvin. In that version, written by Jim Herzfeld ("Meet The Parents"), the other toys become concerned when Buzz Lightyear starts to malfunction and decide to ship him to the Taiwanese that originally built him, in the hopes they they could repair him. Soon after, Woody and the rest toys are shocked to learn that there has been a massive recall on all Buzz Lightyear toys. Fearing that Buzz will be destroyed Woody and his gang (Rex, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Jessie, and Bullseye) head off on a rescue mission. Over in Taiwan, Buzz is making new friends with other toys that have been recalled.

Also in that link there's a slideshow of the recalled toys Buzz met. I'm happy with the Toy Story 3 we got, but this one wasn't bad either. Then again it's another rescue mission to save Buzz and you can only go off to save Buzz and/or Woody so many times.

[unprincess]

Leafmen are not technically fairies (if by fairies, you mean tiny winged beings). And Epic is a fantastic movie, that's a lot more layered and three-dimensional than it's given credit for. It's probably the closest we've seen to an animated film capturing the size, scope and mythological imagination of a Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. It's that spectacular and I highly recommend it.

yeah I really mean high fantasy type films, like I actually count Brave as this type of film. I love films like this but they hardly make them today(animated I mean) and when they do they are usually drowned in contemporary humor which I hate. Another one from a while back was Quest for Camelot but I remember that one was really bad, though to be honest I havent seen it in a while.

Also, you can't say Lucasfilm has ruined A Midsummer Night's Dream if the movie hasn't come out yet. The trailer especially reeks of the marketing department taking all majesty out of the movie to try and market it to the widest possible audience, not unlike the Frozen trailer

I know but it does seem like the music/singing and a lot of the side characters at least are going to be annoying as hell.