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disneyprincess11 wrote:

2Disney4Ever wrote: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.)

2Disney4Ever wrote: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.

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.

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.

Sotiris wrote: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.

Warm Regards wrote: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.

2Disney4Ever wrote: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.

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.

Aaron Blaise wrote: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.

Sotiris wrote:

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/

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).

Sotiris wrote: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/

Sotiris wrote: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/

unprincess wrote: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.

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.

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