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TsWade2 wrote:But I thought that project was cancelled.

TsWade2 wrote:But I thought that project was cancelled.

Sue Nichols wrote:2010-2011: I worked with Disney Feature Animation Directors, Ron Clements and John Musker again. I adore working with people with whom I already have a relationship. Knowing what your bosses want and they knowing what you can deliver makes the work far easier to achieve. I've worked with Ron and John since the 1980s, so it feels like we are in the same building even if on opposite sides of the country when we are discussing ideas. Now, I don't think I can say what I was working on since the project was shelved. But those of you who know my love of Halloween and the morbid would know how much I LOVED working on this drop-dead idea. I really hope they eventually obtain the rights to do this. Disney can use a Goth Princess!

A personal holiday card I sent during the development of this nameless idea.


As I paint more and more digitally, I find myself leaving lines behind and playing more with shapes and color.

Nik Ranieri wrote:Jamie [Lopez] has been trying to get [Hullabaloo] off the ground for a couple of years at least. He tried at Disney but Disney wasn't interested – well, Disney wasn't interested in anything that we had to say. I’m sure if he had brought it as a 3D project they would have been a little more interested. If you've seen any of the footage of that stuff, it’s just great. He combines the technology and uses it where it needs to be used but still has that hand-drawn look. We were on board to do something like that until circumstances at Disney… There were some legal problems with the film they were working on at the time and the whole project was dropped and that was the beginning of the end for 2D. Once that picture was done, the following two years… Everybody was in the dark. No one actually knew what to do.

This was right after Winnie the Pooh finished and were starting to work on this picture called Mort. They were going to do it in stereoscopic 2D and it was really cool. They did some tests, they did model sheets and all this stuff, and they were working on it but the [rightsholder] wanted the world. He wanted creative control, he wanted this, he wanted that, he wanted to be one of the directors and they said "No, we don’t work that way. We’re going to buy you out. Here’s the deal. If you don’t like it you have two weeks to decide. If you pass, we’re done". Two weeks went by, the guy passed and Disney pulled out.

TsWade2 wrote:But I thought we're done talking about Mort since it's not going to happen.

disneyprincess11 wrote:Sorry to be that person: But, Ysabel would have been ANOTHER blonde?

But, beautiful concept art!

unprincess wrote:Im not surprised about Disney's reaction to the rights holder thing though, when it comes to their animated films Disney likes being in full control, even if it means passing on the the concept for a fantastic story and potential film... nope they gotta make sure they call the shots so that it it all fits into their little safe narrow-minded aesthetic.

Sotiris wrote:Mort is getting a live-action feature adaptation. It was announced at this year's Discworld Con. The project's not affiliated with Disney, of course. It makes me mad that the author wouldn't give the rights to Disney, depriving us from an innovative 2D-animated movie, but has no problem giving the rights to someone else.

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Sotiris wrote:Mort is getting a live-action feature adaptation. It was announced at this year's Discworld Con. The project's not affiliated with Disney, of course. It makes me mad that the author wouldn't give the rights to Disney, depriving us from an innovative 2D-animated movie, but has no problem giving the rights to someone else.