Top 10 Cancelled Disney Projects We Never Got to See
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- Disney likely has more shelved projects than released ones! For this list, we’ll be looking at the studio’s biggest projects that never came to fruition. Our countdown includes "Dumbo II", "A Few Good Ghosts", "Wild Life" and more! Which one of these films would you have loved to see on the big screen? Sound off in our comment section after the video!
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Mort. Discworld would have been a great fit for Pixar imho.
good thanks
Gigantic is the one I wanted to see most.
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@@bighand1530 how
I believe that instead these souless Live-action remakes over the years, Disney should have went back to some of these unfinished projects & given them another shot. Seriously some of these could have worked very well
That is one of the main reasons I was interested in Gigantic. Looked different.
I agree. There are some some movies that are just meant to be left alone.
@@Cinderella72291 I can more or less agree
I agree. While the live-actions have their own "uniqueness," there are a LOT of shelved projects that could be done. One such film got turned into "Rock-a-Doodle" and Disney missed out on The Swan Princess.
There are two (and ONLY two) classic Disney films I think would be great with a live action remake: Hercules (aka Heracles) and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
I used to think there were three classic films... but seeing how bad they screwed up Mulan, I now have reservations that they'd do a good job with any.
When it comes to Newt being cancelled, the movie Rio came out and had a very similar plot to Newt so that was one of the deciding factors
Indeed, Newt's plot is very similar to Rio and it looks a lot like The Princess and the Frog.
John Lasseter actually confirmed that in an interview. Rio was so similar right down to the main characters even having a distinct blue color that Pixar was worried that if they released it people would think it was a ripoff of Rio even though Newt was is production well before Rio hit theaters.
@@DukeSkylocker I remember him saying that. Not only that but Newt was one of the Circle 7 animation movies. Basically if anyone doesn’t know Pixar was it’s own studio and wasn’t originally owned by Disney so the two made movies partnered but as separate companies. So Disney and Pixar ended their partnership, Disney formed Circle 7 animation studios to make sequels to the movies they made partnered with Pixar. Newt was one of the movies Circle 7 was working on, but when Disney bought Pixar officially making Pixar into Disney Pixar a studio that was owned by Disney, Circle 7 animation was shut down and alot of their projects were reworked or cancelled such as Monsters Inc Lost in Scaradise, the original Toy Story 3 with Buzz being recalled and sent to a factory in Thailand, and Newt. Rio ended up being the nail in the coffin for Newt cause after that movie came out they gave up on Newt.
@@DukeSkylocker given with how similar the plot of Rio is to Newt it makes me wonder if one of the writers of Rio knew somebody who was working on Newt that was giving them information about it’s plot so Blue Sky could beat them to the punch even though Newt was in production before Rio was and was at a slow rate
@@tommydevito4105 To be fair, you didn't even need insider information to know the plot of Newt. I remember seeing a Wikipedia article about it all the way back in 2008.
That's the thing about movies. They take so long to make that it's easy for another studio to hear about that idea and make their own film with that since you can't copy an idea. That's why you'll have a year with 2 "kidnapping the president" movies (White House Down/Olympus has Fallen) or 2 movies about a comet hurtling towards Earth (Deep Impact/Armageddon)
It's even worse for animation because they take longer to make and have so much riding on them that you can't just make them quickly and in secret. DreamWorks and Disney over the years have release multiple films in close proximity of each other with similar settings (Antz/A Bug's Life, The Road to Elderado/The Emperor's New Groove, Shark Tale/Finding Nemo, Madagascar/The Wild, etc). Early on, John Lasseter went on a pretty public attack against DreamWorks for releasing Antz right before A Bug's Life, accusing them of theft. However, as he became the face of Pixar he realized that this wasn't a good look for him, so he adopted the kindly uncle persona in the vein of Walt Disney, hence him dismissing the Newt/Rio comparisons as "great minds think alike."
With all the praise and demand Gigantic has gotten since its cancellation was announced I have a feeling the people at Disney won't be able to keep this great movie idea locked up for much longer.
Took Frozen decades. But it finally got a movie made. And that movie is gonna be a decade old later this year too
I hope not.
@@dreamguardian8320 The movie seems to have quite a demand.
@@bighand1530 Let's hope it helps for Gigantic to return.
@@dreamguardian8320 Yeah
I know this doesn’t technically count, but man I would’ve *LOVED* to see ‘empire of the sun.’ It was supposed to be something akin to ‘el dorado’ but with the writers of the the lion king, but because of the similarities, they changed up nearly everything and turned it into ‘the emperor’s new groove’
just popping in to say that the el dorado wasn’t the main reason, overall the script had too many elements and wasn’t cohesive enough to those who screened it. there’s actually a banned documentary of the making of it called “the sweatbox” :)
@@charliej4ne ...banned???
It's such a shame that King of the Elves has never seen a light of day. The design and characters look so unique and interesting.
Movie I wanted to see second most on this list
Even though it sucks that these projects were cancelled, it's pretty interesting to know that even a major entertainment company like Disney also has had it's share of projects that never saw the light of day.
And they are seen as the biggest company too when it comes to animated movies.
They should've stuck to animation rather than live-action.
Warner Bros has canceled Batgirl movie August 2022.
@@user-fj8ry7pn8o The DCEU is a mess
While it’s sad that these projects were canceled, I wouldn’t say it’s a over for them. Remember, if it took over 70 year for Disney to make a movie based on the snow queen that later became Frozen, than maybe we’ll see these back in the spotlight again in the future.
And since that one after all those years of waiting ended up as the highest grossing animated film ever at the time, imagine what it would be like for the companies if they do return to one of these abandoned projects.
Aw still so sad we'll never see Gigantic. It looked so cool from its concept art! :3
Tell me about it.
I would like to a Disney about Giants!
@@megalon73 That would be interesting.
Me too ☹
@@BethGoth15 I hear ya
03:00 - Fun fact: the emperor in "The Nightingale" episode of Faerie Tale Theatre is none other than Mick Jagger.
Back in the 90s they planned to do an animated “Aida” film, but it just became a Disney musical instead. After Hunchback and Pocahontas didn’t do well, they probably wanted to shelve heavier content like Aida.
A Few Good Ghosts, Mort, Tam Lin, King of the Elves, and Gigantic all sound like fun films.
I would’ve love to see Dumbo II, Gigantic, Wildlife, King of the Elves and Pixar’s Newt go through. I wonder if it’s possible for some of those Projects can be revived.
I hope they revie Gigantic the most.
King of the Elves looked amazing. I bet it would of cost a lot to make compared to the others.
@@dreamguardian8320 Same here.
Gigantic was one of the films that really fascinated me the most. It's a shame that we didn't see it come to fruition.
Same
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Man, I really wanted to see Gigantic.
Same
#Thinkgigantic
Me too😢
@@TheIntern18 Wow
@@dreamguardian8320 I hear ya
I think the emperor's nightingale looks lovely and Gigqntic would have been so cool to check out.
there’s concept art of mort floating around and it’s so cool. i really wish they made it
Couple of honorable mentions: both Fantasia and Rescuers were going to have a third film in their series but got cancelled, in the case of the former it was poor box office of Fantasia 2000 and in the case of the later it was the author of the books dying just a year after the second film's release in 1990.
Treasure Planet was also supposed to get a sequel and not just a vague "if the film is successful we'll start work on another". They had already written a script and had William Dafoe set to play the villain Ironbeard before it got canned due to the first bombing. Heck, I believe you can even find some storyboards for it online if you dig deep enough.
I think it’s about time there’s a petition for this! 😤
Yeah!!!🤑
Besides Gigantic, Fraidy Cat, Mort, and Tamlin sound like they would’ve been amazing. And poor Ghosts. Can you imagine being looked over for Chicken Little?!
One of the reasons that Newt didn't go foward was because the story was too similar to Fox's "Rio" and the movie was already getting out,so disney decided to pull the plug
I remember when I first heard about Newt a few years back and was desperately waiting for further news but with it being scraped It had left my memory till today
I would have loved to see Wild Life, Dumbi 2, and mostly Gigantic. Gigantic would have been the next Frozen
After the release of “Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast” there were also at least 2 movie sequels planned to be released, but they were cancelled, the sequel to Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast was canceled due to story problems. To make matters worse, the studio behind Tinker Bell movies Disneytoon Studios was shut down
It’s great to know more about the cancelled projects from Disney. I already heard about both Dumbo II and Gigantic. I was looking forward to them but it’s gone. It’s so sad that it got canceled because of creative differences and real life events. It’s so frustrating that they announced the projects and then later they got cancelled. Hopefully, in the future, they will bring new developments to these projects. For example, Walt Disney tried to make the animated movie versions of some fairy tales (The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, etc.) but failed to go through. Then years later, they finally did it with the new generation of Disney employees. I hope it’ll be the same thing for these cancelled projects with the future generation of the employees. We’ll see how it goes. That’s a nice list, MsMojo. Good work!
I want all of those to be made by this decade.
Speaking of Disney and movies that didn't make it out for the public, there's a VERY VERY POPULAR Disney movie that ALMOST never came about. Due to everything it had to face. Two MAJOR setbacks. And that popular Disney movie is The Lion King. Those working on the movie left two of the creators hanging to finish it themselves, because they thought that the movie wouldn't take off, boy were they wrong, lol. And when the movie was all pretty much done, the studio where they were in the works of producing the movie, it caught fire, destroying EVERYTHING! And they had to start ALL OVER AGAIN from scratch. But thank God that movie got to see the Big Screen. Too bad these movies haven't.
And I think I'd love to see all these. Especially Fraidy Cat, A Few Good Ghosts, Newt, and Gigantic.
They all sound like great movies! I would've loved to see Dumbo II, King of the elves or Gigantic.
I’m here for the Gigantic movie! That would be the closest thing to Renaissance Disney since Tangled. And because the creators of Tangled were in the makings of that, it shows that artistic differences can make a major impact on the name brand of Disney. Let’s revive this idea and make it something brilliant. ❤
Inma herself kinda looks like a giant Rapunzel.
I honestly think it’s funny how Blue Sky beat Pixar to the whole “last of their kind falling in love” story with Rio, forcing Newt to be cancelled, and now Disney owns Rio. Disney still won in the end. Hopefully that made sense.
I think I would've liked to have seen Fraidy Cat the most, considering its subtle atmosphere.
In fact, I'd quite like to see Disney do an animated film set in ancient Japan.
Yeah. It would be about Japanese folktales with some modern age struggles.
I like the old Japanese story of the samurai that comes out of a peach. That would make a really fun animated movie.
@@rachele3334 The Momotaro story does sound interesting.
I would've loved to see Giagantic.
Same
Me too
@@adriangarcia543 Can’t blame ya.
Me three😢
@@dreamguardian8320 👍
What about The Search for Mickey Mouse? It was planned as Disney's 50th animated feature and it was going to have cameos of characters from every previous film. It would have been the ultimate crossover long before Avengers: Endgame.
The search for Mickey mouse sounds awesome! I wonder why it got scrapped
maybe they used the idea for Kingdom Hearts instead?
@@phAntasyluvr_04 maybe
The Dumbo 2 movie that was never made, Really hurts me still to this day!
Take a number that looks like it would’ve been great
And it's all thanks to Michael Lassetter.
@@jeremyriley1238 Yeah, that so BS from him!
@@jeremyriley1238 you mean john
I’d love to see Disney revive some of their cancelled projects for the 2020’s!
Same
Agreed.
@@nathansullivan8472 Yeah!
To this day, they’re still planning and cancelling projects :/ you wouldn’t know unless you’re up to date on pre production and planning. They were planning to do Snow White and Rose Red (not the same as snow white and the seven dwarves) but they cancelled it >_> I was so excited too. It’s because Pixar is so far up Disney’s ass and now Disney is full of that and marvel and Star Wars that Disney only gets ONE movie out every other year that’s original
I would've loved to see Dumbo 2 😭🐘
Me too
Same here.
Indeed, and seeing how the man responsible for shelving the project is no longer with Disney, they should revive it, although I may not want it since it could end up being redone with CGI.
*I remember they teased Gigantic in zootopia by showing films of Disney movies coming out in the future with that weasel. I totally forgot about that movie.*
You know times like this it helps me realize how much we take our favorite movies to granted.
We always think at times that the movies that exist today existed because the hard working effort was put into it and there was a very firm guarantee that it was going to be made.
But then hearing stories about these cancelled projects really should make us feel very lucky that the movies that we have today actually do exist and that we love and grow up with them, you know? We shouldn't take them for granted because sadly unlike the unlucky ones those movies got themselves extra lucky especially in this show business. :) :(
Tell me about it
@@bighand1530 You can say that again.
@@andreasmeelie1889 Took me a while to realize that.
If the movies had high demand now that we know about them (like a petition) the company will move forward in releasing it if the numbers were high enough.
The consumers don't know how much power they have getting stuff made. Fans are too inconsistent with action, and too fluent in complaining.
If Only We've Gotten Roger Rabbit 2 But Steven Spielberg had to clash with Disney love that Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit too miss them so much
I was so excited for Gigantic, I’m so sad it wasn’t made
Me too😢
Me three!
I think Walt Disney Animation Studios should release Kingdom of the Sun as a work print, just like The Thief and the Cobbler
Gigantic looks wicked good if that happened! Honorable mention: the newer Lizzie McGuire series about grown up Lizzie that was going to be on Disney+, I was furious when it got shelved!
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I would have loved to see Newt, and maybe even Gigantic.
I really wanted to see Gigantic
Same
Me too
@@alicebthegachaweirdo8378 I’ll say.
Me three😢
Out of all the movies that were never made, it seems Mort and Gifantic could have been the most promising
Particularly Gigantic
The Emperor's Nightingale, Tam Lin, and Gigantic are cancelled Disney animated films that I want to be made. I do love fairy tales and there are plenty of fairytales, folktales, legends, fables, and stories that I want to see as animated films made by Disney!🏰📚🧚🏻♀️📜
Gigantic is by far the movie I was the most excited for when it was announced and the most disappointed about it when it was "shelved" among the 10 movies in this list.
Although I did have one minor complaint that I had to do with the design of the girl giant Inma, she supposed to be around 11 years old but in a couple pieces of the concept art they drew her face like she was a teenager or an adult instead of looking like child like she should've looked and I'd hoped that was only just a byproduct of the concept artists not used to drawing human child characters.
much like Vanellope I believe that Inma would make a great and interesting addition to the line of Disney princesses.
I do hope that work on Gigantic gets picked up where it left off in the near future.
I was really infuriated when they cancelled Gigantic!
Same
So was I.
Maybe Netflix could revive Gigantic away from Disney’s tyrannical grip.
That's not a good idea. Netflix is becoming corrupt and tyrannical too, with all the cancellations their doing.
Gigantic would also be my favorite pick!
Same here!
Mine too.
Fraidy Cat and Wild Life should have been made based on the sketches and drawings.
2 other Movies that got Cancelled were also Hercules 2 & Darkwing Duck. Although both could be good as Disney+ Original Movies. I would also like to see both Mort & Gigantic if given the Chance, whether be Theatrical or as a Disney+ Original.
King of the Elves. There is a Grimm tale that should b made into a movie, The Pink. A young prince who has the power to fulfill his own wishes as many as he wants. An angel appears and told the queen that, it would b the first time Disney has brought in an angel to their films, *EVER*.
I'd like to see a version of Mort some day. I've read the book and quite enjoyed it
Disney could never capture the humor of the book, they wouldn't even try.
I'm a little surprised that Dumbo 2 didn't get dusted in off during Disney's period of obsession with direct-to-homevideo sequels.
I'm surprised you haven't mentioned the Disney princess crossover short film that got cancelled because the animation studios gave up on hand drawn animation.
I remember seeing the concept art for that, it looked so cute.
I for one wish they had not given up on hand drawn animation, for it's the true magic of Disney in my opinion.
@@dreamguardian8320 I heard Gigantic was gonna use both if i’m not mistaken.
They really should try to get back to their old animation style.
@@marthagilbert3459 Agreed.
I really wish we got gigantic, it looked unique
Quite a big stand out for sure(no pun intended).
Me too😢
Gigantic is the one I wanted to see most. Also, what is everybody’s favorite concept art for that movie?
Not suprised that one was your favourite 😉
@@the_one_who_is_many Mine is the one where Inma is looking for Jack in the cornfield.
Mines probably the one where he’s hanging from her hair in the clouds
@@the_one_who_is_many Inma looks like she is just causal talking a walk while Jack is just dangling there.
I wanted to see Gigantic too😢
I wanna see them!
All of them! Especially the Ultimate Princess Academy crossover Movie!
The Emperor's Nightingale was made into an episode of Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers.
Gigantic would've been amazing
Agreed
Yea, I agree
@@alicebthegachaweirdo8378 Cool
I agree.
I was really looking forward to Gigantic. Heard so much about it at D23 years back. It would mark the second time Disney took on the Jack and the Beanstalk tale with several twists.
And to think it served as an easter egg in Zootopia among Duke Weaselton's bootleg DVD display. It never saw the light of day, so much for that little reference.
I would've loved to see all of these
I wish they released gigantic, dumbo 2, mort and a few good ghosts
Most of these would have been good to see, but I am glad Disney did NOT get the opportunity to mess with Terry Pratchett's Mort.
I believe they would have totally ruined it by not following the source material.
Makes me uncomfortable that Disney was gonna mess with Terry Pratchetts work. Mort (and all the discworld stories) have a level of humour that Disney couldnt achieve in their wildest dreams.
Newt was canceled because of Rio (April 15, 2011), Disney didn't want to have another A Bugs Life/Antz fiasco, with two movies with basically the same story/plot coming out at the same time.
You know how I found out about Gigantic’s cancellation? Well, I was browsing Wikipedia and saw Gigantic was not in the list of upcoming Disney films.
Gigantic looks adorable.
Not only Dumbo 2 was the direct-to-video sequel that got cancelled, there was also originally gonna be direct sequels to Pinocchio, The Aristocats, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons and both third installments to The Jungle Book and Mulan. But they were all cancelled when John Lasseter become the chief creative officer of the studio and he put an end to these direct-to-video sequels.
So sad that we never got Gigantic, it was clearly a fair way into development given that they announced it and it also had an easter egg in Zootopia, I hope they take another look at it and try to rework it
Even though we never got to see Gigantic, we at least got to see a parody in the movie Zootopia. Happy thursday Ms Mojo and see You soon, take care and God bless You.
Better than nothing I guess
@@bighand1530 You said it
@@samuelcollantes1175 Thanks
i remember back when newt was coming out seeing the artwork along it being similar to rio being one of the reasons.
instead of the unnecessary remakes would love if they brought back at least some of these movies as disney's concepts were always fun for me to look into.(also remember seeing a scrapped 7 dwarves animation.)
would've liked to have seen dumbo 2,fraidy cat,the emeror's nightingale(mickey mouse needs a recent movie in general.) & especially gigantic(really hope that's brought back in some way.:3).
I would have loved to see these movies made
Main one I wanted to see is Gigantic.
@@bighand1530 Same here.
@@dreamguardian8320 Can’t blame ya
Of all the things mention here, I really wish we got Gigantic, though Tam Lin and The King of Elves would have been interesting as well
If Gigantic would have still been made. I can see a human befriended a giant despite racism between the two species.
We more or less got Newt, only from a different studio. Premise is basically Rio
That’s why they cancelled Newt.
@@bighand1530 they did that to avoid a bug's life vs antz fiasco
Disney they should make it that gigantic movie I hope
It’s a breath of fresh air from the looks of things.
A Few Good Ghosts, Newt and Gigantic.
Lol imagine getting shelved for Chicken Little of all movies
The real reason Newt was booted was because of Blue Sky's Rio. They didn't want to have people compared to their new project of lizards with birds. I do hope Newt and Gigantic come into fruition. I believe those two projects will still be cool to see for Disney and Pixar.
2:37 Now I know where it reference from the early 90s Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers
Newt was scrapped because the plot was pretty much identical to Blue Sky's Rio which was coming out first.
I heard that Newt was dropped because Fox was doing Rio and sighted that the two movies were to similar.🤔
For would love to see gigantic and Dumbo 2
I would be really happy to see gigantic or maybe even Dumbo II
I wish Gigantic did come to be. It seemed like it had a lot going for it. I guess sometimes some projects are too big to get off the ground even for Disney.
It was one of the Disney movies I wanted to see most for sure.
@@bighand1530 Mine too.
@@dreamguardian8320 Looked like a big stand out(no pun intended)compared to the other stuff Disney has been cranking out. And speaking of which, Inma herself would have been 60 feet tall had it became a reality.
You should make a video about scrapped Mickey Mouse projects
I wish they'd make a movie for the Enormous Egg.
I would've been interested in seeing 'King of the Elves' and 'Fraidy Cat'
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I think King of the Elves would be visually spectacular
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King of The Elves, I understand, was set in the Mississippi Delta. Considering that area's rich history of blues, that was all the incentive I had to be excited for it.
I was surprised that Gigantic got canned; I had to look up the bootleg DVD cover parody in Zootopia even cause it didn't register as a thing over here before it was cancelled...
I saw that scene too, and I thought for sure Gigantic would definitely come out. But now I fear they will cut that scene out one day, now that Gigantic is cancelled.
I sure hope that, if Gigantic ever does just happen to come back, we can see more of our little dinosaur friends Rocky, Bill, Tiny, and Mazu. And their GIGANTIC carnivorous friend too!
At the very least, at least Gigantic is sort of immortalized in Zootopia!
True
Pretty sure Newt didn't happen bc the movie Rio came out. Basically same thing
King of elves looks so cool !!! Sad we won’t get to see it !!
That is one I wanted to see second most
It's crazy how far they got with Gigantic was before getting canned. Like they even teased it in Zootopia (the sequence where Duke Weaselton is selling pirated copies of films that haven't yet been released).
On a side note, Michael Eisner will always get a lot of credit for overseeing Disney during their renaissance (heck, even his initiative to make direct to dvd sequels to every Disney animated film now looks tame compared to their soulless remakes) but boy could he be a dick. Cancelling a film just to get back at Roy Disney? Geez.
That is one the main things that makes Gigantic being cancelled all the more.
I wish Gigantic was made it would been the top Disney's cult-classics it will on the list with other greats Aladdin,Toy Story,Jungle Book,Lion King,Winnie The Pooh,Pirates of the Caribbean,Peter Pan,101 Dalmatians,Cinderella,Little Mermaid,Beauty and the Beast,Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,Lilo and Stitch,Bambi,Robin Hood,Hercules,Dumbo,Tarzan,Pocahontas,Aristocats,Alice in Wonderland,Frozen,Chicken Little,Emperor's New Grove and Pinocchio.
I certainly think it would have been both a gigantic hit(no pun intended) at the box office and have quite a following too.
So many of these looked quite fun and good. Gigantic was one that disappointed me not getting a release, also though not on this list, The Aristocats II. It was so close to getting done, but shelved as 2D was no longer a thing, plans were to make it in 3D, but all Disney animated films would be 3D instead after The Princess And The Frog. I think it's the same for most studios now though.
Disney would be smart to re-release the older Pixar Movies unchanged except for updated, improved graphics.