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List of unproduced Universal Pictures animated projects
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<h2 id="1940s">1940s</h2> <h3>1941</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Aladdin and His Lamp</i></td><td>In 1941, after hearing the success of <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios/TwNCw6nf">Disney</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)/6rydH9JV">Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</a></i>, Universal's first animation studio <a href="/facts/Walter_Lantz_Productions/p4IBqaqX">Walter Lantz Productions</a> was given $750,000 to produce their first feature film called <i>Aladdin and His Lamp</i>, which was based on the famous tales of <a href="/facts/Aladdin/qAT99tM4">Aladdin</a>. It was set to star the voices of comedy duo <a href="/facts/Abbott_and_Costello/bCfmeqIU">Abbott and Costello</a>, and <a href="/facts/Frank_Churchill/9TW9DyoG">Frank Churchill</a> was set to compose the musical score. However, <a href="/facts/Walter_Lantz/PJIlAvur">Walter Lantz</a> cancelled the project in light of the cut-off of the overseas market and the financial risk that came shortly after the <a href="/facts/Fleischer_Studios/c8qlRvlY">Fleischer Studios</a>' film <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Bug_Goes_to_Town/gvjBDBue">Mr. Bug Goes to Town</a></i> failed at the box office.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="1990s">1990s</h2> <h3>1991</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Shrek_(franchise)/vJ8vRlBM">Shrek</a></i></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Shrek/mc1Fe173">Shrek</a></i></td><td>In 1991, <a href="/facts/Steven_Spielberg/KeqLPKoS">Steven Spielberg</a> purchased the rights to <a href="/facts/William_Steig/Xr17chSl">William Steig</a>'s 1990 children's book <i><a href="/facts/Shrek!/8AR29URg">Shrek!</a></i>. Spielberg originally envisioned his adaptation as a <a href="/facts/Traditional_animation/CqPeCPBY">traditionally animated</a> film through his animation studio <a href="/facts/Amblimation/S4CfHSCD">Amblimation</a>, with <a href="/facts/Bill_Murray/PmWY5tUR">Bill Murray</a> as the voice of the <a href="/facts/Shrek_(character)/DhEAUgGl">titular character</a> and <a href="/facts/Steve_Martin/oIVUvuq3">Steve Martin</a> as the voice of <a href="/facts/Donkey_(Shrek)/nSBKu2NR">Donkey</a>. Despite co-founding <a href="/facts/DreamWorks_Animation/qXUu6Tmt">DreamWorks Animation</a>—the eventual owner of the <i>Shrek</i> franchise—in 1994, 3 years before Amblimation ceased operations, Spielberg moved on to other projects. This film is starring <a href="/facts/Mike_Myers/KKrKKcWW">Mike Myers</a>, <a href="/facts/Eddie_Murphy/QfABxjvj">Eddie Murphy</a> and <a href="/facts/Cameron_Diaz/Yd3FvSQ6">Cameron Diaz</a> and turned into a CGI film when it was completed and released in 2001.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film and television series</td><td><i>The Adventures of MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob</i></td><td>Following the release of the <a href="/facts/The_Adventures_of_MC_Skat_Kat_and_the_Stray_Mob/8mMINjuc">album of the same name</a>, <a href="/facts/Virgin_Music/FJy6Thzc">Virgin Music</a> and Universal Pictures briefly discussed producing a live-action/animation feature film featuring <a href="/facts/MC_Skat_Kat/8mMINjuc">MC Skat Kat</a>, but nothing ever materialized. Singer <a href="/facts/Paula_Abdul/kmfVecww">Paula Abdul</a> had even pitched the idea of a live-action/animation series starring Skat Kat to air on <a href="/facts/Fox_Kids/Ke9ygoHh">Fox Kids</a>, but it failed to materialize due to the poor reviews and sales of the album.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>1993</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Jurassic_Park/NURIxpYw">Jurassic Park</a></i></td><td><i>Escape from Jurassic Park</i></td><td>In June 1993, after the theatrical release of <i><a href="/facts/Jurassic_Park_(film)/ExlNWCI4">Jurassic Park</a></i>, spokesmen for Amblin and MCA confirmed that an animated series based on the film was in development and awaiting Steven Spielberg's final approval.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The series, titled <i>Escape from Jurassic Park</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> would have consisted of 23 episodes for its first season. The series would have centered on John Hammond's attempts to finish Jurassic Park and open it to the public, while InGen's corporate rival Biosyn is simultaneously planning to open their own dinosaur theme park in Brazil, which ultimately ends with their dinosaurs escaping into the jungles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>1996</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Cats</i></td><td>By October 1996, an animated adaptation of the <a href="/facts/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber/Bt99HKA7">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> musical <i><a href="/facts/Cats_(musical)/dWFBp4aV">Cats</a></i> was in development at <a href="/facts/Amblimation/S4CfHSCD">Amblimation</a>. <a href="/facts/Phil_Nibbelink/NEq4vT5U">Phil Nibbelink</a> and Dick Zondag were attached to direct while <a href="/facts/Joel_Cohen_(writer)/lratzcIw">Joel Cohen</a> and <a href="/facts/Alec_Sokolow/TXaJuxh3">Alec Sokolow</a> were brought on to rework an earlier script from <a href="/facts/Tom_Stoppard/yqXtPQBr">Tom Stoppard</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> The film was turned into the critical and commercial failure version of <a href="/facts/Cats_(2019_film)/GzrvaBoC">the same name</a> with <a href="/facts/Tom_Hooper/KGtsHq6f">Tom Hooper</a> directing.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Casper_the_Friendly_Ghost_in_film/6PweBKyF"><i>Casper the Friendly Ghost</i></a></td><td><i>Casper 2</i></td><td>Following the release of <i><a href="/facts/Casper_(film)/ckgLy2pm">Casper</a></i>, <a href="/facts/Simon_Wells/USxLvSdw">Simon Wells</a> co-wrote a screenplay for <i>Casper 2</i>, in which he was set to direct, but in July 2000, Universal Pictures cancelled the sequel due to the disappointing sales from the direct-to-video <i>Casper</i> films and the hesitation of <a href="/facts/Christina_Ricci/LqaPpvrg">Christina Ricci</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/InterWorld/0U71uIvb">InterWorld</a></i></td><td>The idea of <i>InterWorld</i> surged in 1996, when Michael Raeves was developing an animated series for DreamWorks. Suggesting to Gaiman an idea for a possible animated television series, they collaborated on the story and unsuccessfully tried to sell it to various studios, including DreamWorks, which was not interested. The <i>InterWorld</i> idea ended up as a novel that was not released until 2007. In June of that same year, author <a href="/facts/Neil_Gaiman/wbt3y5h1">Neil Gaiman</a> reported in his journal that he had pitched the idea of <i>InterWorld</i> to DreamWorks back in 1996, but the executives were confused on the concept. Along with Michael Raeves, they later published their work into the novel, in which DreamWorks Animation had optioned into producing an animated film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> Nothing came of it until June 2016, when the plans to make <i>InterWorld</i> as television series were revived by <a href="/facts/Universal_Cable_Productions/R4zyrl9D">Universal Cable Productions</a>, in association with <i><a href="/facts/Hamilton_(musical)/f5J1lGSw">Hamilton</a></i> producer <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Seller/zJL5upok">Jeffrey Seller</a> and his partner Flody Suarez,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> but with no further updates since.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Scooby-Doo!_(film_series)/LIEsctQ8"><i>Scooby-Doo</i></a></td><td><i>Scooby-Doo</i></td><td>The film was planned to be an origin story of Scooby, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. gang. It was written by Craig Titley who later went on to write the <a href="/facts/Scooby-Doo_(film)/yPpd6fSd">2002 film of the same name</a>. The film was scrapped when <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a> bought the rights to <a href="/facts/Hanna-Barbera/hI750v8v">Hanna-Barbera</a> by buying <a href="/facts/Turner_Broadcasting_System/c9jla2QY">Turner</a> in 1996. The script for this version of the film was leaked in 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a>[<i>better source needed</i>]</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>1997</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks/RcbYwr7k">Alvin and the Chipmunks</a></i></td><td><i>Alvin and the Chipmunks</i></td><td>In June 1997, director <a href="/facts/Robert_Zemeckis/7bLncWvh">Robert Zemeckis</a> was slated to direct a live-action adaptation of <i>Alvin and the Chipmunks</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> but in September 2000, the estate of <a href="/facts/Ross_Bagdasarian_Sr./x6Cu1UHF">Ross Bagdasarian Sr.</a> filed suit against Universal Pictures for which development on the film was cancelled.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> A <a href="/facts/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks_(film)/kU3X9ykW">live-action/CGI film</a> was ultimately released by <a href="/facts/20th_Century_Fox/vd5eeD3S">20th Century Fox</a> in 2007.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Just So Stories</i></td><td>This project from Amblimation and Universal back in the 1990s was <i><a href="/facts/Just_So_Stories/vfSwbELc">Just So Stories</a></i> based on the book by <a href="/facts/Rudyard_Kipling/jmHXpRzn">Rudyard Kipling</a>. Amblimation did only 3 films such as <i><a href="/facts/An_American_Tail%3a_Fievel_Goes_West/C1ES45PP">An American Tail: Fievel Goes West</a></i> (1991), <i><a href="/facts/We%2527re_Back!_A_Dinosaur%2527s_Story_(film)/6kExflrC">We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story</a></i> (1993), and <i><a href="/facts/Balto_(film)/C4xDNEWL">Balto</a></i> (1995) but never released <i>Just So Stories</i> and the animated musical adaptation of <i>Cats</i> as the studio closed its doors in 1997 and everyone involved moved on to DreamWorks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> The other animation studios of <i><a href="/facts/Adaptations_of_Kipling%2527s_Just_So_Stories/opqx5lA6">Just So Stories</a></i> are <a href="/facts/Soyuzmultfilm/tR1wmKRX">Soyuzmultfilm</a>, Marble Arch/Interama/Strengholt Films, Bevanfield Films, Les Films de l'Arlequin and Je Suis Bien Content.</td></tr><tr><td><i>Jurassic Park</i></td><td><i>Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect</i></td><td>Part three of the four-part comic adaptation of <i>The Lost World: Jurassic Park</i>, published by Topps Comics in July 1997, confirmed to readers that a cartoon series based on the film was in development. The animated series was commissioned by <a href="/facts/Steven_Spielberg/KeqLPKoS">Steven Spielberg</a> and was to be developed by DreamWorks Animation under the supervision of Steve Lyons.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> The cartoon was to be accompanied by <i>Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect</i>, a series of dinosaur toys produced by <a href="/facts/Kenner_Products/tapS5klz">Kenner</a> and based on a premise that scientists had created dinosaur hybrids consisting of DNA from different creatures.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> The new toys were based on the then-upcoming cartoon.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The cartoon was scheduled for release date of March 1998, as a <a href="/facts/Mid-season_replacement/nNv9DekP">mid-season replacement</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> The Chaos Effect toyline was released in June 1998,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> but the animated series was never produced, for unknown reasons.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>1998</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Frankenstein</i></td><td>In October 1998, Universal Pictures and <a href="/facts/Industrial_Light_%2526_Magic/P6J0qtC7">Industrial Light & Magic</a> jointly announced to produce a computer-animated film featuring <a href="/facts/Frankenstein/15QDt2dI">Frankenstein</a>. <a href="/facts/S._S._Wilson/HbbccbgM">S. S. Wilson</a> and <a href="/facts/Brent_Maddock/6y8nkgXu">Brent Maddock</a> were attached to write the script under the condition that it would not be a family-oriented film. <a href="/facts/Tom_Bertino/7rLlAa9B">Tom Bertino</a> was attached to direct the film. It was intended to be released by Halloween 2000.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2> <h3>2001</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are/4nWTfMDT">Where the Wild Things Are</a></i></td><td>Universal acquired rights to the book's adaptation in 2001 and initially attempted to develop a computer-animated adaptation with <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios/TwNCw6nf">Disney</a> animator <a href="/facts/Eric_Goldberg_(film_director)/9dXohm47">Eric Goldberg</a>, but in 2003 the animated concept was replaced with a live-action one, and Goldberg was replaced with <a href="/facts/Spike_Jonze/czRLn3Je">Spike Jonze</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> The film was originally set for release from Universal, and a teaser of the film was attached to the studio's 2000 adaptation of <i><a href="/facts/Dr._Seuss%2527_How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_(2000_film)/qtQJ71BC">How the Grinch Stole Christmas</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> Disagreements between Universal and Sendak over Jonze's approach to the story led to a <a href="/facts/Turnaround_(filmmaking)/AKmWSyAV">turnaround</a> arrangement where the film's production was transferred to <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a>, resulting in the <a href="/facts/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are_(film)/K4HWhv7n">live-action adaptation</a> released in October 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2006</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure</i></td><td>When <a href="/facts/Laika_(company)/TIW3sLct">Laika Entertainment</a> opened, they announced their first projects, the stop-motion film <i><a href="/facts/Coraline_(film)/gkFg5yRz">Coraline</a></i>, and the CGI animated film <i>Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> The studio laid off a significant portion of its staff in 2008, when its second planned feature was cancelled.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2007</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The Legend of Spyro 3D</i></td><td>By September 2007, the film rights for <i><a href="/facts/Spyro/mMyYllRp">Spyro the Dragon</a></i> were purchased by <a href="/facts/The_Animation_Picture_Company/RdhnpybF">The Animation Picture Company</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> Daniel and Steven Altiere wrote the script, which was going to be based on the recently released <i><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Spyro/7PAHXu72">The Legend of Spyro</a></i> trilogy. The film was going to be titled <i>The Legend of Spyro 3D</i> and was planned to be made from Los Angeles, California, with animation by a <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korean</a> Animation studio, Wonderworld Studios, alongside <a href="/facts/Universal_Animation_Studios/zxVlY0xK">Universal Animation Studios</a>. The film was planned to be produced by <a href="/facts/John_Davis_(producer)/nyIsWhNs">John Davis</a>, Dan Chuba, <a href="/facts/Mark_A.Z._Dipp%25C3%25A9/eVXgbpKE">Mark A.Z. Dippé</a>, Brian Manis and Ash Shah, and distributed and advertised by Velvet Octopus along with <a href="/facts/Universal_Pictures/2xUCraUP">Universal Studios</a>. Mark Dippe was going to direct the film, which would've made it the first theatrical film Dippe directed since <i><a href="/facts/Spawn_(1997_film)/e8RtKnmY">Spawn</a></i>. This film was originally planned for release in theaters on Christmas 2009 in the United States and Canada, but was delayed to April 10, 2010, for its North American release. It was later confirmed by Daniel Altiere himself that the film had been officially cancelled due to decisions made by <a href="/facts/Activision/NmDDD1wW">Activision</a> to go in a different direction,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> which was later revealed to be in the form of <i><a href="/facts/Skylanders/YwAcGv6v">Skylanders</a></i>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2008</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Emily_the_Strange/dezw5Kcq">Emily the Strange</a></i></td><td>Since 2000, Rob Reger has been trying to make a feature film adaptation of <i>Emily</i>. In 2005, <a href="/facts/20th_Century_Fox_Animation/nWq2Su7K">Fox Animation</a> went to make a live action/animated feature film,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> with <a href="/facts/Chris_Meledandri/hUqKqzDr">Chris Meledandri</a> and John Cohen producing it.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Mike_Richardson_(publisher)/32Nn9P5M">Mike Richardson</a>, of <a href="/facts/Dark_Horse_Entertainment/TLvpV5V4">Dark Horse Entertainment</a>, came on board as a producer in 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> The same year it was unofficially reported that the film moved to <a href="/facts/Universal_Pictures/2xUCraUP">Universal Studios</a>' owned <a href="/facts/Illumination_Entertainment/leuTEq3G">Illumination Entertainment</a>, along with the studio's founders, Meledandri and Cohen.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> In September 2010, Universal Studios acquired the rights to the comic, and the actress <a href="/facts/Chlo%25C3%25AB_Grace_Moretz/Y9AdzMeJ">Chloë Grace Moretz</a> was cast in the role of Emily.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> Melisa Wallack, who wrote the script for <i><a href="/facts/Mirror_Mirror_(film)/KkHItpLV">Mirror Mirror</a></i>, was hired to write the adaptation in the following year in August.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> Two months later it was confirmed that the film was indeed in the works at <a href="/facts/Illumination_Entertainment/leuTEq3G">Illumination Entertainment</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> Kealan O'Rourke was brought to rewrite the film's script.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> By December 2016, Universal abandoned the project, and Dark Horse Entertainment and <a href="/facts/Amazon_Studios/AcYatrgW">Amazon Studios</a> were in negotiations to make an animated film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2009</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Flanimals</i></td><td>An animated feature film based on the <i><a href="/facts/Flanimals/R6A7wPBL">Flanimals</a></i> book series was in production at <a href="/facts/Illumination_(company)/leuTEq3G">Illumination</a> by April 2009. Series creator <a href="/facts/Ricky_Gervais/9x3ewLpK">Ricky Gervais</a> was set to be the executive producer and also lend his voice to the lead character, while <i><a href="/facts/The_Simpsons/2nvy6mx6">The Simpsons</a></i> writer <a href="/facts/Matt_Selman/5QBDtQ3P">Matt Selman</a> wrote the script,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> but the project was later removed from the development schedule.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Where%2527s_Waldo%253F/xmVP9WVe">Where's Waldo?</a></i></td><td><i>Where's Waldo?</i></td><td>In June 2009, Universal and <a href="/facts/Illumination_(company)/leuTEq3G">Illumination Entertainment</a> acquired the rights to turn <i><a href="/facts/Where%2527s_Waldo%253F/xmVP9WVe">Where's Waldo?</a></i> into a <a href="/facts/Live_action/rRJrwAH5">live-action</a> film, was to be produced by <a href="/facts/Chris_Meledandri/hUqKqzDr">Chris Meledandri</a> with Classic Media's (now <a href="/facts/DreamWorks_Classics/FRUQfjoF">DreamWorks Classics</a>) executive producer <a href="/facts/Eric_Ellenbogen/tCud7DK4">Eric Ellenbogen</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> but the project was then scrapped.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td>Cryptozoology movie</td><td>In December 2009 (1 year before Illumination's <a href="/facts/Despicable_Me/gt6wpfQK">Despicable Me</a> was released to a positive response), <a href="/facts/Illumination_(company)/leuTEq3G">Illumination Entertainment</a> was producing an animated film based on a pitch by actor-comedian <a href="/facts/Jack_Black/SW2snxwH">Jack Black</a> and Jason Micallef on <a href="/facts/Cryptozoology/5qxHsDSL">cryptozoology</a>, which is the study of legendary creatures whose existence has never been confirmed (i.e. the <a href="/facts/Loch_Ness_Monster/k3w54kE5">Loch Ness Monster</a> or <a href="/facts/Bigfoot/htf6c98P">Bigfoot</a>). Jack Black had the intention to produce the film alongside Ben Cooley and <a href="/facts/Chris_Meledandri/hUqKqzDr">Chris Meledandri</a> through his production company Electric Dynamite. Additionally, he also had no intention to voice any character as he did with <a href="/facts/DreamWorks_Animation/qXUu6Tmt">DreamWorks Animation</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Kung_Fu_Panda_(film)/pm7m6eVt">Kung Fu Panda</a></i>, along with the other 3 sequels (2011 to 2024).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2010s">2010s</h2> <h3>2010</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Curious_George/j6pLfhTJ">Curious George</a></i></td><td><i>Curious George</i></td><td>By July 2010, Illumination was developing a <a href="/facts/Live-action_animated_film/mwHEGuys">live-action animated</a> film based on <a href="/facts/Curious_George/j6pLfhTJ">Curious George</a>, with Larry Stuckey writing the script,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> but in November 2015 the film project was cancelled.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Pluto</i></td><td>In October 2010, Illumination Entertainment and <a href="/facts/Tezuka_Productions/nfkxWw9c">Tezuka Productions</a> jointly announced to develop a live-action/animated film of the Japanese manga series <i><a href="/facts/Pluto_(manga)/lwLu3awI">Pluto</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Addams_Family/as746ttw">The Addams Family</a></i></td><td><i>The Addams Family</i></td><td>In 2010, Universal and Illumination acquired the underlying rights to <a href="/facts/The_Addams_Family/as746ttw">the Addams Family</a> drawings.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> The film was planned to be a <a href="/facts/Stop-motion/A3RY2bbk">stop-motion</a> animated film based on Charles Addams's original drawings. <a href="/facts/Tim_Burton/QTYQ25Bt">Tim Burton</a> was set to co-write and co-produce the film, with a possibility to direct.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a> By July 2013, the film was cancelled; had been made, this would have been Illumination's first stop-motion animated film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> Eventually, <a href="/facts/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/sQdE9Kg2">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> picked up rights to the film and <a href="/facts/The_Addams_Family_(2019_film)/pnXmDwWd">an animated film</a> was released in 2019, with <i><a href="/facts/Sausage_Party/0mVup6o4">Sausage Party</a></i> directors <a href="/facts/Greg_Tiernan/ngH5W3L0">Greg Tiernan</a> and former DreamWorks Animation staff member <a href="/facts/Conrad_Vernon/eP3sHcQ9">Conrad Vernon</a> to direct.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> Universal handled the international distribution rights for the film, as well as physical home media worldwide distribution rights.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2011</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Uglydolls</i></td><td>In May 2011, Illumination acquired the rights to <a href="/facts/Uglydolls/YLTYQFn9">Uglydolls</a> to make an animated feature film,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a> but the project never came into fruition. <a href="/facts/UglyDolls_(film)/YLTYQFn9">An animated film</a> based on Uglydolls became the first family and animation project produced by <a href="/facts/STXfilms/qptHyQNX">STXfilms</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> and was released in May 2019.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Woody_Woodpecker/8RYCL0IV">Woody Woodpecker</a></i></td><td><i>Woody Woodpecker</i></td><td>By November 2011, Universal and Illumination planned a <i>Woody Woodpecker</i> feature film. Writing duo <a href="/facts/John_Altschuler/fYxS32fp">John Altschuler</a> and <a href="/facts/Dave_Krinsky/r5WlI5Tl">Dave Krinsky</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Blades_of_Glory/S04koEkG">Blades of Glory</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/King_of_the_Hill/QclGSBTm">King of the Hill</a></i>) were in talks to develop a story,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a> but in July 2013, Illumination canceled the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> The film was eventually released as <a href="/facts/Woody_Woodpecker_(2017_film)/jFURR343">a live-action/CGI hybrid film</a> in 2017.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2012</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The Cat in the Hat</i></td><td>In March 2012, following the financial success of <i><a href="/facts/The_Lorax_(film)/mDs1HLPf">The Lorax</a></i>, the animated film adaptation of <a href="/facts/The_Lorax/EEpCuc5H">the Dr. Seuss book of the same name</a>, Universal and Illumination announced plans to produce an animated adaptation of the book <i>The Cat in the Hat</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a> Rob Lieber was set to write the script, with <a href="/facts/Chris_Meledandri/hUqKqzDr">Chris Meledandri</a> as producer, and <a href="/facts/Audrey_Geisel/S87seo2I">Audrey Geisel</a> as the executive producer, but the project never came into fruition.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a> By January 2018, <a href="/facts/Warner_Animation_Group/4JeYpA3F">Warner Animation Group</a> was in development of an animated <i>Cat in the Hat</i> film as part of a creative partnership with Seuss Enterprises which is set to be released in 2026.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Clifford_the_Big_Red_Dog_(film)/RkLoUJdu">Clifford the Big Red Dog</a></i></td><td>In May 2012, Universal and Illumination began to develop a live-action/animated feature film based on the <i><a href="/facts/Clifford_the_Big_Red_Dog/KjbMNqwA">Clifford the Big Red Dog</a></i> book series. Matt Lopez was hired to write the script, while <a href="/facts/Chris_Meledandri/hUqKqzDr">Chris Meledandri</a> and <a href="/facts/Deborah_Forte/FjLNkFgn">Deborah Forte</a> were attached to produce the film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a> In July 2013, Illumination dropped the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Paramount_Pictures/F6UIvDD9">Paramount Pictures</a> later acquired the rights to develop the film, which was eventually released on November 10, 2021, following a number of delays due to the ongoing <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic/0xTsh7Ut">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Goblins</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Laika_(company)/TIW3sLct">Laika Entertainment</a> was interested to adapt the <a href="/facts/Philip_Reeve/veQmaB2Q">Philip Reeve's</a> book named <i>Goblins</i> into an animated feature, but nothing came up of the project since the initial announcement.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2015</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Johnny Express</i></td><td>In 2015, Universal and Illumination planned to adapt the South Korean CGI animated short <i>Johnny Express</i> into a feature-length animated film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2017</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Spooky Jack</i></td><td>In 2017, DreamWorks announced an original feature called <i>Spooky Jack</i>, with a planned release date of September 17, 2021. <a href="/facts/Jason_Blum/HjGRlyCq">Jason Blum</a> was to serve as executive producer, and would have been a co-production with <a href="/facts/Blumhouse_Productions/LEBS2d3g">Blumhouse Productions</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a> The premise would have been about three siblings who moved into an eerie new home and discover that all the creatures that have been told do not exist. By October 2019, <i>Spooky Jack</i> was removed from the schedule, with its original release date replaced by <i><a href="/facts/The_Bad_Guys_(film)/T1puqRRd">The Bad Guys</a></i>, based on the <a href="/facts/Scholastic_book/1NXaDwcz">Scholastic book</a> series by <a href="/facts/Aaron_Blabey/2WESHnpC">Aaron Blabey</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a> Concept art for the film have been released.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The Wizards of Once</i></td><td>In March 2017, DreamWorks purchased film rights to the book from <i><a href="/facts/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon/z7r9lcEH">How to Train Your Dragon</a></i> author <a href="/facts/Cressida_Cowell/F2pFuFHG">Cressida Cowell</a> to make it into another animated fantasy film series.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2018</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Mice_and_Mystics/fJXFk47D">Mice and Mystics</a></i></td><td>In October 2018, DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the role-playing game for a potential animated film adaptation of the board game of <a href="/facts/Mice_and_Mystics/fJXFk47D">the same name</a>. <a href="/facts/Alexandre_Aja/XBLx2eNl">Alexandre Aja</a>, long-time horror film director, was set to direct and write the film's script along with <a href="/facts/David_Leslie_Johnson-McGoldrick/taTx8NrI">David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick</a>. <a href="/facts/Vertigo_Entertainment/TlrRuf0L">Vertigo Entertainment</a>'s <a href="/facts/Roy_Lee/U9YWCYeh">Roy Lee</a> and Jon Berg were also set to serve as producers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a> But as of 2025, nothing came of it.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Spudnik's Guide to Earth</i></td><td>In April 2018, Leo Matsuda sold his project to DreamWorks his film idea based on a children's book of the same name Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who was also attached to co-write the screenplay.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a> Matsuda was also attached to direct the film. However, nothing came of it since.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Yokai Samba</i></td><td>In April 2018, Leo Matsuda was hired to write and direct <i>Yokai Samba</i>, based on the trade reports that are inspired by a folk story Matsuda heard in his youth about growing up and has Brazilian and Japanese influences.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a> By March 2021, <a href="/facts/Paramount_Animation/jYVj4sU3">Paramount Animation</a> and <a href="/facts/Nickelodeon/XFDhS5fX">Nickelodeon</a> began to develop the film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2019</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/VeggieTales/kqSpu6nY">VeggieTales</a></i></td><td>Untitled <i>VeggieTales</i> film</td><td>In March 2019, just around the same time as the announcement of <i><a href="/facts/The_VeggieTales_Show/QxHkFchX">The VeggieTales Show</a></i>, series creator <a href="/facts/Phil_Vischer/dGhRPPVR">Phil Vischer</a> revealed that a new film based on <i>VeggieTales</i> is in development,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a> later said to be centered around a Bible story similar to <i><a href="/facts/Jonah%3a_A_VeggieTales_Movie/dbkAhGk7">Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a> In 2020, Phil completed and turned in the screenplay's first draft. He was given notes and the go-ahead to revise and write a second draft before the official pitch to studio executives.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a> Phil completed the final draft of the screenplay and Universal was in talks with a co-production partner for the film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a> Eventually, Phil, alongside <a href="/facts/Mike_Nawrocki/TSqYLURC">Mike Nawrocki</a>, Lisa Vischer, and <a href="/facts/Kurt_Heinecke/d6SMMSqd">Kurt Heinecke</a>, departed from <a href="/facts/Big_Idea_Entertainment/Lx2kBTyF">Big Idea Entertainment</a>, thus putting the company in limbo.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2020s">2020s</h2> <h3>2020</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series / type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles</i></td><td>In September 2020, DreamWorks began development on a film adaptation of Tom Lennon's book of the same name with <i><a href="/facts/The_Angry_Birds_Movie/f5QtRxR5">The Angry Birds Movie</a></i> director <a href="/facts/Fergal_Reilly/PVWeRfVp">Fergal Reilly</a> directing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a> However, nothing came of it since.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2023</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Another Me</i></td><td>In 2023, the website <a href="/facts/Cartoon_Brew/FUWP71Sx">Cartoon Brew</a> reported that a Bollywood-themed film project titled <i>Another Me</i> had been shelved due in part to "significant reductions in staffing".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kanfer, Stefan (1997). 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