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List of unproduced DreamWorks Animation projects
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<h2 id="1990s">1990s</h2> <h3>1991</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Bugs: Lights Out</i></td><td>Prior to the release of <i><a href="/facts/Toy_Story/DoyMSJPT">Toy Story</a></i> and even the formation of the actual <a href="/facts/DreamWorks_Animation/qXUu6Tmt">DreamWorks</a> company itself, the animation studio <a href="/facts/Pacific_Data_Images/aoeoKCnX">PDI</a> was shopping around many pitches for a computer-animated film in 1991.<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> One of the pitches was a film called <i>Bugs: Lights Out</i> about microscopic insect-like robots who were responsible for the entropy of electronics and machinery. Despite a developed script and some test animations made to pitch the film, the idea was scrapped when the studio was picked up by DreamWorks to make <i><a href="/facts/Antz/zvGAdqMA">Antz</a></i>, which said film shares many aspects.<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></tbody></table> <h3>1996</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></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:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</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:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>1998</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series / type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Antz/zvGAdqMA">Antz</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>A direct-to-video sequel to <i>Antz</i> was in development at DreamWorks at the time of its release. Like the first film, it was planned to be produced by <a href="/facts/Pacific_Data_Images/aoeoKCnX">Pacific Data Images</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> By early 1999, when DreamWorks closed its television animation unit and merged the direct-to-video unit with the feature animation, the sequel was still planned, but eventually the project was cancelled.<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><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Rockumentary</i></td><td>In 1998, DreamWorks and PDI started development on a film parodying <a href="/facts/Beatles/2syHWLcM">The Beatles</a>, which featured a <a href="/facts/Beatlesque/0t6y0aT0">Beatles-esque</a> <a href="/facts/Penguin/RPoapfVx">penguin</a> <a href="/facts/Rock_band/1kHpuhz9">rock band</a>. The idea was scrapped, but after production on <i><a href="/facts/Madagascar_(2005_film)/V454xuHp">Madagascar</a></i> started, director <a href="/facts/Eric_Darnell/zh7G6MCP">Eric Darnell</a> decided to revive the penguins and make them a <a href="/facts/Commando/R75nynuA">commando</a>/<a href="/facts/Spy/oaDJ5fAd">spy</a> unit instead of a rock band.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Tusker</i></td><td>In December 1998, DreamWorks and PDI announced their third computer-animated project titled <i>Tusker</i>, which was meant to follow <i><a href="/facts/Shrek/mc1Fe173">Shrek</a></i>. It would have been an original story chronicling a herd of elephants crossing southeast Asia. In their travels, they encounter a wide variety of dangers, including a band of marauding poachers. <a href="/facts/Tim_Johnson_(film_director)/k0bTNzn3">Tim Johnson</a> and <a href="/facts/Brad_Lewis/hp9P1VNt">Brad Lewis</a>, the co-directors and producers of <i>Antz</i> respectively, were slated to direct and produce the project, and <a href="/facts/Morgan_Freeman/3lRKa6Nj">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="/facts/Jodie_Foster/qDjycFgW">Jodie Foster</a>, <a href="/facts/Garry_Shandling/s5NI2zjT">Garry Shandling</a>, <a href="/facts/Dana_Carvey/sTLc22T9">Dana Carvey</a>, <a href="/facts/Bruno_Kirby/1cdIVUy7">Bruno Kirby</a> and <a href="/facts/Don_Knotts/bD0K0WQy">Don Knotts</a> were part of the cast.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Jurassic_Park/NURIxpYw">Jurassic Park</a></i></td><td><i>Chaos Effect</i></td><td>An animated series based on the 1997 film <i><a href="/facts/The_Lost_World%3a_Jurassic_Park/9rry9sFI">The Lost World: Jurassic Park</a></i> was commissioned by <a href="/facts/Steven_Spielberg/KeqLPKoS">Steven Spielberg</a> himself, and was to be developed by DreamWorks under the supervision of Steve Lyons. The series would have been released after the film with the same name and would have involved hybrid dinosaurs similar to <i><a href="/facts/Jurassic_World/EQG6u8E8">Jurassic World</a></i>, but was eventually shelved due to a variety of internal conflicts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The Wanderer</i></td><td>A traditional animated feature film that was going to be directed by the <a href="/facts/Paul_and_Ga%25C3%25ABtan_Brizzi/VdSMgufu">Brizzi Brothers</a> and <a href="/facts/Simon_Wells/USxLvSdw">Simon Wells</a> of the story of a stray bear who joins a group of circus bears and changes their lives with the voices of <a href="/facts/Ellen_Greene/6gVUEG08">Ellen Greene</a>, <a href="/facts/Brian_Stokes_Mitchell/ajxPPICu">Brian Stokes Mitchell</a>, <a href="/facts/Jon_Cryer/Bff50RKX">Jon Cryer</a>, <a href="/facts/Amy_Yasbeck/b1AbPeEg">Amy Yasbeck</a>, <a href="/facts/Joey_Fatone/x54WzC6G">Joey Fatone</a>, <a href="/facts/Dick_Van_Dyke/26F0rC2s">Dick Van Dyke</a> and <a href="/facts/James_Gandolfini/CRFAHWkD">James Gandolfini</a>. The film's production was canceled following studio changes when Wells went to direct <i><a href="/facts/The_Time_Machine_(2002_film)/2k5fUCGV">The Time Machine</a></i>. As of 2012, some concept art was shown online of what the film's characters would have looked like.<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></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>1999</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Tortoise vs. Hare</i></td><td>By October 1999, Aardman was developing a film adaptation of the <a href="/facts/Aesop/uIYBgeY7">Aesop</a> fable, <i><a href="/facts/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare/X3CWNaL7">The Tortoise and the Hare</a></i>, with DreamWorks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> In July 2001, they postponed production on the film as they continued to rework the script. <a href="/facts/Bob_Hoskins/CoJqVnSp">Bob Hoskins</a>, <a href="/facts/Orlando_Jones/DUSR7TPG">Orlando Jones</a>, <a href="/facts/Brenda_Blethyn/RpnvtGm7">Brenda Blethyn</a>, <a href="/facts/Alice_Cooper/clPp1Jv2">Alice Cooper</a> and <a href="/facts/Lee_Evans_(comedian)/CdvSN7lp">Lee Evans</a> were set to voice the characters. <a href="/facts/Karey_Kirkpatrick/bPH73Mpk">Karey Kirkpatrick</a> and <a href="/facts/Mark_Burton_(writer)/SLM66EVN">Mark Burton</a> were writing the script, though more writers were expected to be brought on to revamp the script. <a href="/facts/Peter_Lord/1wKKB5Ej">Peter Lord</a> and <a href="/facts/Nick_Park/MmalKYWz">Nick Park</a> were slated to be executive producers while <a href="/facts/Richard_Starzak/87RsxkCX">Richard Goleszowski</a> was attached as director.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2> <h3>2000</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sonic_the_Hedgehog/QpJn4oAp">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>On <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a>, comic book writer <a href="/facts/Ken_Penders/Fx5PYWEE">Ken Penders</a> claimed that he was approached by DreamWorks to write a film starring the character from the <i><a href="/facts/Sonic_the_Hedgehog/QpJn4oAp">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i> universe, <a href="/facts/Knuckles_the_Echidna/2tkSbBkK">Knuckles the Echidna</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2001</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Adaptations_of_Moby-Dick/TMve5dpX">Moby Dick</a></i></td><td>In December 2001, <a href="/facts/Paul_and_Ga%25C3%25ABtan_Brizzi/VdSMgufu">Brizzi Brothers</a> pitched an animated feature idea based on the classic novel, <i><a href="/facts/Moby-Dick/lBQqePwN">Moby Dick</a></i> to DreamWorks,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> and was expected to move forward following the production of <i><a href="/facts/Sinbad%3a_Legend_of_the_Seven_Seas/R4ChqTCy">Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas</a></i> for a potential 2004 release date.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> Brizzi Brothers would leave DreamWorks and take the project for a <a href="/facts/Turnaround_(filmmaking)/AKmWSyAV">turnaround</a> to <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Animation/svk5SSdX">Sony Pictures Animation</a> in 2003, but the project would eventually be shelved. Paul Lasaine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a>, Richard Chavez<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a>, Christian Schellewald<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a>, and Luc Desmarchelier<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a>, respectively, have uploaded concept art and storyboards of the film in 2022.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Truckers</i></td><td>A film based on <i><a href="/facts/The_Nome_Trilogy/WbvHk1Ra">The Nome Trilogy</a></i> books was in the works from 2001 to 2011. DreamWorks acquired the film rights in 2001,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> and announced plans to combine all three books into a single film. It was to be directed by <a href="/facts/Andrew_Adamson/TGCn2L8X">Andrew Adamson</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> In late 2008, <a href="/facts/Danny_Boyle/d6BogHyB">Danny Boyle</a> was attached to direct <i>Truckers</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> but the project fell apart due to his financial problems.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> The following year, the <i><a href="/facts/Slumdog_Millionaire/V0ts7vHV">Slumdog Millionaire</a>'</i>s Oscar-winning screenwriter <a href="/facts/Simon_Beaufoy/bSeeCdlQ">Simon Beaufoy</a> was hired to work on the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> Plans to move forward with DreamWorks' adaptation resurfaced in 2010 with the announcement that <i><a href="/facts/Legend_of_the_Guardians/GNW5lIsy">Legend of the Guardians</a></i> screenwriter <a href="/facts/John_Orloff/kg0aen0Q">John Orloff</a> would pen the script for director <a href="/facts/Anand_Tucker/9bUISTg6">Anand Tucker</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> Tucker was later announced to direct another DreamWorks film <i><a href="/facts/Trolls_(film)/Dlkf8go7">Trolls</a></i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> which was planned to be partially based on a Pratchett novel,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> before he was replaced by <a href="/facts/Mike_Mitchell_(director)/47Geth3C">Mike Mitchell</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2002</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series / type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/VeggieTales/kqSpu6nY">VeggieTales</a></i></td><td><i>The Bob and Larry Movie</i></td><td>The origin story of VeggieTales hosts Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber reveals how they met, how they got their own show, and answers the question how vegetables and fruit talk. This was the first film in the series to feature humans. According to Phil Vischer, <i><a href="/facts/Jonah%3a_A_VeggieTales_Movie/dbkAhGk7">Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie</a></i> was their <a href="/facts/The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film)/wxdqlJfW"><i>The Ten Commandments</i></a>, while <i>The Bob and Larry Movie</i> was to be their <i><a href="/facts/Toy_Story_(franchise)/2VL0x9vn">Toy Story</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> <i>The Bob and Larry Movie</i> was originally planned to be the second <i>VeggieTales</i> movie with a released date in late 2005. It was placed into production in early 2002, toward the end of production of <i>Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie</i> (2002).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> However, Big Idea Productions fell into bankruptcy in late 2002 and the film was placed on hiatus, deemed too expensive. <a href="/facts/Phil_Vischer/dGhRPPVR">Phil Vischer</a> then wrote <i><a href="/facts/The_Pirates_Who_Don%2527t_Do_Anything%3a_A_VeggieTales_Movie/EkuHFoWk">The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie</a></i> to replace this film. In 2008, it was considered to be the sequel to <i>The Pirates who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie</i>, but talks stalled after the bankruptcy of VeggieTales owners <a href="/facts/Entertainment_Rights/cKSL94En">Entertainment Rights</a> and <a href="/facts/Classic_Media/FRUQfjoF">Classic Media</a>. Phil Vischer said in 2018 that his copy of <i>The Bob and Larry</i> script exists, but does not want to release it because it is owned by Universal and DreamWorks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gorillaz/gz6fSax4">Gorillaz</a></td><td><i>Celebrity Harvest</i></td><td>After the release of the debut album <i><a href="/facts/Gorillaz_(album)/xX6yXmxo">Gorillaz</a></i>, <a href="/facts/Jamie_Hewlett/L8LyIS4v">Jamie Hewlett</a> announced a film adaptation of the fictional band titled <i>Celebrity Harvest</i>. The film was further teased in the 2003 album <i><a href="/facts/Think_Tank_(Blur_album)/JNxSxkgU">Think Tank</a></i>, which had the words "Celebrity Harvest" printed on a corner of the booklet. The film was described as a "very dark film" with "cannibals and zombies". The script stated that it revolves around the theme of the world being trapped in an endless night and the sickness of celebrity culture.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> The project was canceled as DreamWorks thought it was too dark.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2004</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The White Seal</i></td><td>An adaptation of <i>The White Seal</i>, one of the stories featured in <i><a href="/facts/The_Jungle_Book/f7J3qbSv">The Jungle Book</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Rudyard_Kipling/jmHXpRzn">Rudyard Kipling</a>. Composer <a href="/facts/Eric_Whitacre/V4unXJ2l">Eric Whitacre</a> recounted being contacted by the studio to write music for the movie after the presentation of <i><a href="/facts/Paradise_Lost%3a_Shadows_and_Wings/9hKChkp3">Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings</a></i> at the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop in spring 2004. He had submitted a musical rendition of "The Seal Lullaby", a poem featured in the story, only to find weeks later that the film had been canceled in favor of producing <a href="/facts/Kung_Fu_Panda_(film)/pm7m6eVt"><i>Kung Fu Panda</i></a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> Whitacre would later go on to serve as the conductor for vocal arrangements for the soundtrack of <i><a href="/facts/Kung_Fu_Panda_3/0gAx9ClK">Kung Fu Panda 3</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2005</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Route 66</i></td><td>In September 2005, DreamWorks announced an original film, with Mulligan, a giant golf ball statue standing on a side of <a href="/facts/Route_66/znYkbGe8">Route 66</a> who goes on a journey to save a giant blueberry statue named Betty when she gets taken away. The concept came from comedian <a href="/facts/Harland_Williams/cA7UFGYB">Harland Williams</a>, alongside <a href="/facts/Conrad_Vernon/eP3sHcQ9">Conrad Vernon</a> and Rej Bourdages. Williams and Vernon were slated to pen the screenplay.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> In 2009, Williams revealed in an email inquiry that the film had been shelved.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>It Came From Earth!</i></td><td>In September 2005, DreamWorks announced they were developing an original film with <i><a href="/facts/Sheira_%2526_Loli%2527s_Dittydoodle_Works/8DfcGJJ5">Sheira & Loli's Dittydoodle Works</a></i> creator Cory Rosenberg. The film would have been an alien invasion spoof revolving around a planet of Martians who are visited by human astronauts. Josh Lobis and Darin Moiselle were attached to write the script.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2006</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Punk_Farm/3cALjVzX">Punk Farm</a></i></td><td>In April 2006, DreamWorks Animation had the rights to develop a computer-animated film adaptation of the <a href="/facts/Punk_Farm/3cALjVzX">children's book of the same name</a> by <a href="/facts/Jarrett_J._Krosoczka/1J6wyNRl">Jarrett J. Krosoczka</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> In June 2011, the project was eventually picked up by <a href="/facts/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/sQdE9Kg2">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a>, but with no further news since.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2007</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Bee_Movie/vtjwyvhc">Bee Movie</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>While it was never announced by the studio (although <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Katzenberg/cmsX5YEG">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a> briefly joked about one in 2007<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a>), comedian <a href="/facts/Jerry_Seinfeld/IjfIdpxJ">Jerry Seinfeld</a>, the producer, writer, and star of 2007's <i><a href="/facts/Bee_Movie/vtjwyvhc">Bee Movie</a></i>, said that he has no interest in making a sequel. During a <a href="/facts/Reddit_AMA/I4uAUY41">Reddit AMA</a> in June 2016, a fan asked about the possibility for <i>Bee Movie 2</i>. Seinfeld responded:<blockquote><p>I considered it this spring for a solid six hours. There's a fantastic energy now for some reason, on the internet particularly. <a href="/facts/Tumblr/QRMD7RbY">Tumblr</a>, people brought my attention to. I actually did consider it, but then I realized it would make <i>Bee Movie 1</i> less iconic. But my kids want me to do it, a lot of people want me to do it. A lot of people that don't know what animation is want me to do it. If you have any idea what animation is, you'd never do it.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Gullible's Travels</i></td><td>In January 2007, DreamWorks bought a <a href="/facts/Spec_script/fQ9FGmwE">spec script</a> titled <i>Gullible's Travels</i> which would have been about a man who travels through time via a <a href="/facts/Porta_potty/5Cz8Jbr8">porta potty</a> to find the woman he loves. <a href="/facts/Steve_Bencich/rLUuK3D1">Steve Bencich</a> and <a href="/facts/Ron_J._Friedman/kbSDXHna">Ron J. Friedman</a> were slated to write and produce the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Over_the_Hedge/9NFwmsPp">Over the Hedge</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>In May 2007, DreamWorks Animation CEO <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Katzenberg/cmsX5YEG">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a> said that 2006's <i><a href="/facts/Over_the_Hedge/9NFwmsPp">Over the Hedge</a></i>, which was based on the <a href="/facts/Over_the_Hedge_(comic_strip)/9NFwmsPp">titular comic strip</a>, would not receive a sequel due to its box office performance. He claimed that "It was close. An almost."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> In October 2010, an article explaining the possibility of a sequel was posted on the official <i>Over the Hedge</i> blog, saying that if a sequel failed to perform as well financially as the first film, DreamWorks could lose money on the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Book_of_Life_(2014_film)/5wMjR8hv">The Book of Life</a></i></td><td>DreamWorks initially optioned to make <i><a href="/facts/The_Book_of_Life_(2014_film)/5wMjR8hv">The Book of Life</a></i> back in 2007, but production was cancelled due to "creative differences" with director <a href="/facts/Jorge_Gutierrez_(animator)/FkKy7A4S">Jorge Gutierrez</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a> The film was eventually made at <a href="/facts/20th_Century_Fox_Animation/nWq2Su7K">20th Century Fox Animation</a> and <a href="/facts/Reel_FX_Creative_Studios/ktn24rj3">Reel FX Creative Studios</a> and was released by <a href="/facts/20th_Century_Fox/vd5eeD3S">20th Century Fox</a> (which also had a distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation at that time) in 2014 to critical praise and was nominated for a <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe_Awards/1v50C2Tb">Golden Globe</a> for <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Animated_Feature_Film/6LHBAeX1">Best Animated Feature</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2008</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Alcatraz_Versus_the_Evil_Librarians/Rn2lVLzc">Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/DreamWorks_Animation/qXUu6Tmt">DreamWorks Animation</a> acquired the film rights to <i>Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians</i> in June 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> By January 2011, Brandon Sanderson, the author of the novel, revealed that DreamWorks did not renew the rights.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</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>B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations</i></td><td>On May 28, 2009, DreamWorks first announced plans for "Super Secret Ghost Project."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a> Later in the mid-June 2009, it was reported that DreamWorks is developing the project under a <a href="/facts/Working_title/PpYbHY7G">working title</a> as <i>Boo U.</i>, <a href="/facts/Tony_Leondis/9eYQXq8o">Tony Leondis</a> has been set to direct and <a href="/facts/Jon_Vitti/R2zDyMsR">Jon Vitti</a> to pen the screenplay for the film, set to be released in the end of 2012. The story would follow a ghost who is bad at his job and must return to ghost school.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Seth_Rogen/g9L8TCzo">Seth Rogen</a> was reported in August 2010 to have joined the film as a voice of the lead character.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> In September 2012, DreamWorks announced an animated film about ghosts that would have starred Rogen, <a href="/facts/Matt_Bomer/9yEXH7Rs">Matt Bomer</a>, <a href="/facts/Melissa_McCarthy/zQ1aN7Sr">Melissa McCarthy</a>, <a href="/facts/Bill_Murray/PmWY5tUR">Bill Murray</a>, <a href="/facts/Octavia_Spencer/ze5mMzHo">Octavia Spencer</a>, <a href="/facts/Rashida_Jones/n0FoINYX">Rashida Jones</a>, and <a href="/facts/Jennifer_Coolidge/rVYxGkYp">Jennifer Coolidge</a>, now under a different title known as <i>B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations</i>. <a href="/facts/Tom_Wheeler_(writer)/fyGFymoc">Tom Wheeler</a> would had rewritten Vitti's script from a story by Leondis. It was about two bumbling apparitions who find themselves in an extraordinary after-life adventure when they join the Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (B.O.O.) – the ghost world's elite counter-haunting unit – and ultimately must face off against the planet's greatest haunter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> It was scheduled to be released on June 5, 2015, but was pulled from its release to avoid competition with <a href="/facts/Disney/R8kCbAVc">Disney</a>•<a href="/facts/Pixar/McUyzor2">Pixar</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Inside_Out_(2015_film)/ovX9HA3r">Inside Out</a></i>, and also due to a string of box office bombs like <i><a href="/facts/Rise_of_the_Guardians/WsaDyurS">Rise of the Guardians</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Turbo_(2013_film)/3G2rw5SY">Turbo</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Peabody_and_Sherman/WJPwbeaV">Mr. Peabody and Sherman</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a> For the fourth quarter of 2014, the studio reported a $155 million write-off, primarily related to unreleased films, including <i>B.O.O.</i> and <i>Monkeys of Mumbai</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Dinotrux/CPqhMeBg">Dinotrux</a></i></td><td>In March 2009, studio had rights to the children's book <i>Dinotrux</i>, originally planned as a computer-animated film. It was not until 2015 when the studio produced an animated series based on the books for <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a>. The series ended up lasting for eight seasons from 2015 to 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The Bones Family</i> / <i>Sugar Bones</i></td><td>In 2009, Mexican actress and film producer <a href="/facts/Salma_Hayek/rW218r97">Salma Hayek</a> and filmmakers Rodolfo and Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, founders of animation studio <a href="/facts/Huevocartoon/bmm3kI9k">Huevocartoon</a>, approached DreamWorks to sell a feature film entitled <i>The Bones Family</i> (later retitled <i>Sugar Bones</i>), about the Mexican holiday <a href="/facts/Day_of_the_Dead/RAx7pu1B">Day of the Dead</a>. The story would follow a boy who, in the company of a <a href="/facts/Xoloitzcuintle/YNQKVgmg">xoloitzcuintle</a>, goes through a portal to the <a href="/facts/Underworld/DaB7uJsa">Land of the Dead</a> to find his deceased dysfunctional family, who died in a road accident among a travel to <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas/DLwGjxJt">Las Vegas</a>. Gradually, the boy takes the form of a <a href="/facts/Sugar_skull/FYQeXzWj">sugar skull</a>, indicating that if he does not return to the living world before a certain time, he and his family will remain forever in the underworld.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a> When the Riva Palacio brothers were making <i><a href="/facts/Otra_pel%25C3%25ADcula_de_huevos_y_un_pollo/JBfvfBDe">Otra película de huevos y un pollo</a></i> —a direct follow up to <i><a href="/facts/Una_pel%25C3%25ADcula_de_huevos/1czcDDUc">Una película de huevos</a></i>—, they received a call from Hayek, who wanted to work with them on an animation project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a> Originally, the film was planned as a production of <a href="/facts/Ventanarosa/AJREoBc1">Ventana Azul</a> —Salma Hayek's production company in association with José Tamez, subsidiary of <a href="/facts/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/sQdE9Kg2">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a>— with Huevocartoon as its main animation studio, the comedian <a href="/facts/George_Lopez/QRU006Kw">George Lopez</a> joined as co-writer, producer and part of the voice cast as main character.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a> Months after writing a first plot and a first <a href="/facts/Script_treatment/dKv4rAqK">script treatment</a>, with the representation of the <a href="/facts/Creative_Artists_Agency/MHaVQ52T">Creative Artists Agency</a> (CAA), Hayek, Lopez and the Riva Palacio brothers presented the project to DreamWorks CEO <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Katzenberg/cmsX5YEG">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a>, which turned out to be to his liking, so DreamWorks agreed to buy the film, with the condition that DreamWorks would produce it in-house. Subsequently, an American screenwriter was hired by DreamWorks to rewrite the script, and he made radical changes to the story to make it suitable for a family audience. The original premise changed to that of a group of teddy bears entering the Land of the Dead, and some elements were added, such as a parody of the video game series <i><a href="/facts/Guitar_Hero/V3K1VlIn">Guitar Hero</a></i>. The reason DreamWorks approved these changes was due to the treatment of the subject of death in the United States as something more serious and too dark. This, coupled with Pixar's production announcement in 2012 of a film with the same theme, caused DreamWorks kept the rights to the film and shelved it. Years later, in several interviews, Rodolfo Riva Palacio pointed out that Pixar's <i><a href="/facts/Coco_(2017_film)/26ebWRCY">Coco</a></i>, suspiciously maintained substancial similarities with <i>Sugar Bones</i> in its storyline.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Gil%2527s_All_Fright_Diner/oqTXsD8x">Gil's All Fright Diner</a></i></td><td>By December 2009, the studio had set screenwriters <a href="/facts/Ethan_Reiff_and_Cyrus_Voris/JpmEzgt4">Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Kung_Fu_Panda_(film)/pm7m6eVt">Kung Fu Panda</a></i>) to write a film adaptation of the book, <i><a href="/facts/Gil%2527s_All_Fright_Diner/oqTXsD8x">Gil's All Fright Diner</a></i>, with <a href="/facts/Barry_Sonnenfeld/KPpn4lpH">Barry Sonnenfeld</a> attached to direct the feature.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a> In 2011, the book's author <a href="/facts/A._Lee_Martinez/1bupSwrC">A. Lee Martinez</a> was working with DreamWorks on a project based on an original idea, and not on <i>Gil's All Fright Diner</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a> In March 2013, Martinez expressed uncertainty for any film adaptation: "Your guess is as good as mine. It's all a matter of convincing someone with the clout necessary to make it happen".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Monsters_vs._Aliens/VxD365A5">Monsters vs. Aliens</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>Despite its success in the United States market, DreamWorks Animation's CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg was quoted in the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> that a sequel would not be made because of the film's weak performance in some key international markets. "There was enough of a consensus from our distribution and marketing folks in certain parts of the world that 'doing a sequel' would be pushing a boulder up a hill."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2010s">2010s</h2> <p>In the 2010s, several films were announced to be made that were to be released in the next 3–4 years following their announcements. Some of these films were eventually cancelled while others are claimed to be in development and waiting for a release. Most of these films were cancelled due to massive layoffs, creative differences, management changes, no updates on the features, and <a href="/facts/Comcast/5osy4Q0h">Comcast</a> eventually buying DreamWorks in 2016. </p> <h3>2010</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series / type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Alma_(film)/TVcjv316">Alma</a></i></td><td>By October 2010, a film adaptation of the animated short <i><a href="/facts/Alma_(film)/TVcjv316">Alma</a></i> was in development with the short's director Rodrigo Blaas slated to direct and <a href="/facts/Guillermo_del_Toro/6uzjkCwU">Guillermo del Toro</a> was to serve as executive producer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a> The studio later hired Megan Holley, a writer of <i><a href="/facts/Sunshine_Cleaning/2IQMYGau">Sunshine Cleaning</a></i>, to write a script.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a> Del Toro, who was also helping with the story and the design work, said in June 2012 that the film was in visual development.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Imaginary Enemies</i></td><td>In August 2010, DreamWorks Animation announced their first <a href="/facts/Live-action_animation/mwHEGuys">live-action animated</a> project. The project was to be told from the point of view of the <a href="/facts/Imaginary_friends/fBNKIGx6">imaginary friends</a> who had long been used as scapegoats by unscrupulous children looking for someone else to blame for their misdeeds. Eventually fed up, the imaginary people would come looking for revenge when the kids are grown up. Screenwriters Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario were attached to write the script.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Maintenance</i></td><td>In December 2010, DreamWorks bought the film rights to the comic book series <i>Maintenance</i> from <a href="/facts/Oni_Press/CBs5Gk9Y">Oni Press</a>. The film rights were first acquired by <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a> as a potential project for director <a href="/facts/McG/Cp1pwIco">McG</a>, but DreamWorks then got rights after Warner Bros. dropped out.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Me and My Shadow</i> / <a href="/facts/Edgar_Wright/2x5KgoAU">Edgar Wright</a>'s <i>Shadows</i></td><td>In December 2010, DreamWorks Animation announced a project titled <i>Me and My Shadow</i>, scheduled for a March 2013 release date. The plot involved Shadow Stan who serves as a shadow to Stanley Grubb, the world's most boring human. Wanting to live a more exciting life, he escapes the "Shadow World" and takes control of Stanley. With <a href="/facts/Mark_Dindal/5uCU6KY9">Mark Dindal</a> slated as the film's director (who also developed the film's concept and story), the film was meant to combine traditional and CGI animation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a> In January 2012, <a href="/facts/Bill_Hader/HxhwrqaS">Bill Hader</a>, <a href="/facts/Kate_Hudson/nXbQsJJN">Kate Hudson</a>, and <a href="/facts/Josh_Gad/BAqd3ctn">Josh Gad</a> had joined the voice cast. Additionally, <a href="/facts/Alessandro_Carloni/QyYVAwUe">Alessandro Carloni</a> replaced Dindal as director and the release date was pushed back to November 2013.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a> Its release date was pushed back to March 14, 2014, with <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Peabody_%2526_Sherman/WJPwbeaV">Mr. Peabody & Sherman</a></i> taking its November 2013 release.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a> By February 2013, <i>Me and My Shadow</i> went back into development with <i>Mr. Peabody & Sherman</i> re-assuming its original March 2014 release.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a> In 2012, there was a press screening of <i>Me and My Shadow</i> where <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Katzenberg/cmsX5YEG">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a> fell asleep. The crew working on the film knew "he wasn't in to [<i><a href="/facts/Sic/qB9MUUWF">sic</a></i>] it". After the screening he said it was not a $200 million film, which is what he "needed".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a> In 2015, <a href="/facts/Edgar_Wright/2x5KgoAU">Edgar Wright</a> signed to direct and co-write an animated feature for DreamWorks, in which the story was described as a "new take on a previously developed concept about shadows".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a> In an interview with <i><a href="/facts/Collider_(website)/VpxPhJLn">Collider</a></i> published in June 2017, Wright explained that he and <a href="/facts/David_Walliams/9sh7yAAt">David Walliams</a> had written three drafts, but the project is in limbo due to management changes at DreamWorks Animation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a> Even with the project being in limbo, the public attention has risen high of the unreleased film a whole decade after it was announced; though many are eager to see it, the status of <i>Me and My Shadow</i> is uncertain.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Monsterpocalypse/0bRzKWIz">Monsterpocalypse</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>In May 2010, DreamWorks acquired the rights to a film adaptation of the game.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a> The studio approached <a href="/facts/Tim_Burton/QTYQ25Bt">Tim Burton</a> for the project<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a> and Burton was attached to direct in July,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a> but the film went unproduced partly due to being similar to another Kaiju film called <i><a href="/facts/Pacific_Rim_(film)/kkbJGcqA">Pacific Rim</a></i> directed by <a href="/facts/Guillermo_del_Toro/6uzjkCwU">Guillermo del Toro</a>. In 2016, <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a> won the bidding war over film rights of the game, with <a href="/facts/Fede_%25C3%2581lvarez_(filmmaker)/6PmW1W6F">Fede Álvarez</a> co-writing and directing the film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Pig_Scrolls/oJ771Uqd">The Pig Scrolls</a></i></td><td>By April 2010, the studio was developing an animated feature film based on <i><a href="/facts/The_Pig_Scrolls/oJ771Uqd">The Pig Scrolls</a></i>. As a possible directing job, Barry Sonnenfeld was tasked to develop the film, while <a href="/facts/Kirk_DeMicco/m26TV55P">Kirk DeMicco</a> wrote the most recent script revision.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Plants_vs._Zombies/47hHr5cS">Plants vs. Zombies</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>Back in 2010, a film based on the <i><a href="/facts/Plants_vs._Zombies/47hHr5cS">Plants vs. Zombies</a></i> video games was pitched to DreamWorks by artist and character co-creator Rich Werner.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95"><sup>95</sup></a> Peter Zaslav had provided "a full script reading and a room full of concept art,"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96"><sup>96</sup></a> with Werner listing out what the intended plot of the film had been in an interview in May 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97"><sup>97</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Vivo_(film)/5eD6HCIW">Vivo</a></i></td><td>In 2010, DreamWorks Animation began production on <i><a href="/facts/Vivo_(film)/5eD6HCIW">Vivo</a></i>, an animated musical film which was based on an idea by <a href="/facts/Lin-Manuel_Miranda/fFY7nXlY">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> and a concept by <a href="/facts/Peter_Barsocchini/y4It9h6v">Peter Barsocchini</a>. The film was to have centered on a <a href="/facts/Kinkajou/o6Dof1fE">kinkajou</a> obsessed with music and adventure who embarks on a treacherous journey from <a href="/facts/Havana/Md8Krt6E">Havana</a>, <a href="/facts/Cuba/vHjTXLPW">Cuba</a>, to <a href="/facts/Miami/L5FsgQcb">Miami</a>, <a href="/facts/Florida/cF245A3Q">Florida</a> in pursuit of his dreams to fulfil his destiny.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98"><sup>98</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99"><sup>99</sup></a> The film was eventually cancelled by DreamWorks Animation due to a restructuring, but in 2016, the film was later revived and eventually fast-tracked by <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Animation/svk5SSdX">Sony Pictures Animation</a> with <a href="/facts/Kirk_DeMicco/m26TV55P">Kirk DeMicco</a> as the director, and Brandon Jeffords as co-director, and Lisa Stewart and <a href="/facts/Rich_Moore/5j1Qgkc3">Rich Moore</a> as producers, <a href="/facts/Laurence_Mark/UxTr8I4B">Laurence Mark</a> as executive producer, and <a href="/facts/Quiara_Alegr%25C3%25ADa_Hudes/WNH5TPEe">Quiara Alegría Hudes</a> as screenwriter, and Peter Barsocchini as story writer, and <a href="/facts/Roger_Deakins/9l682lFm">Roger Deakins</a> as visual consultant, and <a href="/facts/Yong_Duk_Jhun/mrDWgLX8">Yong Duk Jhun</a> as cinematographer. The film was released on August 6, 2021, on <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a>, after being delayed multiple times from its original theatrical release date due to the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic/0xTsh7Ut">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:100" href="#fn:100"><sup>100</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2011</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Flawed Dogs</i></td><td>By February 2011, DreamWorks optioned the rights of <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Breathed/4jBHKKjj">Berkeley Breathed</a>'s book <i>Flawed Dogs</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:101" href="#fn:101"><sup>101</sup></a> By September 2013, it was revealed that <a href="/facts/Noah_Baumbach/FzRTkItl">Noah Baumbach</a> had been secretly writing and directing the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:102" href="#fn:102"><sup>102</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The Grimm Legacy</i></td><td>In June 2011, DreamWorks announced an animated film adaption of a book of the same name with producer Robin Schorr attached.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:103" href="#fn:103"><sup>103</sup></a> However the project went nowhere and it wasn't until February 2019 when it went into <a href="/facts/Turnaround_(filmmaking)/AKmWSyAV">turnaround</a> as a live-action film for <a href="/facts/Disney%252B/oKWuzTvQ">Disney+</a> instead with <a href="/facts/David_Gleeson/xUhHJwEL">David Gleeson</a> to write the screenplay,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:104" href="#fn:104"><sup>104</sup></a> but nothing came of it since either.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lidsville/KTVNyvVu">Lidsville</a></i></td><td>In January 2011, a computer-animated musical film adaptation of the <i><a href="/facts/Lidsville/KTVNyvVu">Lidsville</a></i> TV series was announced to be in development with <a href="/facts/Conrad_Vernon/eP3sHcQ9">Conrad Vernon</a> slated to direct while <a href="/facts/Alan_Menken/rVAlPFmH">Alan Menken</a> was to compose the songs with <a href="/facts/Glenn_Slater/YwozY1NB">Glenn Slater</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:105" href="#fn:105"><sup>105</sup></a> Menken said that the songs were to be a homage to 1960s psychedelic concept-album rock,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:106" href="#fn:106"><sup>106</sup></a> but in June 2016, <i>Lidsville</i> creator <a href="/facts/Sid_Krofft/4lcWRFfk">Sid Krofft</a> told to <i><a href="/facts/The_Wall_Street_Journal/9Pkf2cYK">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> that it was going to be like <i><a href="/facts/Hair_(musical)/tdr4K7Eb">Hair</a></i> or <i><a href="/facts/The_Who%2527s_Tommy/zqcPaHT2">Tommy</a></i>, a full-blown musical, but they went in a "strange" direction and it did not work.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:107" href="#fn:107"><sup>107</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Monkeys of Mumbai</i></td><td> By January 2011, DreamWorks was fast-tracking a <a href="/facts/Bollywood/e8fwANBT">Bollywood</a>-styled musical adaptation of <i><a href="/facts/The_Ramayana/z2DykxzF">The Ramayana</a></i>, but told through the point of view of its monkeys. It would have follow two common monkeys who become unlikely heroes in a last ditch effort to stop an ancient, thought-to-be-mythical demon from conquering the world. <a href="/facts/Gurinder_Chadha/6UYewSn1">Gurinder Chadha</a> and <a href="/facts/Paul_Mayeda_Berges/Fm9MTxLj">Paul Mayeda Berges</a> were set to write the film, while <a href="/facts/Stephen_Schwartz_(composer)/mVbRaz51">Stephen Schwartz</a> and <a href="/facts/A._R._Rahman/rP8WeDEy">A. R. Rahman</a> were attached to compose the songs and score.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:108" href="#fn:108"><sup>108</sup></a> The project underwent a series of working titles: <i>Monkeys of Bollywood</i>, <i>Monkeys of Mumbai</i>, <i>Mumbai Musical</i>, and <i>Bollywood Superstar Monkey</i>. That June, <a href="/facts/Kevin_Lima/XndEYyMf">Kevin Lima</a> signed on to direct the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:109" href="#fn:109"><sup>109</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Aaron_Taylor-Johnson/J6VBSJB4">Aaron Taylor-Johnson</a>, <a href="/facts/Kal_Penn/5QLV65lw">Kal Penn</a>, <a href="/facts/Lea_Michele/qLlGxkLS">Lea Michele</a> and <a href="/facts/Rohan_Chand/Jfes83hI">Rohan Chand</a> were in talks to join the cast in 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:110" href="#fn:110"><sup>110</sup></a> The film was originally scheduled to be released on December 18, 2015,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:111" href="#fn:111"><sup>111</sup></a> but its release date was pushed back to March 18, 2016, and March 10, 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:112" href="#fn:112"><sup>112</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:113" href="#fn:113"><sup>113</sup></a> In December 2017, Lima revealed that DreamWorks quietly cancelled the film in an interview with Den of Geeks UK:<blockquote><p>It came very close. We were just going into production, we were just starting animation. I'd been working on it for two and a half years. All the songs were written. Stephen Schwartz and A.R. Rahman. We were just ready to start. I have to say that it's one of the great disappointments of my film career not seeing that one move forward. It had nothing to do with the movie, and everything to do with the politics of selling the studio. Seven of us I think lost movies at that moment in time. With the studio having <a href="/facts/Write-off/yAwqgx3K">written it off</a> on their taxes, it means the only way to get it back would be to invest that kind of money again. And it's tens of millions of dollars. I tried. I really tried. Stephen Schwartz and I took it around town, but when the price tag was revealed, everyone gasped. Ultimately, we couldn't find a buyer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:114" href="#fn:114"><sup>114</sup></a></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Rumblewick</i></td><td>In March 2011, DreamWorks announced an animated adaptation of the book <i>My Unwilling Witch</i> (<i>The Rumblewick Letters</i>) and was to be titled <i>Rumblewick</i>. <a href="/facts/Tim_Johnson_(film_director)/k0bTNzn3">Tim Johnson</a> and <a href="/facts/Jim_Herzfeld/R8BqQaxT">Jim Herzfeld</a> were slated to write and direct the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:115" href="#fn:115"><sup>115</sup></a> In 2016, <a href="/facts/Brenda_Chapman/afeCNFAg">Brenda Chapman</a> stated she had worked on the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:116" href="#fn:116"><sup>116</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:117" href="#fn:117"><sup>117</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:118" href="#fn:118"><sup>118</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2012</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series / type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Giants: Forces of Nature</i></td><td>In 2012, DreamWorks filed a trademark for an unannounced film titled <i>Giants: Forces of Nature</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:119" href="#fn:119"><sup>119</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:120" href="#fn:120"><sup>120</sup></a> Peter Zaslav, an art director and visual development artist, posted concept art for the film (albeit password-protected).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:121" href="#fn:121"><sup>121</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Madagascar_(franchise)/QXhrYMTg">Madagascar</a></i></td><td><i>Madagascar 4</i></td><td>Then-DreamWorks Animation CEO <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Katzenberg/cmsX5YEG">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a> stated in December 2010 that there was likely to be a fourth installment in the <a href="/facts/Madagascar_(franchise)/QXhrYMTg"><i>Madagascar</i> franchise</a>, in which would have been set in New York.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:122" href="#fn:122"><sup>122</sup></a> In June 2012, DreamWorks Animation's head of worldwide marketing, Anne Globe, said that it was too early to talk about the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:123" href="#fn:123"><sup>123</sup></a> A month later, <a href="/facts/Eric_Darnell/zh7G6MCP">Eric Darnell</a>, who co-directed all three films, spoke of the possibility of the fourth film, saying that if the audience wants a new film, then Eric and his crew would have an idea that is different from the previous films.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:124" href="#fn:124"><sup>124</sup></a> The film was scheduled to be released on May 18, 2018,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:125" href="#fn:125"><sup>125</sup></a> but was removed from the release schedule following a corporate restructuring and DreamWorks Animation's new policy to release two films a year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:126" href="#fn:126"><sup>126</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:127" href="#fn:127"><sup>127</sup></a> In April 2017, <a href="/facts/Tom_McGrath_(animator)/Vt8Hk3q6">Tom McGrath</a> said that the project was in the works, but nothing officially was announced.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:128" href="#fn:128"><sup>128</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Rise_of_the_Guardians/WsaDyurS">Rise of the Guardians</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>Following the release of <i>Rise of the Guardians</i>, the creators expressed hope that the strong A− <a href="/facts/Cinemascore/s1IQX2qM">Cinemascore</a> average for the film and an enthusiastic word-of-mouth would gather support for the "chance to make a sequel or two".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:129" href="#fn:129"><sup>129</sup></a> <a href="/facts/William_Joyce_(writer)/uBYGouQK">William Joyce</a>, the film's co-producer and author of the book <i>The Guardians of Childhood</i>, stated he was in talks with the studio to make a sequel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:130" href="#fn:130"><sup>130</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2013</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Larrikins</i></td><td>By June 2013, <a href="/facts/Tim_Minchin/N5xf5I8b">Tim Minchin</a> was attached to compose the songs and score for <i>Larrikins</i>, which was based on an original concept by Harry Cripps.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:131" href="#fn:131"><sup>131</sup></a> The project was about a desert-dwelling <a href="/facts/Bilby/F8mrr1vG">bilby</a> named Perry who leaves his home under a rock to go on a road trip with a music band in Australia. Three years later, Minchin and <a href="/facts/Chris_Miller_(animator)/fnmCgg9F">Chris Miller</a> were attached to direct the film while <a href="/facts/Margot_Robbie/payxdw07">Margot Robbie</a>, <a href="/facts/Hugh_Jackman/swntwoAQ">Hugh Jackman</a>, <a href="/facts/Naomi_Watts/GeSosW7o">Naomi Watts</a>, <a href="/facts/Rose_Byrne/cVwH8D8X">Rose Byrne</a>, <a href="/facts/Ben_Mendelsohn/JHKGnMXT">Ben Mendelsohn</a>, <a href="/facts/Jacki_Weaver/y5btF5cP">Jacki Weaver</a>, <a href="/facts/Josh_Lawson/zj3Nzpzv">Josh Lawson</a>, <a href="/facts/Damon_Herriman/1hIz7AhC">Damon Herriman</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ewen_Leslie/FHpBByG2">Ewen Leslie</a> were to voice characters for the film. The film was slated to be released on February 16, 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:132" href="#fn:132"><sup>132</sup></a> In 2017, Minchin announced on his personal blog that the project had been cancelled. Minchin wrote on his blog:<blockquote><p>I've recently been working in 3 different continents, missing my kids a lot, sleeping too little and not playing piano enough. And then a couple of days ago, the animated film to which I've dedicated the last 4 years of my life was shut down by the new studio execs. The only way I know how to deal with my impotent fury and sadness is to subject members of the public to the spectacle of me getting drunk and playing ballads.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:133" href="#fn:133"><sup>133</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:134" href="#fn:134"><sup>134</sup></a></p></blockquote><p>Shortly after the film's cancellation, <a href="/facts/Peter_de_S%25C3%25A8ve/A2MtYEJF">Peter de Sève</a> revealed some concept art for the film via <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:135" href="#fn:135"><sup>135</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:136" href="#fn:136"><sup>136</sup></a> Certain characters from the cancelled project later appeared in the 2018 animated short film <i><a href="/facts/Bilby_(film)/KawJz0bU">Bilby</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:137" href="#fn:137"><sup>137</sup></a> The cancelation inspired the "ReviveDreamWorksLarrikins" movement on Twitter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:138" href="#fn:138"><sup>138</sup></a> Minchin spoke more about the film's cancellation on <a href="/facts/Richard_Herring/A4U3Yftu">Richard Herring</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Leicester_Square_Theatre_Podcast/0nje4NJ7">Leicester Square Theatre Podcast</a></i> in March 2020, saying how the film was 75% completed with 110 people working on the film, with songs completed. <a href="/facts/Hans_Zimmer/M9YoUPS4">Hans Zimmer</a> was also composing the score. After DreamWorks was bought by <a href="/facts/Universal_Pictures/2xUCraUP">Universal Pictures</a> in 2016, the film was cancelled and <a href="/facts/Write-off/yAwqgx3K">written off</a> for the acquisition expenses, at the expense of DreamWorks. <a href="/facts/Illumination_(company)/leuTEq3G">Illumination</a>'s <a href="/facts/Chris_Meledandri/hUqKqzDr">Chris Meledandri</a> was also consulted by Universal executives before the cancellation. He also explained how he tried to shop it to other studios, with <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a> and <a href="/facts/Animal_Logic/KKxPuyw5">Animal Logic</a> wanting to buy it, but the film's price tag was exorbitant, making it non-viable for other studios to acquire it. Overall, the film cost $90 million.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:139" href="#fn:139"><sup>139</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:140" href="#fn:140"><sup>140</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>The Tibet Code</i></td><td>When DreamWorks Animation announced its then-newest division called <a href="/facts/Oriental_DreamWorks/9sFIkfhe">Oriental DreamWorks</a> in <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, a film adaptation of <i><a href="/facts/The_Tibet_Code/NQwxfuE7">The Tibet Code</a></i> was in development.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:141" href="#fn:141"><sup>141</sup></a> Its production was shut down due to problems at Oriental DreamWorks and the company could not come to terms with the producer who owned the rights to the book.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:142" href="#fn:142"><sup>142</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td>—</td><td>In September 2013, DreamWorks announced an animated film about <a href="/facts/Blue-footed_booby/D6yNW0bM">blue-footed booby</a> birds. Writer-director <a href="/facts/Karey_Kirkpatrick/bPH73Mpk">Karey Kirkpatrick</a> was slated to direct and co-write alongside his writing partner Chris Poche. The project was to be about a dim-witted blue-footed booby who learns that it "isn't the size of your brain, but the size of your heart that counts".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:143" href="#fn:143"><sup>143</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2014</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Casper_the_Friendly_Ghost/xfLxfcGL">Casper the Friendly Ghost</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>In March 2014, DreamWorks Animation announced that they were developing a computer-animated reboot film based on the <a href="/facts/Harvey_Comics/oapDXxGG">Harvey Comics</a> character of the same name.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:144" href="#fn:144"><sup>144</sup></a> It was set to be DreamWorks' second attempt at an animated film based on characters from the <a href="/facts/DreamWorks_Classics/FRUQfjoF">Classic Media</a> library following <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Peabody_%2526_Sherman/WJPwbeaV">Mr. Peabody & Sherman</a></i>, but nothing came of it since its announcement. Concept art for an unproduced film was posted by animator Danny Williams in December 2023, stating that the pitch "never went anywhere".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:145" href="#fn:145"><sup>145</sup></a> In April 2022, DreamWorks would announce (under its TV division) that a live-action animated TV series for <a href="/facts/Peacock_(streaming_service)/zDAke6cL">Peacock</a> would be in development, with <a href="/facts/Wu_Kai-yu/seN90kGN">Wu Kai-yu</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Hannibal_(TV_series)/kKKSRKcT">Hannibal</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Flash_(2014_TV_series)/PkWT7StS">The Flash</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Ghost_Bride_(TV_series)/bX9sWztR">The Ghost Bride</a></i>) being the showrunner,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:146" href="#fn:146"><sup>146</sup></a> but also with no further updates since.</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hot_Stuff_the_Little_Devil/Th9o4hF7">Hot Stuff the Little Devil</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>In April 2014, DreamWorks Animation was developing a <a href="/facts/Live-action_animated_film/mwHEGuys">live-action animated film</a> based on the <a href="/facts/Harvey_Comics/oapDXxGG">Harvey Comics</a> character of the same name, with <a href="/facts/Molyneux_sisters/qV1W1thj">Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Bob%2527s_Burgers/LDXbIJnx">Bob's Burgers</a></i>) set to write the film's script.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:147" href="#fn:147"><sup>147</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Rocky_and_Bullwinkle/9AuXQ1Dp">Rocky and Bullwinkle</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>Plans to make a feature film with the <i>Rocky and Bullwinkle</i> characters was to be made possible if the <i><a href="/facts/Rocky_%2526_Bullwinkle_(2014_film)/IY0cwuCK">Rocky & Bullwinkle</a></i> short film was successful if shown with <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Peabody_%2526_Sherman/WJPwbeaV">Mr. Peabody & Sherman</a></i>. But for unknown reasons, it was replaced by <i>Almost Home</i> to promote the 2015 film <i><a href="/facts/Home_(2015_film)/dIVAJQyr">Home</a></i>. Due to the box office failure of <i>Home</i>, the short was later made a direct-to-video release on the Blu-ray 3D release of <i>Mr. Peabody & Sherman</i> and plans for a feature film was ultimately scrapped.</td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Hitpig!/fSxTxqx1">Hitpig!</a></i></td><td>In November 2014, <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Breathed/4jBHKKjj">Berkeley Breathed</a> announced another film for DreamWorks Animation called <i>Hitpig</i>. The film would have been a loose adaptation of his 2008 children's book <i>Pete & Pickles</i>, set within a cyberpunk world, with Pete the pig being reimagined into a futuristic bounty hunter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:148" href="#fn:148"><sup>148</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:149" href="#fn:149"><sup>149</sup></a> The film was quietly scrapped not long after but in October 2020, British companies <a href="/facts/Aniventure/Xy3pcnsX">Aniventure</a> and <a href="/facts/Cinesite/nyzeF7Mp">Cinesite</a> revived the project, with Dave Rosenbaum and Tyler Werrin penning the screenplay alongside Breathed and Cinzia Angelini and <a href="/facts/David_Feiss/cyw75EF2">David Feiss</a> directing. The now completed film was released on November 1, 2024, by Viva Pictures in the United States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:150" href="#fn:150"><sup>150</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:151" href="#fn:151"><sup>151</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:152" href="#fn:152"><sup>152</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i>Zodiac</i></td><td>Another animated feature film that was going to be made by Oriental DreamWorks was to be called <i>Zodiac</i> about an anthropomorphic kitty in a modern society with anthropomorphic animals trying to make sure he becomes the first cat on the Chinese zodiac while also discovering a sinister conspiracy, set to be released in 2014. While the film's storyboards were released online, the film's production was canceled due to some problems at Oriental DreamWorks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:153" href="#fn:153"><sup>153</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:154" href="#fn:154"><sup>154</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2015</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Feature film</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Adventures_of_Beekle%3a_The_Unimaginary_Friend/JjjdvVm2">Beekle</a></i></td><td>In May 2015, <a href="/facts/Jason_Reitman/SoF32KG1">Jason Reitman</a> was attached to write and direct a computer-animated adaptation of the children's book <i><a href="/facts/The_Adventures_of_Beekle%3a_The_Unimaginary_Friend/JjjdvVm2">The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:155" href="#fn:155"><sup>155</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2016</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Felix_the_Cat/RDJBJdVc">Felix the Cat</a></i></td><td>—</td><td>In March 2016, a television series was planned by DreamWorks Animation Television under the DreamWorks Classics banner. <a href="/facts/WildBrain_Studios/ECgqQjCT">WildBrain Studios</a> were originally set to produce the show.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:156" href="#fn:156"><sup>156</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 it would have been a co-production with <a href="/facts/Blumhouse_Productions/LEBS2d3g">Blumhouse Productions</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:157" href="#fn:157"><sup>157</sup></a> The film would have revolved around three siblings who moved into an eerie new home and discover that all the creatures that they thought 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>, which was then moved to April 22, 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:158" href="#fn:158"><sup>158</sup></a></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:159" href="#fn:159"><sup>159</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:160" href="#fn:160"><sup>160</sup></a></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, and Matsuda was also attached to direct the film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:161" href="#fn:161"><sup>161</sup></a></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:162" href="#fn:162"><sup>162</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:163" href="#fn:163"><sup>163</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2019</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i>VeggieTales</i></td><td>—</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:164" href="#fn:164"><sup>164</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:165" href="#fn:165"><sup>165</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:166" href="#fn:166"><sup>166</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:167" href="#fn:167"><sup>167</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:168" href="#fn:168"><sup>168</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 the film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:169" href="#fn:169"><sup>169</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2021</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series / type</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Television series</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Gumazing_Gum_Girl!/BdPV6NGD">The Gumazing Gum Girl!</a></i></td><td>In May 2021, voice actress <a href="/facts/Nancy_Cartwright/41nPxCnX">Nancy Cartwright</a> revealed that DreamWorks Animation Television and CRE84U were developing an animated show based on <i><a href="/facts/The_Gumazing_Gum_Girl!/BdPV6NGD">The Gumazing Gum Girl!</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:170" href="#fn:170"><sup>170</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Television series</td><td><i>Mama & Dada</i></td><td>In May 2021, <i><a href="/facts/The_Tonight_Show/HAcedd9p">The Tonight Show</a></i> host <a href="/facts/Jimmy_Fallon/0rRCvUCQ">Jimmy Fallon</a> announced his development for a kids show for DreamWorks Animation Television entitled, <i>Mama & Dada</i> under his <a href="/facts/Jimmy_Fallon/0rRCvUCQ">Electric Hot Dog</a> banner, Johanna Stein and Noelle Lara co-developing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:171" href="#fn:171"><sup>171</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Television series</td><td>Untitled <a href="/facts/Tony_Hale/BSvTJDx1">Tony Hale</a> series</td><td>In February 2021, <a href="/facts/Tony_Hale/BSvTJDx1">Tony Hale</a> announced a project for DreamWorks Animation Television that was in development.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:172" href="#fn:172"><sup>172</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>2023</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Series / type</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:173" href="#fn:173"><sup>173</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_DreamWorks_Animation_productions/KcoUqGeS">List of DreamWorks Animation productions</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Illumination_productions/ghn3xGTA">List of Illumination productions</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Universal_Animation_Studios/zxVlY0xK">List of Universal Animation Studios productions</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Paramount_Pictures_theatrical_animated_feature_films/t9W2DkBc">List of Paramount Pictures theatrical animated feature films</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_20th_Century_Studios_theatrical_animated_feature_films/Bo9N7tgR">List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Universal_Pictures_theatrical_animated_feature_films/8HXYVA2u">List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated feature films</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_unproduced_Paramount_Pictures_animated_projects/RxeU6nF6">List of unproduced Paramount Pictures animated projects</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_unproduced_20th_Century_Studios_animated_projects/28rhsI2L">List of unproduced 20th Century Studios animated projects</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_unproduced_Universal_Pictures_animated_projects/VbEusajP">List of unproduced Universal Pictures animated projects</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>PDI Promo Brochure 1990s – Page 6 <a href="https://archive.org/details/PDIPromoBrochure1990s" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/PDIPromoBrochure1990s</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>'Antz' Hits 20: Re-Visiting PDI's Tech From 20 Years Ago <a 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