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This is a list of unmade and/or unreleased animated projects by [[The Walt Disney Company]]. These include feature films, short films, and television series/specials, stemming from [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Pixar]], [[Disney Television Animation]], and other animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company. Some of these projects stem from simply [[Walt Disney Pictures]].
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==1930s==
=== 1933 ===
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| Feature film || ''Alice in Wonderland'' || The first attempt to produce an animated film adaptation of the [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|classic novel of the same name]] written by [[Lewis Carroll]]. The film would be the first theatrical animated feature-length film of Disney. It was planned to be a [[Films with live action and animation|combination of animation with live-action]]. [[Mary Pickford]] was attached to star as [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]].<ref>''Alice in Wonderland: 50th Universary Edition'', 2005 DVD</ref> However, the project was scrapped in favor of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''.
In 1939, there was a second attempt to produce the animated film. Following the success of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', Disney purchased the film rights to Carroll's book with [[John Tenniel|Sir John Tenniel]]'s illustrations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gabler|first=Neal|title=Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination|page=486|year=2006|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=978-0-679-75747-4}}</ref> A script and some storyboards were made by David Hall, as well as a [[Leica reel]], but the project never materialized due to [[World War II]]. Twelve years later, a [[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|film based on the novel]] was released by Disney.
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===1934===
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' || "Hillbilly" <br>"Mickey the Hillbilly"<br>"Hillbilly Mickey" || Pete the moonshiner mistakes Mickey for a revenue agent, and Minnie Mouse appears as a hillbilly girl.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=34}}
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| "Station Agent" || Mickey works at a train station, where he encounters a troublesome kangaroo. During the development of the cartoon, the kangaroo was dropped in favor of an ostrich. At one time, Mickey was supposed to help Donald with the ostrich, before he was omitted from the plot altogether in favor of the duck. The original kangaroo elements ended up in "[[Mickey's Kangaroo]]," which was released in 1935, minus the train station. Probably at the same time as Mickey was dropped from the cartoon, the film (now starring Donald Duck) was renamed "[[Donald's Ostrich]]," which was released in 1937.<ref name=DavidGerstein>{{cite book|last=Gerstein|first=David|title=Mickey and the Gang|publisher=Gemstone Publishing|year=2005|location=New York|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X4wRAAAACAAJ|isbn=978-1888472066 }}</ref>
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| ''[[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]]'' || "The Good Samaritan" || Pluto rescues a baby puppy that wrecks the house of his black mistress. A short with this plot was made for ''[[Disney's House of Mouse]]''.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=42}}
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===1935===
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| rowspan="2" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Vaudeville Show" || Mickey is a magician with a hat. Donald and Pluto are his helpers. Donald is frustrated and wants to expose Mickey's act. The magic act is followed by a [[grand opera]], featuring Mickey, Donald, [[Clara Cluck]], and Pluto, and exposing the hat again. During the development, this was split into two cartoons, since the plot was considered too thick for a standard short, and it became "Mickey's Magic Hat". During the development of the former short, Donald was downgraded from Mickey's helper to a frustrated spectator role. It was released in 1937 as "Magician Mickey". Somewhere during the development after the split, "Mickey's Grand Opera" was produced first and kept most of the original elements, and it was released in 1936.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "The Sea Monster" <br> "Mickey's Sea Monster" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are pitted against a comic sea serpent.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=34–36}}<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' || "The Emperor's New Clothes" || A proposed ''Silly Symphony'' based on [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s story about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=66}}
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===1936===
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| rowspan="10" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Davy Jones' Locker" <br> "Pearl Divers" || Mickey goes undersea treasure hunting.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| "The Deer Hunt" || Mickey sets out to hunt deer in a story that was supposed to feature all of the same plot elements as in the released cartoon ''The Pointer'' in 1939.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Desert Prospectors" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy discover a ledge of 19-karat gold in the desert with the aid of an automatic gold-finder, which has been constructed by Goofy. However, the machine goes berserk when it gets too close to Donald's gold belt buckle, attacking the duck and ultimately exploding a stick of dynamite. The trio of prospectors are left in tattered disarray.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "The Emperor's New Clothes" || When the ''Silly Symphony'' failed to materialize, Mickey Mouse was brought into the story and the concept was developed as either a short or featurette. At one point, Donald and Goofy were also considered for inclusion in the plot.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=66, 70}}
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| "The Love Nest" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are interior designers who set up a honeymoon cottage for [[Horace Horsecollar]] and [[Clarabelle Cow]].<ref name=Barksfanbase>{{cite web|url=http://www.seriesam.com/barks/animcartunp.html#ancru_1936-u09%7Csymbol=DIS&page=quotesearch |title=Barks Base unfinished animated cartoons |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
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| "Mickey's Bakery" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy bake an enormous cake for Mrs. Vandersnoot's reception.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=54–55}}
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| "Mickey's Sunken Treasure" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy go treasure hunting and end up on a desert island.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| "Mickey's Treasure Hunt" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy go treasure hunting on a shipwreck.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| "Navy Mickey" also known as "Mickey in the Navy" || Mickey joins the Navy, where he encounters a bulldog admiral.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=54}}
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| "North West Mounted" <br> "Royal Mounted Police"<br> "Mickey of the Mounted"<br> "Mickey Gets His Man"<br> "Mickey the Mountie" || [[Pete (Disney)|Black Pete]] kidnaps Minnie Mouse and tries to force her to disclose the location of her secret gold mine. Intrepid mountie Mickey gives chase, but is hampered in his search by the antics of his gluttonous horse Tanglefoot.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| rowspan="2" | ''Silly Symphonies'' || "Snowbabies" || A proposed ''Silly Symphony'', a sequel to "Water Babies," and a sequel/prequel to "Merbabies". The babies are now playing in the snow instead of water.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=65–66}}
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| "Struebel Peter" <br> "Slovenly Peter" || A proposed ''Silly Symphony'' featuring Peter, an unruly boy who delights in tormenting animals. The animals, in the end, take their revenge.
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| ''Silly Symphonies'' <br> ''Mickey, Donald & Goofy'' || "The Three Bears"<br> "Goldie Locks and Three Bears" || (Version 1:) A proposed ''Silly Symphony'' of the well-known children's story. Model sheets prove that Goldilocks was planned to resemble and possibly be voiced by [[Shirley Temple]]. Papa Bear was modeled after [[W.C. Fields]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=64–65}}<br>(Version 2:) When the proposed ''Silly Symphony'' short failed to materialize, Donald was cast as Goldilocks while Pete, Goofy, and Mickey were cast in the roles of the Three Bears.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=64–65}}
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| ''Silly Symphonies'' || "Timid Elmer" <br> "Elmer's Light o Love" || A proposed sequel to the Elmer Elephant ''Silly Symphony''. Elmer has to watch helplessly as Tillie Tiger's ballet arts of Granville inspires Goat. When trouble comes, Goat runs away and Elmer has to save Tillie.<ref name=DavidGerstein/><ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| Feature film || ''Peter Rabbit'' || A proposed animated film based on the ''[[Peter Rabbit]]'' books written by [[Beatrix Potter]]. However, she refused Walt Disney's offer to make the film. 82 years later, [[Columbia Pictures]] produced a [[Peter Rabbit (film)|live-action/CGI film adaptation]] version of Peter Rabbit.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mead|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-puerile-emptiness-of-peter-rabbit|title=The Puerile Emptiness of "Peter Rabbit"|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=August 16, 2020}}</ref>
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===1937===
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Donald Duck]]'' || "Interior Decorators" || Donald and his assistant [[Gus Goose]] are entrusted with the renovation of a villa. Donald encounters a throbbing [[cuckoo clock]]. Had this film been completed, it would have been the debut of Gus Goose.<ref name=DavidGerstein/><ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "Lumberjack Donald" || Donald gives the orphans a how-to lesson on how to cut down a tree. A different lumberjack Donald Duck cartoon was eventually titled ''Timber'' and released in 1941.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Nightwatchman Donald" || Donald is a night watchman in a store, in which he has to deal with a playful monkey.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| ''Mickey, Donald & Goofy'' || "Clock Tower" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy open a shop to fix clocks. They are tricked by Pete into fixing Big Beth. All of these elements were dropped in favor of cleaning Big Beth. The Big Beth element was kept and released in 1937 as "Clock Cleaners".<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "The Dog Show" || Dropped elements from a released cartoon titled "Society Dog Show", including the original title. Pete was originally considered for the role of the judge. The Good Housekeeping page suggested that Donald helps Mickey prepare Pluto for the show, but the studio record did not match the Good Housekeeping page.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| rowspan="3" | ''Mickey, Donald & Goofy'' || "The Janitors" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy work in a store, cleaning it overnight.<ref name=DG>{{cite web |url=http://disneybooks.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-love-never-released-project.html%7Csymbol=DIS&page=quotesearch |title=The Janitors |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
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| "Jungle Mickey" || (Version 1:) Mickey is a solo [[newsreel]] photographer in darkest Africa.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=36}}<br>(Version 2:) Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are newsreel photographers in darkest Africa.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=36}}
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| "The Legionaires" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy join the [[French Foreign Legion]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=54–55}}
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| rowspan="2" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Follies" || (Not be confused with the 1929 short of same name) a large and ambitious projected short featuring nearly all of the original Disney characters, including Mickey and the gang, as well as some of the more popular ''Silly Symphonies'' characters, in a grand musical revue.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=54}} This eventually formed the basis of the [[Mickey Mouse Revue]] show at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Magic Kingdom]].
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| "Sargasso Sea" || Mickey Mouse visits [[Atlantis]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| rowspan="2" | ''Silly Symphonies'' || "Japanese Symphony" || (Version 1:) Originally planned as a story, set in Japan, featuring a moth rescued from a bat.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=158–161}}<br>(Version 2:) A romantic story about two Japanese children, which was stalled in production.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=158–161}}
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| "Minnehaha" || A proposed sequel to "Little Hiawatha", featuring Hiawatha's female counterpart, a little Indian girl named Minnehaha. Little seems to be known about the actual plot.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=176}}
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| Feature film ||''Reynard the Fox'' <br>''The Romance of Reynard'' || Tales and poems from 11th-century Europe about a misbehaving fox and his tricks. This was considered as a feature film.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=77–82}}
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===1938===
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| rowspan="4" | ''Donald Duck'' || "The Delivery Boy" || Donald has to deliver a mechanical doll to a doll museum, and another package to another destination. Pluto was considered at one point to be included to help Donald with his job.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Donald Munchausen" || Donald tells his nephews a tall tale a la [[Baron Munchausen]], about his adventures as a [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] photographer in Africa. He claims to have discovered a lost world of prehistoric creatures, and to have beaten [[King Kong]] in feats of strength.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "Donald's Shooting Gallery" || Donald attracts his nephews to the shooting range, by offering a box of chocolates as a prize. This proposed Donald Duck short was, in theory, an alternative story to the finished 1947 cartoon "Straight Shooters".<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "Lost Prospectors" || Donald and Gus Goose are prospectors lost in [[Death Valley]]. Tortured by heat and thirst, they trek across the barren terrain in search of water. They encounter various mirages, including a group of Lorelei ducks lounging by a swimming pool. One of the girls sips a cool drink and beckons to them. While Donald investigates, Gus, with the aid of his lucky derby hat, discovers a strange capricious laughing spring and is able to quench his thirst. Donald tries to trap the elusive water, but is unable to get a drop.<ref name=DavidGerstein/><ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Beach Picnic" || Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto have a rough day at the beach.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| ''Donald Duck'' || "The Rubber Hunter" || Donald travels to South America in order to obtain a particularly rare species of raw rubber for new tires for his car.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| rowspan="9" | ''Mickey Mouse'' <br> ''Donald Duck'' || "Yukon Mickey" <br> "Yukon Donald" || (Version 1:) Mickey discovers that a mischievous baby walrus has been stealing food from his cache. Chasing the little thief, he runs afoul of the walrus' giant father. When Mickey tries to placate papa walrus with a fish, the baby walrus steals it.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=44}} <br> (Version 2:) Donald discovers that a mischievous baby walrus has been stealing food from his cache. Chasing the little thief, he runs afoul of the walrus' giant father. When Donald tries to placate papa walrus with a fish, the baby walrus steals it.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=44}}
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| "Mickey's Nephews" || A Christmas story, in which Mickey would have played Santa for the orphans.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=39–40}}
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| "Mickey's Toothache" || Mickey inhales [[Nitrous oxide|laughing gas]] and enters a nightmare world where he is threatened by dental equipment. As part of the nightmare Pete appears and attacks Mickey.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=36}}
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| "Movie Makers" || Mickey is an amateur filmmaker in Hollywood, and Donald and Pluto set out to help him make films.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Pilgrim Mickey" || Mickey is a [[pilgrim]] setting out to hunt a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=39}}
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| "The Salvagers" || (Version 1:) Mickey and Donald go treasure hunting in the deep blue sea.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}<br> (Version 2:) Mickey and Pluto go treasure hunting in the deep blue sea. This version of the film's plot came about when the Mickey and Donald story failed to materialize.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| "Spring Cleaning" || An attempt to bring back Bobo the Elephant from "Mickey's Elephant". Mickey is a servant, where he and Pluto clean Minnie Mouse's garden.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=41}}
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| "Tanglefoot" || Mickey goes to the race track, where he encounters a horse with [[hay fever|Allergic rhinitis]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=14–16, 39}}
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| "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" || Mickey plays [[Captain Nemo]] in an undersea adventure.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| ''Pluto'' || "Pluto's Robot Twin" || Mickey builds a robot dog to keep Pluto company, but the robot goes out of control. Pluto has to fight the robot to regain control of the household.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=42–43}}
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| ''Silly Symphony Featurette'' || "Snow White Returns" || A sequel featurette to ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (1937).<ref name=SnowW>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/snowwhite-diamondedition.html |title=Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition |website=DVDizzy |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''Penguin Island'' || This proposed feature was about a fictitious island of [[great auk]]s that exists off the northern coast of Europe. The story begins when a wayward Christian missionary monk accidentally lands on the island and sees the great auks as a sort of Greek pre-Christian pagan society. Partially blind, he mistakes the animals for people and baptizes them.
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===1939===
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| rowspan="7" | ''Donald Duck'' || "The Beaver Hunters" || Donald and Pluto go hunting for beavers, but the wily rodents foil them, even though Donald disguises himself as a tree and uses ingenious weapons, such as a rifle that fires a plumber's helper.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "Donald's Elephant" || Bobo becomes Donald's pet.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Donald's Outboard Motor" || Donald has trouble with a boat motor. The plot was considered too thin, as it was one of two cartoons to be merged into the released cartoon "Put-Put Troubles".<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Donald's Stratosphere Flight" || Donald has problems repairing and launching his [[hot air balloon]].<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "Haunted Castle" || Donald camps outside a spooky castle but, when a strong wind blows his tent up into the air, Donald lands inside.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Museum Keeper" <br> "Old Masters" <br> "Donald and the Old Masters" || Donald is a museum keeper guarding a priceless collection of paintings. Some of the "paintings" in this unmade short feature Donald in various classic artworks.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=46–48}}
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| "Tree Surgeon" || (Version 1:) Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are tree surgeons.<ref name=Gerstein>{{cite web |url=http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2765 |title=Unknown Donald Duck |access-date=December 12, 2012}}</ref> <br>(Version 2:) Donald and Goofy are tree surgeons. Goofy asks for his doctor's tools as he bandages an unseen "patient"... really a tree. Donald and Goofy struggle to dope trees with laughing gas while various forest animals fight back. Eventually, Donald and Goofy inhale the laughing gas themselves, leading to a dizzy ballet around the woods and a bad fall for Donald into some [[Toxicodendron radicans|poison ivy]]. Donald needs the next round of Goofy's bandages.<ref name="Gerstein"/>
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| rowspan="8" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Balloon Race" || Mickey, Minnie, Horace, and Clarabelle participate in a balloon race against Black Pete.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "The Band Concert" || a remake of an earlier short of [[The Band Concert|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Ice Antics" || a remake of ''[[On Ice (film)|On Ice]]''.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Mickey's Man Friday" || a remake of an earlier short of the same name.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Mickey's Revival Party" || An umbrella name for a project to revisit and remake several older Disney shorts.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Miracle Master" || Mickey becomes master of a magic lamp. The genie of the lamp continually shocks Mickey and his friends in the real world.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "[[Morgan's Ghost]]"<br>"Pieces of Eight" <br>"Three Buccaneers" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find a treasure map and try to follow it to the end, while at the same time trying to evade Pete. At one point, story was considered for upgrading to a feature film project. Elements of this unmade project were saved for the Donald Duck comic book story [[Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=56–57}}
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| "Mountain Carvers" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as artisans attempting to carve out their own version of [[Mount Rushmore]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=55–56}}
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| rowspan="2" | ''Pluto'' || "Pluto and the Springs" || Pluto has trouble with a worm at the springs. The plot was considered too thin, as it was one of two cartoons to be merged into the released cartoon "Put-Put Troubles".<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Pluto's Pal Bobo" || Pluto and Bobo are rivals for Mickey's attention, which is focused on a howdah that he built.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| rowspan="4" | ''Silly Symphonies'' || "The Flying Mouse" || a remake of an earlier short of [[The Flying Mouse|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Grasshopper and the Ants" || A remake of an earlier short of [[The Grasshopper and the Ants (film)|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Lullaby Land" || A remake of an earlier short of [[Lullaby Land (film)|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Santa's Workshop" || A remake of an earlier short of [[Santa's Workshop (film)|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| rowspan="2" | Short film || ''[[Abdul Abulbul Amir]]'' || The story of two valiant heroes, a Russian, Ivan Skavinsky Skavar, and one of the Shah's mamelukes, Abdul Abulbul Amir, who, because of their pride, end up in a fight and kill each other.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=66}}
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| ''Jabberwocky'' || The nonsense world of [[Lewis Carroll]] is brought to life in this short.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=66}}
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==1940s==
===1940===
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| ''Donald Duck'' || "Traveling Salesman Donald" || Donald is a traveling salesman who cons bartender Pete into buying a phony pearl, then becomes the victim of Pete's energetic revenge. The tables are turned when Pete accidentally knocks down a pillar supporting the second story of his saloon and must hold up a heavy safe to keep from being crushed.
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Men in Uniform" || Mickey is a milkman who is foiled by a small kitten.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=40}}
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| rowspan="2" | Short film || ''Hootsie the Owl'' <br>''Wise Little Owl'' || A proposed short about a misfit owl who sleeps at night and is awake during the day because he hatched during the day. He is a constant embarrassment to his parents and he does not have any friends.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=186–187}}
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| ''Penelope and the Twelve Months'' || A proposed short film featuring a young girl who travels through time with the aid of a magic [[Longcase clock|grandfather clock]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=169}}
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===1941===
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| ''Donald Duck'' || "Calling Dr. Duck" || Donald is a tree surgeon. The plot is very similar to the earlier "Tree Surgeon".<ref name="Gerstein"/>
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| ''Donald & Goofy'' || "Ditch Diggers" || Donald and Goofy work in construction for Pete.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=53}}
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| ''Donald Duck'' || "Sculptor Donald" || Donald enters a contest for the best [[wax sculpture]], but his nephews sabotage his statue with a [[blow torch]].<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| ''Health for America'' || "Public Enemy No. 1" || An unproduced ''Health for America'' educational short about how flies spread disease. The plot of this film is very similar to "The Winged Scourge".{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=94}}
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Elopement" || Mickey tries to help Minnie escape her stern Uncle Mortimer's house so he can get her to a quickie wedding chapel.<ref name="Gerstein"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''Chanticleer'' || A rooster believes his crowing makes the sun rise.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=81–82}}
|-
| ''[[Don Quixote]]'' || A man named Alonso Quixano (or Quijano), a retired country gentleman nearing 50 years old, lives in an unnamed section of [[La Mancha]] with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food, and so much reading. He decides to become a [[knight-errant]], and with his fat, food-loving, squire [[Sancho Panza]], sets out on an hilarious misadventure.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=172}}
|-
| ''The Hound of Florence''<br>''Inspector Bones'' || Based on novel by [[Felix Salten]] (who was also the author of ''[[Bambi, a Life in the Woods]]'') about a detective who turns into a dog. The dog detective in "Inspector Bones" was a direct parody of [[Basil Rathbone]]'s role in the [[Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)|Sherlock Holmes films]], which were very popular in the 1940s. Inspector Bones and Dr. Beagle are pitted against either Professor Mongrel ("The Mad Dog of London") or Sir Cyril Sealyham. The story features many [[Tex Avery]]-style self-referential jokes, and many who see them now think the project was an odd one for Disney of the early 1940s.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=162–167}} After almost 20 years of working on the film, it was released as the live action comedy ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]''.
|}
===1942===
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|-
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| rowspan="4" | ''Donald Duck'' || "Donald's Tank" || While cleaning an armored tank, Donald accidentally explodes some [[Hand grenade|grenades]] near his sergeant, Black Pete. To escape Pete's wrath, he takes off in the tank, crashing through the officer's [[mess]] and separating a general from his T-bone steak. Donald's problems are compounded when an experimental television monitor inside the tank is activated, and he confuses its telecast for scenes of the passing terrain. Straying across the French line, he spoils a surprise attack on Adolf Hitler's [[Panzer division]].<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| "Guerilla Duck" || A continuation of Donald's wartime exploits has him trying to intercept a Japanese [[Armoured personnel carrier|troop carrier]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=98}}
|-
| "Madame XX" || On a mission to deliver secret plans to the war office, private Donald Duck is waylaid by a [[Greta Garbo|Garboesque]] foreign spy Madame XX. She steals the plans and escapes in a motorboat, but Donald pursues her and ultimately recovers the stolen plans.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=99}}
|-
| "A Brazilian Symphony: Caxangá" || Donald, [[José Carioca]] (the parrot from ''[[Saludos Amigos]]''), and Goofy attempt to play "caxangá", or the Brazilian matchbox game; Donald is constantly driven to the point of madness in his attempt to master this complex, nerve-wracking game.
|-
| ''[[Goofy]]'' || "How to Be a Cowboy" || A projected "how-to' short featuring Goofy as the chief cowboy on a [[Guest ranch|dude ranch]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=50}}
|-
| ''Wartime'' || "Army Psycho-Therapy" || An unproduced army training film dealing with stress, the adrenal glands, and the importance of discipline.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=97}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | Short film || ''The Blue Orchid'' || Based on Venezuelan folklore about animals and spirits in the jungle who repel their vision of man.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Chichicastenango'' || A surreal visual tour of [[Chichicastenango]].<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''A House Divided'' ||A proposed wartime short about rationing, pitting the [[Big Bad Wolf]] as a [[black market]]eer against the [[Three Little Pigs]], who have to be taught not to waste resources.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=100}}
|-
| ''The Lady with the Rad Pomom'' || A Tauchan Bird encounters an [[Aracuan Bird]], and they fight over the lady with the Rad Pomom.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Lima Story'' || Adventurous Lima finds himself in the South American [[Lake Titicaca]]. Elements of this story ended up in ''Saludos Amigos''.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
|''Goofy''||''Lumberjack Goofy'' || Goofy chops down a tree that fails on him, and he gets stuck on the band of the power saw.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| Short film || ''The Near-Sighted Overbird'' || The hero of the story is nearsighted, which continuously causes him trouble. He mistakes a wineskin for his home.<ref name=JBK>{{cite book|last=Kaufman|first=J.B.|title=South of Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program, 1941-1948|publisher=Disney Editions|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjdePgAACAAJ|isbn=978-1-423-11193-1}}</ref>
|-
| Feature film || ''The Ostrich Who Laid the Golden Egg'' || In a tale told by the Ostrich People of Prax when asked "Where did you come from?", there seems to be nothing conclusive about the tale.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
|}
'''Note''': [[The Walt Disney Studios (division)|Disney studios]] produced an animated sequence for Samuel Goldwyn's film ''[[Up in Arms]]'', which was unused in the final version of the film.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=77}}
===1943===
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''Goofy'' || "Army Story" || In the Army, Goofy becomes romantically involved with a pretty [[Women's Army Corps|WAC]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=99–100}}
|-
| "How to Be a Commando" || A proposed Goofy [[World War II]] short wherein Goofy dreams of going up against [[Adolf Hitler]] and goes through [[commando]] [[training camp]]s to achieve his goal.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=99}}
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Chicken Little" || The sky is falling on Donald, Goofy and Mickey. This story was supposed to be either a featurette or short. It also starred [[Jiminy Cricket]] and [[Daisy Duck|Daisy]].
|-
| ''Pluto'' || "The Good Samaritan" || Pluto rescues a cute little puppy from the snow, who subsequently begins to tear the house apart, and Pluto has to rescue him again.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=42}}
|-
| ''[[Private Snafu]]'' || "Snafu" || One proposed ''[[Private Snafu]]'' short was planned by Disney, but was turned down by [[Frank Capra]] when Disney demanded commercial rights to the character and a high production cost. It consisted mostly of gags where the worst soldier in the army constantly fouls things up.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| rowspan="4" | (n/a) || ''Ajax the Stool Pigeon'' <br> ''Roland XIII'' || A short that was to feature a bird performing as a military [[carrier pigeon]], despite having a fear of heights.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=104–106}}
|-
| ''Democracy'' || A proposed wartime short comparing American [[democracy]] with the society of [[Nazi Germany]] through the trials of an immigrant family, the Joneses.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=102}}
|-
| ''Melting Pot'' || An unmade [[propaganda]] short with a Nazi lecturer extolling the virtues of the German way. This might be an alternate version of "Education for Death".{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=102}}
|-
| ''The Square World'' || This proposed wartime short satires the conformist society of Nazi Germany. This was considered to be extended into a feature film project at one point.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=102–104}}
|-
| ''Bambi'' || ''[[Bambi's Children]]''|| A sequel to the original ''Bambi'' film, dealing with Bambi's adult life.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''The Gremlins'' || (Version 1:) A feature film based on the novel by [[Roald Dahl]] [[The Gremlins|of the same name]] about Gremlins that wreck airplanes.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=106–108}}<br>(Version 2:) A short film based on the novel by [[Roald Dahl]] [[The Gremlins|of the same name]] about Gremlins that wreck airplanes. The short was proposed after plans for a feature film adaptation fell apart. [[Warner Bros.]] eventually released the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''[[Falling Hare]]'' and ''[[Russian Rhapsody (film)|Russian Rhapsody]]'' using the same premise.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=106–108}}
|-
| ''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)#Production history|The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen]]'' || The film was intended to be a co-production with Samuel Goldwyn, who also wanted to produce a film based on Andersen's life. It was decided at some point that part of the film would be shot in live action, with animated segments depicting some of Andersen's tales. These included ''[[The Emperor's New Clothes]]'', ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Emperor's Nightingale]]'', ''[[Ole Lukøje|Through the Picture Frame]]'', ''[[The Fir-Tree|The Little Fir-Tree]]'', ''[[The Steadfast Tin Soldier]]'', and ''[[The Little Mermaid]]''.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=70–77}}
|}
===1944===
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|-
| ''Donald Duck'' || "La Loca Mariposa" || Donald is a butterfly collector visiting the country of Venezuela.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Intros and Outros" || Mickey presents the ''CIAA Health for America'' series.<br>Note: These intros would have gone by the name of the actual CIAA films.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Pluto'' || "Pluto and the Anteater" || Pluto encounters an [[aardvark]] in South America in a very strange manner.<ref name=JBK/>
|}
===1945===
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|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| Feature film || ''Chanticleer and Reynard'' || The stories of Chanticleer the rooster and [[Reynard]] the fox are featured in the same film after plans fail in each of the earlier attempts to bring them separately to the screen.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=82}}
|}
===1946===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''Donald Duck'' || "Caxanga" || (Version 1:) Donald's heart is captured by a female parrot after his frustration over the South American game caxanga.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=119}}<br>(Version 2:) Donald and Goofy are introduced by Joe to the game of caxanga. Frustrated over the game, Donald throws a tantrum. The next night, he cannot get the game out of his head.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| "Share and Share Alike" || Donald and his three nephews fight over an apple. Pencil tests for this proposed short still exist.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=48}}
|-
| "Trouble Shooters" || Donald Duck is a telephone and power linesman who has some trouble with the same woodpecker that once destroyed his camera.<ref name=ChronologicalDonald>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol4.html |title=Chronological Donald Volume 4 |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | (n/a) || ''Don Quixote: Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character for Large Orchestra'' || This proposed short is another take on the ''Don Quixote'' tale. This time, the Disney animators set it around [[Richard Strauss]]' [[Symphonic poem|tone poem]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=172}}
|-
| ''Fiesta of the Flowers'' || Depicts the botanical action of the flowers on South America.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''On the Trail'' || [[Ferde Grofé]]'s ''[[Grand Canyon Suite]]'' is brought to life, set in the light and color of southern desert.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=175}}
|-
| Feature film || ''Carnival Surprise Package'' <br> ''Cuban Carnival'' || A proposed third ''South of the Border'' Disney feature film.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=118–119}} The segments would have included: "Brazilian Rhapsody", an extended version of what would later become "Blame it on the Samba", released as part of ''Melody Time'' in 1948; "The Laughing Gauchito" featuring the character first seen in "The Three Caballeros," who learns he has the ability to shatter glass with his laugh. He becomes a star, but his fame ends when his voice deepens as he becomes a man; "San Blas Boy" is about a boy named Chico and his dog Kiki, who are lost in a storm. "Cape Dance" was a surreal colourful fantasy; "Rancho in the Sky", and four others featuring Donald Duck, José Carioca, Panchito Pistoles, and a newly introduced small rooster from Cuba; Miguelito Maracas.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=175}}
|-
| (n/a) ||''Sonja Henie Fantasy'' || A proposed ''Fantasia'' short would have been either animated or a live action/animation mix featuring [[Sonja Henie|the famed ice skater]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=169}}
|}
===1947===
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|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| ''Donald Duck'' <br> ''Goofy'' || "Cowpoke Donald" <br> "Old Geronimo" || Version 1: Donald sets out to capture the roughest, toughest steer in the whole state of Texas.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=50–52}} <br> Version 2: Goofy sets out to capture the roughest, toughest steer in the whole state of Texas.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=50–52}}
|-
| ''Goofy'' || "How to Train a Dog" || Goofy tries to teach Pluto some new tricks.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=50}}
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey and Claudius the Bee" || Mickey is shrunk to the size of a bee and is given a tour of the hive by Claudius.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=56}}
|-
| (n/a) || ''Trees with Faces'' || A one-shot animated short that was supposed to be about the life of Native Americans, featuring animated bits about the raven's mischief.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=175–176}}
|}
'''Note''': ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'', released in 1947, was originally planned to be two separate feature films.
===1948===
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|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| rowspan="2" | ''Pluto'' || "Pluto's White Elephant" || Pluto encounters Bobo in the last attempt to bring Bobo back onto the screen. Little is known about the plot.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Scrambled Eggs" || Pluto encounters [[the Ugly Duckling]]. This story was dropped from production for unknown reasons.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|}
===1949===
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|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Currier and Ives'' || Planned for release sometime in the late 1940s, it was to be a "combination film" (live action mixed with animation). It was eventually dropped because the cost involved would have been too high. At the time, there had been a slate of combination pictures with the box office, each being less than its predecessor.
|-
| ''Hiawatha'' || [[Hiawatha]] was a follower of [[The Great Peacemaker]], a prophet and spiritual leader, who proposed the unification of the [[Iroquois]] people. This proposed feature was considered to be taken in a similar direction as ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'': artistic but contradictory. It would feature a single story line.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=180–182}}
|}
'''Note''': ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'', released in 1949, was originally planned to be two separate feature films.
==1950s==
===1951===
{| class="wikitable"
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| rowspan="2" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Plight of the Bumble Bee" || Mickey produces a stage musical number with Hector the Bee.
|-
| "The Talking Dog" || Pluto gets roped into becoming a [[ventriloquist's dummy]] in a [[circus]] [[sideshow]]. When Mickey figures out that his dog is missing, he starts looking for him and finds him in the hands of Pete. Mickey battles Pete to get Pluto back. Some animation that was done on this short was dropped. It was animated for a pencil test.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=41}}
|-
| Feature film || ''Don Quixote'' || A second attempt for this proposed feature film had the same basic plot as the 1940 take on the ''Don Quixote'' story, but the animation would have had a [[limited animation|similar style]] as seen in [[United Productions of America|UPA]] animated shorts and features of the time.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=172–174}}
|}
===1955===
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| ''Donald Duck''|| "Money-sorting Machine" <br> "Donald-Scrooge Opus" || Donald works at Scrooge's Money Bin, operating a money-sorting machine that runs by power. When Donald is away at lunch, the radio announces a plague of rats is loose in the city. Scrooge closes and shutters all of his windows and bolts the door. He sits down, terrified, to eat his cheese sandwich but, before he can begin, he is besieged by a determined rat who has smelled the cheese from afar. The rat threatens to destroy a $10,000-dollar bill if Scrooge does not order the most expensive cheese in the world.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| Feature film || ''Babes in Toyland'' || Walt Disney announced the film in 1955 as an animated feature.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Hedda|author-link=Hedda Hopper|title=Disney's next cartoon film will be 'Babes in Toyland{{' "}}|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=May 17, 1955|id={{ProQuest|179440596}}}}</ref> In 1956, he said he wanted to make it the following year, and assigned Bill Walsh to produce and Sidney Miller to direct.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Hedda|title='Babes in Toyland' Will Be Top Disney Musical in 1957|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 20, 1956|page=22}}</ref> Filming was delayed, then the project was reactivated as [[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|the live-action 1961 movie of the same name]].
|}
===1959===
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| (n/a) || ''Prairie Rhythm''<br>''Pretty Red Wing'' || A planned satire of the classic [[Western film]] stereotypes about an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] girl and a [[white people|white]] [[Animal trapping|trapper]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=174}}
|-
| Short film || ''Barefoot Boy'' || This proposed short film was to be an adaptation of the [[John Greenleaf Whittier]] poem set in [[Norman Rockwell]]'s "Never Land."{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=174}}
|}
==1960s==
===1960===
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Emperor's Nightingale]]'' || This proposed film would have used paper cut-out animation to tell the traditional tale, but with a much finer and more delicate Asian style than the earlier 1959 short ''Noah's Ark''. At one point, Mickey Mouse was considered to be included in the plot.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=70}}
|-
| ''Chanticleer'' || Having just completed ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', [[Ken Anderson (animator)|Ken Anderson]] and [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]] were looking for new ideas for the studio's next feature in which they located earlier conceptual artwork from the 1940s and attempted to adapt the story into an animated film. However, it was ruled that only one film would go into production at the time, and ''Chanticleer'' was turned down once again when the studio decided to go for [[Bill Peet]]'s adaptation of ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2001/01/01/307.aspx#sthash.gWALcRJm.dpbs|title=The "Chanticleer" Saga -- Part 2|first=Jim|last=Hill|website=Jim Hill Media|date=December 31, 1999|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref>
|}
===1963===
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! style="width:150pt;" | Series !! style="width:100pt;" | Title !! Description
|-
| Feature film || ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' || This proposed feature was to be an adaptation of "[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears]]", involving a little girl who breaks into the bears' house.{{sfn|Solomon|1995}}{{pn|date=September 2022}}
|-
| Feature film || ''Little Red Riding Hood'' || This proposed feature was to be an adaptation of the Charles Perrault's tale "[[Little Red Riding Hood]]", involving a little girl who tries to travel to her grandmother, but she is pursued by a wolf.{{sfn|Solomon|1995}}{{pn|date=September 2022}}
|}
===1967===
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| Feature film || ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' || This proposed feature was to be an adaptation of the [[Brothers Grimm]]'s tale "[[Hansel and Gretel]]", involving a brother and a sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and [[gingerbread]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=87–89}}
|}
===1969===
{| class="wikitable"
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[The Bremen Town Musicians]]'' || The story about a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their respective farms, who are soon to be discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to [[Bremen]], known for its freedom, to live without owners and become musicians.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=89}}
|-
| ''Hootsie the Owl'' <br> ''Wise Little Owl'' || A second attempt of this proposed feature about a misfit owl who sleeps at night and is awake during the day because he hatched during the day. He is an embarrassment to his parents and hasn't any friends. This is basically the same plot as the "Hootsie the Owl" short proposed in 1940, but with the addition of a snake character, similar to [[Kaa]] in ''The Jungle Book''.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=186–187}}
|}
==1970s==
===1973===
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| Feature film || ''Scruffy'' || An adaptation of [[Paul Gallico]]'s novel which centered on the [[Barbary macaques in Gibraltar|barbary macaques]] of [[Gibraltar]] with its honorary leader named Scruffy, and the apes would be threatened by the [[Nazi Party]]'s attempt to capture them from the [[British Empire]] during [[World War II]]. When the time had come to green-light the project, the studio leaders decided to approve ''[[The Rescuers]]'' for production.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=167}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQ_nGPA2-qMC&q=Ken+Anderson+Scruffy&pg=PT601 | title=Walt's People - Volume 12: Talking Disney With the Artists Who Knew Him | last=Ghez | first=Didier | publisher=[[Xlibris]] | date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=February 28, 2015| isbn=9781477147900 }}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/columnists1/b/floyd_norman/archive/2007/06/12/toon-tuesday-remembering-fred-lucky-of-wdfa-s-story-department-1938-1999.aspx | last=Norman | first=Floyd | author-link=Floyd Norman | title=Toon Tuesday: Remembering Fred Lucky of WDFA's Story Department (1938 - 1999) | publisher=Jim Hill Media | date=June 11, 2007 | access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>
|}
===1976===
{| class="wikitable"
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''The Hero from Otherwhere'' || Based on the book by [[Jay Williams (author)|Jay Williams]], it was conceived as a [[Films with live action and animation|live action/animated film]] about two schoolboys with different attributes who are transported to a strange planet whose black leader persuades them to help destroy the wolf [[Fenrir|Fenris]] that has been ravaging the land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2012/02/disney-is-looking.html | last=Deja | first=Andreas | author-link=Andreas Deja | title=Disney is looking..... | work=Deja View | via=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]] | date=February 27, 2012 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="time">{{cite magazine| title=Corporations: Running Disney Walt's Way | url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,914546,00.html | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=August 16, 1976 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''Spacecraft One'' || The story was to tell about a mile-long spaceship in its search for life on other planets.<ref name="time"/>
|}
==1980s==
===1980===
{| class="wikitable"
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Musicana'' || An early version of what eventually became ''[[Fantasia 2000]]''. Some segments of the planned film were to be titled "Finlandia", involving a fight between the Ice God and Sun Goddess; an African segment about a curious monkey and a Rain God, including many hippos, lions and elephants; "The Emperor's Nightingale", based on the Andersen story, which would have starred Mickey Mouse as the keeper of the nightingale; a southern jazz story titled "By the Bayou", which included many frogs, including caricatures of [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Louis Armstrong]]; a segment set in the Andes with a beautiful girl/bird; and a version of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", featuring tropical birds. It was cut due to financial issues in favor of ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'' and ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Jim |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2010/11/29/disney_2700_s-musicana_3A00_-pick-up-a-copy-of-fantasia-blu-ray-to-learn-more-.aspx |title=Wanna learn more about Disney's "Musicana" ? Then go pick up a copy of the "Fantasia" Blu-ray |website=Jim Hill Media |date=December 29, 2010 |access-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Little Broomstick'' || A few months after [[Mary Stewart (novelist)|Mary Stewart]]'s novel of the same name was published in 1971, Walt Disney Productions acquired the film rights. In 1980, director [[Wolfgang Reitherman|Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman]] decided to adapt it into an animated feature following the release of ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'', but studio management felt the project was too similar to ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''. Also, they wanted the animation department to produce more ambitious films such as ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]''. In 2017, the book was adapted into the [[Anime|Japanese animated]] film ''[[Mary and the Witch's Flower]]'' by [[Studio Ponoc]] as their first film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/where-disney-failed-studio-ponoc-succeeds-with-its_us_5a600e56e4b067e1058ff218|title=Where Disney failed, Studio Ponoc succeeds with its debut animated feature, "Mary and the Witch's Flower"|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=January 17, 2018|access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref>
|}
===1981===
{| class="wikitable"
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| Feature film || ''Catfish Bend'' || Based on the book series by [[Ben Lucien Burman]], it follows the journey of several animal residents in Catfish Bend. Following several treatments, it was never [[Green-light|greenlit]] for production, and Disney dropped its option on the books.<ref name=SteveHulett>{{cite book|last=Hulett|first=Steve|title=Mouse In Transition: An Insider's Look at Disney Feature Animation|publisher=Theme Park Press|year=2014|pages=17–21, 60|isbn=978-1-941-50024-8}}</ref>
|}
===1983===
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' || Storyboard artists Steve Hulett and Pete Young developed the project with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and [[José Carioca]] as the Musketeers, but it fell into development hell. However, in 2004, ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'' was released, but it was unrelated to the earlier project.<ref name=SteveHulett /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/27/movies/animation-again-a-priority-at-disney.html|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|author-link=Aljean Harmetz|title=Animation Again a Priority|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 27, 1984|access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>
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| Feature Film || ''Where the Wild Things Are'' || This was to be a film adaptation of the [[Where the Wild Things Are|children's picture book]] written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Animators [[Glen Keane]] and [[John Lasseter]] (who later moved on to [[Pixar]]) completed a test film blending traditionally animated characters with computer-generated settings, but the project proceeded no further.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k1UFXKkuyH0C&pg=RA1-PA53 | title=The Pixar Touch | first=David A. | last=Price | isbn=978-0-307-27829-6 | publisher=[[Random House]] | page=53 | date=May 5, 2009 | access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> However, a [[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|live-action film adaptation]], distributed by [[Warner Bros.]] and directed by [[Spike Jonze]] was released twenty-six years later.
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===1985===
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| Feature Film || ''[[Mistress Masham's Repose]]'' || Before the release of ''The Black Cauldron'', producer Joe Hale and his production team were working on an adaptation of the [[T. H. White]] novel. While [[Roy E. Disney]] supported the project, [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] disliked it. Eventually, Hale and most of the team were fired, and the project languished.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=James|title=DisneyWar|edition=1st|year=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/69 69]|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York|isbn=0-684-80993-1|author-link=James B. Stewart|title-link=DisneyWar}}</ref>
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| Feature Film || ''Monkey'' || Back when Pixar was still a part of [[Lucasfilm]] in 1985, they started pre-production on a film called ''Monkey''. After they spun off as a new company in 1986, they were still working on it. In the end, they realized they had to abandon it because of technical limitations.<ref>[http://www.pixartouchbook.com/blog/2008/11/22/pixars-film-that-never-was-monkey.html Pixar's film that never was: "Monkey"]</ref>
|}
===1986===
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| Feature film || ''[[The Catcher in the Rye#In film|Dufus]]'' || Then-Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]] proposed that Disney Feature Animation should develop an animated adaptation of ''The Catcher in the Rye'', since Eisner was a fan of the original book. However, knowing that [[J. D. Salinger]] would refuse to sell the film rights, Eisner then suggested to do an animated film that dealt with similar topics from the book, but with [[German Shepherd|German shepherds]] as the characters. The film was briefly mentioned in the [[Disney+]] film ''[[Howard (film)|Howard]]''; where in 1986, lyricist [[Howard Ashman]] was sent a letter from then-Disney studio chairman [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] in regards to collaborating with the studio on one of their films. ''Dufus'' was listed, alongside a sequel to ''Mary Poppins'' and ''The Little Mermaid''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|url=https://collider.com/disney-catcher-in-the-rye-animated-movie-explained/|title=Disney Once Tried to Make an Animated 'Catcher in the Rye' — But Wait, There's More|website=Collider|date=August 3, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
|}
===1988===
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| Feature film || ''Army Ants'' || Disney considered producing an animated feature film that centered on a [[pacifist]] [[ant]] living in a [[militaristic]] [[ant colony|colony]]. However, the idea never fully materialized.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murrows |first=Peter |url=http://www.businessweek.com/1998/47/b3605013.htm |title=Antz vs. Bugs |work=Business Week |date=November 23, 1998 |archive-date=November 28, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991128083348/http://www.businessweek.com/1998/47/b3605013.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> This idea, however, was reincarnated ten years later into [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks']] ''[[Antz]]'' and [[Pixar|Pixar's]] ''[[A Bug's Life]]''.
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| ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' || Untitled ''Winnie the Pooh'' film || When one of her novels came to the attention of a Disney executive, [[Linda Woolverton]] was hired to work on several animated projects, including one involving [[Winnie the Pooh (character)|Winnie the Pooh]]. However, it was later shelved once ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' had aired.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dutka |first=Elaine |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-19-ca-544-story.html |title=Ms. Beauty and the Beast: Writer of Disney Hit Explains Her 'Woman of the '90s |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 19, 1992 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>
|}
===1989===
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''Swabbies'' || The story found Mickey, Donald, and Goofy out of work, out of luck, and in need of a job. They enlist in the Navy and go to boot camp with Pete as their exasperated [[drill instructor]]. They meet their feminine counterparts—Minnie, Daisy and Clarabelle—who are all [[WAVES]]. After they put to sea, they encounter a submarine full of the [[Beagle Boys]], who all speak a Russian-sounding gibberish. The entire film was storyboarded and recorded, and an [[Animatic#Animatics|animatic]] was created. Complete model sheets of all of the characters were printed, and layouts and some animation had begun before the project came to an abrupt halt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Swabbies/ |title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Swabbies/index.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205112854/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Swabbies/ | publisher=Animationarchive.net |archive-date=2011-12-05 |access-date=2011-12-28}}</ref>
|}
==1990s==
===1990===
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| ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]]'' || ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit#Proposed sequel|Who Discovered Roger Rabbit]]'' || The shelved proposed prequel to the 1988 Disney/[[Amblin Entertainment|Amblin]] film, ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. The film, which previously went by the working title, ''Roger Rabbit Two: The Toon Platoon'', was set in 1941 during [[World War II]], and would have had [[Roger Rabbit]] and [[Baby Herman]] going on a journey through the perils of the war in search of Roger's birth parents in the Americas. It would have been a [[direct-to-video]] musical film.<ref name="Gore">{{cite book | author = Chris Gore | title = The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made | date = July 1999 | publisher = [[St. Martin's Press]] | location = New York City | chapter = Roger Rabbit Two: The Toon Platoon | pages = [https://archive.org/details/50greatestmovies00gore/page/165 165–168] | isbn = 0-312-20082-X | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/50greatestmovies00gore | author-link = Chris Gore | url = https://archive.org/details/50greatestmovies00gore/page/165 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Michael Fleming | url = https://variety.com/1997/film/news/rabbit-redux-revving-up-1116679284/ | title = ''Rabbit'' redux revving up | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = June 23, 1997 | access-date = July 19, 2011}}</ref>
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| ''Goofy'' || ''Goofy of the Apes'' || A spoof of ''[[Tarzan of the Apes]]'' starring [[Goofy]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=52–53}}<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906035123/http://www.vanderwende.com/RVanderWende.pdf|url=http://www.vanderwende.com/RVanderWende.pdf|title=Richard Vander Wende Online Portfolio|website=vanderwende.com|year=2010|archive-date=September 6, 2015|access-date=May 17, 2015}}</ref>
|}
===1991===
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''Humphrey the Whale'' || An animated adaptation of the children's book ''Humphrey the Lost Whale'' by Richard Hall and [[Wendy Tokuda]].<ref name="BeautyandtheBeast">{{cite news|last=Mabery|first=D.L.|url=https://www.postbulletin.com/beauty-and-the-beast-by-d-l-mabery-for-the/article_bbca3cfa-c377-5c97-94f5-9a3a326773f0.html|title=Beauty and the Beast|newspaper=[[Post-Bulletin]]|date=December 7, 1991|access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref>
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| ''[[Puss in Boots]]'' || A film version of the tale.<ref>{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Candice|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-11-22-9102180126-story.html|title=A Box-office Draw: A French Fairy Tale That Has Been Languishing At Disney Studios For Years, Beauty And The Beast Now Seems Destined To Join The Ranks Of The Very Best Animated Classics|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=November 22, 1991|access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref> It is unrelated to the released [[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|DreamWorks Animation film of the same title]], especially since this one was more connected to the original fairy tale.
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| ''Tiny the Alligator''<ref name="BeautyandtheBeast" /> || It was described as a "growing up story" of a resident of New York City who happens to be the size of an 18-wheeler.<ref>{{cite web|last=Korkis|first=Jim|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-372/|title=Animation Anecdotes #372|website=Cartoon Research|date=July 20, 2018|access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref>
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| Short film || ''[[Tin Toy#Scrapped sequel|A Tin Toy Christmas]]'' || A half-hour television sequel to the short ''Tin Toy'' was considered, but [[Pixar]] felt convinced they could produce a feature film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/12/14/tube-thursday-the-pixar-holiday-special-you-never-got-to-see-tin-toy-christmas.aspx | title=The Pixar TV special you never got to see, "A Tin Toy Christmas"|website=Jim Hill Media|date=December 14, 2007}}</ref> The project later became ''[[Toy Story]]''.
|}
===1992===
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| rowspan="3" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''Mickey Columbus'' || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were cast as the captains of the ''[[Niña]]'', the ''[[Pinta (ship)|Pinta]]'' and the ''[[Santa Maria (ship)|Santa Maria]]'', and Minnie stands in for Queen Isabella. The film's writers could not decide what to do about the Native Americans that [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]] would encounter in the [[New World]].<ref name="Mickey films">{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2004/10/11/477.aspx|title=Disney's unfinished featurettes: "Mickey Columbus" & "Mickey's Arabian Nights"|website=Jim Hill Media|date=October 10, 2004|access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Mickey's Arabian Nights'' || A featurette starring Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy, set around the entire ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' anthology.<ref name="Mickey films"/>
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| ''Tourist Trap'' || Based on an idea for a scrapped Roger Rabbit short, Mickey and Donald are heading on a vacation, with Donald attempting to kill Mickey.<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/22738384/runaway-brain-evil-mickey-short-streaming |title=Why Disney buried Runaway Brain, the monstrous Mickey short |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=October 21, 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="5" | Feature Film || | ''[[Odyssey|Homer's Odyssey]]'' || A feature film set around the odyssey of [[Odysseus]].<ref name="Disney treatment">{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-07-02-9202290009-story.html|title='Odyssey,' Sinbad, Pocahontas Getting Disney Treatment|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 19, 1992|access-date=September 12, 2014}}</ref> The project was scrapped when it failed to translate into animation comedy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Disney-Muscles-In-on-Greek-Myth-Hercules-a-2821105.php|title=Disney Muscles in on Greek Myth / 'Hercules' a product of research as much as drawing|last=Stack|first=Peter|newspaper=[[San Francisco Gate]]|date=June 22, 1997|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
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|''[[Sinbad the Sailor]]'' || This proposed feature film, itself based on the ''[[Arabian Nights]]'' [[Sinbad the Sailor|tale of the same name]], was scrapped after ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' was released.<ref name="Disney treatment" />
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| ''Song of the Sea'' || Lyricists [[Stephen Flaherty]] and [[Lynn Ahrens]] had pitched the project as a re-telling of the mythological story of [[Orpheus and Eurydice]], but with [[humpback whale]]s.<ref name="Disney treatment" /><ref name="Hunchback">{{cite web |last=Spiegel |first=Josh |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/hunchback-of-notre-dame-oral-history/ |title=The Hunchback of Notre Dame' at 25: An Oral History of Disney's Darkest Animated Classic |website=/Film |date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> In March 1992, ''The New York Times'' had reported that both had signed on to compose songs for the project.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/15/movies/film-for-alan-menken-a-partnership-ends-but-the-song-plays-on.html |title=For Alan Menken, A Partnership Ends But the Song Plays On |work=The New York Times |date=March 15, 1992 |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> [[Gary Trousdale]] and [[Kirk Wise]] were to direct, but the project was dropped when they were recruited to work on ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''.<ref name="Hunchback" />
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| ''[[Swan Lake]]'' || The project was dropped because former Disney animation director [[Richard Rich (director)|Richard Rich]] was developing ''[[The Swan Princess]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kroyer, Bill |author2=Sito, Tom |editor=Diamond, Ron |title=On Animation: The Director's Perspective Volume 1 |year=2019 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |page=133 |isbn=978-1-138-06707-3 |quote=But then ''Swan Lake'' got canned because of Rick Rich's ''The Swan Princess''.}}</ref>
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| ''Silly Hillbillies on Mars'' || Based on the idea of feuding hillbillies from outer space, it was inspired by a Disney storyman who saw the title of a Disney short, "[[Make Mine Music#The Martins and the Coys|The Martins and The Coys]]", mistaking it for "The Martians and The Cows".<ref name="Disney treatment"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Beck|first=Jerry|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-110/|title=Animation Anecdotes #110|website=Cartoon Research|date=May 17, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2014}}</ref>
|}
===1993===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[The Man Who Would Be King]]'' || An adaptation of the [[Rudyard Kipling]] short story.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Chris|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/324319/DISNEY-USES-BREATHTAKING-OPENING-SCENE-AS-REMARKABLE-PROMO-FOR-THE--LION-KING.html|title=Disney Uses Breathtaking Opening Scene As Remarkable Promo For 'The Lion King'|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|date=December 5, 1993|access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref>
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| ''[[A Princess of Mars]]'' || During the 1990s, Jeffrey Katzenberg had attempted to produce an animated adaptation of the novel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kits |first=Borys |last2=Siegel |first2=Tatiana |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-mars-dc/disney-on-mission-for-mars-rights-idUSN1723259220070117 |title=Disney on mission for "Mars" rights |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=January 21, 2007 |access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref> After he had disapproved of Ron Clements and John Musker's pitch for ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', Katzenberg instead offered them to direct ''A Princess of Mars''. However, the directors were uninterested,<ref>{{cite podcast |host=Holliday, Christopher and Sergeant, Alexander |url=https://www.fantasy-animation.org/all-episodes/episode-78-treasure-planet-ron-clements-john-musker-2002-with-ron-clements-and-john-musker |title=Episode 78 – Treasure Planet (Ron Clements & John Musker, 2002) |website=Fantasy/Animation |time=17:35 |access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref> and Disney relinquished the film rights to [[Paramount Pictures]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ball |first=Ryan |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/clampetts-john-carter-of-mars-illustrated/ |title=Clampett's John Carter of Mars Illustrated |website=[[Animation (magazine)|Animation Magazine]] |date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref>
|}
===1994===
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| Short Film || ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (franchise)#Animated short films|Hare in My Soup]]'' || A fourth Roger Rabbit cartoon short based on ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' was planned for release in 1995, to coincide with the release of ''[[Toy Story]]'', preceding that proposed feature film in the process. It was canceled after pre-production ended and before production could begin, and was replaced in the gap with a rerun of ''Rollercoaster Rabbit''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toontownantics.blogspot.com/2011/06/hare-in-my-soup.html |title=Hare In My Soup |website=Toon Town Antics |via=Blogger |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref> This cartoon was supposed to be followed by three more Roger Rabbit shorts, also starring Baby Herman; ''Clean and Oppressed'', ''Beach Blanket Bay'' and ''Bronco Bustin' Bunny''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Desmond|url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-06-25/entertainment/26106567_1_roger-rabbit-tummy-trouble-don-hahn|title=Roger: Hare Again A Full-length Sequel For The Successful Disney Rabbit? Impossible Until 1992. The Solution: The Most Expensive Cartoon Short Ever Made - With More To Hop Along.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913152231/http://articles.philly.com/1989-06-25/entertainment/26106567_1_roger-rabbit-tummy-trouble-don-hahn|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|url-status=dead|date=June 25, 1989|archive-date=September 13, 2015|access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref>
|}
===1996===
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| Feature Film || ''Toots and the Upside Down House'' || Based on the book by [[Carol Hughes (author)|Carol Hughes]] of a tale of a young girl who creates a fantasy world of goblins, fairies, sprites, and an evil [[Jack Frost]].<ref>{{cite news | title='The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation': History of Stop-Motion Feature Films: Part 2 | url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/advanced-art-stop-motion-animation-history-stop-motion-feature-films-part-2 | last=Priebe | first=Ken | website=[[Animation World Network]] | quote=The relationship between Disney's company Miramax and Henry Selick also became strained, as plans for another feature called ''Toots and the Upside Down House'' were abandoned. | access-date=January 4, 2015 | date=January 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019190047/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Toots%20and%20the%20Upside%20Down%20House/ | url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Toots%20and%20the%20Upside%20Down%20House/ | title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Toots and the Upside Down House/index.php |publisher=Animationarchive.net |archive-date=2013-10-19 |access-date=2013-04-01}}</ref> The film's production was canceled when Disney shut the film's animation production company [[Skellington Productions]] after the box office failure of ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]''.
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===1998===
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| (n/a) || ''Totally Twisted Fairy Tales'' || Conceived as a direct-to-video project of four featurettes developed by [[Walt Disney Television Animation]], it included ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'', ''[[Redux Riding Hood]]'', a remake of 1933's ''[[Three Little Pigs]]'', and a fourth cartoon that was never finalized. ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' was written by [[Peter Tolan]] and [[George Carlin]] was cast in an unspecified role, but it never went pass post-production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disneybooks.blogspot.de/2006/12/quite-few-readers-of-blog-sent-me.html | title=Disney History | last=Ghez | first=Didier | publisher=Blogger | date=December 29, 2006 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> "Three Little Pigs" was written and directed by [[Frank Conniff]] and [[Darrell Rooney]] respectively, starred [[Harvey Fierstein]] as the wolf, and was completed but never released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/steve-moores-redux-riding-hood-the-short-that-disney-hid-for-15-years-is-finally-online-63263.html | title=Steve Moore's Redux Riding Hood, The Short That Disney Hid For 15 Years, Is Finally Online | website=Cartoon Brew | date=May 21, 2012 | access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> ''Redux Riding Hood'' itself was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] at the [[70th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animation-animagic.com/por.aspx?idConteudo=136 | title=Totally Twisted Fairy Tales | last=Pegoraro | first=Celbi | language=pt | website=Animation-Animagic.com | date=January 6, 2006 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>
|}
==2000s==
===2000===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature Film || ''Bitsy'' || The story focused on the eponymous elephant who leaves [[India]] to try to make it in Hollywood, and ends up working in a used-car lot and falling in love. Veteran story artists [[Joe Grant]] and [[Burny Mattinson]] developed the first act through storyboards, but following a twenty-minute pitch meeting, the executives were reluctant to approve the pitch.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gettleman|first=Jeffrey|title=Hollywood's 'Grays' Defy Culture Fixated on Youth|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-27-mn-34664-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 27, 2000|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Wild Life'' || Loosely based on [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2008/01/23/dream-worlds-offers-look-at-abandoned-disney-animated-features.aspx | author=Hill, Jim | title="Dream Worlds" offers look at abandoned Disney animated features | date=January 22, 2008 | access-date=May 15, 2014 | website=Jim Hill Media}}</ref> the movie was to tell the story of an elephant who becomes a sensation on the New York club circuit. In the fall of 2000, Roy E. Disney watched a work-in-progress screening and was so appalled by the film's adult humor that he immediately ordered production to be shut down.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2003/01/15/224.aspx|title=The sad tale of Disney's Secret Lab| date=January 14, 2003|access-date=May 15, 2014|website=Jim Hill Media}}</ref>
|}
===2001===
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| ''[[Atlantis (franchise)|Atlantis]]'' || ''Atlantis II'' || Prior to the release of ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', directors [[Gary Trousdale]] and [[Kirk Wise]] were in development of a theatrical sequel to the film. The plot was to have been about a masked villain who attempts to re-take Atlantis, only to be revealed as Helga Sinclair.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|url=https://collider.com/atlantis-the-lost-empire-sequel-details-revealed/|title=Exclusive: 'Atlantis: The Last Empire' Co-Director Kirk Wise Reveals Details of Proposed Sequel|work=Collider|date=June 5, 2020|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''Don Quixote'' || A third attempt to adapt the novel that was under development by [[Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi]] who aimed for a more adult take, but the project was never approved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2014/05/15/disney-s-decades-long-quest-to-turn-quot-don-quixote-quot-into-a-full-length-animated-feature.aspx | title=Disney's decades-long quest to turn "Don Quixote" into a full-length animated feature | last=Hill | first=Jim | publisher=Jim Hill Media | date=May 15, 2011 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Dumbo'' || ''[[Dumbo#Cancelled sequel|Dumbo II]]'' || Disney planned a proposed direct-to-video sequel to ''[[Dumbo]]''. The plot was to follow Dumbo and his circus friends who navigate through a large city after being left behind by their traveling circus and trying to find their way home. It was also supposed to explain what happened to Dumbo's father. The trailer was included on the ''Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition'' DVD. In 2002, the project was placed on hold after Joe Grant found the computer-animated test footage for the film to be lackluster. In 2005, the project was placed back into production, but was cancelled by John Lasseter a year later after being named Creative Officer.<ref name="Armstrong" /> Also, a third ''Dumbo'' film was planned.<ref name="MikeDisa" />
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| ''[[Hercules (franchise)|Hercules]]'' || ''Hercules II: The Trojan War'' || Disney planned a proposed direct-to-video sequel to ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''. [[List of Disney's Hercules characters#Hercules|Hercules]] is now living in Athens with [[List of Disney's Hercules characters#Megara|Megara]] and their daughter, Hebe. However, when an old friend named Helen is captured by the evil [[Paris of Troy]], Hercules joins the united Greek army as they head out to war. However, this war will create revelations, and Hercules finds an old friend who eventually goes missing.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322140233/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Hercules%202/Notes/ | url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Hercules%202/Notes/ | title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Hercules 2/Notes/index.php |website=Animationarchive.net | archive-date=2012-03-22 |access-date=2011-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/disney-hercules-sequel-trojan-war-trivia/|title = 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Canceled Disney Sequel Hercules: The Trojan War|website = [[Screen Rant]]|date = September 30, 2020}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Stoneflight'' || Based on the children's book by [[Georgess McHargue]], the story follows a lonely girl seeking refuge from her parents who befriends a lonely gargoyle at the roof of her Manhattan brownstone. The gargoyle then transports her to Central Park where other gargoyles have convened with other children from troubled families.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/mouse-to-take-flight-1117799213/ | author=Bing, Jonathan | title=Mouse to take 'Flight' | date=May 13, 2001 | access-date=May 15, 2014 | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
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| ''The Frog Prince'' || A satirical adaptation of the [[Brothers Grimm]] fairy tale, ''[[The Frog Prince (story)|The Frog Prince]]''. It was developed by [[Eric Goldberg (film director)|Eric Goldberg]] and his wife, Sue, and it was pitched to then-Feature Animation president [[Thomas Schumacher]] who rejected it feeling a satirical animated feature would not be popular with audiences.<ref>{{cite web| title=How Disney's "Frog Prince" movie got its legs cut out from under it | url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2004/05/19/34.aspx#sthash.3OwbotE0.dpbs | last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | date=May 18, 2004 | access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> Disney eventually revived ''The Frog Prince'' project which became ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''.
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| ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' || ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas#Possible sequel|The Nightmare Before Christmas 2]]'' || Disney planned to make a sequel to ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', but instead of using [[stop motion]], Disney wanted to use [[computer animation]].<ref>{{cite news |author= Fred Topel |url=http://movies.about.com/od/nightmarebeforechristmas/a/nightmare082508.htm |title=Director Henry Selick Interview – 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' |date=August 25, 2008 |website=[[About.com]] |access-date=September 27, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090216215832/http://movies.about.com/od/nightmarebeforechristmas/a/nightmare082508_2.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, [[Tim Burton]] convinced Disney to drop the idea.
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===2002===
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''Antonius'' || The project follows the story of a leopard in ancient Egypt who becomes a freedom fighter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gardner | first=Chris | title=Dis spots pair's 'Antonius' pitch |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=January 4, 2015 | date=August 9, 2002 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-90531463/dis-spots-pair-antonius-pitch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104100006/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-90531463/dis-spots-pair-antonius-pitch |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Emperor and the Nightingale]]'' || Emperor Wu has a [[nightingale]] whose beautiful songs bring him much joy. One day, the emperor receives a mechanical bird that can sing and dance, and he devotes his attention to the toy bird. Neglected and ignored, the nightingale flies away. Some time passes and the mechanical bird breaks down. The emperor, never realizing the treasure he had in his nightingale, pines for the melodious songs of the nightingale. One day, the nightingale returns to the palace and the emperor promises to never neglect it again.<ref name="Armstrong" />
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| ''The Fool's Errand'' || The story is said to center on a [[court jester]] who goes on a mythical journey to return peace to his kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spector | first=Eric | title=Dis is 'Fool' for Steinberg pitch |work=The Hollywood Reporter |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=January 4, 2015 |date=September 17, 2002 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-92233044/dis-fool-steinberg-pitch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104095923/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-92233044/dis-fool-steinberg-pitch |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''The Search for Mickey Mouse'' || In honor of [[Mickey Mouse]]'s 75th anniversary, the project was about Mickey who gets "mousenapped" by unknown forces, forcing [[Minnie Mouse]] to enlist [[The Great Mouse Detective|Basil of Baker Street]] to investigate his disappearance, and later encounters one character from Disney's animated film canon such as [[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice]], [[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]], [[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]], and [[Aladdin (Disney character)|Aladdin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/disney/233532/6-fascinating-movies-from-disney-animation-that-never-were | title=6 Fascinating Movies From Disney Animation That Never Were | last=Harrison | first=Mark | work=Den of Geek | publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] | date=March 5, 2014 | access-date=March 7, 2014}}</ref> However, the project suffered script problems with the multiple cameos being thought to be too gimmicky. The project was later replaced by ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Why For?| last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2002/12/20/352.aspx#sthash.S5tE7bBF.dpbs | date=December 19, 2002 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Treasure Planet'' || ''Treasure Planet II'' || The cancelled direct-to-video sequel to the [[Treasure Planet|original film]]. In the sequel, Jim Hawkins and Kate, his love interest and classmate at the Royal Interstellar Academy, must team with Long John Silver to stop the villainous Ironbeard from freeing the inmates of Botany Bay Prison Asteroid. [[Willem Dafoe]] was set to voice Ironbeard. The sequel was canceled after ''Treasure Planet'' bombed at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://animatedviews.com/2014/buried-treasure-the-ill-fated-voyage-to-treasure-planet-2/|title=Buried ''Treasure'': The ill-fated voyage to ''Treasure Planet 2''|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|date=June 3, 2014|website=AnimatedViews|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref>
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===2003===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[My Peoples (film)|My Peoples]]'' || While being produced at [[The Magic of Disney Animation|Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida]], this proposed feature film was to be about two young lovers named Elgin Harper and Rose McGee. They are both from two rival families in [[Appalachia]] during the late 1940s. A group of mountain spirits inhabiting folk art dolls do what they can to bring the two of them together. Mixing traditional and computer-generated animation, it went through a number of title changes, including: ''A Few Good Ghosts'', ''Angel and Her No Good Sister'', ''Elgin's People'', and ''Once in a Blue Moon'', and would have been directed by [[Barry Cook]], the co-director of ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]''. Set to a bluegrass score, its voice cast included [[Dolly Parton]], [[Lily Tomlin]], [[Hal Holbrook]], and [[Charles Durning]].
Despite the well-received test screenings, on November 14, 2003, [[David Stainton]] announced in a company email that production on ''A Few Good Ghosts'' had been cancelled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-15-fi-disney15-story.html| title=Disney Decides It Doesn't Want 'A Few Good Ghosts' | last=Eller | first=Claudia | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=November 15, 2003 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref> Months later, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida closed its doors on March 19, 2004.<ref>{{cite web| title=Why Walt Disney Feature Animation opted NOT to make "My Peoples" | url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/02/21/why-walt-disney-feature-animation-opted-not-to-make-quot-my-peoples-quot.aspx | last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | date=February 21, 2011 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[Tam Lin]]'' || An adaptation of the Scottish fairy tale that [[Roger Allers]] had developed, but it was rejected after it was pitched to [[Michael Eisner]], who was in a corporate struggle with Roy E. Disney, once he recognized the project was Disney's "baby".<ref>{{cite interview|url=http://www.fumettologica.it/2014/12/intervista-roger-allers-re-leone/2/ | title=Intervista a Roger Allers, il regista de Il Re Leone | interviewer=Andrea Fiamma| website=Fumettologica | date=12 December 2014 | access-date=7 March 2015}}</ref> In May 2003, [[Sony Pictures Animation]] announced the project was being directed by Allers and [[Brenda Chapman]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/sony-tooning-new-animation-unit-1117885891/ | title=Sony tooning new animation unit | magazine=Variety | last=Harris | first=Dana | date=May 8, 2003 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> but one year later, he was later moved to co-direct SPA's first film ''[[Open Season (2006 film)|Open Season]]'' while Chapman moved to [[Pixar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/news/lion-king-director-open-season-writers-surf-s | title=Lion King Director Up for Open Season, Writers for Surf's Up | last=DeMott | first=Rick | website=Animation World Magazine | date=October 1, 2004 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| (n/a) || ''The Prince and the Pig'' || The project was described as a fairy tale centering on the grand adventure of a boy and his pig as they set off against all odds to try to steal the moon.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/mouse-house-grabs-prince-of-a-pitch-1117889442/ | title=Mouse House grabs 'Prince' of a pitch | last=Harris | first=Dana | magazine=Variety | date=July 16, 2003 | access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''The Three Pigs'' || An adaptation based on [[David Wiesner|David Wiesner's]] book ''[[The Three Pigs]]''. In May 2002, it was reported that the book was optioned to Walt Disney Feature Animation,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/disney-s-wiggy-for-piggy-bank-1117866601/ | title=Disney's wiggy for piggy bank | last=Bing | first=Jonathan | magazine=Variety | date=May 7, 2002 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref> and its development was announced in December 2003 as a 2D/3D animated hybrid film.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/disney-toons-duo-to-adapt-three-pigs-1117897377/ | title=Disney toons duo to adapt 'Three Pigs' | last=Dunkley |first=Cathy | magazine=Variety | date=December 18, 2003 | access-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Uncle Stiltskin'' || The story begins where the famous Brothers Grimm fairy tale ''[[Rumplestiltskin]]'' leaves off. In ''Uncle Stiltskin'', the fabled aspiring babynapper Rumplestiltskin again tries to fulfill his dream of being a father but, this time, he discovers the true meaning of family.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/mouse-sez-uncle-to-pitch-1117888812/ | title=Mouse sez 'Uncle' to pitch | magazine=Variety | last=Brodesser | first=Claude | date=July 1, 2003 | access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Spector | first=Josh | title=Duo spins gold with Dis pitch sale.|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | format=Fee required |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=January 4, 2015 |date=July 2, 2003 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-105366278/duo-spins-gold-dis-pitch-sale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104095842/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-105366278/duo-spins-gold-dis-pitch-sale|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Which Witch?'' || Based on the [[Which Witch? (novel)|children's novel of the same name]] by [[Eva Ibbotson]], the project tells of a fantasy adventure in which a magical wizard realizes that before he retires, he must find a wife. He holds a contest in which all the world's witches compete by performing their most outrageous spells.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/disney-itches-for-witch-pic-1117895673/ | title=Disney itches for 'Witch' pic | author=Harris, Dana | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=November 13, 2003 | access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> In October 2014, it was announced that the project is in development again at the [[Jim Henson Company]] with [[Billy Crystal]] serving as a writer, producer and star.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/billy-crystal-joins-henson-which-witch-1201326184/ | title=Billy Crystal Joins Henson Co.'s 'Which Witch' (EXCLUSIVE) | author=McNary, Dave | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=October 9, 2014 | access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref>
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===2004===
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| Feature film || ''One for Sorrow, Two for Joy'' || Based on the Clive Woodall novel of the same name, it is set in an imaginary kingdom of Birddom and follows the plight of a plucky robin tasked with saving the world from evil magpies. In 2004, Disney entered negotiations with Woodall to acquire the film rights in hopes of producing an animated adaptation.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/inside-move-u-k-grocer-rings-up-novel-deal-1117901647/ | title=Inside Move: U.K. grocer rings up novel deal | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=March 14, 2004 | access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Recess'' || ''Recess: The First Day of School'' || This would have been a direct-to-video film to be released in August 2004, the fourth direct-to-video film, and the fifth film in the ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'' franchise. The plot revolved on T.J. and his gang (except Gus, who wouldn't have moved to town yet) adjusting to fourth grade, making it a prequel to the events of the series. It was scrapped shortly after ''[[Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade]]'' and ''[[Recess: All Growed Down]]'' were released at the end of 2003.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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===2005===
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| ''Winnie the Pooh'' || ''Disney Learning Adventures'' || Originally, Disney was to release more ''Learning Adventures'' installments, such as ''Winnie the Pooh: Good Day Good Night'' and ''Winnie the Pooh: Time to Rhyme''. However, plans to release both titles on DVD were ultimately scrapped after big update for DisneyToon Studios, and the original trailer for them can be found on several Disney DVDs and on YouTube.<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NigC_Ryh6qg | title=Disney Learning Adventures Good Day, Good Night and Time to Rhyme Trailer | date=February 9, 2015 | access-date=May 17, 2015 | via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''The Abandoned'' || Based on the children's book by [[Paul Gallico]], the story focused on a young boy who transforms into a cat.<ref name="grant" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID509130-509131.asp|title=Remember Joe Grant|last=Wickham|first=Rhett|website=The Laughing Place|date=May 7, 2005|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Fraidy Cat'' || This proposed feature film was to have chronicled a frightened cat, who had already lost three of his nine lives, that finds himself trapped in a [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]]-esque plot. The project originated with Piet Kroon, but was inherited by [[Ron Clements]] and [[John Musker]]. However, David Stainton, then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, refused to green-light the project.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/18/662.aspx | title=Why was the head of WDFA afraid to put "Fraidy Cat" into production? | last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | date=August 17, 2005 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[Mr. Popper's Penguins]]'' || Based on the novel of the same name, the project was developed by Joe Grant where Eisner and Stainton wanted the project to be set in contemporary New York, to which Grant contested.<ref name="grant">{{Cite book|last=Canemaker|first=John|title=Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft|location=New York|publisher=Disney Editions|year=2010|pages=190–192|isbn=978-1-423-11067-5}}</ref> The project was later moved to [[20th Century Fox]] ([[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|now owned by Disney]]) and [[Mr. Popper's Penguins (film)|was released]] on June 17, 2011. It starred [[Jim Carrey]] and [[Carla Gugino]] in the lead roles and received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success.
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| ''Winnie the Pooh'' || Untitled ''Winnie the Pooh'' film || Screenwriter Robert Reece wrote a [[Film treatment|treatment]] for a ''Winnie the Pooh'' feature film. It was to center on a dilemma for one of Pooh's friends, but it was never pitched.<ref name="Armstrong" />
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| ''[[Aladdin (franchise)|Aladdin]]'' || ''Aladdin 4'' || In 2005, screenwriter Robert Reece pitched a fourth ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' feature to DisneyToon executives, although it never came to fruition.<ref name="Armstrong" />
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| Feature film || ''1906'' || In 2005, Pixar began collaborating with Disney and [[Warner Bros.]] on a live-action film adaptation of [[James Dalessandro]]'s novel ''[[1906 (novel)|1906]]'', with Brad Bird announced as the director.<ref name="Pixar">{{cite web|last=Bastoli |first=Mike |title='1906' to be Disney/Pixar/Warner Bros./? collaboration |url=http://www.bigscreenanimation.com/2008/03/1906-to-be-pixarwarner-bros.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208150759/http://www.bigscreenanimation.com/2008/03/1906-to-be-pixarwarner-bros.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |work=March 13, 2008 |publisher=Big Screen Animation |access-date=July 10, 2012 }}</ref> It would have marked Pixar's first involvement in a live-action production and their first collaboration with a major production company other than Disney. Disney and Pixar left the project due to script problems and an estimated budget of $200 million, and it is in limbo at Warner Bros.<ref name="SlashFilm 2">{{cite news |date= January 27, 2010 |last= Fischer |first= Russ |title= What Happened to Brad Bird's 1906?|url= https://www.slashfilm.com/what-happened-to-brad-birds-1906/|newspaper=[[Slashfilm]]|access-date= December 7, 2019 }}</ref> However, in June 2018, Bird mentioned the possibility of adapting the novel as a TV series, and the earthquake sequence as a live-action feature film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/1906-update-brad-bird/|title=Brad Bird Says '1906' May Get Made as an "Amalgam" of a TV and Film Project|date=June 18, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2018|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|author=Adam Chitwood}}</ref>
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| ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' || ''[[Toy Story 3#Production|Toy Story 3]]''<ref name=ew>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/06/16/toy-story-movie-youll-never-see|title=The ''Toy Story'' movie you?ll never see|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 16, 2006|access-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref> || This original version of the [[Toy Story 3|2010 film of the same name]] by Disney [[Circle Seven Animation]] was originally going to focus on Andy's Mom shipping a malfunctioning Buzz to [[Taiwan]], where he was built, as the other toys believe that he will be fixed there. After he's gone, they find out the company has issued a massive [[Product recall|recall]]. Fearing Buzz's destruction, a group of Andy's toys (Woody, Rex, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Jessie, and Bullseye) venture out to rescue Buzz. At the same time, Buzz meets other toys from around the world that has been recalled, including several Transformers toys.<ref>[https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Toy-Story-3-Was-Originally-Set-Taiwan-Involved-Transformers-68890.html Toy Story 3 Was Originally Set In Taiwan And Involved Transformers]</ref> After Disney bought Pixar in 2006, Circle Seven was shut down and its version of ''Toy Story 3'' was cancelled. Five years later, Pixar made their own version of ''Toy Story 3'' in 2010.
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| ''[[Monsters, Inc. (franchise)|Monsters, Inc.]]'' || ''[[Monsters University#Production|Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise]]'' || In 2005, [[Circle Seven Animation]] screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir wrote a [[film treatment]] for a sequel of ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.<ref name="circle7" >{{cite web|url= http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/08/655.aspx|title=The Skinny on Circle Seven|author=Jim Hill|date=August 7, 2005|access-date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> The film would have focused on Mike and Sulley visiting the human world to give Boo a birthday present, only to find that she had moved. After getting trapped in the human world, Mike and Sulley split up after disagreeing on what to do.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/03/07/want-a-peek-at-circle-7-s-unproduced-quot-monsters-inc-quot-sequel.aspx|title=Want a peek at Circle 7's unproduced "Monsters, Inc." sequel?|author=Jim Hill|date=March 7, 2011|access-date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> However, it was cancelled following the shutdown of Circle 7.<ref name="AVHilgenbergMuir">{{cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|title=Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney's Circle 7 Animation|url= http://animatedviews.com/2012/bob-hilgenberg-and-rob-muir-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-disneys-circle-7-animation/|access-date=June 27, 2013|website=Animated Views|date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> Pixar made a prequel, ''[[Monsters University]]'', in 2013.
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| ''[[Finding Nemo (franchise)|Finding Nemo]]'' || ''[[Finding Dory#Production|Finding Nemo 2]]'' || In 2005, Disney was going to make a sequel to ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' without Pixar's involvement by the now-defunct [[Circle Seven Animation]].<ref name=ew/><ref name="AVHilgenbergMuir"/> Although it never went into production, a script for the Circle Seven version was uploaded to the official [[Raindance Film Festival]] website in 2018. It would have involved Nemo's long lost twin brother named Remy, then Marlin gets captured so its up to Nemo, Remy, and Dory to save him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Circle 7 Animation (partially found production material of cancelled direct-to-video sequels; 2005-2006) |url=https://lostmediawiki.com/Disney_Circle_7_Animation_(partially_found_production_material_of_cancelled_direct-to-video_sequels;_2005-2006)|website=Lost Media Wiki|access-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref> After Disney bought Pixar in 2006, Circle Seven was shut down and its version of ''Finding Nemo 2'' was cancelled. Eleven years later, [[Pixar]] made their own sequel, ''[[Finding Dory]]'', in 2016.
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===2006===
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| ''[[Fantasia (franchise)|Fantasia]]'' || ''Fantasia 2006'' || Also known as ''Fantasia III'', this would have been the third film installment in the ''Fantasia'' series. The plans were eventually dropped altogether, and proposed segments from that abandoned film were instead produced and released as individual stand-alone Disney animated shorts. One of them was the 2004 short film ''[[One by One (2004 film)|One by One]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ziebarth|first=Christian|url=https://animatedviews.com/2008/disney-event-at-newport-festival-2008/ |title=''Roy Disney Presents'' At The Newport Film Festival 2008|website=Animated Views|date=May 5, 2008|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref>
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| ''[[Mulan (franchise)|Mulan]]'' || ''Mulan III'' || In 2002, a third ''Mulan'' film was announced to be in production.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/disney-bets-on-piglet-s-prospects-1117860897/ | title=Disney bets on Piglet's prospects|last=Herrick|first=Scott|magazine=Variety|date=February 18, 2002|access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> Like the first sequel, this proposed second sequel to ''Mulan'' would have ultimately gone direct-to-DVD, but the production was eventually canceled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Mulan%203/Notes/|title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Mulan 3/Notes/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322140535/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Mulan%203/Notes/|publisher=Animationarchive.net|archive-date=2012-03-22|access-date=2011-12-28}}</ref>
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===2007===
In June 2007, [[DisneyToon Studios]] president Sharon Morrill stepped down, and the [[Animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company|animation studio units]] under the Walt Disney Company underwent [[Restructuring|corporate restructuring]] as the Pixar leadership assumed more control. Thus, most sequels, plus a prequel series, out of DisneyToon Studios were cancelled.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awn.com/news/disneytoon-studios-prexy-morrill-steps-down | title=DisneyToon Studios Prexy Morrill Steps Down | last=Baisley | first=Sarah | publisher=Animation World Magazine | date=June 21, 2007 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Jim Hill sequels">{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/06/21/say-so-long-to-direct-to-video-sequels-disneytoon-studios-tunes-out-sharon-morrill.aspx|title=Say "So Long !" to direct-to-video sequels : DisneyToon Studios tunes out Sharon Morrill|website=Jim Hill Media|date=June 20, 2007}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Jungle Book (franchise)|The Jungle Book]]'' || ''The Jungle Book 3'' || In 2003, a third installment to ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' was planned. It would have been about Baloo and Shere Khan being captured and sold off to a Russian circus, and Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan, and Bagheera deciding to save them both. Over the course of the film, Shere Khan regrets his hatred against humanity because of his capture, and eventually reforms,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mimi-na.deviantart.com/journal/This-is-a-Sequel-Love-Zone-242150222 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224545/http://mimi-na.deviantart.com/journal/This-is-a-Sequel-Love-Zone-242150222 | title=This is a Sequel-Love Zone | publisher=[[deviantArt]] | date=October 23, 2006 | access-date=June 27, 2014 | archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> but the project never materialized.<ref name="Armstrong"/>
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| ''The Aristocats'' || ''The Aristocats II'' || The direct-to-video sequel to [[The Aristocats|the original 1970 film]].<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" /> The story was to have concerned Marie, Duchess's daughter, who becomes smitten by another kitten aboard a luxury cruise ship. However, she and her family must soon take on a jewel thief on the open seas.<ref name="Armstrong">{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|url=http://animatedviews.com/2013/from-snow-queen-to-pinocchio-ii-robert-reeces-animated-adventures-in-screenwriting/|title=From ''Snow Queen'' to ''Pinocchio II'': Robert Reece's animated adventures in screenwriting|website=Animated Views|date=April 22, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref>
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| ''Chicken Little'' || ''Chicken Little: The Ugly Duckling Story'' || The canceled direct-to-DVD sequel to ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]''.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" /><ref>{{cite interview|url=http://animatedviews.com/2008/disneytoon-studios-and-the-sequels-that-never-were-with-tod-carter/|title=DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter|interviewer=Jérémie Noyer|subject=Tod Carter|website=Animated Views|date=October 20, 2008|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | ''Meet the Robinsons'' || ''Meet the Robinsons: First Date'' || The canceled direct-to-DVD sequel to ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" />
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| ''Pet Project'' || A 6-minute short intended to be included on the film's DVD release, entailing the story of how Bowler Hat Guy was able to retrieve, raise and train a giant dinosaur to ravage against Lewis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2070010499717674&id=448057295246344 | title=DVD SHORT | publisher=[[FaceBook]] | date=September 29, 2018 | access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> Progress was slightly swindled when Ed Catmull said that he didn't want the studio to devote any more time with creating extra shorts for DVD releases because they "don't pay for themselves",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facebook.com/watch/?v=271078963530609 | title=Pet Project | publisher=[[FaceBook]] | date=September 29, 2018 | access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> and was eventually cancelled after the second draft animatic was completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2105893256129398&id=448057295246344 | title=MY PET IS PUT DOWN | publisher=[[FaceBook]] | date=October 27, 2018 | access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
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| ''[[Snow White (franchise)|Snow White]]'' || ''The Seven Dwarfs'' || At one point, Disney was developing a ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''-like franchise series of direct-to-DVD films which would chronicle the adventures of the [[Seven Dwarfs]] before they met [[Snow White (Disney character)|Snow White]]. The proposed project didn't go through, and the planned series was ultimately canceled.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" /> However, the concept was revived into a television series titled ''[[The 7D]]'' which aired on [[Disney XD]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref name="MikeDisa">{{cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|url=http://animatedviews.com/2013/mike-disa-and-the-seven-dwarfs-how-the-snow-white-prequel-became-a-dopey-movie/|title=Mike Disa and ''The Seven Dwarfs'': How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie|website=Animated Views|date=August 14, 2013|access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Pinocchio'' || ''Pinocchio II'' || The canceled direct-to-video sequel to [[Pinocchio (1940 film)|the original 1940 film]].<ref name="Armstrong"/>
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| ''[[Disney Princess]]'' || ''Disney Princess Enchanted Tales'' || Initially, after the release of the direct-to-video film ''[[Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams]]'', there was to be an entire series of ''Enchanted Tales'' direct-to-video film installments.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" />
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==2010s==
===2010===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Newt'' || This proposed project from Pixar would have concerned the exploits of two blue-footed newts, one male and one female, trying to find each other and bonding. They eventually found each other and prevented the extinction of their newt race. The film was planned to be released in 2011; it later was delayed to 2012, but it was finally cancelled by early 2010. In a March 2014 interview, Pixar president [[Edwin Catmull]] stated that ''Newt'' was an idea that was not working in pre-production. When the project was passed to [[Pete Docter]], he pitched an idea that Pixar thought was better, and that concept became ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''.<ref name=unproduced_disney>{{cite web | author=Mike | url=http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/exclusive-newt-is-cancelled.html | title=Exclusive: Newt is "cancelled" | publisher=The Pixar Blog | date=2010-05-11 | access-date=2011-07-20}}</ref><ref name=scrapped_disney>{{cite web | last=Vejvoda | first=Jim | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/116/1165409p1.html | title=Pixar on Newt | website=IGN | date=2011-05-02 | access-date=2011-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Nemo|title=John Lasseter Says 'Thank You, Korea,' But Pixar Production to Remain In-House|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/john-lasseter-says-thank-you-korea-but-pixar-production-to-remain-in-house-1201335172/|access-date=October 24, 2014|work=Variety|date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''ShadeMaker'' || In 2010, [[Henry Selick]] formed a joint venture with Pixar called Cinderbiter Productions, which was to exclusively produce [[stop-motion]] films.<ref>{{cite news|last=LeBlanc|first=Will|title=Henry Selick Bringing Stop-Motion Back To Disney|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Henry-Selick-Bringing-Stop-Motion-Back-To-Disney-17865.html|access-date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=Cinemablend|date=April 1, 2010}}</ref> Its first project under the deal, a film titled ''ShadeMaker'' was set to be released on October 4, 2013,<ref name="Collider 1">{{cite news |last=Bettinger |first=Brendan |title=Disney Cancels Production on Henry Selick's Untitled Stop-Motion Movie|publisher=Collider.com|date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> but was canceled in August 2012 due to creative differences.<ref name="Collider 1"/><ref name="LAT 1">{{cite news|last=Fritz|first=Ben|title=Disney takes $50 million write-down on canceled animation project|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/13/entertainment/la-et-ct-disney-50-million-write-down-20120913|access-date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> An adaptation of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s novel ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'' was also planned.<ref>{{cite news|last=Medina|first=Joseph Jammer|title=Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book Was Shut Down At Pixar|url=https://lrmonline.com/news/neil-gaimans-the-graveyard-book-was-shut-down-at-pixar/|access-date=June 19, 2019|publisher=LMR Online|date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> Selick was given the option to shop ''ShadeMaker'' (now titled ''The Shadow King'') to other studios.<ref name ="A.V. Club">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/henry-selicks-the-shadow-king-proceeding-without-d,92060/ |title=Henry Selick's The Shadow King proceeding without Disney, but with a plot and voice cast |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date= February 5, 2013 |access-date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> Selick later stated in interviews that the film suffered from interference from John Lasseter who Selick claimed came in and constantly changed elements of the script and production that ended up balooning the budget that would lead to its cancelation.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 'plagues' of Wendell & Wild: fires, ice storms, rioters, and COVID-19 |url=https://ew.com/movies/wendell-wild-puppet-rescue-henry-selick-interview/|access-date=October 4, 2022|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> In January 2013, [[Ron Howard]] was hired to direct ''The Graveyard Book''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ron-howard-talks-direct-disneys-414344 |title=Ron Howard in Talks to Direct Disney's 'Graveyard Book' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref>
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===2011===
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| Feature film || ''Mort'' || This proposed traditionally animated film would have been based on [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Mort|Discworld novel of the same name]]. It would have been directed by [[John Musker]] and [[Ron Clements]], the directors of the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''. Disney could not afford the rights to the film, so it was scrapped.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/movies/sioux-city-native-ron-clements-preps-new-film-for-disney/article_90931eff-4f52-5bfe-8fed-20b21ac104b7.html | author=Miller, Bruce | title=DREAM FULFILLED: Sioux City native Ron Clements preps new film for Disney studio | newspaper=[[Sioux City Journal]] | date=August 23, 2013 | access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || Untitled Mickey Mouse film || Disney story veteran [[Burny Mattinson]] revealed in one interview that he was developing a "Mickey, Donald, Goofy feature film idea," but he has yet to pitch the idea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/disney-may-be-prepping-mickey-mouses-first-feature-53658 | title=Disney may be prepping Mickey Mouse's first feature-length film | last=O'Neal | first=Sean | website=[[The A.V. Club]] | date=March 25, 2011 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)#Scrapped remake|Yellow Submarine]]'' || This [[motion capture]] remake of [[Yellow Submarine (film)|the 1968 Beatles film]] was developed by [[Robert Zemeckis]]. Disney canceled the project due to the box office failure of the Zemeckis-produced motion capture film ''[[Mars Needs Moms]]'' and aesthetic concerns about the technology.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yellowsubmarine-idUSTRE72E0ED20110315 |title=Disney torpedoes Zemeckis' "Yellow Submarine" |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 14, 2011 |via=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> After its cancellation at Disney, Zemeckis then tried to pitch the film to other studios, before eventually losing interest in the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/robert-zemeckis-gives-up-on-the-yellow-submarine-remake/|title= Robert Zemeckis Gives Up On the 'Yellow Submarine' Remake|website=/Film|last1=Han|first1=Angie|date=December 27, 2012|access-date=December 3, 2017}}</ref>
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===2012===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''King of the Elves'' || Based on the [[The King of the Elves|short story]] by [[Philip K. Dick]], it was originally directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, and scheduled for a Christmas 2012 release.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2008/digital/news/disney-unveils-animation-slate-1117983709/ | last1=Hayes | first1=Dade | last2=Fritz | first2=Ben | title=Disney unveils animation slate | magazine=Variety | date=April 8, 2008 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> However, the project was cancelled in December 2009,<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Cohen | first=David | url=https://variety.com/2010/digital/markets-festivals/blaise-to-head-digital-domain-florida-1118018272/ | title=Blaise to head Digital Domain Florida | magazine=Variety | date=April 26, 2010 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> though it returned development in 2011 with [[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]] as the director.<ref>{{cite magazine | last1=Graser | first1=Marc | last2=Sneider | first2=Jeff | url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/disney-revives-king-of-the-elves-toon-1118039315/ | title=Disney revives 'King of the Elves' toon | magazine=Variety | date=June 29, 2011 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> Ultimately, Williams left the project in 2012 to work on ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vasquez|first1=Larry|title=Interview with Angry Birds Director - Clay Kaytis|url=http://www.ianimate.net/podcasts/item/interview-with-angry-birds-director-clay-kaytis.html|website=iAnimate|access-date=June 8, 2017|date=September 27, 2016|time=29:15}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'' || In April 2012, [[Walt Disney Pictures]] acquired the rights and hired [[Henry Selick]], director of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' and the [[Coraline (film)|film adaptation]] of Gaiman's novel ''[[Coraline]]'', to direct ''The Graveyard Book''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/disney-scares-up-deal-for-neil-gaimans-the-graveyard-book-263157/|title=Henry Selick To Direct Neil Gaiman's 'The Graveyard Book' In Disney Deal|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 27, 2012|access-date=April 27, 2012}}</ref> The film was moved to [[Pixar]] as a stop-motion production, which would have been the company's first adapted work.<ref>{{cite news|last=Medina|first=Joseph Jammer|title=Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book Was Shut Down At Pixar|url=https://lrmonline.com/news/neil-gaimans-the-graveyard-book-was-shut-down-at-pixar/|access-date=June 19, 2019|publisher=LMR Online|date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> After the studio and Selick parted ways over scheduling and development, it was announced in January 2013 that [[Ron Howard]] would direct the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ron-howard-talks-direct-disneys-414344 |title=Ron Howard in Talks to Direct Disney's 'Graveyard Book' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 22, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref>
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=== 2013 ===
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| ''Toy Story'' || ''Toy Story Toons: Mythic Rock'' || In 2013, it was revealed a fourth short of ''[[Toy Story Toons]]'' was in the works, entitled ''Mythic Rock''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|title=New ''Toy Story Toon'' revealed: ''Mythic Rock''|url=http://animatedviews.com/2013/new-toy-story-toon-revealed-mythic-rock/|access-date=November 23, 2016|website=Animated Views|date=May 21, 2013}}</ref> However, it was never released.
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| ''[[Cars (franchise)|Cars]]'' || ''Tales from Radiator Springs: To Protect and Serve'' || At the 2013 [[Disney D23]] Expo, it was announced that a fifth episode of ''[[Cars Toons]]: Tales from Radiator Springs'', entitled ''To Protect and Serve'', was in production.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ThePixarTimes |title=Pixar working on two new Cars Toons: 'Radiator Springs 500 1/2,' and 'To Protect and Serve.' To debut on Disney Channel in 2014. #D23Expo |number=366360153085313024 |via=Twitter |date=August 10, 2013 |access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pixarpost.com/2014/10/to-protect-and-serve.html |title=Exclusive First Look at the Upcoming Cars Toon 'To Protect and Serve' |website=Pixar Post |date=October 30, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref> However, it was never released.
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| ''[[Prep & Landing (series)|Prep & Landing]]'' || ''Prep & Landing 4'' || In a 2011 interview promoting the third entry in the series of Christmas specials, ''[[Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice|Naughty vs. Nice]]'', creators Kevin Deters and [[Stevie Wermers]]-Skelton stated that there were plans for a fourth entry in the series, but that they could not reveal any more about the project.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yuletide Adventure Continues|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/prep-and-landing/yuletide-adventure-continues|archive-date=December 12, 2012|access-date=December 3, 2011|newspaper=Disney|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212080729/http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/prep-and-landing/yuletide-adventure-continues}}</ref> The project ultimately never made it to broadcast, and the two were instead assigned to a different Christmas short, ''[[Olaf's Frozen Adventure]]'', in 2016; by this point, the two spoke of the series in the past tense.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://collider.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-interview-kevin-deters-stevie-wermers-skelton/|title='Olaf's Frozen Adventure' Directors Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton on Crafting the Featurette|date=2017-11-15|work=Collider|access-date=2017-12-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
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===2014===
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| ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || Untitled ''[[The Simpsons Movie|Simpsons Movie]]'' sequel || In 2014, Brooks stated that he had been approached by Fox and that they had requested a second film. He added that there were no immediate plans, stating, "We've been asked to [develop it], but we haven't. We're doing a lot of other stuff."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-l-brooks-talks-simpsons-738213 |title=James L. Brooks Talks 'Simpsons' Sequel, New Film Projects (Exclusive Video)|author=Tim Appelo|date=June 10, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In December 2014, just prior to the broadcast of the episode "[[The Man Who Came to Be Dinner]]", Jean wrote on Twitter that the episode (which had been produced in 2012 and was originally set to air in May 2013) had been held back by himself and Brooks because it was being considered for adaptation into a sequel film as the episode was "cinematic".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/550368001590308864|title=Al Jean on Twitter|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref name=snierson/> Jean later expanded that there was the fear of the potential film being considered "not canonical" with the TV series<ref name=snierson>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Snierson|date=January 14, 2015|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/14/simpsons-movie-idea/|title=This idea could have been the next 'Simpsons' movie|work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com}}</ref> and the potential backlash of overcoming it by using a "memory wipe".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/weird-simpsons-episode-was-almost-weird-simpsons-m-213868|title=Weird Simpsons episode was almost weird Simpsons movie|work=avclub.com}}</ref> In July 2017, Silverman and Jean said that the sequel was in the early stages of development and stressed the toll production of the first picture took on the entire staff.<ref name="EW 10th Anniversary">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/27/the-simpsons-movie-10th-anniversary|title=The Simpsons Movie: 10 stories on the 10th anniversary|first=Dan|last=Snierson|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref> On August 10, 2018, it was reported that a sequel is in development.<ref name="Burwick">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/the-simpsons-movie-2-development-fox/|title=The Simpsons Movie 2 Reportedly in Development at Fox|first=Kevin |last=Burwick|work=movieweb.com|date=August 10, 2018|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref> On July 22, 2019, Groening stated that he has "no doubts" that [[The Walt Disney Company]], which [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquired]] [[21st Century Fox]] early that year, will likely produce a sequel one day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/matt-groening-confirms-sequel-simpsons-movie-2531250|title=Matt Groening confirms 'The Simpsons Movie' sequel|first=Nick|last=Reilly|work=NME|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref> In July 2021, Jean stated that discussions for the potential sequel had stalled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-simpsons-movie-sequel-al-jean-update-plans-future/|title=The Simpsons Showrunner Confirms Movie Sequel Was Being Discussed Prior to Pandemic|first=Patrick|last=Cavanaugh|date=July 7, 2021|access-date=July 8, 2021|publisher=comicbook}}</ref> However, on September 11, 2022, Jean announced that the sequel is no longer in development and later cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/the-simpsons-movie-2-showrunner-response/|title= Will The Simpsons Movie 2 Ever Happen? Showrunner Talks Possible Sequel|date=September 11, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022|publisher=screenrant}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Tinker Bell (film series)|Tinker Bell]]'' || ''Tinker Bell and the Unknown Season'' || In addition to the six feature-length Tinker Bell films, DisneyToon Studios also had plans for a seventh film intended to be released in December 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sarahdiamondswirlsph.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/disney-may-continue-tinker-bell-series/|title=DISNEY MAY CONTINUE TINKER BELL SERIES!|website=Sarahdiamondswirlsph.wordpress.com|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> In April 2014, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' stated that the film was cancelled due to storyline problems.<ref name=THR300Million>{{cite news|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|title=How Tinker Bell Became Disney's Stealthy $300 Million Franchise|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-tinker-bell-became-disneys-692559|access-date=October 21, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 3, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Tink Meets Peter'' || [[Stephen Anderson (artist)|Stephen Anderson]] stated on Twitter about working on an eighth ''Tinker Bell'' film in late 2014 or early 2015. The working title was ''Tink Meets Peter'' and was intended to be the final installment in the franchise and a direct prequel to the [[Peter Pan (1953 film)|1953 ''Peter Pan'' film]]. The storyline would show how Peter came to Neverland, and the genesis of Peter and Tink’s relationship. The film was under production during the time home video marketing was plummeting and DisneyToon Studios' closure.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=Story room doodles from when the amazing Dan Abraham and I were directing a film with the working title ‘Tink Meets Peter.’|number=1563973720120537088|user=stevehatguy|date=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
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===2017===
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| Feature film || ''Gigantic'' || Based on the English folk tale "[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]", the story was set in Spain, in which Jack befriends a female giant. Originally titled ''Giants'',<ref name=shelved>{{Cite news|url= https://www.slashfilm.com/gigantic-canceled/ |title='Gigantic' Canceled By Disney Animation |last=Sciretta|first=Peter|date=October 10, 2017|work=[[/Film]]|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> the film would have been directed by [[Nathan Greno]] and [[Meg LeFauve]],<ref name=newdirector>{{cite news|last=Holmes|first=Adam|title=Disney's Jack And The Beanstalk Movie Just Hired Someone Over From Pixar|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1562769/disneys-jack-and-the-beanstalk-movie-just-hired-someone-over-from-pixar|access-date=February 15, 2021|newspaper=Cinemablend|date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> co-written by LeFauve,<ref name=newdirector/> produced by [[Dorothy McKim]],<ref name=newdirector/> executive-produced by [[John Lasseter]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Jerry|last=Beck|title=John Lasseter Reveals All At D23; Disney's "Gigantic", Pixar's "Coco" Unveiled|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/john-lasseter-reveals-all-at-d23-disneys-gigantic-pixars-coco-unveiled-123175/|date=August 15, 2015|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> and included songs written by [[Robert Lopez]] and [[Kristen Anderson-Lopez]].<ref name=newdirector/> However, the project faced multiple delays, having been previously scheduled for release on November 23, 2016,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hunter|first1=Honor|title=Giant Steps...|url=http://www.blueskydisney.com/2013/09/giant-steps.html|access-date=February 14, 2021|work=Blue Sky Disney|date=September 10, 2013}}</ref> March 9, 2018,<ref name=newdirector/> November 21, 2018,<ref name=newdirector/> and November 25, 2020.<ref name=shelved/> On October 10, 2017, Walt Disney Animation Studios President [[Edwin Catmull|Ed Catmull]] announced that the film had been shelved and ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]'' took up its original release date''.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Disney Shelves 'Jack and the Beanstalk' Film 'Gigantic' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-shelves-jack-beanstalk-film-gigantic-1047482|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 14, 2017|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hughes |first=William |title=Disney takes an axe to its Jack And The Beanstalk movie |website=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/disney-takes-an-axe-to-its-jack-and-the-beanstalk-movie-1819341339 |date=October 10, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''[[Mouse Guard (film)|Mouse Guard]]'' || 20th Century Fox was producing an animated feature film based on the comic book series ''[[Mouse Guard]]'' by [[David Petersen (comics)|David Petersen]]. The story was described as a fantasy epic about a group of medieval mice sworn to protect their fellow rodents from dangerous forces. [[Wes Ball]] was director while [[Andy Serkis]], [[Idris Elba]], Samson Kayo, [[Thomas Brodie-Sangster]], and [[Jack Whitehall]] were attached to star. In April 2019, following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the project was cancelled two weeks before production was to begin.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kits|first1=Borys|last2=Kilkeeny|first2=Katie|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-scraps-mouse-guard-two-weeks-before-production-set-begin-1202956|title=Disney Scraps 'Mouse Guard' Two Weeks Before Production Set to Begin|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 17, 2019|accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref> In the following June, Ball and concept artist Derek Zabrocki posted pre-visualization artwork and a [[proof of concept]] demo reel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Romano|first=Nick|url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/06/26/mouse-guard-movie-concept-art-animation-wes-ball/|title=''Mouse Guard'' director reveals dramatic demo reel for canceled fantasy epic|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 26, 2019|accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''[[The Dam Keeper]]'' || In November 2016, it was reported that Tonko House and [[20th Century Fox Animation|Fox Animation]] were co-producing an animated film based on the Academy Award-nominated short film.<ref>{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/fox-animation-the-dam-keeper-movie-1201919508/|title=Fox Animation Developing 'The Dam Keeper' Movie|magazine=Variety|date=November 16, 2016|accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref> However, due to the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition of 20th Century Fox to Disney]], Kondo and [[Daisuke Tsutsumi|Tsutsumi]] decided to bring the project back to Tonko House, in which the directors would resume finding a new studio partner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Aguilar|first=Carlos|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/tonko-house-takes-the-dam-keeper-rights-from-fox-announces-new-development-slate-171039.html|title=Tonko House Takes Back 'Dam Keeper' Rights From Fox, Announces New Development Slate|website=[[Cartoon Brew]]|date=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
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===2018===
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Cars (franchise)|Planes]]'' || ''Beyond the Sky''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogmickey.com/2018/02/breaking-cars-universe-space-movie-titled-beyond-sky/|title=BREAKING: Cars Universe Space Movie to be Titled “Beyond the Sky”|website=Blogmickey.com|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> || In July 2017 at the [[D23 (Disney)|D23 Expo]], [[John Lasseter]] announced that a spin-off film in the ''Planes'' series would explore the future of aviation in [[outer space]]. The film had a release date of April 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/869187-untitled-space-movie-announced-by-disneytoon-studios#/slide/1|title=Space Movie Announced by DisneyToon Studios|date=July 14, 2017|publisher=[[Comingsoon.net]]}}</ref> On March 1, 2018, it was removed from the release schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/disney-marvel-animation-release-dates/|title=Disney Announces a Slew of New Marvel, Live-Action and Animation Release Dates Through 2023|last=Foutch|first=Haliegh|website=Collider|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref> On June 28, 2018, DisneyToon Studios was shut down, ending development on the film.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Desowitz |first1=Bill |title=Disney Shuts Down Disneytoon Studios in Glendale: Exclusive |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/disneytoon-studios-shuts-down-disney-glendale-1201979736/ |access-date=June 28, 2018 |work=IndieWire |date=June 28, 2018}}</ref>
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| ''Metro'' || Another spin-off after ''Planes'' set in the ''Cars'' universe about trains.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fischerman|first=Dan|title=Losing it at these Pixar concept images for a proposed 'Cars' spinoff called 'Metro'|url=https://twitter.com/fischermandan/status/1591851126416347137|access-date=2022-11-14|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Loter |first=Steve |title=@FischermanDan This was my film that I developed at Disneytoons. I had an amazing team and it would have been an incredible film.|url=https://twitter.com/steveloter/status/1591990924015710209|access-date=2022-11-14|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>
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==2020s==
===2021===
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| ''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]'' || Untitled ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' series || A series centered on Oswald was in development with the project announced in 2019 for a potential release on [[Disney+]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ridgely|first1=Charlie|date=July 6, 2019|title=Disney+ Reportedly Developing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit TV Series|language=en|work=ComicBook.com|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/07/06/oswald-lucky-rabbit-tv-series-disney-plus/|access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nolan|first1=L.D.|date=July 7, 2019|title=REPORT: Disney+ Developing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Animated Series|work=CBR|url=https://www.cbr.com/report-disney-oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-series/|access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref> [[Disney Television Animation]] veteran [[Matt Danner]] revealed that a series was in development as a follow up for the team behind ''[[Legend of the Three Caballeros]]'', but that they "got broken up and scattered to the wind."<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MattyDanner|number=1474996345903587330|date=December 26, 2021|title=Iger was very serious about it. The Legend of the Three Caballeros team was going to follow up with an Oswald show for steaming. Scripts written, designs done, animation test in hand, and a pilot in production. It was beautiful! Then we got broken up and scattered to the wind.}}</ref> He expressed hope that the series could still be revived in the future and further hinted that another team would develop it as Disney was still heavily invested in wanting to revive the character.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MattyDanner|number=1475006178019078153|date=December 26, 2021|title=Hey gang! Don’t be sad about this. Oswald has A LOT of love within Disney. I just wanted to share how serious that love is. I’m sure there will be an Oswald project coming your way in the near future.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=MattyDanner|number=1475959144217645056|date=December 28, 2021|title=Lots of people jumping to conclusions here. No one is saying there is no Oswald content in development. Just saying MY TEAM’S version has not been in development for a few years. I wanted to share how passionate and serious myself and the folks at Disney are about Oswald.}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of unproduced 20th Century Studios animated projects]]
* [[List of unproduced Marvel Comics projects]]
** [[List of unproduced television projects based on Marvel Comics]]
** [[List of unproduced films based on Marvel Imprints]]
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Solomon|first=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5TWAAAAMAAJ|title=The Disney That Never Was|publisher=Disney Editions|year=1995|location=New York|isbn=978-0-786-86037-1}}
{{Disney theatrical animated features}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of unproduced Disney animated shorts and feature films}}
[[Category:Disney animated films| ]]
[[Category:Disney-related lists|Unmade and unreleased Disney animated shorts and feature films, List of]]
[[Category:Cancelled films|Disney]]
[[Category:Lists of American animated films|Unreleased Disney]]' |
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This is a list of unmade and/or unreleased animated projects by [[The Walt Disney Company]]. These include feature films, short films, and television series/specials, stemming from [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Pixar]], [[Disney Television Animation]], and other animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company. Some of these projects stem from simply [[Walt Disney Pictures]].
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==1930s==
=== 1933 ===
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| Feature film || ''Alice in Wonderland'' || The first attempt to produce an animated film adaptation of the [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|classic novel of the same name]] written by [[Lewis Carroll]]. The film would be the first theatrical animated feature-length film of Disney. It was planned to be a [[Films with live action and animation|combination of animation with live-action]]. [[Mary Pickford]] was attached to star as [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]].<ref>''Alice in Wonderland: 50th Universary Edition'', 2005 DVD</ref> However, the project was scrapped in favor of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''.
In 1939, there was a second attempt to produce the animated film. Following the success of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', Disney purchased the film rights to Carroll's book with [[John Tenniel|Sir John Tenniel]]'s illustrations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gabler|first=Neal|title=Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination|page=486|year=2006|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=978-0-679-75747-4}}</ref> A script and some storyboards were made by David Hall, as well as a [[Leica reel]], but the project never materialized due to [[World War II]]. Twelve years later, a [[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|film based on the novel]] was released by Disney.
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===1934===
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' || "Hillbilly" <br>"Mickey the Hillbilly"<br>"Hillbilly Mickey" || Pete the moonshiner mistakes Mickey for a revenue agent, and Minnie Mouse appears as a hillbilly girl.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=34}}
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| "Station Agent" || Mickey works at a train station, where he encounters a troublesome kangaroo. During the development of the cartoon, the kangaroo was dropped in favor of an ostrich. At one time, Mickey was supposed to help Donald with the ostrich, before he was omitted from the plot altogether in favor of the duck. The original kangaroo elements ended up in "[[Mickey's Kangaroo]]," which was released in 1935, minus the train station. Probably at the same time as Mickey was dropped from the cartoon, the film (now starring Donald Duck) was renamed "[[Donald's Ostrich]]," which was released in 1937.<ref name=DavidGerstein>{{cite book|last=Gerstein|first=David|title=Mickey and the Gang|publisher=Gemstone Publishing|year=2005|location=New York|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X4wRAAAACAAJ|isbn=978-1888472066 }}</ref>
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| ''[[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]]'' || "The Good Samaritan" || Pluto rescues a baby puppy that wrecks the house of his black mistress. A short with this plot was made for ''[[Disney's House of Mouse]]''.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=42}}
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===1935===
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| rowspan="2" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Vaudeville Show" || Mickey is a magician with a hat. Donald and Pluto are his helpers. Donald is frustrated and wants to expose Mickey's act. The magic act is followed by a [[grand opera]], featuring Mickey, Donald, [[Clara Cluck]], and Pluto, and exposing the hat again. During the development, this was split into two cartoons, since the plot was considered too thick for a standard short, and it became "Mickey's Magic Hat". During the development of the former short, Donald was downgraded from Mickey's helper to a frustrated spectator role. It was released in 1937 as "Magician Mickey". Somewhere during the development after the split, "Mickey's Grand Opera" was produced first and kept most of the original elements, and it was released in 1936.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "The Sea Monster" <br> "Mickey's Sea Monster" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are pitted against a comic sea serpent.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=34–36}}<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' || "The Emperor's New Clothes" || A proposed ''Silly Symphony'' based on [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s story about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=66}}
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===1936===
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| rowspan="10" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Davy Jones' Locker" <br> "Pearl Divers" || Mickey goes undersea treasure hunting.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| "The Deer Hunt" || Mickey sets out to hunt deer in a story that was supposed to feature all of the same plot elements as in the released cartoon ''The Pointer'' in 1939.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Desert Prospectors" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy discover a ledge of 19-karat gold in the desert with the aid of an automatic gold-finder, which has been constructed by Goofy. However, the machine goes berserk when it gets too close to Donald's gold belt buckle, attacking the duck and ultimately exploding a stick of dynamite. The trio of prospectors are left in tattered disarray.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "The Emperor's New Clothes" || When the ''Silly Symphony'' failed to materialize, Mickey Mouse was brought into the story and the concept was developed as either a short or featurette. At one point, Donald and Goofy were also considered for inclusion in the plot.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=66, 70}}
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| "The Love Nest" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are interior designers who set up a honeymoon cottage for [[Horace Horsecollar]] and [[Clarabelle Cow]].<ref name=Barksfanbase>{{cite web|url=http://www.seriesam.com/barks/animcartunp.html#ancru_1936-u09%7Csymbol=DIS&page=quotesearch |title=Barks Base unfinished animated cartoons |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
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| "Mickey's Bakery" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy bake an enormous cake for Mrs. Vandersnoot's reception.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=54–55}}
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| "Mickey's Sunken Treasure" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy go treasure hunting and end up on a desert island.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| "Mickey's Treasure Hunt" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy go treasure hunting on a shipwreck.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| "Navy Mickey" also known as "Mickey in the Navy" || Mickey joins the Navy, where he encounters a bulldog admiral.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=54}}
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| "North West Mounted" <br> "Royal Mounted Police"<br> "Mickey of the Mounted"<br> "Mickey Gets His Man"<br> "Mickey the Mountie" || [[Pete (Disney)|Black Pete]] kidnaps Minnie Mouse and tries to force her to disclose the location of her secret gold mine. Intrepid mountie Mickey gives chase, but is hampered in his search by the antics of his gluttonous horse Tanglefoot.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| rowspan="2" | ''Silly Symphonies'' || "Snowbabies" || A proposed ''Silly Symphony'', a sequel to "Water Babies," and a sequel/prequel to "Merbabies". The babies are now playing in the snow instead of water.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=65–66}}
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| "Struebel Peter" <br> "Slovenly Peter" || A proposed ''Silly Symphony'' featuring Peter, an unruly boy who delights in tormenting animals. The animals, in the end, take their revenge.
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| ''Silly Symphonies'' <br> ''Mickey, Donald & Goofy'' || "The Three Bears"<br> "Goldie Locks and Three Bears" || (Version 1:) A proposed ''Silly Symphony'' of the well-known children's story. Model sheets prove that Goldilocks was planned to resemble and possibly be voiced by [[Shirley Temple]]. Papa Bear was modeled after [[W.C. Fields]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=64–65}}<br>(Version 2:) When the proposed ''Silly Symphony'' short failed to materialize, Donald was cast as Goldilocks while Pete, Goofy, and Mickey were cast in the roles of the Three Bears.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=64–65}}
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| ''Silly Symphonies'' || "Timid Elmer" <br> "Elmer's Light o Love" || A proposed sequel to the Elmer Elephant ''Silly Symphony''. Elmer has to watch helplessly as Tillie Tiger's ballet arts of Granville inspires Goat. When trouble comes, Goat runs away and Elmer has to save Tillie.<ref name=DavidGerstein/><ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| Feature film || ''Peter Rabbit'' || A proposed animated film based on the ''[[Peter Rabbit]]'' books written by [[Beatrix Potter]]. However, she refused Walt Disney's offer to make the film. 82 years later, [[Columbia Pictures]] produced a [[Peter Rabbit (film)|live-action/CGI film adaptation]] version of Peter Rabbit.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mead|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-puerile-emptiness-of-peter-rabbit|title=The Puerile Emptiness of "Peter Rabbit"|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=August 16, 2020}}</ref>
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===1937===
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Donald Duck]]'' || "Interior Decorators" || Donald and his assistant [[Gus Goose]] are entrusted with the renovation of a villa. Donald encounters a throbbing [[cuckoo clock]]. Had this film been completed, it would have been the debut of Gus Goose.<ref name=DavidGerstein/><ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "Lumberjack Donald" || Donald gives the orphans a how-to lesson on how to cut down a tree. A different lumberjack Donald Duck cartoon was eventually titled ''Timber'' and released in 1941.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Nightwatchman Donald" || Donald is a night watchman in a store, in which he has to deal with a playful monkey.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| ''Mickey, Donald & Goofy'' || "Clock Tower" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy open a shop to fix clocks. They are tricked by Pete into fixing Big Beth. All of these elements were dropped in favor of cleaning Big Beth. The Big Beth element was kept and released in 1937 as "Clock Cleaners".<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "The Dog Show" || Dropped elements from a released cartoon titled "Society Dog Show", including the original title. Pete was originally considered for the role of the judge. The Good Housekeeping page suggested that Donald helps Mickey prepare Pluto for the show, but the studio record did not match the Good Housekeeping page.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| rowspan="3" | ''Mickey, Donald & Goofy'' || "The Janitors" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy work in a store, cleaning it overnight.<ref name=DG>{{cite web |url=http://disneybooks.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-love-never-released-project.html%7Csymbol=DIS&page=quotesearch |title=The Janitors |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
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| "Jungle Mickey" || (Version 1:) Mickey is a solo [[newsreel]] photographer in darkest Africa.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=36}}<br>(Version 2:) Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are newsreel photographers in darkest Africa.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=36}}
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| "The Legionaires" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy join the [[French Foreign Legion]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=54–55}}
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| rowspan="2" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Follies" || (Not be confused with the 1929 short of same name) a large and ambitious projected short featuring nearly all of the original Disney characters, including Mickey and the gang, as well as some of the more popular ''Silly Symphonies'' characters, in a grand musical revue.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=54}} This eventually formed the basis of the [[Mickey Mouse Revue]] show at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Magic Kingdom]].
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| "Sargasso Sea" || Mickey Mouse visits [[Atlantis]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
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| rowspan="2" | ''Silly Symphonies'' || "Japanese Symphony" || (Version 1:) Originally planned as a story, set in Japan, featuring a moth rescued from a bat.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=158–161}}<br>(Version 2:) A romantic story about two Japanese children, which was stalled in production.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=158–161}}
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| "Minnehaha" || A proposed sequel to "Little Hiawatha", featuring Hiawatha's female counterpart, a little Indian girl named Minnehaha. Little seems to be known about the actual plot.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=176}}
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| Feature film ||''Reynard the Fox'' <br>''The Romance of Reynard'' || Tales and poems from 11th-century Europe about a misbehaving fox and his tricks. This was considered as a feature film.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=77–82}}
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===1938===
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| rowspan="4" | ''Donald Duck'' || "The Delivery Boy" || Donald has to deliver a mechanical doll to a doll museum, and another package to another destination. Pluto was considered at one point to be included to help Donald with his job.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
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| "Donald Munchausen" || Donald tells his nephews a tall tale a la [[Baron Munchausen]], about his adventures as a [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] photographer in Africa. He claims to have discovered a lost world of prehistoric creatures, and to have beaten [[King Kong]] in feats of strength.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| "Donald's Shooting Gallery" || Donald attracts his nephews to the shooting range, by offering a box of chocolates as a prize. This proposed Donald Duck short was, in theory, an alternative story to the finished 1947 cartoon "Straight Shooters".<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| "Lost Prospectors" || Donald and Gus Goose are prospectors lost in [[Death Valley]]. Tortured by heat and thirst, they trek across the barren terrain in search of water. They encounter various mirages, including a group of Lorelei ducks lounging by a swimming pool. One of the girls sips a cool drink and beckons to them. While Donald investigates, Gus, with the aid of his lucky derby hat, discovers a strange capricious laughing spring and is able to quench his thirst. Donald tries to trap the elusive water, but is unable to get a drop.<ref name=DavidGerstein/><ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Beach Picnic" || Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto have a rough day at the beach.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| ''Donald Duck'' || "The Rubber Hunter" || Donald travels to South America in order to obtain a particularly rare species of raw rubber for new tires for his car.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| rowspan="9" | ''Mickey Mouse'' <br> ''Donald Duck'' || "Yukon Mickey" <br> "Yukon Donald" || (Version 1:) Mickey discovers that a mischievous baby walrus has been stealing food from his cache. Chasing the little thief, he runs afoul of the walrus' giant father. When Mickey tries to placate papa walrus with a fish, the baby walrus steals it.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=44}} <br> (Version 2:) Donald discovers that a mischievous baby walrus has been stealing food from his cache. Chasing the little thief, he runs afoul of the walrus' giant father. When Donald tries to placate papa walrus with a fish, the baby walrus steals it.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=44}}
|-
| "Mickey's Nephews" || A Christmas story, in which Mickey would have played Santa for the orphans.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=39–40}}
|-
| "Mickey's Toothache" || Mickey inhales [[Nitrous oxide|laughing gas]] and enters a nightmare world where he is threatened by dental equipment. As part of the nightmare Pete appears and attacks Mickey.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=36}}
|-
| "Movie Makers" || Mickey is an amateur filmmaker in Hollywood, and Donald and Pluto set out to help him make films.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Pilgrim Mickey" || Mickey is a [[pilgrim]] setting out to hunt a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=39}}
|-
| "The Salvagers" || (Version 1:) Mickey and Donald go treasure hunting in the deep blue sea.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}<br> (Version 2:) Mickey and Pluto go treasure hunting in the deep blue sea. This version of the film's plot came about when the Mickey and Donald story failed to materialize.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
|-
| "Spring Cleaning" || An attempt to bring back Bobo the Elephant from "Mickey's Elephant". Mickey is a servant, where he and Pluto clean Minnie Mouse's garden.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=41}}
|-
| "Tanglefoot" || Mickey goes to the race track, where he encounters a horse with [[hay fever|Allergic rhinitis]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=14–16, 39}}
|-
| "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" || Mickey plays [[Captain Nemo]] in an undersea adventure.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=55}}
|-
| ''Pluto'' || "Pluto's Robot Twin" || Mickey builds a robot dog to keep Pluto company, but the robot goes out of control. Pluto has to fight the robot to regain control of the household.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=42–43}}
|-
| ''Silly Symphony Featurette'' || "Snow White Returns" || A sequel featurette to ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (1937).<ref name=SnowW>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/snowwhite-diamondedition.html |title=Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition |website=DVDizzy |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| Feature film || ''Penguin Island'' || This proposed feature was about a fictitious island of [[great auk]]s that exists off the northern coast of Europe. The story begins when a wayward Christian missionary monk accidentally lands on the island and sees the great auks as a sort of Greek pre-Christian pagan society. Partially blind, he mistakes the animals for people and baptizes them.
|}
===1939===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="7" | ''Donald Duck'' || "The Beaver Hunters" || Donald and Pluto go hunting for beavers, but the wily rodents foil them, even though Donald disguises himself as a tree and uses ingenious weapons, such as a rifle that fires a plumber's helper.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| "Donald's Elephant" || Bobo becomes Donald's pet.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Donald's Outboard Motor" || Donald has trouble with a boat motor. The plot was considered too thin, as it was one of two cartoons to be merged into the released cartoon "Put-Put Troubles".<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Donald's Stratosphere Flight" || Donald has problems repairing and launching his [[hot air balloon]].<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| "Haunted Castle" || Donald camps outside a spooky castle but, when a strong wind blows his tent up into the air, Donald lands inside.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Museum Keeper" <br> "Old Masters" <br> "Donald and the Old Masters" || Donald is a museum keeper guarding a priceless collection of paintings. Some of the "paintings" in this unmade short feature Donald in various classic artworks.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=46–48}}
|-
| "Tree Surgeon" || (Version 1:) Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are tree surgeons.<ref name=Gerstein>{{cite web |url=http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2765 |title=Unknown Donald Duck |access-date=December 12, 2012}}</ref> <br>(Version 2:) Donald and Goofy are tree surgeons. Goofy asks for his doctor's tools as he bandages an unseen "patient"... really a tree. Donald and Goofy struggle to dope trees with laughing gas while various forest animals fight back. Eventually, Donald and Goofy inhale the laughing gas themselves, leading to a dizzy ballet around the woods and a bad fall for Donald into some [[Toxicodendron radicans|poison ivy]]. Donald needs the next round of Goofy's bandages.<ref name="Gerstein"/>
|-
| rowspan="8" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Balloon Race" || Mickey, Minnie, Horace, and Clarabelle participate in a balloon race against Black Pete.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| "The Band Concert" || a remake of an earlier short of [[The Band Concert|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Ice Antics" || a remake of ''[[On Ice (film)|On Ice]]''.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Mickey's Man Friday" || a remake of an earlier short of the same name.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Mickey's Revival Party" || An umbrella name for a project to revisit and remake several older Disney shorts.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Miracle Master" || Mickey becomes master of a magic lamp. The genie of the lamp continually shocks Mickey and his friends in the real world.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "[[Morgan's Ghost]]"<br>"Pieces of Eight" <br>"Three Buccaneers" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find a treasure map and try to follow it to the end, while at the same time trying to evade Pete. At one point, story was considered for upgrading to a feature film project. Elements of this unmade project were saved for the Donald Duck comic book story [[Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=56–57}}
|-
| "Mountain Carvers" || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as artisans attempting to carve out their own version of [[Mount Rushmore]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=55–56}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''Pluto'' || "Pluto and the Springs" || Pluto has trouble with a worm at the springs. The plot was considered too thin, as it was one of two cartoons to be merged into the released cartoon "Put-Put Troubles".<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Pluto's Pal Bobo" || Pluto and Bobo are rivals for Mickey's attention, which is focused on a howdah that he built.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''Silly Symphonies'' || "The Flying Mouse" || a remake of an earlier short of [[The Flying Mouse|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Grasshopper and the Ants" || A remake of an earlier short of [[The Grasshopper and the Ants (film)|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Lullaby Land" || A remake of an earlier short of [[Lullaby Land (film)|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Santa's Workshop" || A remake of an earlier short of [[Santa's Workshop (film)|the same name]].<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | Short film || ''[[Abdul Abulbul Amir]]'' || The story of two valiant heroes, a Russian, Ivan Skavinsky Skavar, and one of the Shah's mamelukes, Abdul Abulbul Amir, who, because of their pride, end up in a fight and kill each other.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=66}}
|-
| ''Jabberwocky'' || The nonsense world of [[Lewis Carroll]] is brought to life in this short.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=66}}
|}
==1940s==
===1940===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| ''Donald Duck'' || "Traveling Salesman Donald" || Donald is a traveling salesman who cons bartender Pete into buying a phony pearl, then becomes the victim of Pete's energetic revenge. The tables are turned when Pete accidentally knocks down a pillar supporting the second story of his saloon and must hold up a heavy safe to keep from being crushed.
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Men in Uniform" || Mickey is a milkman who is foiled by a small kitten.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=40}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | Short film || ''Hootsie the Owl'' <br>''Wise Little Owl'' || A proposed short about a misfit owl who sleeps at night and is awake during the day because he hatched during the day. He is a constant embarrassment to his parents and he does not have any friends.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=186–187}}
|-
| ''Penelope and the Twelve Months'' || A proposed short film featuring a young girl who travels through time with the aid of a magic [[Longcase clock|grandfather clock]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=169}}
|}
===1941===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| ''Donald Duck'' || "Calling Dr. Duck" || Donald is a tree surgeon. The plot is very similar to the earlier "Tree Surgeon".<ref name="Gerstein"/>
|-
| ''Donald & Goofy'' || "Ditch Diggers" || Donald and Goofy work in construction for Pete.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=53}}
|-
| ''Donald Duck'' || "Sculptor Donald" || Donald enters a contest for the best [[wax sculpture]], but his nephews sabotage his statue with a [[blow torch]].<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| ''Health for America'' || "Public Enemy No. 1" || An unproduced ''Health for America'' educational short about how flies spread disease. The plot of this film is very similar to "The Winged Scourge".{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=94}}
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey's Elopement" || Mickey tries to help Minnie escape her stern Uncle Mortimer's house so he can get her to a quickie wedding chapel.<ref name="Gerstein"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''Chanticleer'' || A rooster believes his crowing makes the sun rise.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=81–82}}
|-
| ''[[Don Quixote]]'' || A man named Alonso Quixano (or Quijano), a retired country gentleman nearing 50 years old, lives in an unnamed section of [[La Mancha]] with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food, and so much reading. He decides to become a [[knight-errant]], and with his fat, food-loving, squire [[Sancho Panza]], sets out on an hilarious misadventure.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=172}}
|-
| ''The Hound of Florence''<br>''Inspector Bones'' || Based on novel by [[Felix Salten]] (who was also the author of ''[[Bambi, a Life in the Woods]]'') about a detective who turns into a dog. The dog detective in "Inspector Bones" was a direct parody of [[Basil Rathbone]]'s role in the [[Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)|Sherlock Holmes films]], which were very popular in the 1940s. Inspector Bones and Dr. Beagle are pitted against either Professor Mongrel ("The Mad Dog of London") or Sir Cyril Sealyham. The story features many [[Tex Avery]]-style self-referential jokes, and many who see them now think the project was an odd one for Disney of the early 1940s.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=162–167}} After almost 20 years of working on the film, it was released as the live action comedy ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]''.
|}
===1942===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''Donald Duck'' || "Donald's Tank" || While cleaning an armored tank, Donald accidentally explodes some [[Hand grenade|grenades]] near his sergeant, Black Pete. To escape Pete's wrath, he takes off in the tank, crashing through the officer's [[mess]] and separating a general from his T-bone steak. Donald's problems are compounded when an experimental television monitor inside the tank is activated, and he confuses its telecast for scenes of the passing terrain. Straying across the French line, he spoils a surprise attack on Adolf Hitler's [[Panzer division]].<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
|-
| "Guerilla Duck" || A continuation of Donald's wartime exploits has him trying to intercept a Japanese [[Armoured personnel carrier|troop carrier]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=98}}
|-
| "Madame XX" || On a mission to deliver secret plans to the war office, private Donald Duck is waylaid by a [[Greta Garbo|Garboesque]] foreign spy Madame XX. She steals the plans and escapes in a motorboat, but Donald pursues her and ultimately recovers the stolen plans.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=99}}
|-
| "A Brazilian Symphony: Caxangá" || Donald, [[José Carioca]] (the parrot from ''[[Saludos Amigos]]''), and Goofy attempt to play "caxangá", or the Brazilian matchbox game; Donald is constantly driven to the point of madness in his attempt to master this complex, nerve-wracking game.
|-
| ''[[Goofy]]'' || "How to Be a Cowboy" || A projected "how-to' short featuring Goofy as the chief cowboy on a [[Guest ranch|dude ranch]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=50}}
|-
| ''Wartime'' || "Army Psycho-Therapy" || An unproduced army training film dealing with stress, the adrenal glands, and the importance of discipline.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=97}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | Short film || ''The Blue Orchid'' || Based on Venezuelan folklore about animals and spirits in the jungle who repel their vision of man.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Chichicastenango'' || A surreal visual tour of [[Chichicastenango]].<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''A House Divided'' ||A proposed wartime short about rationing, pitting the [[Big Bad Wolf]] as a [[black market]]eer against the [[Three Little Pigs]], who have to be taught not to waste resources.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=100}}
|-
| ''The Lady with the Rad Pomom'' || A Tauchan Bird encounters an [[Aracuan Bird]], and they fight over the lady with the Rad Pomom.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Lima Story'' || Adventurous Lima finds himself in the South American [[Lake Titicaca]]. Elements of this story ended up in ''Saludos Amigos''.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
|''Goofy''||''Lumberjack Goofy'' || Goofy chops down a tree that fails on him, and he gets stuck on the band of the power saw.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| Short film || ''The Near-Sighted Overbird'' || The hero of the story is nearsighted, which continuously causes him trouble. He mistakes a wineskin for his home.<ref name=JBK>{{cite book|last=Kaufman|first=J.B.|title=South of Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program, 1941-1948|publisher=Disney Editions|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjdePgAACAAJ|isbn=978-1-423-11193-1}}</ref>
|-
| Feature film || ''The Ostrich Who Laid the Golden Egg'' || In a tale told by the Ostrich People of Prax when asked "Where did you come from?", there seems to be nothing conclusive about the tale.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
|}
'''Note''': [[The Walt Disney Studios (division)|Disney studios]] produced an animated sequence for Samuel Goldwyn's film ''[[Up in Arms]]'', which was unused in the final version of the film.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=77}}
===1943===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''Goofy'' || "Army Story" || In the Army, Goofy becomes romantically involved with a pretty [[Women's Army Corps|WAC]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=99–100}}
|-
| "How to Be a Commando" || A proposed Goofy [[World War II]] short wherein Goofy dreams of going up against [[Adolf Hitler]] and goes through [[commando]] [[training camp]]s to achieve his goal.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=99}}
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Chicken Little" || The sky is falling on Donald, Goofy and Mickey. This story was supposed to be either a featurette or short. It also starred [[Jiminy Cricket]] and [[Daisy Duck|Daisy]].
|-
| ''Pluto'' || "The Good Samaritan" || Pluto rescues a cute little puppy from the snow, who subsequently begins to tear the house apart, and Pluto has to rescue him again.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=42}}
|-
| ''[[Private Snafu]]'' || "Snafu" || One proposed ''[[Private Snafu]]'' short was planned by Disney, but was turned down by [[Frank Capra]] when Disney demanded commercial rights to the character and a high production cost. It consisted mostly of gags where the worst soldier in the army constantly fouls things up.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| rowspan="4" | (n/a) || ''Ajax the Stool Pigeon'' <br> ''Roland XIII'' || A short that was to feature a bird performing as a military [[carrier pigeon]], despite having a fear of heights.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=104–106}}
|-
| ''Democracy'' || A proposed wartime short comparing American [[democracy]] with the society of [[Nazi Germany]] through the trials of an immigrant family, the Joneses.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=102}}
|-
| ''Melting Pot'' || An unmade [[propaganda]] short with a Nazi lecturer extolling the virtues of the German way. This might be an alternate version of "Education for Death".{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=102}}
|-
| ''The Square World'' || This proposed wartime short satires the conformist society of Nazi Germany. This was considered to be extended into a feature film project at one point.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=102–104}}
|-
| ''Bambi'' || ''[[Bambi's Children]]''|| A sequel to the original ''Bambi'' film, dealing with Bambi's adult life.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''The Gremlins'' || (Version 1:) A feature film based on the novel by [[Roald Dahl]] [[The Gremlins|of the same name]] about Gremlins that wreck airplanes.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=106–108}}<br>(Version 2:) A short film based on the novel by [[Roald Dahl]] [[The Gremlins|of the same name]] about Gremlins that wreck airplanes. The short was proposed after plans for a feature film adaptation fell apart. [[Warner Bros.]] eventually released the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''[[Falling Hare]]'' and ''[[Russian Rhapsody (film)|Russian Rhapsody]]'' using the same premise.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=106–108}}
|-
| ''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)#Production history|The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen]]'' || The film was intended to be a co-production with Samuel Goldwyn, who also wanted to produce a film based on Andersen's life. It was decided at some point that part of the film would be shot in live action, with animated segments depicting some of Andersen's tales. These included ''[[The Emperor's New Clothes]]'', ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Emperor's Nightingale]]'', ''[[Ole Lukøje|Through the Picture Frame]]'', ''[[The Fir-Tree|The Little Fir-Tree]]'', ''[[The Steadfast Tin Soldier]]'', and ''[[The Little Mermaid]]''.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=70–77}}
|}
===1944===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| ''Donald Duck'' || "La Loca Mariposa" || Donald is a butterfly collector visiting the country of Venezuela.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Intros and Outros" || Mickey presents the ''CIAA Health for America'' series.<br>Note: These intros would have gone by the name of the actual CIAA films.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''Pluto'' || "Pluto and the Anteater" || Pluto encounters an [[aardvark]] in South America in a very strange manner.<ref name=JBK/>
|}
===1945===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| Feature film || ''Chanticleer and Reynard'' || The stories of Chanticleer the rooster and [[Reynard]] the fox are featured in the same film after plans fail in each of the earlier attempts to bring them separately to the screen.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=82}}
|}
===1946===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''Donald Duck'' || "Caxanga" || (Version 1:) Donald's heart is captured by a female parrot after his frustration over the South American game caxanga.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=119}}<br>(Version 2:) Donald and Goofy are introduced by Joe to the game of caxanga. Frustrated over the game, Donald throws a tantrum. The next night, he cannot get the game out of his head.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| "Share and Share Alike" || Donald and his three nephews fight over an apple. Pencil tests for this proposed short still exist.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=48}}
|-
| "Trouble Shooters" || Donald Duck is a telephone and power linesman who has some trouble with the same woodpecker that once destroyed his camera.<ref name=ChronologicalDonald>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol4.html |title=Chronological Donald Volume 4 |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | (n/a) || ''Don Quixote: Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character for Large Orchestra'' || This proposed short is another take on the ''Don Quixote'' tale. This time, the Disney animators set it around [[Richard Strauss]]' [[Symphonic poem|tone poem]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=172}}
|-
| ''Fiesta of the Flowers'' || Depicts the botanical action of the flowers on South America.<ref name=JBK/>
|-
| ''On the Trail'' || [[Ferde Grofé]]'s ''[[Grand Canyon Suite]]'' is brought to life, set in the light and color of southern desert.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=175}}
|-
| Feature film || ''Carnival Surprise Package'' <br> ''Cuban Carnival'' || A proposed third ''South of the Border'' Disney feature film.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=118–119}} The segments would have included: "Brazilian Rhapsody", an extended version of what would later become "Blame it on the Samba", released as part of ''Melody Time'' in 1948; "The Laughing Gauchito" featuring the character first seen in "The Three Caballeros," who learns he has the ability to shatter glass with his laugh. He becomes a star, but his fame ends when his voice deepens as he becomes a man; "San Blas Boy" is about a boy named Chico and his dog Kiki, who are lost in a storm. "Cape Dance" was a surreal colourful fantasy; "Rancho in the Sky", and four others featuring Donald Duck, José Carioca, Panchito Pistoles, and a newly introduced small rooster from Cuba; Miguelito Maracas.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=175}}
|-
| (n/a) ||''Sonja Henie Fantasy'' || A proposed ''Fantasia'' short would have been either animated or a live action/animation mix featuring [[Sonja Henie|the famed ice skater]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=169}}
|}
===1947===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| ''Donald Duck'' <br> ''Goofy'' || "Cowpoke Donald" <br> "Old Geronimo" || Version 1: Donald sets out to capture the roughest, toughest steer in the whole state of Texas.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=50–52}} <br> Version 2: Goofy sets out to capture the roughest, toughest steer in the whole state of Texas.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=50–52}}
|-
| ''Goofy'' || "How to Train a Dog" || Goofy tries to teach Pluto some new tricks.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=50}}
|-
| ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Mickey and Claudius the Bee" || Mickey is shrunk to the size of a bee and is given a tour of the hive by Claudius.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=56}}
|-
| (n/a) || ''Trees with Faces'' || A one-shot animated short that was supposed to be about the life of Native Americans, featuring animated bits about the raven's mischief.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=175–176}}
|}
'''Note''': ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'', released in 1947, was originally planned to be two separate feature films.
===1948===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| rowspan="2" | ''Pluto'' || "Pluto's White Elephant" || Pluto encounters Bobo in the last attempt to bring Bobo back onto the screen. Little is known about the plot.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|-
| "Scrambled Eggs" || Pluto encounters [[the Ugly Duckling]]. This story was dropped from production for unknown reasons.<ref name=DavidGerstein/>
|}
===1949===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Currier and Ives'' || Planned for release sometime in the late 1940s, it was to be a "combination film" (live action mixed with animation). It was eventually dropped because the cost involved would have been too high. At the time, there had been a slate of combination pictures with the box office, each being less than its predecessor.
|-
| ''Hiawatha'' || [[Hiawatha]] was a follower of [[The Great Peacemaker]], a prophet and spiritual leader, who proposed the unification of the [[Iroquois]] people. This proposed feature was considered to be taken in a similar direction as ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'': artistic but contradictory. It would feature a single story line.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=180–182}}
|}
'''Note''': ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'', released in 1949, was originally planned to be two separate feature films.
==1950s==
===1951===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || "Plight of the Bumble Bee" || Mickey produces a stage musical number with Hector the Bee.
|-
| "The Talking Dog" || Pluto gets roped into becoming a [[ventriloquist's dummy]] in a [[circus]] [[sideshow]]. When Mickey figures out that his dog is missing, he starts looking for him and finds him in the hands of Pete. Mickey battles Pete to get Pluto back. Some animation that was done on this short was dropped. It was animated for a pencil test.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=41}}
|-
| Feature film || ''Don Quixote'' || A second attempt for this proposed feature film had the same basic plot as the 1940 take on the ''Don Quixote'' story, but the animation would have had a [[limited animation|similar style]] as seen in [[United Productions of America|UPA]] animated shorts and features of the time.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=172–174}}
|}
===1955===
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| ''Donald Duck''|| "Money-sorting Machine" <br> "Donald-Scrooge Opus" || Donald works at Scrooge's Money Bin, operating a money-sorting machine that runs by power. When Donald is away at lunch, the radio announces a plague of rats is loose in the city. Scrooge closes and shutters all of his windows and bolts the door. He sits down, terrified, to eat his cheese sandwich but, before he can begin, he is besieged by a determined rat who has smelled the cheese from afar. The rat threatens to destroy a $10,000-dollar bill if Scrooge does not order the most expensive cheese in the world.<ref name="Barksfanbase"/>
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| Feature film || ''Babes in Toyland'' || Walt Disney announced the film in 1955 as an animated feature.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Hedda|author-link=Hedda Hopper|title=Disney's next cartoon film will be 'Babes in Toyland{{' "}}|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=May 17, 1955|id={{ProQuest|179440596}}}}</ref> In 1956, he said he wanted to make it the following year, and assigned Bill Walsh to produce and Sidney Miller to direct.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Hedda|title='Babes in Toyland' Will Be Top Disney Musical in 1957|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 20, 1956|page=22}}</ref> Filming was delayed, then the project was reactivated as [[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|the live-action 1961 movie of the same name]].
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===1959===
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| (n/a) || ''Prairie Rhythm''<br>''Pretty Red Wing'' || A planned satire of the classic [[Western film]] stereotypes about an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] girl and a [[white people|white]] [[Animal trapping|trapper]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=174}}
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| Short film || ''Barefoot Boy'' || This proposed short film was to be an adaptation of the [[John Greenleaf Whittier]] poem set in [[Norman Rockwell]]'s "Never Land."{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=174}}
|}
==1960s==
===1960===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Emperor's Nightingale]]'' || This proposed film would have used paper cut-out animation to tell the traditional tale, but with a much finer and more delicate Asian style than the earlier 1959 short ''Noah's Ark''. At one point, Mickey Mouse was considered to be included in the plot.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=70}}
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| ''Chanticleer'' || Having just completed ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', [[Ken Anderson (animator)|Ken Anderson]] and [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]] were looking for new ideas for the studio's next feature in which they located earlier conceptual artwork from the 1940s and attempted to adapt the story into an animated film. However, it was ruled that only one film would go into production at the time, and ''Chanticleer'' was turned down once again when the studio decided to go for [[Bill Peet]]'s adaptation of ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2001/01/01/307.aspx#sthash.gWALcRJm.dpbs|title=The "Chanticleer" Saga -- Part 2|first=Jim|last=Hill|website=Jim Hill Media|date=December 31, 1999|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref>
|}
===1963===
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| Feature film || ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' || This proposed feature was to be an adaptation of "[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears]]", involving a little girl who breaks into the bears' house.{{sfn|Solomon|1995}}{{pn|date=September 2022}}
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| Feature film || ''Little Red Riding Hood'' || This proposed feature was to be an adaptation of the Charles Perrault's tale "[[Little Red Riding Hood]]", involving a little girl who tries to travel to her grandmother, but she is pursued by a wolf.{{sfn|Solomon|1995}}{{pn|date=September 2022}}
|}
===1967===
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| Feature film || ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' || This proposed feature was to be an adaptation of the [[Brothers Grimm]]'s tale "[[Hansel and Gretel]]", involving a brother and a sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and [[gingerbread]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=87–89}}
|}
===1969===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[The Bremen Town Musicians]]'' || The story about a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their respective farms, who are soon to be discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to [[Bremen]], known for its freedom, to live without owners and become musicians.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=89}}
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| ''Hootsie the Owl'' <br> ''Wise Little Owl'' || A second attempt of this proposed feature about a misfit owl who sleeps at night and is awake during the day because he hatched during the day. He is an embarrassment to his parents and hasn't any friends. This is basically the same plot as the "Hootsie the Owl" short proposed in 1940, but with the addition of a snake character, similar to [[Kaa]] in ''The Jungle Book''.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=186–187}}
|}
==1970s==
===1973===
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| Feature film || ''Scruffy'' || An adaptation of [[Paul Gallico]]'s novel which centered on the [[Barbary macaques in Gibraltar|barbary macaques]] of [[Gibraltar]] with its honorary leader named Scruffy, and the apes would be threatened by the [[Nazi Party]]'s attempt to capture them from the [[British Empire]] during [[World War II]]. When the time had come to green-light the project, the studio leaders decided to approve ''[[The Rescuers]]'' for production.{{sfn|Solomon|1995|p=167}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQ_nGPA2-qMC&q=Ken+Anderson+Scruffy&pg=PT601 | title=Walt's People - Volume 12: Talking Disney With the Artists Who Knew Him | last=Ghez | first=Didier | publisher=[[Xlibris]] | date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=February 28, 2015| isbn=9781477147900 }}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/columnists1/b/floyd_norman/archive/2007/06/12/toon-tuesday-remembering-fred-lucky-of-wdfa-s-story-department-1938-1999.aspx | last=Norman | first=Floyd | author-link=Floyd Norman | title=Toon Tuesday: Remembering Fred Lucky of WDFA's Story Department (1938 - 1999) | publisher=Jim Hill Media | date=June 11, 2007 | access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>
|}
===1976===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''The Hero from Otherwhere'' || Based on the book by [[Jay Williams (author)|Jay Williams]], it was conceived as a [[Films with live action and animation|live action/animated film]] about two schoolboys with different attributes who are transported to a strange planet whose black leader persuades them to help destroy the wolf [[Fenrir|Fenris]] that has been ravaging the land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2012/02/disney-is-looking.html | last=Deja | first=Andreas | author-link=Andreas Deja | title=Disney is looking..... | work=Deja View | via=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]] | date=February 27, 2012 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="time">{{cite magazine| title=Corporations: Running Disney Walt's Way | url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,914546,00.html | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=August 16, 1976 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Spacecraft One'' || The story was to tell about a mile-long spaceship in its search for life on other planets.<ref name="time"/>
|}
==1980s==
===1980===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Musicana'' || An early version of what eventually became ''[[Fantasia 2000]]''. Some segments of the planned film were to be titled "Finlandia", involving a fight between the Ice God and Sun Goddess; an African segment about a curious monkey and a Rain God, including many hippos, lions and elephants; "The Emperor's Nightingale", based on the Andersen story, which would have starred Mickey Mouse as the keeper of the nightingale; a southern jazz story titled "By the Bayou", which included many frogs, including caricatures of [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Louis Armstrong]]; a segment set in the Andes with a beautiful girl/bird; and a version of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", featuring tropical birds. It was cut due to financial issues in favor of ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'' and ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Jim |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2010/11/29/disney_2700_s-musicana_3A00_-pick-up-a-copy-of-fantasia-blu-ray-to-learn-more-.aspx |title=Wanna learn more about Disney's "Musicana" ? Then go pick up a copy of the "Fantasia" Blu-ray |website=Jim Hill Media |date=December 29, 2010 |access-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref>
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| ''The Little Broomstick'' || A few months after [[Mary Stewart (novelist)|Mary Stewart]]'s novel of the same name was published in 1971, Walt Disney Productions acquired the film rights. In 1980, director [[Wolfgang Reitherman|Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman]] decided to adapt it into an animated feature following the release of ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'', but studio management felt the project was too similar to ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''. Also, they wanted the animation department to produce more ambitious films such as ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]''. In 2017, the book was adapted into the [[Anime|Japanese animated]] film ''[[Mary and the Witch's Flower]]'' by [[Studio Ponoc]] as their first film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/where-disney-failed-studio-ponoc-succeeds-with-its_us_5a600e56e4b067e1058ff218|title=Where Disney failed, Studio Ponoc succeeds with its debut animated feature, "Mary and the Witch's Flower"|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=January 17, 2018|access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref>
|}
===1981===
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| Feature film || ''Catfish Bend'' || Based on the book series by [[Ben Lucien Burman]], it follows the journey of several animal residents in Catfish Bend. Following several treatments, it was never [[Green-light|greenlit]] for production, and Disney dropped its option on the books.<ref name=SteveHulett>{{cite book|last=Hulett|first=Steve|title=Mouse In Transition: An Insider's Look at Disney Feature Animation|publisher=Theme Park Press|year=2014|pages=17–21, 60|isbn=978-1-941-50024-8}}</ref>
|}
===1983===
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' || Storyboard artists Steve Hulett and Pete Young developed the project with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and [[José Carioca]] as the Musketeers, but it fell into development hell. However, in 2004, ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'' was released, but it was unrelated to the earlier project.<ref name=SteveHulett /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/27/movies/animation-again-a-priority-at-disney.html|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|author-link=Aljean Harmetz|title=Animation Again a Priority|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 27, 1984|access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>
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| Feature Film || ''Where the Wild Things Are'' || This was to be a film adaptation of the [[Where the Wild Things Are|children's picture book]] written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Animators [[Glen Keane]] and [[John Lasseter]] (who later moved on to [[Pixar]]) completed a test film blending traditionally animated characters with computer-generated settings, but the project proceeded no further.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k1UFXKkuyH0C&pg=RA1-PA53 | title=The Pixar Touch | first=David A. | last=Price | isbn=978-0-307-27829-6 | publisher=[[Random House]] | page=53 | date=May 5, 2009 | access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> However, a [[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|live-action film adaptation]], distributed by [[Warner Bros.]] and directed by [[Spike Jonze]] was released twenty-six years later.
|}
===1985===
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| Feature Film || ''[[Mistress Masham's Repose]]'' || Before the release of ''The Black Cauldron'', producer Joe Hale and his production team were working on an adaptation of the [[T. H. White]] novel. While [[Roy E. Disney]] supported the project, [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] disliked it. Eventually, Hale and most of the team were fired, and the project languished.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=James|title=DisneyWar|edition=1st|year=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/69 69]|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York|isbn=0-684-80993-1|author-link=James B. Stewart|title-link=DisneyWar}}</ref>
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| Feature Film || ''Monkey'' || Back when Pixar was still a part of [[Lucasfilm]] in 1985, they started pre-production on a film called ''Monkey''. After they spun off as a new company in 1986, they were still working on it. In the end, they realized they had to abandon it because of technical limitations.<ref>[http://www.pixartouchbook.com/blog/2008/11/22/pixars-film-that-never-was-monkey.html Pixar's film that never was: "Monkey"]</ref>
|}
===1986===
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| Feature film || ''[[The Catcher in the Rye#In film|Dufus]]'' || Then-Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]] proposed that Disney Feature Animation should develop an animated adaptation of ''The Catcher in the Rye'', since Eisner was a fan of the original book. However, knowing that [[J. D. Salinger]] would refuse to sell the film rights, Eisner then suggested to do an animated film that dealt with similar topics from the book, but with [[German Shepherd|German shepherds]] as the characters. The film was briefly mentioned in the [[Disney+]] film ''[[Howard (film)|Howard]]''; where in 1986, lyricist [[Howard Ashman]] was sent a letter from then-Disney studio chairman [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] in regards to collaborating with the studio on one of their films. ''Dufus'' was listed, alongside a sequel to ''Mary Poppins'' and ''The Little Mermaid''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|url=https://collider.com/disney-catcher-in-the-rye-animated-movie-explained/|title=Disney Once Tried to Make an Animated 'Catcher in the Rye' — But Wait, There's More|website=Collider|date=August 3, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
|}
===1988===
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! style="width:150pt;"| Series || style="width:100pt;"| Title || Description
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| Feature film || ''Army Ants'' || Disney considered producing an animated feature film that centered on a [[pacifist]] [[ant]] living in a [[militaristic]] [[ant colony|colony]]. However, the idea never fully materialized.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murrows |first=Peter |url=http://www.businessweek.com/1998/47/b3605013.htm |title=Antz vs. Bugs |work=Business Week |date=November 23, 1998 |archive-date=November 28, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991128083348/http://www.businessweek.com/1998/47/b3605013.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> This idea, however, was reincarnated ten years later into [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks']] ''[[Antz]]'' and [[Pixar|Pixar's]] ''[[A Bug's Life]]''.
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| ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' || Untitled ''Winnie the Pooh'' film || When one of her novels came to the attention of a Disney executive, [[Linda Woolverton]] was hired to work on several animated projects, including one involving [[Winnie the Pooh (character)|Winnie the Pooh]]. However, it was later shelved once ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' had aired.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dutka |first=Elaine |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-19-ca-544-story.html |title=Ms. Beauty and the Beast: Writer of Disney Hit Explains Her 'Woman of the '90s |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 19, 1992 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>
|}
===1989===
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''Swabbies'' || The story found Mickey, Donald, and Goofy out of work, out of luck, and in need of a job. They enlist in the Navy and go to boot camp with Pete as their exasperated [[drill instructor]]. They meet their feminine counterparts—Minnie, Daisy and Clarabelle—who are all [[WAVES]]. After they put to sea, they encounter a submarine full of the [[Beagle Boys]], who all speak a Russian-sounding gibberish. The entire film was storyboarded and recorded, and an [[Animatic#Animatics|animatic]] was created. Complete model sheets of all of the characters were printed, and layouts and some animation had begun before the project came to an abrupt halt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Swabbies/ |title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Swabbies/index.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205112854/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Swabbies/ | publisher=Animationarchive.net |archive-date=2011-12-05 |access-date=2011-12-28}}</ref>
|}
==1990s==
===1990===
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| ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]]'' || ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit#Proposed sequel|Who Discovered Roger Rabbit]]'' || The shelved proposed prequel to the 1988 Disney/[[Amblin Entertainment|Amblin]] film, ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. The film, which previously went by the working title, ''Roger Rabbit Two: The Toon Platoon'', was set in 1941 during [[World War II]], and would have had [[Roger Rabbit]] and [[Baby Herman]] going on a journey through the perils of the war in search of Roger's birth parents in the Americas. It would have been a [[direct-to-video]] musical film.<ref name="Gore">{{cite book | author = Chris Gore | title = The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made | date = July 1999 | publisher = [[St. Martin's Press]] | location = New York City | chapter = Roger Rabbit Two: The Toon Platoon | pages = [https://archive.org/details/50greatestmovies00gore/page/165 165–168] | isbn = 0-312-20082-X | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/50greatestmovies00gore | author-link = Chris Gore | url = https://archive.org/details/50greatestmovies00gore/page/165 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Michael Fleming | url = https://variety.com/1997/film/news/rabbit-redux-revving-up-1116679284/ | title = ''Rabbit'' redux revving up | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = June 23, 1997 | access-date = July 19, 2011}}</ref>
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| ''Goofy'' || ''Goofy of the Apes'' || A spoof of ''[[Tarzan of the Apes]]'' starring [[Goofy]].{{sfn|Solomon|1995|pp=52–53}}<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906035123/http://www.vanderwende.com/RVanderWende.pdf|url=http://www.vanderwende.com/RVanderWende.pdf|title=Richard Vander Wende Online Portfolio|website=vanderwende.com|year=2010|archive-date=September 6, 2015|access-date=May 17, 2015}}</ref>
|}
===1991===
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''Humphrey the Whale'' || An animated adaptation of the children's book ''Humphrey the Lost Whale'' by Richard Hall and [[Wendy Tokuda]].<ref name="BeautyandtheBeast">{{cite news|last=Mabery|first=D.L.|url=https://www.postbulletin.com/beauty-and-the-beast-by-d-l-mabery-for-the/article_bbca3cfa-c377-5c97-94f5-9a3a326773f0.html|title=Beauty and the Beast|newspaper=[[Post-Bulletin]]|date=December 7, 1991|access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref>
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| ''[[Puss in Boots]]'' || A film version of the tale.<ref>{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Candice|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-11-22-9102180126-story.html|title=A Box-office Draw: A French Fairy Tale That Has Been Languishing At Disney Studios For Years, Beauty And The Beast Now Seems Destined To Join The Ranks Of The Very Best Animated Classics|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=November 22, 1991|access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref> It is unrelated to the released [[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|DreamWorks Animation film of the same title]], especially since this one was more connected to the original fairy tale.
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| ''Tiny the Alligator''<ref name="BeautyandtheBeast" /> || It was described as a "growing up story" of a resident of New York City who happens to be the size of an 18-wheeler.<ref>{{cite web|last=Korkis|first=Jim|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-372/|title=Animation Anecdotes #372|website=Cartoon Research|date=July 20, 2018|access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref>
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| Short film || ''[[Tin Toy#Scrapped sequel|A Tin Toy Christmas]]'' || A half-hour television sequel to the short ''Tin Toy'' was considered, but [[Pixar]] felt convinced they could produce a feature film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/12/14/tube-thursday-the-pixar-holiday-special-you-never-got-to-see-tin-toy-christmas.aspx | title=The Pixar TV special you never got to see, "A Tin Toy Christmas"|website=Jim Hill Media|date=December 14, 2007}}</ref> The project later became ''[[Toy Story]]''.
|}
===1992===
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| rowspan="3" | ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''Mickey Columbus'' || Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were cast as the captains of the ''[[Niña]]'', the ''[[Pinta (ship)|Pinta]]'' and the ''[[Santa Maria (ship)|Santa Maria]]'', and Minnie stands in for Queen Isabella. The film's writers could not decide what to do about the Native Americans that [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]] would encounter in the [[New World]].<ref name="Mickey films">{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2004/10/11/477.aspx|title=Disney's unfinished featurettes: "Mickey Columbus" & "Mickey's Arabian Nights"|website=Jim Hill Media|date=October 10, 2004|access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Mickey's Arabian Nights'' || A featurette starring Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy, set around the entire ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' anthology.<ref name="Mickey films"/>
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| ''Tourist Trap'' || Based on an idea for a scrapped Roger Rabbit short, Mickey and Donald are heading on a vacation, with Donald attempting to kill Mickey.<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/22738384/runaway-brain-evil-mickey-short-streaming |title=Why Disney buried Runaway Brain, the monstrous Mickey short |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=October 21, 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="5" | Feature Film || | ''[[Odyssey|Homer's Odyssey]]'' || A feature film set around the odyssey of [[Odysseus]].<ref name="Disney treatment">{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-07-02-9202290009-story.html|title='Odyssey,' Sinbad, Pocahontas Getting Disney Treatment|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 19, 1992|access-date=September 12, 2014}}</ref> The project was scrapped when it failed to translate into animation comedy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Disney-Muscles-In-on-Greek-Myth-Hercules-a-2821105.php|title=Disney Muscles in on Greek Myth / 'Hercules' a product of research as much as drawing|last=Stack|first=Peter|newspaper=[[San Francisco Gate]]|date=June 22, 1997|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
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|''[[Sinbad the Sailor]]'' || This proposed feature film, itself based on the ''[[Arabian Nights]]'' [[Sinbad the Sailor|tale of the same name]], was scrapped after ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' was released.<ref name="Disney treatment" />
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| ''Song of the Sea'' || Lyricists [[Stephen Flaherty]] and [[Lynn Ahrens]] had pitched the project as a re-telling of the mythological story of [[Orpheus and Eurydice]], but with [[humpback whale]]s.<ref name="Disney treatment" /><ref name="Hunchback">{{cite web |last=Spiegel |first=Josh |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/hunchback-of-notre-dame-oral-history/ |title=The Hunchback of Notre Dame' at 25: An Oral History of Disney's Darkest Animated Classic |website=/Film |date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> In March 1992, ''The New York Times'' had reported that both had signed on to compose songs for the project.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/15/movies/film-for-alan-menken-a-partnership-ends-but-the-song-plays-on.html |title=For Alan Menken, A Partnership Ends But the Song Plays On |work=The New York Times |date=March 15, 1992 |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> [[Gary Trousdale]] and [[Kirk Wise]] were to direct, but the project was dropped when they were recruited to work on ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''.<ref name="Hunchback" />
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| ''[[Swan Lake]]'' || The project was dropped because former Disney animation director [[Richard Rich (director)|Richard Rich]] was developing ''[[The Swan Princess]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kroyer, Bill |author2=Sito, Tom |editor=Diamond, Ron |title=On Animation: The Director's Perspective Volume 1 |year=2019 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |page=133 |isbn=978-1-138-06707-3 |quote=But then ''Swan Lake'' got canned because of Rick Rich's ''The Swan Princess''.}}</ref>
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| ''Silly Hillbillies on Mars'' || Based on the idea of feuding hillbillies from outer space, it was inspired by a Disney storyman who saw the title of a Disney short, "[[Make Mine Music#The Martins and the Coys|The Martins and The Coys]]", mistaking it for "The Martians and The Cows".<ref name="Disney treatment"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Beck|first=Jerry|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-110/|title=Animation Anecdotes #110|website=Cartoon Research|date=May 17, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2014}}</ref>
|}
===1993===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[The Man Who Would Be King]]'' || An adaptation of the [[Rudyard Kipling]] short story.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Chris|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/324319/DISNEY-USES-BREATHTAKING-OPENING-SCENE-AS-REMARKABLE-PROMO-FOR-THE--LION-KING.html|title=Disney Uses Breathtaking Opening Scene As Remarkable Promo For 'The Lion King'|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|date=December 5, 1993|access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref>
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| ''[[A Princess of Mars]]'' || During the 1990s, Jeffrey Katzenberg had attempted to produce an animated adaptation of the novel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kits |first=Borys |last2=Siegel |first2=Tatiana |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-mars-dc/disney-on-mission-for-mars-rights-idUSN1723259220070117 |title=Disney on mission for "Mars" rights |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=January 21, 2007 |access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref> After he had disapproved of Ron Clements and John Musker's pitch for ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', Katzenberg instead offered them to direct ''A Princess of Mars''. However, the directors were uninterested,<ref>{{cite podcast |host=Holliday, Christopher and Sergeant, Alexander |url=https://www.fantasy-animation.org/all-episodes/episode-78-treasure-planet-ron-clements-john-musker-2002-with-ron-clements-and-john-musker |title=Episode 78 – Treasure Planet (Ron Clements & John Musker, 2002) |website=Fantasy/Animation |time=17:35 |access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref> and Disney relinquished the film rights to [[Paramount Pictures]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ball |first=Ryan |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/clampetts-john-carter-of-mars-illustrated/ |title=Clampett's John Carter of Mars Illustrated |website=[[Animation (magazine)|Animation Magazine]] |date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref>
|}
===1994===
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| Short Film || ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (franchise)#Animated short films|Hare in My Soup]]'' || A fourth Roger Rabbit cartoon short based on ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' was planned for release in 1995, to coincide with the release of ''[[Toy Story]]'', preceding that proposed feature film in the process. It was canceled after pre-production ended and before production could begin, and was replaced in the gap with a rerun of ''Rollercoaster Rabbit''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toontownantics.blogspot.com/2011/06/hare-in-my-soup.html |title=Hare In My Soup |website=Toon Town Antics |via=Blogger |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref> This cartoon was supposed to be followed by three more Roger Rabbit shorts, also starring Baby Herman; ''Clean and Oppressed'', ''Beach Blanket Bay'' and ''Bronco Bustin' Bunny''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Desmond|url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-06-25/entertainment/26106567_1_roger-rabbit-tummy-trouble-don-hahn|title=Roger: Hare Again A Full-length Sequel For The Successful Disney Rabbit? Impossible Until 1992. The Solution: The Most Expensive Cartoon Short Ever Made - With More To Hop Along.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913152231/http://articles.philly.com/1989-06-25/entertainment/26106567_1_roger-rabbit-tummy-trouble-don-hahn|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|url-status=dead|date=June 25, 1989|archive-date=September 13, 2015|access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref>
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===1996===
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| Feature Film || ''Toots and the Upside Down House'' || Based on the book by [[Carol Hughes (author)|Carol Hughes]] of a tale of a young girl who creates a fantasy world of goblins, fairies, sprites, and an evil [[Jack Frost]].<ref>{{cite news | title='The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation': History of Stop-Motion Feature Films: Part 2 | url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/advanced-art-stop-motion-animation-history-stop-motion-feature-films-part-2 | last=Priebe | first=Ken | website=[[Animation World Network]] | quote=The relationship between Disney's company Miramax and Henry Selick also became strained, as plans for another feature called ''Toots and the Upside Down House'' were abandoned. | access-date=January 4, 2015 | date=January 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019190047/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Toots%20and%20the%20Upside%20Down%20House/ | url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Toots%20and%20the%20Upside%20Down%20House/ | title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Toots and the Upside Down House/index.php |publisher=Animationarchive.net |archive-date=2013-10-19 |access-date=2013-04-01}}</ref> The film's production was canceled when Disney shut the film's animation production company [[Skellington Productions]] after the box office failure of ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]''.
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===1998===
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| (n/a) || ''Totally Twisted Fairy Tales'' || Conceived as a direct-to-video project of four featurettes developed by [[Walt Disney Television Animation]], it included ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'', ''[[Redux Riding Hood]]'', a remake of 1933's ''[[Three Little Pigs]]'', and a fourth cartoon that was never finalized. ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' was written by [[Peter Tolan]] and [[George Carlin]] was cast in an unspecified role, but it never went pass post-production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disneybooks.blogspot.de/2006/12/quite-few-readers-of-blog-sent-me.html | title=Disney History | last=Ghez | first=Didier | publisher=Blogger | date=December 29, 2006 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> "Three Little Pigs" was written and directed by [[Frank Conniff]] and [[Darrell Rooney]] respectively, starred [[Harvey Fierstein]] as the wolf, and was completed but never released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/steve-moores-redux-riding-hood-the-short-that-disney-hid-for-15-years-is-finally-online-63263.html | title=Steve Moore's Redux Riding Hood, The Short That Disney Hid For 15 Years, Is Finally Online | website=Cartoon Brew | date=May 21, 2012 | access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> ''Redux Riding Hood'' itself was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] at the [[70th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animation-animagic.com/por.aspx?idConteudo=136 | title=Totally Twisted Fairy Tales | last=Pegoraro | first=Celbi | language=pt | website=Animation-Animagic.com | date=January 6, 2006 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>
|}
==2000s==
===2000===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature Film || ''Bitsy'' || The story focused on the eponymous elephant who leaves [[India]] to try to make it in Hollywood, and ends up working in a used-car lot and falling in love. Veteran story artists [[Joe Grant]] and [[Burny Mattinson]] developed the first act through storyboards, but following a twenty-minute pitch meeting, the executives were reluctant to approve the pitch.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gettleman|first=Jeffrey|title=Hollywood's 'Grays' Defy Culture Fixated on Youth|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-27-mn-34664-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 27, 2000|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Wild Life'' || Loosely based on [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2008/01/23/dream-worlds-offers-look-at-abandoned-disney-animated-features.aspx | author=Hill, Jim | title="Dream Worlds" offers look at abandoned Disney animated features | date=January 22, 2008 | access-date=May 15, 2014 | website=Jim Hill Media}}</ref> the movie was to tell the story of an elephant who becomes a sensation on the New York club circuit. In the fall of 2000, Roy E. Disney watched a work-in-progress screening and was so appalled by the film's adult humor that he immediately ordered production to be shut down.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2003/01/15/224.aspx|title=The sad tale of Disney's Secret Lab| date=January 14, 2003|access-date=May 15, 2014|website=Jim Hill Media}}</ref>
|}
===2001===
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| ''[[Atlantis (franchise)|Atlantis]]'' || ''Atlantis II'' || Prior to the release of ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', directors [[Gary Trousdale]] and [[Kirk Wise]] were in development of a theatrical sequel to the film. The plot was to have been about a masked villain who attempts to re-take Atlantis, only to be revealed as Helga Sinclair.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|url=https://collider.com/atlantis-the-lost-empire-sequel-details-revealed/|title=Exclusive: 'Atlantis: The Last Empire' Co-Director Kirk Wise Reveals Details of Proposed Sequel|work=Collider|date=June 5, 2020|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''Don Quixote'' || A third attempt to adapt the novel that was under development by [[Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi]] who aimed for a more adult take, but the project was never approved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2014/05/15/disney-s-decades-long-quest-to-turn-quot-don-quixote-quot-into-a-full-length-animated-feature.aspx | title=Disney's decades-long quest to turn "Don Quixote" into a full-length animated feature | last=Hill | first=Jim | publisher=Jim Hill Media | date=May 15, 2011 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Dumbo'' || ''[[Dumbo#Cancelled sequel|Dumbo II]]'' || Disney planned a proposed direct-to-video sequel to ''[[Dumbo]]''. The plot was to follow Dumbo and his circus friends who navigate through a large city after being left behind by their traveling circus and trying to find their way home. It was also supposed to explain what happened to Dumbo's father. The trailer was included on the ''Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition'' DVD. In 2002, the project was placed on hold after Joe Grant found the computer-animated test footage for the film to be lackluster. In 2005, the project was placed back into production, but was cancelled by John Lasseter a year later after being named Creative Officer.<ref name="Armstrong" /> Also, a third ''Dumbo'' film was planned.<ref name="MikeDisa" />
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| ''[[Hercules (franchise)|Hercules]]'' || ''Hercules II: The Trojan War'' || Disney planned a proposed direct-to-video sequel to ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''. [[List of Disney's Hercules characters#Hercules|Hercules]] is now living in Athens with [[List of Disney's Hercules characters#Megara|Megara]] and their daughter, Hebe. However, when an old friend named Helen is captured by the evil [[Paris of Troy]], Hercules joins the united Greek army as they head out to war. However, this war will create revelations, and Hercules finds an old friend who eventually goes missing.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322140233/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Hercules%202/Notes/ | url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Hercules%202/Notes/ | title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Hercules 2/Notes/index.php |website=Animationarchive.net | archive-date=2012-03-22 |access-date=2011-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/disney-hercules-sequel-trojan-war-trivia/|title = 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Canceled Disney Sequel Hercules: The Trojan War|website = [[Screen Rant]]|date = September 30, 2020}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Stoneflight'' || Based on the children's book by [[Georgess McHargue]], the story follows a lonely girl seeking refuge from her parents who befriends a lonely gargoyle at the roof of her Manhattan brownstone. The gargoyle then transports her to Central Park where other gargoyles have convened with other children from troubled families.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/mouse-to-take-flight-1117799213/ | author=Bing, Jonathan | title=Mouse to take 'Flight' | date=May 13, 2001 | access-date=May 15, 2014 | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
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| ''The Frog Prince'' || A satirical adaptation of the [[Brothers Grimm]] fairy tale, ''[[The Frog Prince (story)|The Frog Prince]]''. It was developed by [[Eric Goldberg (film director)|Eric Goldberg]] and his wife, Sue, and it was pitched to then-Feature Animation president [[Thomas Schumacher]] who rejected it feeling a satirical animated feature would not be popular with audiences.<ref>{{cite web| title=How Disney's "Frog Prince" movie got its legs cut out from under it | url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2004/05/19/34.aspx#sthash.3OwbotE0.dpbs | last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | date=May 18, 2004 | access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> Disney eventually revived ''The Frog Prince'' project which became ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''.
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| ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' || ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas#Possible sequel|The Nightmare Before Christmas 2]]'' || Disney planned to make a sequel to ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', but instead of using [[stop motion]], Disney wanted to use [[computer animation]].<ref>{{cite news |author= Fred Topel |url=http://movies.about.com/od/nightmarebeforechristmas/a/nightmare082508.htm |title=Director Henry Selick Interview – 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' |date=August 25, 2008 |website=[[About.com]] |access-date=September 27, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090216215832/http://movies.about.com/od/nightmarebeforechristmas/a/nightmare082508_2.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, [[Tim Burton]] convinced Disney to drop the idea.
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===2002===
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''Antonius'' || The project follows the story of a leopard in ancient Egypt who becomes a freedom fighter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gardner | first=Chris | title=Dis spots pair's 'Antonius' pitch |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=January 4, 2015 | date=August 9, 2002 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-90531463/dis-spots-pair-antonius-pitch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104100006/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-90531463/dis-spots-pair-antonius-pitch |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Emperor and the Nightingale]]'' || Emperor Wu has a [[nightingale]] whose beautiful songs bring him much joy. One day, the emperor receives a mechanical bird that can sing and dance, and he devotes his attention to the toy bird. Neglected and ignored, the nightingale flies away. Some time passes and the mechanical bird breaks down. The emperor, never realizing the treasure he had in his nightingale, pines for the melodious songs of the nightingale. One day, the nightingale returns to the palace and the emperor promises to never neglect it again.<ref name="Armstrong" />
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| ''The Fool's Errand'' || The story is said to center on a [[court jester]] who goes on a mythical journey to return peace to his kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spector | first=Eric | title=Dis is 'Fool' for Steinberg pitch |work=The Hollywood Reporter |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=January 4, 2015 |date=September 17, 2002 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-92233044/dis-fool-steinberg-pitch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104095923/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-92233044/dis-fool-steinberg-pitch |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || ''The Search for Mickey Mouse'' || In honor of [[Mickey Mouse]]'s 75th anniversary, the project was about Mickey who gets "mousenapped" by unknown forces, forcing [[Minnie Mouse]] to enlist [[The Great Mouse Detective|Basil of Baker Street]] to investigate his disappearance, and later encounters one character from Disney's animated film canon such as [[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice]], [[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]], [[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]], and [[Aladdin (Disney character)|Aladdin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/disney/233532/6-fascinating-movies-from-disney-animation-that-never-were | title=6 Fascinating Movies From Disney Animation That Never Were | last=Harrison | first=Mark | work=Den of Geek | publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] | date=March 5, 2014 | access-date=March 7, 2014}}</ref> However, the project suffered script problems with the multiple cameos being thought to be too gimmicky. The project was later replaced by ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Why For?| last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2002/12/20/352.aspx#sthash.S5tE7bBF.dpbs | date=December 19, 2002 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Treasure Planet'' || ''Treasure Planet II'' || The cancelled direct-to-video sequel to the [[Treasure Planet|original film]]. In the sequel, Jim Hawkins and Kate, his love interest and classmate at the Royal Interstellar Academy, must team with Long John Silver to stop the villainous Ironbeard from freeing the inmates of Botany Bay Prison Asteroid. [[Willem Dafoe]] was set to voice Ironbeard. The sequel was canceled after ''Treasure Planet'' bombed at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://animatedviews.com/2014/buried-treasure-the-ill-fated-voyage-to-treasure-planet-2/|title=Buried ''Treasure'': The ill-fated voyage to ''Treasure Planet 2''|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|date=June 3, 2014|website=AnimatedViews|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref>
|}
===2003===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''[[My Peoples (film)|My Peoples]]'' || While being produced at [[The Magic of Disney Animation|Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida]], this proposed feature film was to be about two young lovers named Elgin Harper and Rose McGee. They are both from two rival families in [[Appalachia]] during the late 1940s. A group of mountain spirits inhabiting folk art dolls do what they can to bring the two of them together. Mixing traditional and computer-generated animation, it went through a number of title changes, including: ''A Few Good Ghosts'', ''Angel and Her No Good Sister'', ''Elgin's People'', and ''Once in a Blue Moon'', and would have been directed by [[Barry Cook]], the co-director of ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]''. Set to a bluegrass score, its voice cast included [[Dolly Parton]], [[Lily Tomlin]], [[Hal Holbrook]], and [[Charles Durning]].
Despite the well-received test screenings, on November 14, 2003, [[David Stainton]] announced in a company email that production on ''A Few Good Ghosts'' had been cancelled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-15-fi-disney15-story.html| title=Disney Decides It Doesn't Want 'A Few Good Ghosts' | last=Eller | first=Claudia | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=November 15, 2003 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref> Months later, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida closed its doors on March 19, 2004.<ref>{{cite web| title=Why Walt Disney Feature Animation opted NOT to make "My Peoples" | url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/02/21/why-walt-disney-feature-animation-opted-not-to-make-quot-my-peoples-quot.aspx | last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | date=February 21, 2011 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[Tam Lin]]'' || An adaptation of the Scottish fairy tale that [[Roger Allers]] had developed, but it was rejected after it was pitched to [[Michael Eisner]], who was in a corporate struggle with Roy E. Disney, once he recognized the project was Disney's "baby".<ref>{{cite interview|url=http://www.fumettologica.it/2014/12/intervista-roger-allers-re-leone/2/ | title=Intervista a Roger Allers, il regista de Il Re Leone | interviewer=Andrea Fiamma| website=Fumettologica | date=12 December 2014 | access-date=7 March 2015}}</ref> In May 2003, [[Sony Pictures Animation]] announced the project was being directed by Allers and [[Brenda Chapman]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/sony-tooning-new-animation-unit-1117885891/ | title=Sony tooning new animation unit | magazine=Variety | last=Harris | first=Dana | date=May 8, 2003 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> but one year later, he was later moved to co-direct SPA's first film ''[[Open Season (2006 film)|Open Season]]'' while Chapman moved to [[Pixar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/news/lion-king-director-open-season-writers-surf-s | title=Lion King Director Up for Open Season, Writers for Surf's Up | last=DeMott | first=Rick | website=Animation World Magazine | date=October 1, 2004 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| (n/a) || ''The Prince and the Pig'' || The project was described as a fairy tale centering on the grand adventure of a boy and his pig as they set off against all odds to try to steal the moon.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/mouse-house-grabs-prince-of-a-pitch-1117889442/ | title=Mouse House grabs 'Prince' of a pitch | last=Harris | first=Dana | magazine=Variety | date=July 16, 2003 | access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''The Three Pigs'' || An adaptation based on [[David Wiesner|David Wiesner's]] book ''[[The Three Pigs]]''. In May 2002, it was reported that the book was optioned to Walt Disney Feature Animation,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/disney-s-wiggy-for-piggy-bank-1117866601/ | title=Disney's wiggy for piggy bank | last=Bing | first=Jonathan | magazine=Variety | date=May 7, 2002 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref> and its development was announced in December 2003 as a 2D/3D animated hybrid film.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/disney-toons-duo-to-adapt-three-pigs-1117897377/ | title=Disney toons duo to adapt 'Three Pigs' | last=Dunkley |first=Cathy | magazine=Variety | date=December 18, 2003 | access-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Uncle Stiltskin'' || The story begins where the famous Brothers Grimm fairy tale ''[[Rumplestiltskin]]'' leaves off. In ''Uncle Stiltskin'', the fabled aspiring babynapper Rumplestiltskin again tries to fulfill his dream of being a father but, this time, he discovers the true meaning of family.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/mouse-sez-uncle-to-pitch-1117888812/ | title=Mouse sez 'Uncle' to pitch | magazine=Variety | last=Brodesser | first=Claude | date=July 1, 2003 | access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Spector | first=Josh | title=Duo spins gold with Dis pitch sale.|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | format=Fee required |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |access-date=January 4, 2015 |date=July 2, 2003 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-105366278/duo-spins-gold-dis-pitch-sale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104095842/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-105366278/duo-spins-gold-dis-pitch-sale|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Which Witch?'' || Based on the [[Which Witch? (novel)|children's novel of the same name]] by [[Eva Ibbotson]], the project tells of a fantasy adventure in which a magical wizard realizes that before he retires, he must find a wife. He holds a contest in which all the world's witches compete by performing their most outrageous spells.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/disney-itches-for-witch-pic-1117895673/ | title=Disney itches for 'Witch' pic | author=Harris, Dana | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=November 13, 2003 | access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> In October 2014, it was announced that the project is in development again at the [[Jim Henson Company]] with [[Billy Crystal]] serving as a writer, producer and star.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/billy-crystal-joins-henson-which-witch-1201326184/ | title=Billy Crystal Joins Henson Co.'s 'Which Witch' (EXCLUSIVE) | author=McNary, Dave | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=October 9, 2014 | access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref>
|}
===2004===
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| Feature film || ''One for Sorrow, Two for Joy'' || Based on the Clive Woodall novel of the same name, it is set in an imaginary kingdom of Birddom and follows the plight of a plucky robin tasked with saving the world from evil magpies. In 2004, Disney entered negotiations with Woodall to acquire the film rights in hopes of producing an animated adaptation.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/inside-move-u-k-grocer-rings-up-novel-deal-1117901647/ | title=Inside Move: U.K. grocer rings up novel deal | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=March 14, 2004 | access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Recess'' || ''Recess: The First Day of School'' || This would have been a direct-to-video film to be released in August 2004, the fourth direct-to-video film, and the fifth film in the ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'' franchise. The plot revolved on T.J. and his gang (except Gus, who wouldn't have moved to town yet) adjusting to fourth grade, making it a prequel to the events of the series. It was scrapped shortly after ''[[Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade]]'' and ''[[Recess: All Growed Down]]'' were released at the end of 2003.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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===2005===
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| ''Winnie the Pooh'' || ''Disney Learning Adventures'' || Originally, Disney was to release more ''Learning Adventures'' installments, such as ''Winnie the Pooh: Good Day Good Night'' and ''Winnie the Pooh: Time to Rhyme''. However, plans to release both titles on DVD were ultimately scrapped after big update for DisneyToon Studios, and the original trailer for them can be found on several Disney DVDs and on YouTube.<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NigC_Ryh6qg | title=Disney Learning Adventures Good Day, Good Night and Time to Rhyme Trailer | date=February 9, 2015 | access-date=May 17, 2015 | via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | Feature film || ''The Abandoned'' || Based on the children's book by [[Paul Gallico]], the story focused on a young boy who transforms into a cat.<ref name="grant" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID509130-509131.asp|title=Remember Joe Grant|last=Wickham|first=Rhett|website=The Laughing Place|date=May 7, 2005|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Fraidy Cat'' || This proposed feature film was to have chronicled a frightened cat, who had already lost three of his nine lives, that finds himself trapped in a [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]]-esque plot. The project originated with Piet Kroon, but was inherited by [[Ron Clements]] and [[John Musker]]. However, David Stainton, then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, refused to green-light the project.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/18/662.aspx | title=Why was the head of WDFA afraid to put "Fraidy Cat" into production? | last=Hill | first=Jim | website=Jim Hill Media | date=August 17, 2005 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[Mr. Popper's Penguins]]'' || Based on the novel of the same name, the project was developed by Joe Grant where Eisner and Stainton wanted the project to be set in contemporary New York, to which Grant contested.<ref name="grant">{{Cite book|last=Canemaker|first=John|title=Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft|location=New York|publisher=Disney Editions|year=2010|pages=190–192|isbn=978-1-423-11067-5}}</ref> The project was later moved to [[20th Century Fox]] ([[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|now owned by Disney]]) and [[Mr. Popper's Penguins (film)|was released]] on June 17, 2011. It starred [[Jim Carrey]] and [[Carla Gugino]] in the lead roles and received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success.
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| ''Winnie the Pooh'' || Untitled ''Winnie the Pooh'' film || Screenwriter Robert Reece wrote a [[Film treatment|treatment]] for a ''Winnie the Pooh'' feature film. It was to center on a dilemma for one of Pooh's friends, but it was never pitched.<ref name="Armstrong" />
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| ''[[Aladdin (franchise)|Aladdin]]'' || ''Aladdin 4'' || In 2005, screenwriter Robert Reece pitched a fourth ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' feature to DisneyToon executives, although it never came to fruition.<ref name="Armstrong" />
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| Feature film || ''1906'' || In 2005, Pixar began collaborating with Disney and [[Warner Bros.]] on a live-action film adaptation of [[James Dalessandro]]'s novel ''[[1906 (novel)|1906]]'', with Brad Bird announced as the director.<ref name="Pixar">{{cite web|last=Bastoli |first=Mike |title='1906' to be Disney/Pixar/Warner Bros./? collaboration |url=http://www.bigscreenanimation.com/2008/03/1906-to-be-pixarwarner-bros.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208150759/http://www.bigscreenanimation.com/2008/03/1906-to-be-pixarwarner-bros.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |work=March 13, 2008 |publisher=Big Screen Animation |access-date=July 10, 2012 }}</ref> It would have marked Pixar's first involvement in a live-action production and their first collaboration with a major production company other than Disney. Disney and Pixar left the project due to script problems and an estimated budget of $200 million, and it is in limbo at Warner Bros.<ref name="SlashFilm 2">{{cite news |date= January 27, 2010 |last= Fischer |first= Russ |title= What Happened to Brad Bird's 1906?|url= https://www.slashfilm.com/what-happened-to-brad-birds-1906/|newspaper=[[Slashfilm]]|access-date= December 7, 2019 }}</ref> However, in June 2018, Bird mentioned the possibility of adapting the novel as a TV series, and the earthquake sequence as a live-action feature film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/1906-update-brad-bird/|title=Brad Bird Says '1906' May Get Made as an "Amalgam" of a TV and Film Project|date=June 18, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2018|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|author=Adam Chitwood}}</ref>
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| ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' || ''[[Toy Story 3#Production|Toy Story 3]]''<ref name=ew>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/06/16/toy-story-movie-youll-never-see|title=The ''Toy Story'' movie you?ll never see|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 16, 2006|access-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref> || This original version of the [[Toy Story 3|2010 film of the same name]] by Disney [[Circle Seven Animation]] was originally going to focus on Andy's Mom shipping a malfunctioning Buzz to [[Taiwan]], where he was built, as the other toys believe that he will be fixed there. After he's gone, they find out the company has issued a massive [[Product recall|recall]]. Fearing Buzz's destruction, a group of Andy's toys (Woody, Rex, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Jessie, and Bullseye) venture out to rescue Buzz. At the same time, Buzz meets other toys from around the world that has been recalled, including several Transformers toys.<ref>[https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Toy-Story-3-Was-Originally-Set-Taiwan-Involved-Transformers-68890.html Toy Story 3 Was Originally Set In Taiwan And Involved Transformers]</ref> After Disney bought Pixar in 2006, Circle Seven was shut down and its version of ''Toy Story 3'' was cancelled. Five years later, Pixar made their own version of ''Toy Story 3'' in 2010.
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| ''[[Monsters, Inc. (franchise)|Monsters, Inc.]]'' || ''[[Monsters University#Production|Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise]]'' || In 2005, [[Circle Seven Animation]] screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir wrote a [[film treatment]] for a sequel of ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.<ref name="circle7" >{{cite web|url= http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/08/655.aspx|title=The Skinny on Circle Seven|author=Jim Hill|date=August 7, 2005|access-date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> The film would have focused on Mike and Sulley visiting the human world to give Boo a birthday present, only to find that she had moved. After getting trapped in the human world, Mike and Sulley split up after disagreeing on what to do.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/03/07/want-a-peek-at-circle-7-s-unproduced-quot-monsters-inc-quot-sequel.aspx|title=Want a peek at Circle 7's unproduced "Monsters, Inc." sequel?|author=Jim Hill|date=March 7, 2011|access-date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> However, it was cancelled following the shutdown of Circle 7.<ref name="AVHilgenbergMuir">{{cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|title=Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney's Circle 7 Animation|url= http://animatedviews.com/2012/bob-hilgenberg-and-rob-muir-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-disneys-circle-7-animation/|access-date=June 27, 2013|website=Animated Views|date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> Pixar made a prequel, ''[[Monsters University]]'', in 2013.
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| ''[[Finding Nemo (franchise)|Finding Nemo]]'' || ''[[Finding Dory#Production|Finding Nemo 2]]'' || In 2005, Disney was going to make a sequel to ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' without Pixar's involvement by the now-defunct [[Circle Seven Animation]].<ref name=ew/><ref name="AVHilgenbergMuir"/> Although it never went into production, a script for the Circle Seven version was uploaded to the official [[Raindance Film Festival]] website in 2018. It would have involved Nemo's long lost twin brother named Remy, then Marlin gets captured so its up to Nemo, Remy, and Dory to save him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Circle 7 Animation (partially found production material of cancelled direct-to-video sequels; 2005-2006) |url=https://lostmediawiki.com/Disney_Circle_7_Animation_(partially_found_production_material_of_cancelled_direct-to-video_sequels;_2005-2006)|website=Lost Media Wiki|access-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref> After Disney bought Pixar in 2006, Circle Seven was shut down and its version of ''Finding Nemo 2'' was cancelled. Eleven years later, [[Pixar]] made their own sequel, ''[[Finding Dory]]'', in 2016.
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===2006===
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| ''[[Fantasia (franchise)|Fantasia]]'' || ''Fantasia 2006'' || Also known as ''Fantasia III'', this would have been the third film installment in the ''Fantasia'' series. The plans were eventually dropped altogether, and proposed segments from that abandoned film were instead produced and released as individual stand-alone Disney animated shorts. One of them was the 2004 short film ''[[One by One (2004 film)|One by One]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ziebarth|first=Christian|url=https://animatedviews.com/2008/disney-event-at-newport-festival-2008/ |title=''Roy Disney Presents'' At The Newport Film Festival 2008|website=Animated Views|date=May 5, 2008|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref>
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| ''[[Mulan (franchise)|Mulan]]'' || ''Mulan III'' || In 2002, a third ''Mulan'' film was announced to be in production.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/disney-bets-on-piglet-s-prospects-1117860897/ | title=Disney bets on Piglet's prospects|last=Herrick|first=Scott|magazine=Variety|date=February 18, 2002|access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> Like the first sequel, this proposed second sequel to ''Mulan'' would have ultimately gone direct-to-DVD, but the production was eventually canceled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Mulan%203/Notes/|title=Disney Animation Archive: Deleted Movies/Mulan 3/Notes/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322140535/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Mulan%203/Notes/|publisher=Animationarchive.net|archive-date=2012-03-22|access-date=2011-12-28}}</ref>
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===2007===
In June 2007, [[DisneyToon Studios]] president Sharon Morrill stepped down, and the [[Animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company|animation studio units]] under the Walt Disney Company underwent [[Restructuring|corporate restructuring]] as the Pixar leadership assumed more control. Thus, most sequels, plus a prequel series, out of DisneyToon Studios were cancelled.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awn.com/news/disneytoon-studios-prexy-morrill-steps-down | title=DisneyToon Studios Prexy Morrill Steps Down | last=Baisley | first=Sarah | publisher=Animation World Magazine | date=June 21, 2007 | access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Jim Hill sequels">{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/06/21/say-so-long-to-direct-to-video-sequels-disneytoon-studios-tunes-out-sharon-morrill.aspx|title=Say "So Long !" to direct-to-video sequels : DisneyToon Studios tunes out Sharon Morrill|website=Jim Hill Media|date=June 20, 2007}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Jungle Book (franchise)|The Jungle Book]]'' || ''The Jungle Book 3'' || In 2003, a third installment to ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' was planned. It would have been about Baloo and Shere Khan being captured and sold off to a Russian circus, and Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan, and Bagheera deciding to save them both. Over the course of the film, Shere Khan regrets his hatred against humanity because of his capture, and eventually reforms,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mimi-na.deviantart.com/journal/This-is-a-Sequel-Love-Zone-242150222 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224545/http://mimi-na.deviantart.com/journal/This-is-a-Sequel-Love-Zone-242150222 | title=This is a Sequel-Love Zone | publisher=[[deviantArt]] | date=October 23, 2006 | access-date=June 27, 2014 | archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> but the project never materialized.<ref name="Armstrong"/>
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| ''The Aristocats'' || ''The Aristocats II'' || The direct-to-video sequel to [[The Aristocats|the original 1970 film]].<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" /> The story was to have concerned Marie, Duchess's daughter, who becomes smitten by another kitten aboard a luxury cruise ship. However, she and her family must soon take on a jewel thief on the open seas.<ref name="Armstrong">{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|url=http://animatedviews.com/2013/from-snow-queen-to-pinocchio-ii-robert-reeces-animated-adventures-in-screenwriting/|title=From ''Snow Queen'' to ''Pinocchio II'': Robert Reece's animated adventures in screenwriting|website=Animated Views|date=April 22, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref>
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| ''Chicken Little'' || ''Chicken Little: The Ugly Duckling Story'' || The canceled direct-to-DVD sequel to ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]''.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" /><ref>{{cite interview|url=http://animatedviews.com/2008/disneytoon-studios-and-the-sequels-that-never-were-with-tod-carter/|title=DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter|interviewer=Jérémie Noyer|subject=Tod Carter|website=Animated Views|date=October 20, 2008|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | ''Meet the Robinsons'' || ''Meet the Robinsons: First Date'' || The canceled direct-to-DVD sequel to ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" />
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| ''Pet Project'' || A 6-minute short intended to be included on the film's DVD release, entailing the story of how Bowler Hat Guy was able to retrieve, raise and train a giant dinosaur to ravage against Lewis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2070010499717674&id=448057295246344 | title=DVD SHORT | publisher=[[FaceBook]] | date=September 29, 2018 | access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> Progress was slightly swindled when Ed Catmull said that he didn't want the studio to devote any more time with creating extra shorts for DVD releases because they "don't pay for themselves",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facebook.com/watch/?v=271078963530609 | title=Pet Project | publisher=[[FaceBook]] | date=September 29, 2018 | access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> and was eventually cancelled after the second draft animatic was completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2105893256129398&id=448057295246344 | title=MY PET IS PUT DOWN | publisher=[[FaceBook]] | date=October 27, 2018 | access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
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| ''[[Snow White (franchise)|Snow White]]'' || ''The Seven Dwarfs'' || At one point, Disney was developing a ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''-like franchise series of direct-to-DVD films which would chronicle the adventures of the [[Seven Dwarfs]] before they met [[Snow White (Disney character)|Snow White]]. The proposed project didn't go through, and the planned series was ultimately canceled.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" /> However, the concept was revived into a television series titled ''[[The 7D]]'' which aired on [[Disney XD]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref name="MikeDisa">{{cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|url=http://animatedviews.com/2013/mike-disa-and-the-seven-dwarfs-how-the-snow-white-prequel-became-a-dopey-movie/|title=Mike Disa and ''The Seven Dwarfs'': How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie|website=Animated Views|date=August 14, 2013|access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Pinocchio'' || ''Pinocchio II'' || The canceled direct-to-video sequel to [[Pinocchio (1940 film)|the original 1940 film]].<ref name="Armstrong"/>
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| ''[[Disney Princess]]'' || ''Disney Princess Enchanted Tales'' || Initially, after the release of the direct-to-video film ''[[Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams]]'', there was to be an entire series of ''Enchanted Tales'' direct-to-video film installments.<ref name="Jim Hill sequels" />
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==2010s==
===2010===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''Newt'' || This proposed project from Pixar would have concerned the exploits of two blue-footed newts, one male and one female, trying to find each other and bonding. They eventually found each other and prevented the extinction of their newt race. The film was planned to be released in 2011; it later was delayed to 2012, but it was finally cancelled by early 2010. In a March 2014 interview, Pixar president [[Edwin Catmull]] stated that ''Newt'' was an idea that was not working in pre-production. When the project was passed to [[Pete Docter]], he pitched an idea that Pixar thought was better, and that concept became ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''.<ref name=unproduced_disney>{{cite web | author=Mike | url=http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/exclusive-newt-is-cancelled.html | title=Exclusive: Newt is "cancelled" | publisher=The Pixar Blog | date=2010-05-11 | access-date=2011-07-20}}</ref><ref name=scrapped_disney>{{cite web | last=Vejvoda | first=Jim | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/116/1165409p1.html | title=Pixar on Newt | website=IGN | date=2011-05-02 | access-date=2011-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Nemo|title=John Lasseter Says 'Thank You, Korea,' But Pixar Production to Remain In-House|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/john-lasseter-says-thank-you-korea-but-pixar-production-to-remain-in-house-1201335172/|access-date=October 24, 2014|work=Variety|date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''ShadeMaker''|| In 2010, [[Henry Selick]] formed a joint venture with Pixar called Cinderbiter Productions, which was to exclusively produce [[stop-motion]] films.<ref>{{cite news|last=LeBlanc|first=Will|title=Henry Selick Bringing Stop-Motion Back To Disney|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Henry-Selick-Bringing-Stop-Motion-Back-To-Disney-17865.html|access-date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=Cinemablend|date=April 1, 2010}}</ref> Its first project under the deal, a film titled ''ShadeMaker'' was set to be released on October 4, 2013,<ref name="Collider 1">{{cite news |last=Bettinger |first=Brendan |title=Disney Cancels Production on Henry Selick's Untitled Stop-Motion Movie|publisher=Collider.com|date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> but was canceled in August 2012 due to creative differences.<ref name="Collider 1" /><ref name="LAT 1">{{cite news|last=Fritz|first=Ben|title=Disney takes $50 million write-down on canceled animation project|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/13/entertainment/la-et-ct-disney-50-million-write-down-20120913|access-date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> An adaptation of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s novel ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'' was also planned.<ref>{{cite news|last=Medina|first=Joseph Jammer|title=Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book Was Shut Down At Pixar|url=https://lrmonline.com/news/neil-gaimans-the-graveyard-book-was-shut-down-at-pixar/|access-date=June 19, 2019|publisher=LMR Online|date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> Selick was given the option to shop ''ShadeMaker'' (now titled ''The Shadow King'') to other studios.<ref name="A.V. Club">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/henry-selicks-the-shadow-king-proceeding-without-d,92060/ |title=Henry Selick's The Shadow King proceeding without Disney, but with a plot and voice cast |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date= February 5, 2013 |access-date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> Selick later stated in interviews that the film suffered from interference from John Lasseter who Selick claimed came in and constantly changed elements of the script and production that ended up balooning the budget that would lead to its cancelation.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 'plagues' of Wendell & Wild: fires, ice storms, rioters, and COVID-19 |url=https://ew.com/movies/wendell-wild-puppet-rescue-henry-selick-interview/|access-date=October 4, 2022|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>
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===2011===
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| Feature film || ''Mort'' || This proposed traditionally animated film would have been based on [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Mort|Discworld novel of the same name]]. It would have been directed by [[John Musker]] and [[Ron Clements]], the directors of the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''. Disney could not afford the rights to the film, so it was scrapped.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/movies/sioux-city-native-ron-clements-preps-new-film-for-disney/article_90931eff-4f52-5bfe-8fed-20b21ac104b7.html | author=Miller, Bruce | title=DREAM FULFILLED: Sioux City native Ron Clements preps new film for Disney studio | newspaper=[[Sioux City Journal]] | date=August 23, 2013 | access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Mickey Mouse'' || Untitled Mickey Mouse film || Disney story veteran [[Burny Mattinson]] revealed in one interview that he was developing a "Mickey, Donald, Goofy feature film idea," but he has yet to pitch the idea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/disney-may-be-prepping-mickey-mouses-first-feature-53658 | title=Disney may be prepping Mickey Mouse's first feature-length film | last=O'Neal | first=Sean | website=[[The A.V. Club]] | date=March 25, 2011 | access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)#Scrapped remake|Yellow Submarine]]'' || This [[motion capture]] remake of [[Yellow Submarine (film)|the 1968 Beatles film]] was developed by [[Robert Zemeckis]]. Disney canceled the project due to the box office failure of the Zemeckis-produced motion capture film ''[[Mars Needs Moms]]'' and aesthetic concerns about the technology.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yellowsubmarine-idUSTRE72E0ED20110315 |title=Disney torpedoes Zemeckis' "Yellow Submarine" |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 14, 2011 |via=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> After its cancellation at Disney, Zemeckis then tried to pitch the film to other studios, before eventually losing interest in the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/robert-zemeckis-gives-up-on-the-yellow-submarine-remake/|title= Robert Zemeckis Gives Up On the 'Yellow Submarine' Remake|website=/Film|last1=Han|first1=Angie|date=December 27, 2012|access-date=December 3, 2017}}</ref>
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===2012===
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| rowspan="2" | Feature film || ''King of the Elves'' || Based on the [[The King of the Elves|short story]] by [[Philip K. Dick]], it was originally directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, and scheduled for a Christmas 2012 release.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2008/digital/news/disney-unveils-animation-slate-1117983709/ | last1=Hayes | first1=Dade | last2=Fritz | first2=Ben | title=Disney unveils animation slate | magazine=Variety | date=April 8, 2008 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> However, the project was cancelled in December 2009,<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Cohen | first=David | url=https://variety.com/2010/digital/markets-festivals/blaise-to-head-digital-domain-florida-1118018272/ | title=Blaise to head Digital Domain Florida | magazine=Variety | date=April 26, 2010 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> though it returned development in 2011 with [[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]] as the director.<ref>{{cite magazine | last1=Graser | first1=Marc | last2=Sneider | first2=Jeff | url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/disney-revives-king-of-the-elves-toon-1118039315/ | title=Disney revives 'King of the Elves' toon | magazine=Variety | date=June 29, 2011 | access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref> Ultimately, Williams left the project in 2012 to work on ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vasquez|first1=Larry|title=Interview with Angry Birds Director - Clay Kaytis|url=http://www.ianimate.net/podcasts/item/interview-with-angry-birds-director-clay-kaytis.html|website=iAnimate|access-date=June 8, 2017|date=September 27, 2016|time=29:15}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'' || In April 2012, [[Walt Disney Pictures]] acquired the rights and hired [[Henry Selick]], director of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' and the [[Coraline (film)|film adaptation]] of Gaiman's novel ''[[Coraline]]'', to direct ''The Graveyard Book''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/disney-scares-up-deal-for-neil-gaimans-the-graveyard-book-263157/|title=Henry Selick To Direct Neil Gaiman's 'The Graveyard Book' In Disney Deal|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 27, 2012|access-date=April 27, 2012}}</ref> The film was moved to [[Pixar]] as a stop-motion production, which would have been the company's first adapted work.<ref>{{cite news|last=Medina|first=Joseph Jammer|title=Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book Was Shut Down At Pixar|url=https://lrmonline.com/news/neil-gaimans-the-graveyard-book-was-shut-down-at-pixar/|access-date=June 19, 2019|publisher=LMR Online|date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> After the studio and Selick parted ways over scheduling and development, it was announced in January 2013 that [[Ron Howard]] would direct the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ron-howard-talks-direct-disneys-414344 |title=Ron Howard in Talks to Direct Disney's 'Graveyard Book' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 22, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref>
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=== 2013 ===
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| ''Toy Story'' || ''Toy Story Toons: Mythic Rock'' || In 2013, it was revealed a fourth short of ''[[Toy Story Toons]]'' was in the works, entitled ''Mythic Rock''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|title=New ''Toy Story Toon'' revealed: ''Mythic Rock''|url=http://animatedviews.com/2013/new-toy-story-toon-revealed-mythic-rock/|access-date=November 23, 2016|website=Animated Views|date=May 21, 2013}}</ref> However, it was never released.
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| ''[[Cars (franchise)|Cars]]'' || ''Tales from Radiator Springs: To Protect and Serve'' || At the 2013 [[Disney D23]] Expo, it was announced that a fifth episode of ''[[Cars Toons]]: Tales from Radiator Springs'', entitled ''To Protect and Serve'', was in production.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ThePixarTimes |title=Pixar working on two new Cars Toons: 'Radiator Springs 500 1/2,' and 'To Protect and Serve.' To debut on Disney Channel in 2014. #D23Expo |number=366360153085313024 |via=Twitter |date=August 10, 2013 |access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pixarpost.com/2014/10/to-protect-and-serve.html |title=Exclusive First Look at the Upcoming Cars Toon 'To Protect and Serve' |website=Pixar Post |date=October 30, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref> However, it was never released.
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| ''[[Prep & Landing (series)|Prep & Landing]]'' || ''Prep & Landing 4'' || In a 2011 interview promoting the third entry in the series of Christmas specials, ''[[Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice|Naughty vs. Nice]]'', creators Kevin Deters and [[Stevie Wermers]]-Skelton stated that there were plans for a fourth entry in the series, but that they could not reveal any more about the project.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yuletide Adventure Continues|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/prep-and-landing/yuletide-adventure-continues|archive-date=December 12, 2012|access-date=December 3, 2011|newspaper=Disney|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212080729/http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/prep-and-landing/yuletide-adventure-continues}}</ref> The project ultimately never made it to broadcast, and the two were instead assigned to a different Christmas short, ''[[Olaf's Frozen Adventure]]'', in 2016; by this point, the two spoke of the series in the past tense.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://collider.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-interview-kevin-deters-stevie-wermers-skelton/|title='Olaf's Frozen Adventure' Directors Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton on Crafting the Featurette|date=2017-11-15|work=Collider|access-date=2017-12-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
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===2014===
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| ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || Untitled ''[[The Simpsons Movie|Simpsons Movie]]'' sequel || In 2014, Brooks stated that he had been approached by Fox and that they had requested a second film. He added that there were no immediate plans, stating, "We've been asked to [develop it], but we haven't. We're doing a lot of other stuff."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-l-brooks-talks-simpsons-738213 |title=James L. Brooks Talks 'Simpsons' Sequel, New Film Projects (Exclusive Video)|author=Tim Appelo|date=June 10, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In December 2014, just prior to the broadcast of the episode "[[The Man Who Came to Be Dinner]]", Jean wrote on Twitter that the episode (which had been produced in 2012 and was originally set to air in May 2013) had been held back by himself and Brooks because it was being considered for adaptation into a sequel film as the episode was "cinematic".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/550368001590308864|title=Al Jean on Twitter|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref name=snierson/> Jean later expanded that there was the fear of the potential film being considered "not canonical" with the TV series<ref name=snierson>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Snierson|date=January 14, 2015|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/14/simpsons-movie-idea/|title=This idea could have been the next 'Simpsons' movie|work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com}}</ref> and the potential backlash of overcoming it by using a "memory wipe".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/weird-simpsons-episode-was-almost-weird-simpsons-m-213868|title=Weird Simpsons episode was almost weird Simpsons movie|work=avclub.com}}</ref> In July 2017, Silverman and Jean said that the sequel was in the early stages of development and stressed the toll production of the first picture took on the entire staff.<ref name="EW 10th Anniversary">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/27/the-simpsons-movie-10th-anniversary|title=The Simpsons Movie: 10 stories on the 10th anniversary|first=Dan|last=Snierson|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref> On August 10, 2018, it was reported that a sequel is in development.<ref name="Burwick">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/the-simpsons-movie-2-development-fox/|title=The Simpsons Movie 2 Reportedly in Development at Fox|first=Kevin |last=Burwick|work=movieweb.com|date=August 10, 2018|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref> On July 22, 2019, Groening stated that he has "no doubts" that [[The Walt Disney Company]], which [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquired]] [[21st Century Fox]] early that year, will likely produce a sequel one day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/matt-groening-confirms-sequel-simpsons-movie-2531250|title=Matt Groening confirms 'The Simpsons Movie' sequel|first=Nick|last=Reilly|work=NME|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref> In July 2021, Jean stated that discussions for the potential sequel had stalled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-simpsons-movie-sequel-al-jean-update-plans-future/|title=The Simpsons Showrunner Confirms Movie Sequel Was Being Discussed Prior to Pandemic|first=Patrick|last=Cavanaugh|date=July 7, 2021|access-date=July 8, 2021|publisher=comicbook}}</ref> However, on September 11, 2022, Jean announced that the sequel is no longer in development and later cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/the-simpsons-movie-2-showrunner-response/|title= Will The Simpsons Movie 2 Ever Happen? Showrunner Talks Possible Sequel|date=September 11, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022|publisher=screenrant}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Tinker Bell (film series)|Tinker Bell]]'' || ''Tinker Bell and the Unknown Season'' || In addition to the six feature-length Tinker Bell films, DisneyToon Studios also had plans for a seventh film intended to be released in December 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sarahdiamondswirlsph.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/disney-may-continue-tinker-bell-series/|title=DISNEY MAY CONTINUE TINKER BELL SERIES!|website=Sarahdiamondswirlsph.wordpress.com|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> In April 2014, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' stated that the film was cancelled due to storyline problems.<ref name=THR300Million>{{cite news|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|title=How Tinker Bell Became Disney's Stealthy $300 Million Franchise|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-tinker-bell-became-disneys-692559|access-date=October 21, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 3, 2014}}</ref>
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| ''Tink Meets Peter'' || [[Stephen Anderson (artist)|Stephen Anderson]] stated on Twitter about working on an eighth ''Tinker Bell'' film in late 2014 or early 2015. The working title was ''Tink Meets Peter'' and was intended to be the final installment in the franchise and a direct prequel to the [[Peter Pan (1953 film)|1953 ''Peter Pan'' film]]. The storyline would show how Peter came to Neverland, and the genesis of Peter and Tink’s relationship. The film was under production during the time home video marketing was plummeting and DisneyToon Studios' closure.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=Story room doodles from when the amazing Dan Abraham and I were directing a film with the working title ‘Tink Meets Peter.’|number=1563973720120537088|user=stevehatguy|date=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
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===2017===
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| Feature film || ''Gigantic'' || Based on the English folk tale "[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]", the story was set in Spain, in which Jack befriends a female giant. Originally titled ''Giants'',<ref name=shelved>{{Cite news|url= https://www.slashfilm.com/gigantic-canceled/ |title='Gigantic' Canceled By Disney Animation |last=Sciretta|first=Peter|date=October 10, 2017|work=[[/Film]]|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> the film would have been directed by [[Nathan Greno]] and [[Meg LeFauve]],<ref name=newdirector>{{cite news|last=Holmes|first=Adam|title=Disney's Jack And The Beanstalk Movie Just Hired Someone Over From Pixar|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1562769/disneys-jack-and-the-beanstalk-movie-just-hired-someone-over-from-pixar|access-date=February 15, 2021|newspaper=Cinemablend|date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> co-written by LeFauve,<ref name=newdirector/> produced by [[Dorothy McKim]],<ref name=newdirector/> executive-produced by [[John Lasseter]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Jerry|last=Beck|title=John Lasseter Reveals All At D23; Disney's "Gigantic", Pixar's "Coco" Unveiled|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/john-lasseter-reveals-all-at-d23-disneys-gigantic-pixars-coco-unveiled-123175/|date=August 15, 2015|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> and included songs written by [[Robert Lopez]] and [[Kristen Anderson-Lopez]].<ref name=newdirector/> However, the project faced multiple delays, having been previously scheduled for release on November 23, 2016,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hunter|first1=Honor|title=Giant Steps...|url=http://www.blueskydisney.com/2013/09/giant-steps.html|access-date=February 14, 2021|work=Blue Sky Disney|date=September 10, 2013}}</ref> March 9, 2018,<ref name=newdirector/> November 21, 2018,<ref name=newdirector/> and November 25, 2020.<ref name=shelved/> On October 10, 2017, Walt Disney Animation Studios President [[Edwin Catmull|Ed Catmull]] announced that the film had been shelved and ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]'' took up its original release date''.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Disney Shelves 'Jack and the Beanstalk' Film 'Gigantic' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-shelves-jack-beanstalk-film-gigantic-1047482|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 14, 2017|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hughes |first=William |title=Disney takes an axe to its Jack And The Beanstalk movie |website=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/disney-takes-an-axe-to-its-jack-and-the-beanstalk-movie-1819341339 |date=October 10, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''[[Mouse Guard (film)|Mouse Guard]]'' || 20th Century Fox was producing an animated feature film based on the comic book series ''[[Mouse Guard]]'' by [[David Petersen (comics)|David Petersen]]. The story was described as a fantasy epic about a group of medieval mice sworn to protect their fellow rodents from dangerous forces. [[Wes Ball]] was director while [[Andy Serkis]], [[Idris Elba]], Samson Kayo, [[Thomas Brodie-Sangster]], and [[Jack Whitehall]] were attached to star. In April 2019, following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the project was cancelled two weeks before production was to begin.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kits|first1=Borys|last2=Kilkeeny|first2=Katie|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-scraps-mouse-guard-two-weeks-before-production-set-begin-1202956|title=Disney Scraps 'Mouse Guard' Two Weeks Before Production Set to Begin|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 17, 2019|accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref> In the following June, Ball and concept artist Derek Zabrocki posted pre-visualization artwork and a [[proof of concept]] demo reel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Romano|first=Nick|url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/06/26/mouse-guard-movie-concept-art-animation-wes-ball/|title=''Mouse Guard'' director reveals dramatic demo reel for canceled fantasy epic|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 26, 2019|accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref>
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| Feature film || ''[[The Dam Keeper]]'' || In November 2016, it was reported that Tonko House and [[20th Century Fox Animation|Fox Animation]] were co-producing an animated film based on the Academy Award-nominated short film.<ref>{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/fox-animation-the-dam-keeper-movie-1201919508/|title=Fox Animation Developing 'The Dam Keeper' Movie|magazine=Variety|date=November 16, 2016|accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref> However, due to the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition of 20th Century Fox to Disney]], Kondo and [[Daisuke Tsutsumi|Tsutsumi]] decided to bring the project back to Tonko House, in which the directors would resume finding a new studio partner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Aguilar|first=Carlos|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/tonko-house-takes-the-dam-keeper-rights-from-fox-announces-new-development-slate-171039.html|title=Tonko House Takes Back 'Dam Keeper' Rights From Fox, Announces New Development Slate|website=[[Cartoon Brew]]|date=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
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===2018===
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Cars (franchise)|Planes]]'' || ''Beyond the Sky''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogmickey.com/2018/02/breaking-cars-universe-space-movie-titled-beyond-sky/|title=BREAKING: Cars Universe Space Movie to be Titled “Beyond the Sky”|website=Blogmickey.com|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> || In July 2017 at the [[D23 (Disney)|D23 Expo]], [[John Lasseter]] announced that a spin-off film in the ''Planes'' series would explore the future of aviation in [[outer space]]. The film had a release date of April 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/869187-untitled-space-movie-announced-by-disneytoon-studios#/slide/1|title=Space Movie Announced by DisneyToon Studios|date=July 14, 2017|publisher=[[Comingsoon.net]]}}</ref> On March 1, 2018, it was removed from the release schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/disney-marvel-animation-release-dates/|title=Disney Announces a Slew of New Marvel, Live-Action and Animation Release Dates Through 2023|last=Foutch|first=Haliegh|website=Collider|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref> On June 28, 2018, DisneyToon Studios was shut down, ending development on the film.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Desowitz |first1=Bill |title=Disney Shuts Down Disneytoon Studios in Glendale: Exclusive |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/disneytoon-studios-shuts-down-disney-glendale-1201979736/ |access-date=June 28, 2018 |work=IndieWire |date=June 28, 2018}}</ref>
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| ''Metro'' || Another spin-off after ''Planes'' set in the ''Cars'' universe about trains.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fischerman|first=Dan|title=Losing it at these Pixar concept images for a proposed 'Cars' spinoff called 'Metro'|url=https://twitter.com/fischermandan/status/1591851126416347137|access-date=2022-11-14|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Loter |first=Steve |title=@FischermanDan This was my film that I developed at Disneytoons. I had an amazing team and it would have been an incredible film.|url=https://twitter.com/steveloter/status/1591990924015710209|access-date=2022-11-14|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>
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==2020s==
===2021===
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| ''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]'' || Untitled ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' series || A series centered on Oswald was in development with the project announced in 2019 for a potential release on [[Disney+]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ridgely|first1=Charlie|date=July 6, 2019|title=Disney+ Reportedly Developing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit TV Series|language=en|work=ComicBook.com|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/07/06/oswald-lucky-rabbit-tv-series-disney-plus/|access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nolan|first1=L.D.|date=July 7, 2019|title=REPORT: Disney+ Developing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Animated Series|work=CBR|url=https://www.cbr.com/report-disney-oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-series/|access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref> [[Disney Television Animation]] veteran [[Matt Danner]] revealed that a series was in development as a follow up for the team behind ''[[Legend of the Three Caballeros]]'', but that they "got broken up and scattered to the wind."<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MattyDanner|number=1474996345903587330|date=December 26, 2021|title=Iger was very serious about it. The Legend of the Three Caballeros team was going to follow up with an Oswald show for steaming. Scripts written, designs done, animation test in hand, and a pilot in production. It was beautiful! Then we got broken up and scattered to the wind.}}</ref> He expressed hope that the series could still be revived in the future and further hinted that another team would develop it as Disney was still heavily invested in wanting to revive the character.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MattyDanner|number=1475006178019078153|date=December 26, 2021|title=Hey gang! Don’t be sad about this. Oswald has A LOT of love within Disney. I just wanted to share how serious that love is. I’m sure there will be an Oswald project coming your way in the near future.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=MattyDanner|number=1475959144217645056|date=December 28, 2021|title=Lots of people jumping to conclusions here. No one is saying there is no Oswald content in development. Just saying MY TEAM’S version has not been in development for a few years. I wanted to share how passionate and serious myself and the folks at Disney are about Oswald.}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of unproduced 20th Century Studios animated projects]]
* [[List of unproduced Marvel Comics projects]]
** [[List of unproduced television projects based on Marvel Comics]]
** [[List of unproduced films based on Marvel Imprints]]
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Solomon|first=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5TWAAAAMAAJ|title=The Disney That Never Was|publisher=Disney Editions|year=1995|location=New York|isbn=978-0-786-86037-1}}
{{Disney theatrical animated features}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of unproduced Disney animated shorts and feature films}}
[[Category:Disney animated films| ]]
[[Category:Disney-related lists|Unmade and unreleased Disney animated shorts and feature films, List of]]
[[Category:Cancelled films|Disney]]
[[Category:Lists of American animated films|Unreleased Disney]]' |
