List of unproduced 20th Century Studios animated projects

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This is a list of unmade and unreleased animated projects by 20th Century Studios. Some of these films and shows were, or still are, in development limbo. These also include the co-productions the studio collaborated with in the past (i.e. 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios, DreamWorks Animation, 20th Television Animation and Locksmith Animation), as well as sequels to their franchises.

1990s[]

1994[]

Series Title Description
Television series Youngblood A half-hour Youngblood animated series was planned for the 1995–96 season on Fox Kids as part of an hour block with a proposed Cyberforce series.[1] The series was being developed by Roustabout Productions, a newly formed animation company. According to Nick Dubois, creative director and co-founder of Roustabout, the series would take a lighthearted approach with tongue-in-cheek humor.[2] A clip was created but the series was never produced due to Fox Kids signing an exclusive deal with Marvel Comics. The clip aired in commercials for Youngblood action figures.
Television series Cyberforce A Cyberforce TV series was proposed aside with the Youngblood TV series, but was scrapped alongside it for the same reason.

1995[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Betty of the Jungle In 1995, animator Bill Kopp (creator of Fox Kids' Eek! the Cat) pitched an idea for an original adult animated film called Betty of the Jungle, in which he describes it as a sexy George of the Jungle about jungle warrior woman Betty (set to be voiced by Loni Anderson) and her gun-caring poodle (set to be voiced by Bruce Willis) who battle evil to protect their jungle village. However, after an animation test and conceptual artwork, Fox Animation declined to approve the project.[3][4]
Feature film Dracula At one time, Fox Animation had planned to produce an animated musical adaptation of Dracula.[5]

1998[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Santa Calls In their first partnership with Blue Sky Studios, their first feature film with them was an adaptation of the children's book Santa Calls by William Joyce.[6][7] The story was to tell of Santa Claus asking three gifted children to help him defeat an army of dark elves and save Christmas.

1999[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Barlowe's Inferno In 1999, Fox Animation had optioned Barlowe's Inferno by Wayne Barlowe into a potential adult animated film that would follow one man's journey into Hell.[8]
Feature film Rhapsody Fox Animation had intended to produce an animated film based on the first installment of the Rhapsody trilogy by Elizabeth Haydon. The story was to tell of a human girl named Rhapsody going on an epic quest with the warrior Achmed and a Firbolg named Grunthor.[9]

2000s[]

2000[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Africa Fox Animation had been planning to produce an adult animated epic film set in Africa for which animator Will Makra posted conceptual artwork for.[10][11] Unfortunately, however, the studio has been shut down due to the financial failure of Titan A.E..
Feature film Over the Hedge Fox Animation originally acquired the film rights to the United Media comic strip Over the Hedge for a feature film produced by Fox Animation Studios. The idea of the film was conceived when Don Bluth and Gary Goldman showed the comic strip to its head Chris Meledandri, who was impressed by its humour and acquired rights to the strip. He asked the screenwriting duo of Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman to write the screenplay for the film. However, in February 2001, due to the disappointing performance of its recent film Titan A.E., it was later picked up by DreamWorks Animation under the leadership of its CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg when Fox put the film in turnaround.[12]
Feature film Party Animals In June 2000, it was reported that the Farrelly brothers were developing an animated adaptation of the novel Frisco Pigeon Mambo by C.D. Payne.[13] In June 2003, it was reported that Seth MacFarlane was attached to write and direct the project.[14]
Feature film Fathom In June 2000, it was reported that Fox was adapting the comic book series Fathom.[13]
Feature film The Little Beauty King In 2000, it was reported that Steve Oedekerk was developing The Little Beauty King, which was supposed to be a satirical animated film of the Disney Renaissance films.[13][15][16]

2001[]

Series Title Description
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy: The Animated Series In 2001, Joss Whedon and 20th Century Fox started the development of Buffy the Animated Series, an animated spin-off of Whedon's popular TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Whedon and Jeph Loeb were to produce the show while many actor of the original series were attached to reprise their roles. It was initially planned to be aired in Fox Kids, possibly as early in February 2002.[17] However, Fox Kids ceased to broadcast in September 2002, and no network wanted to pick up the series,[18] which resulted in the abandonment of this project.

2003[]

Series Title Description
Feature film The Iguana Brothers In September 2003, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios planned to adapt Tony Johnson and Mark Teague's children's book The Iguana Brothers: A Tale of Two Lizards into an animated film.[19]
Feature film The Wainscott Weasel In November 2003, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios planned to adapt Tor Seidler's children's book The Wainscott Weasel into an animated film.[20] However, in August 2006, it was announced that the project was shelved.[21]

2006[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Sheepish In October 2006, Fox, Starz Animation, and Odyssey Entertainment announced Sheepish, with Odyssey doing international sales, an CG animated family comedy about the brazen leader of a pack of macho wolves who undergoes karmic retribution when he is transformed into a sheep, to be directed by Daniel St. Pierre and Kevin Johnson, and written by Bart Coughlin. Kristen Bell was also going to voice a character. Elements may have been recycled for Alpha and Omega and Sheep and Wolves.

2008[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Anubis In April 2008, Fox and Blue Sky acquired the film rights to the fantasy novel The Anubis Tapestry by Bruce Zick for an animated film titled Anubis. David H. Steinberg wrote the first draft for the film. The film was scheduled for release on July 15, 2016, but pushed back to March 23, 2018, in favor of Ice Age: Collision Course,[22][23][24] but, by June 2017, it had been removed from its schedule.[25]

2009[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Spore In October 2009, EA and AIG announced the development of a computer-animated film adaptation of the video game Spore to be produced by Blue Sky Studios. Chris Wedge was attached to direct the proposed film.[26]
Feature film The Magician's Elephant On August 17, 2009, 20th Century Fox announced that Martin Hynes would adapt a novel titled The Magician's Elephant, which was yet to be released, into a feature film.[27] In that same announcement, Julia Pistor was also confirmed as a producer of the film.[28] On December 15, 2020, after languishing into development hell for a number of years, it was announced that Netflix has acquired the film rights to the book to develop the animated feature film, with Animal Logic working on the animation. In the same announcement, Noah Jupe, Benedict Wong, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford, Brian Tyree Henry, Mandy Patinkin, Miranda Richardson, Cree Summer, and Lorraine Toussaint were all cast to star in the film.[29]

2010s[]

2011[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Mutts In 2011, Blue Sky Studios announced a film adaptation of the comic strip, Mutts.[30] Patrick McDonnell and his brother Robert McDonnell were hired to write the script, while Patrick would also executive produce.[31] In late 2014, Patrick delivered the final draft of the film script, which was then, according to him, on a drawing board.[32][33]
Feature film Mr. Men and Little Miss In February 2011, it was reported that 20th Century Fox Animation was developing an animated feature film based on the Mr. Men book series, with Shawn Levy producing the film through his company 21 Laps Entertainment.[34] On 27 January 2015, Fox Animation confirmed that it had acquired the film rights to the Mr. Men Little Miss characters.[35] However, as of 2022, there have been no updates on the project.

2012[]

Series Title Description
Feature film B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations In September 2012, DreamWorks Animation announced they were developing an animated film about ghosts that would have starred Seth Rogen, Matt Bomer, Melissa McCarthy, Bill Murray, Octavia Spencer, Rashida Jones, and Jennifer Coolidge. It was to be directed by Tony Leondis and written by Tom Wheeler from a story by Leondis. It was about two bumbling apparitions who find themselves in an extraordinary after-life adventure when they join the Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (B.O.O.) – the ghost world's elite counter-haunting unit – and ultimately must face off against the planet's greatest haunter.[36][37] It was scheduled to be released on June 5, 2015, but it was pulled from its release to avoid competition with Disney•Pixar's Inside Out, and also due to a string of box office bombs like Rise of the Guardians, Turbo, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman.[38] In 2015, Leondis later moved from DreamWorks to Sony Pictures Animation to develop his next film, The Emoji Movie.[39]
Feature film Cardboard On September 2012, Fox Animation optioned graphic novelist Doug TenNapel's published Graphix novel Cardboard, with plans for actor Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures, Doug TenNapel and the Gotham Group to be executive producers for the film. Fox planned to have the picture developed under its WedgeWorks subsidiary. WedgeWorks director Chris Wedge (Ice Age) was producing, and considered directing the film as well.[40]
Ology Alienology In October 2012, it was reported that Carlos Saldanha, the director of the Ice Age and Rio films, was developing for 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios an animated feature film based on Alienology: The Complete Book of Extraterrestrials.[41] As of 2018, it was announced that Paramount Pictures will instead develop the film franchise based on all 13 Ology books.[42]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever In 2012, Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, had announced the possibility for an animated film to be based on Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever as the next installment. In an interview for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Kinney stated he was working with Fox on a half-hour special based on Cabin Fever, which was scheduled to air in late-2014.[43][44] The special was meant to be an animated production developed at 20th Century Fox Animation, and had begun development while Kinney worked in the live-action films. As of 2022, there has been no updates on the project.

2013[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Larrikins In June 2013, it was announced that Tim Minchin would compose the songs and score for DreamWorks Animation's Larrikins, which was based on an original concept by Harry Cripps.[45] The project was about a desert-dwelling bilby named Perry who leaves his home under a rock to go on a road trip with a music band in Australia. In June 2016, it was announced that Minchin and Chris Miller were to direct the film while Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Josh Lawson, Damon Herriman, and Ewen Leslie were to voice characters for the film. The film was slated to be released on February 16, 2018.[46] In March 2017, Minchin announced on his personal blog that the project had been cancelled. Minchin wrote on his blog,

I've recently been working in 3 different continents, missing my kids a lot, sleeping too little and not playing piano enough. And then a couple of days ago, the animated film to which I've dedicated the last 4 years of my life was shut down by the new studio execs. The only way I know how to deal with my impotent fury and sadness is to subject members of the public to the spectacle of me getting drunk and playing ballads.[47][48]

Shortly after the film's cancellation, Peter de Sève revealed some concept art for the film via Twitter.[49][50] Fortunately, however, certain characters from the film later appeared in the 2018 animated short film Bilby.[51]

2014[]

Series Title Description
The Book of Life Sequels to The Book of Life Director Jorge Gutierrez revealed in an interview that one of the ideas for the next chapter in the story involves Joaquin and his relationship with his father. "I had always imagined the first movie to be about Manolo, the second to be about Joaquín and the third one to be about Maria...I've always conceived it as a trilogy."[52] In June 2017, Gutierrez and Reel FX Animation announced that development on the sequel had begun; however, on June 14, 2019, Gutierrez clarified on Twitter that there are now currently no plans for a sequel.[53][54]

2015[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Nimona
Main article: Nimona (unproduced film)
Feature film Mega Man On September 2, 2015, Chernin Entertainment and Capcom began developing a Mega Man movie with Peter Chernin producing along with Mike Ireland and Ryan Harrigan and David Ready and Michael Finfer overseeing the film.[55][56] It was unknown whether or not it was going to be set as a live-action/animated film at the time. In July 2017, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman were hired to write and direct the film with Masi Oka producing.[57] On August 8, 2019, it was reported that, following The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 20th Century Fox's parent company, 21st Century Fox, the film along with numerous video game-based films in development at Fox were cancelled.[58] However, on October 29, Capcom indicated to investors in a semi-annual report that the film is still in development at Disney.[59] The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Mattson Tomlin will rewrite the script for Capcom and Chernin Entertainment.[60] On April 7, 2020, Peter Chernin is signed his Chernin Entertainment to a non-exclusive first-look feature film producing deal with Netflix.[61][62] After Disney put the project turnaround, Netflix acquired it.
Feature film Amulet In November 2015, 20th Century Fox acquired the rights to produce a movie based on Kazu Kibuishi’s book series of the same name, which was previously in development under Warner Bros.[63] A year later on June 20, 2016, it was announced that Aron Coleite was signed on to direct.[64] On June 10, 2021, Kazu Kibuishi confirmed on Twitter in a reply that the movie was cancelled and the film rights had lapsed back to him.[65]

2016[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Mouse Guard 20th Century Fox was producing an animated feature film based on the comic book series Mouse Guard by 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.[66] In the following June, Ball and concept artist Derek Zabrocki posted pre-visualization artwork and a proof of concept demo reel.[67]
Feature film The Dam Keeper In November 2016, it was reported that Tonko House and Fox Animation were co-producing an animated film based on the Academy Award-nominated short film.[68] However, due to the acquisition of 20th Century Fox to Disney, Kondo and Tsutsumi decided to bring the project back to Tonko House, in which the directors would resume finding a new studio partner.[69]
Feature film The Royal Rabbits of London In April of 2016, Variety reported that 20th Century Fox Animation was developing The Royal Rabbits of London, based on the book series of the same name by Santa Montefiore and Simon Sebag Montefiore.[70] Nothing about the film has come up as of 2022.
Feature film Zita the Spacegirl In 2016, it was announced that Fox Animation had picked up movie rights for the Zita the Spacegirl trilogy, written by cartoonist Ben Hatke. The films will be produced by Chernin Entertainment.[71][72] As of 2022, no updates on the film have surfaced.

2017[]

Series Title Description
Deadpool Untitled Deadpool series In May 2017, FXX placed a series order for an animated series based on Deadpool, to be co-produced by Marvel Television, Marvel Animation, Fox Television Animation, FX Productions, and ABC Signature Studios. Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover were announced as showrunners, executive producers, and writers for the series.[73] In late March 2018, it was announced that FXX would not move forward with the series due to creative differences.[74] Stephen Glover later admitted that the "creative difference" in question involved an episode revolving around Taylor Swift which FXX stated was the "last straw" and that they wanted to give Rick and Morty "a run for its money".[75]
Feature film Frogkisser! A film adaptation from Blue Sky Studios was announced in 2017 based on the book of the same name by Garth Nix, with Michael McCullers (writer of the Austin Powers movies, Baby Mama, and The Boss Baby) to pen the script.[76]
Feature film The Witch Boy On May 31, 2017, 20th Century Fox Animation announce that they will be making a film adaptation of Molly Ostertag's graphic novel The Witch Boy. A story in where a world where girls are born as witches and boys are born as shapeshifters, one boy named Aster breaks that by becoming a witch.[77] However, after Disney bought 20th Century Fox, the project was sold to Netflix Animation to be an animated musical and animator Minkyu Lee's directorial debut.[78]
Feature film Escape from Hat On April 27, 2017, 20th Century Fox Animation announced they will produce the animated film adaptation of Adam Kline's fantasy book "Escape from Hat" with Mark Osborne set to direct and co-write the script with Kline, and Jinko Gotoh producing the film along with Osborne.[79] However, on November 16, 2018, Netflix acquired the film.[80][81]

2018[]

Series Title Description
Feature film Foster An animated fantasy musical film from Blue Sky Studios was announced in 2018 under its name, "Foster," with Tim Federle to pen the script, Marc Platt (La La Land) to produce, Karen Disher and Steve Martino to direct and Pasek and Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman and 2019 version of Aladdin) to write the songs for the film.[82][83] It was scheduled to release on March 5, 2021, but following Disney's acquisition of Fox in May 2019, it was removed from the release schedule.[84] However, in February 2021, Blue Sky announced that they would be closing down in April, most likely leaving the film cancelled along with other films that are in development.[85]

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