Top 10 Disney Movies That Were Never Made

some dreams never come true even when you wish upon a star welcome to Ms mojo and today we'll be counting down our picks for the top ten cancelled Disney projects you know Dumbo we've gotta get an idea not just any idea shut the colossal before we begin we publish new videos every day so be sure to subscribe for more great content for this list we're taking a look at Disney projects that were going to be made but got scrapped entirely we've excluded projects that evolved into other things as well as movies that other studios got to first we're also living out short subjects like the cancelled princess Academy number ten ducktales film series ducktales remains one of the most creative action-packed adventures Disney ever released on the small screen so it only seemed natural to bring Scrooge McDuck and his nephews to the big screen get serious that never works while ducktales the movie treasure of the Lost lamp has gained something of a cult following in the early 21st century it was intended as the launching point for a ducktales film series upon release however the film didn't exactly leave Disney swimming in gold coins since the first movie was generally viewed as a box-office disappointment future installments were scrapped I'm Nolan this regaled mined out of me site we might not have gotten a film franchise but at least ducktales will live on through its 2017 television reboot a big deal number 9 the gremlins cute to be clear this has no relation to the 1984 horror comedy gremlins rather in the 1940s Disney wanted to adapt a story by Roald Dahl entitled the gremlins which followed a group of mischievous beings that tear apart British planes eventually teaming up with the Royal Air Force to take down Hitler Disney published the gremlins as a promotional children's book but the film itself failed to launch copyright issues seemingly killed the project although it likely didn't help that Warner Brothers released a similar cartoon entitled falling hair around the same time Ranma nevertheless the gremlins have popped up in other media including the Epic Mickey video games I don't understand he told me no one could defeat me number 8 Darkwing Duck the movie [Music] DuckTales wasn't the only Disney Afternoon show intended to receive the silver screen treatment there was also talk of a feature film about the tear that flaps in the night AKA darkwing duck I am that jailor who throws away the key I am feeling really stupid this project certainly would have invited plenty of fun ideas just imagine Darkwing Gosselin and Launchpad going up against the fearsome five in the ultimate battle of good versus evil since ducktales the movie didn't rake in big bucks though any hope for Darkwing Duck the movie was quickly erased of course now that superhero movies are all the rage and Disney owns Marvel we'd give anything to see Darkwing join forces with the Avengers or the big hero 6 team [Music] number seven fraidy-cat Ron Clements and John Musker cemented their place in history after directing The Little Mermaid and Aladdin in 2004 they were sent to direct the computer animated film fraidy-cat satirizing Alfred Hitchcock thrillers the story followed a house cat who's wrongfully accused of a crime think the thirty-nine steps meets nine lives alas the setup was deemed too obscure and David stateand who was president of Walt Disney Feature animation at the time pulled the plug Clements and muskers subsequently resigned from Disney in 2005 but see CEO John Lasseter welcomed them back the following year they went on to direct the Princess and the Frog and Moana but it appears fraidy-cat is dead and buried aren't you afraid of it no Hiawatha this film would have centered on the Native American leader who co-founded the Iroquois Confederacy hiawatha was also a follower of the great peacemaker a spiritual leader who helped bring the Iroquois peoples together on an artistic level the movie would have taken a page from Fantasia instead of several segments vote there'd only be one storyline of course Fantasia wasn't the biggest hit upon release making Hiawatha a risky venture originally scheduled to come out in 1949 the project slipped through the cracks as Disney shifted focus to stories like Cinderella Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan the studio would explore Native American culture over 40 years later in 1995's Pocahontas our people look to her for wisdom and strength someday as well number five Yellow Submarine like many other motion captured animated features Disney's A Christmas Carol generally split people down the middle still the 2009 film was a relative box-office success giving image movers digital some breathing room one of the projects they had lined up was a remake of the 1968 animated musical Yellow Submarine with director Robert Zemeckis at the helm this 3d computer-animated feature would have included 16 Beatles songs and a promising cast Cary Elwes is George Harrison yes please as he wish alas Disney canceled all the projects they'd been developing with image movers Digital following the box office disaster Mars Needs Moms with everyone abandoning ship Yellow Submarine was left dead in the water what else can be said except hello goodbye number four Dumbo - throughout the mid 90s and early 2000s Disney released numerous sequels to their Animated Classics many of which were sent straight to home video one sequel that never quite took flight was Dumbo - the story was to follow the titular elephant and several circus friends as they get lost in the big city the film would have introduced new characters while also providing details about Dumbo's father a preview of the planned sequel was even featured on the original film 60th anniversary DVD be ashamed of yourselves in 2006 however John Lasseter was appointed as Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer and he officially ceased production on Dumbo - the stories about friendship and parental love and that there truly is no place like home number three Newt sometimes great minds think alike with Oscar winner Gary Rydstrom directing this proposed Pixar film told the story of a couple of blue footed newts one's male the others female and they're both the last of their kind to save the species they must overcome their differences and bond now we know what you're thinking isn't that a lot like blue skies 2011 Animated Feature Rio well yeah and it didn't take long for Pixar to notice the similarities very very funny real mature granted this wasn't the first time it Pixar project through comparison to a rival animation studio remember when a bug's life and DreamWorks ants came out the exact same year regardless Pixar apparently felt it was best to cancel Newt number two Roger Rabbit the toon platoon we haven't gotten to follow up to Who Framed Roger Rabbit but people have certainly tried in fact Disney once had a prequel in the works called Roger Rabbit the toon platoon set in 1941 the movie was going to show how Roger met his future wife Jessica he would also go looking for his parents revealing that his father was Bugs Bunny ventually retitled who discovered Roger Rabbit the project and its comedic depiction of Nazis caused Spielberg to walk then the test footage performed poorly since then there have been various attempts to rework the story and get the film Greenlee yet we still find ourselves asking where is Roger Rabbit before we get to our topic here are a few honorable mentions some crude mechanical process poetry emotions being corny are we still i better not leave that one on its own someone might notice it tummy I quickly number one the search for Mickey Mouse to commemorate Mickey Mouse's 75th birthday Disney planned to develop an ambitious movie crossover after Mickey his mouth snapped Minnie highers basil of Baker Street to track him down and set out on a search closer inspection will tell us something along the way they cross paths with Alice Aladdin Peter Pan and numerous other Disney icons the film was ultimately considered too gimmicky and complex however and Disney decided to produce the straight-to-video mickey donald goofy the three musketeers instead of course if you think about it the premise has a fair amount in common with the video game Kingdom Hearts and no one would ever dream of calling that franchise overly complex or gimmicky right do you agree with our picks check out these other great clips from is mojo and subscribe for new videos every day

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Length: 10min 37sec (637 seconds)

Published: Tue May 30 2017