If you’re a fan of Disney movies, you’ve probably already seen all of the classics.
Since launching in1923, the Walt Disney Company has released dozens of hugely successful animated and live-action films.
It comes as no surprise that a company like Disney has churned out a few sequels in their time.
Here are some Disney movie sequels that never got made, and why they were canceled.
According toScreen Rant, the project was actually canceled before the proposal for the movie was even finished.
Apparently, the film was to premiere after the animated series, which ran from 1998 to 1999.
What fans may not have realized is that we almost got a secondLizzie McGuiremovie!
Instead, she was reportedly more keen to take on new roles with bigger paychecks than Disney was offering.
Disney was clearly disappointed.
The film was literally out of this world and Disney was apparently keen on making a sequel.
The plot followed Jim Hawkins at the Royal Interstellar Academy and included pirates, romance, and adventure.
But when the firstTreasure Planetfilm was released, it underperformed, bringing in just $17 million.
The sequel was canceled.
All the crew were really enthusiastic about the film."
One plan that formed was to re-release the film with new sequences every year.
But soon, Disney’s plans for the sequels were quashed due to financial drawbacks.
In the 1980s, the studio once again began plans for a sequel calledMusicana.
Eventually, Walt Disney’s nephew Roy O. Disney began working on the sequel idea.
Eventually, he managed to get it off the ground withFantasia 2000.
It makes sense that Disney wanted to capitalize on the film’s success with a sequel.
However, the second film ended up being canceled just one year before its planned release in 2008.
Unfortunately, the plannedAristocatssequel was scrapped, along with several other made-for-video projects (viaAnimated Views).
We do, however, have a few examples of what the project might have looked like.
In fact, the storyboard fora dramatic chase sceneis available to watch online.
“It’s a story that leads Pinocchio to question why life appears unfair sometimes,” he said.
According to Carter, the decision to cancel the film was based on financial considerations.
Everyone seemed to love the touching story of the big-eared circus elephant who learned to fly.
Apparently, a secondDumbofilm calledDumbo IIwas in the works in the early 2000s.
In fact, asneak peakwas even released in 2001.
As producers explained in the sneak peak, the first film was known for making people cry.
The author of the original book wrote a sequel calledBambi’s Children.
Apparently, the film would have had a similar plot to the book.
According toScreen Rant, this tale was initially meant to be turned into an animated sequel.
However, there was anotherBambifilm.
According toThe Times, production stalled whenRobin Williams, who voiced Genie, passed away.
Apparently, Disney had planned on using old recordings from the firstAladdinmovie.
As one executive explained, there were a lot of unused jokes waiting to be used.
Doubtfire, Robin was making 30 jokes a minute," he said.
It came as no surprise that Disneymade a sequel.
According toVariety, the studio had actually planned on churning out a thirdMulanfilm as early as 2002.
However, even then, the writers knew that doingMulan IIIwould be tough.
Unfortunately, we never got to see a third animatedMulanmovie.
At least wethe live-action filmstarringLiu Yifeiin 2020!
The first film’s director Henry Selick was apparently approached by Disney about the project.
It seems that Selick was right.
According to anMTV interview, Burton wasn’t eager to work on a sequel.
Sounds like any early plans of a sequel to this film were quashed by the main producer.
Because it underperformed, a sequel that was already in the works was canceled.
While a few other spin-offs have been made, the original plan was for a full-length film.
Colliderspoke to Kirk Wise, the director of the original film, about the canceled sequel.
Sounds like quite the movie!
