Disney’s animated basic 1941 movie Dumbo is among the many studio’s most beloved. It’s solely the fourth movie within the firm’s catalogue, and its big-eared protagonist remains to be a well-liked Disneyland journey, with the movie boasting a tune, “Child Mine,” that continues to be counted as one of many best.
Whereas we did get to see a live-action adaptation of the film in 2019, helmed by Tim Burton, this wasn’t the primary time Disney had determined to revisit the franchise.
In line with the MsMojo YouTube channel, Disney introduced plans for an animated sequel in 2001, 4 many years after the unique movie. There was even a trailer launched for the movie, with animators promising that the sequel would have the “identical taste” as Dumbo.
In line with Display screen Rant, the sequel would reportedly have targeted on Dumbo and his associates getting misplaced in New York Metropolis and being pressured to seek out their method residence all whereas navigating the hustle and bustle of the large metropolis. Nonetheless, viewers by no means obtained to see this sequel. In 2006, the thought was formally scrapped by Disney after John Lasseter was named CEO of Walt Disney Animation Studios. On the time, Lasseter determined it could be smart to cancel all coming sequels and begin recent.
Now, loads of kids’s films have ended up in New York. Fievel Mousekewitz lands there in An American Story, you’ve obtained Kevin from Residence Alone 2: Misplaced in New York, and there’s Homeward Certain II: Misplaced in San Francisco, which takes on a distinct bustling metropolis. There’s even Babe: Pig within the Metropolis, which doesn’t specify the town, it solely lets you recognize he’s in a single. However it could be extraordinarily laborious to consider that Dumbo, an elephant, and his associates could be misplaced in New York for even a few hours with out being captured, a lot much less seen and cornered. I don’t assume this might have been a hit, and whereas Burton’s adaptation didn’t have nice evaluations, it was lovely to take a look at, and for my part, was a enjoyable watch.
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