At a recent shareholder's meeting in Philadelphia, Dick Cook, head of Walt Disney Studios, announced or reannounced the following features and television series for Disney and its divisions. All of these titles are in development, or in most cases already in production, and will be released in the coming years.
Threatically released animated features
- Home On The Range, April 14, 2004, in theatres now.
- Chicken Little, 2005, a CGI-movie, described as an outrageous comedy. A rough, full trailer was shown at the Disney 2004 shareholder meeting, and can be seen on the Brother Bear DVD.
- The Incredibles, 2005, Disney's second last co-production with Pixar, starring a family of superheroes
- A Day With Wilbur Robinson, a CGI-movie, based on a concept by the creator of Rolie Polie Olie
- Cars, 2006, the swan song for Disney/Pixar, unless Michael Eisner resigns. It will be previewed in the trailers before The Incredibles.
- Rapunzel Unbraided, a CGI-movie headed by animator Glen Keane (characters including Ariel and the Beast), its a slightly modernized retelling of the classic fairy tale.
- American Dog, a CGI-movie
- Toy Story 3, which as like Toy Story 2, may be switched from a direct-to-video release to a theatrically one. Interestingly enough, this feature will is in development at Walt Disney Feature Animation, not Pixar. Commenting on the controlling of the Pixar library of films, Cook announced "new and exciting movies and products based on those wonderful stories, including Toy Story 3, now in development at Walt Disney Feature Animation".
- One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, based on the new book of the same name, set in Birddom, where a Robin overcomes the odds to save the town from the evil Magpies. For more on the feature, see 3D Animated Feature News.
- Mickey, Donald and Goofy's The Three Musketeers stars the comedic trio as the legendary French swordsmen. A preview of this great looking feature is available on the Disney DVD and video of Brother Bear.
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie features the imaginary monsters that have haunted Pooh in featurettes past. A preview of this feature is available on the Disney DVD and video of Springtime with Roo.
- Bambi II, which appears will be a direct-to-video release; this is deemed by most animation fans as the most dreaded project ever, besides the now defunct sequels to Pinocchio and Snow White.
- This year, Disney and its subsiduaries are yet to release King Arthur, M Night Shyamalan's The Village, The Princess Diaries II. Hildago, The Alamo, and The Ladykillers are recent releases.
- The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
- South of the Border, starring a spoiled chihuahua who gets lost in Mexico, and has to find its way back to Beverly Hills. For more
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