List of unproduced Universal Pictures animated projects

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This is a list of unmade and unreleased animated projects by

development limbo. These also include the co-productions the studio collaborated with in the past (i.e. Amblimation, Universal Animation Studios, Illumination Entertainment, and DreamWorks Animation
) as well as sequels to their franchises.

1940s

1941

Series Title Description
Feature film Aladdin and His Lamp In 1941, after hearing the success of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Universal's first animation studio Walter Lantz Productions was given $750,000 to produce their first feature film called Aladdin and His Lamp, which was based on the famous tales of Aladdin. It was set to star the voices of comedy duo Abbott and Costello, and Frank Churchill was set to compose the musical score. However, Walter Lantz cancelled the project in light of the cut-off of the overseas market and the financial risk that came shortly after the Fleischer Studios' film Mr. Bug Goes to Town failed at the box office.[1][2]

1990s

1991

Series Title Description
Shrek Shrek In 1991, Steven Spielberg purchased the rights to William Steig's 1990 children's book Shrek!. Spielberg originally envisioned his adaptation as a traditionally animated film through his animation studio Amblimation, with Bill Murray as the voice of the titular character and Steve Martin as the voice of Donkey. Despite co-founding DreamWorks Animation—the eventual owner of the Shrek franchise—in 1994, 3 years before Amblimation ceased operations, Spielberg moved on to other projects. This film is starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz and turned into a CGI film when it was completed and released in 2001.[3][4]
Feature film and television series The Adventures of MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob Following the release of the
album of the same name, Virgin Music and Universal Pictures briefly discussed producing a live-action/animation feature film featuring MC Skat Kat, but nothing ever materialized. Singer Paula Abdul had even pitched the idea of a live-action/animation series starring Skat Kat to air on Fox Kids, but it failed to materialize due to the poor reviews and sales of the album.[5]

1993

Series Title Description
Jurassic Park Escape from Jurassic Park In June 1993, after the theatrical release of Jurassic Park, spokesmen for Amblin and MCA confirmed that an animated series based on the film was in development and awaiting Steven Spielberg's final approval.[6] The series, titled Escape from Jurassic Park,[7] would have consisted of 23 episodes for its first season. The series would have centered on John Hammond's attempts to finish Jurassic Park and open it to the public, while InGen's corporate rival Biosyn is simultaneously planning to open their own dinosaur theme park in Brazil, which ultimately ends with their dinosaurs escaping into the jungles.[8][9][10]

1996

Series Title Description
Feature film Cats By October 1996, an animated adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats was in development at Amblimation. Phil Nibbelink and Dick Zondag were attached to direct while Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow were brought on to rework an earlier script from Tom Stoppard.[11] The film was turned into the critical and commercial failure version of the same name with Tom Hooper directing.
Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper 2 Following the release of Casper, Simon Wells co-wrote a screenplay for Casper 2, in which he was set to direct, but in July 2000, Universal Pictures cancelled the sequel due to the disappointing sales from the direct-to-video Casper films and the hesitation of Christina Ricci.[12][13]
Feature film InterWorld The idea of InterWorld surged in 1996, when Michael Raeves was developing an animated series for DreamWorks. Suggesting to Gaiman an idea for a possible animated television series, they collaborated on the story and unsuccessfully tried to sell it to various studios, including DreamWorks, which was not interested. The InterWorld idea ended up as a novel that was not released until 2007. In June of that same year, author
Universal Cable Productions, in association with Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and his partner Flody Suarez,[16]
but with no further updates since.
Scooby-Doo
 Scooby-Doo The film was planned to be an origin story of Scooby, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. gang. It was written by Craig Titley who later went on to write the
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]

1997

Series Title Description
Alvin and the Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks In June 1997, director
20th Century Fox
in 2007.
Feature film Just So Stories This project from Amblimation and Universal back in the 1990s was Just So Stories based on the book by Rudyard Kipling. Amblimation did only 3 films such as An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), and Balto (1995) but never released Just So Stories and the animated musical adaptation of Cats as the studio closed its doors in 1997 and everyone involved moved on to DreamWorks.[20] The other animation studios of Just So Stories are Soyuzmultfilm, Marble Arch/Interama/Strengholt Films, Bevanfield Films, Les Films de l'Arlequin and Je Suis Bien Content.
Jurassic Park Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect Part three of the four-part comic adaptation of The Lost World: Jurassic Park, published by Topps Comics in July 1997, confirmed to readers that a cartoon series based on the film was in development. The animated series was commissioned by Steven Spielberg and was to be developed by DreamWorks Animation under the supervision of Steve Lyons.[21][22] The cartoon was to be accompanied by Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect, a series of dinosaur toys produced by Kenner and based on a premise that scientists had created dinosaur hybrids consisting of DNA from different creatures.[23][24] The new toys were based on the then-upcoming cartoon.[23] The cartoon was scheduled for release date of March 1998, as a mid-season replacement.[23] The Chaos Effect toyline was released in June 1998,[24] but the animated series was never produced, for unknown reasons.[25][26]

1998

Series Title Description
Feature film Frankenstein In October 1998, Universal Pictures and Industrial Light & Magic jointly announced to produce a computer-animated film featuring Frankenstein. S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock were attached to write the script under the condition that it would not be a family-oriented film. Tom Bertino was attached to direct the film. It was intended to be released by Halloween 2000.[27][28][29]

2000s

2001

Series Title Description
Feature film Where the Wild Things Are Universal acquired rights to the book's adaptation in 2001 and initially attempted to develop a computer-animated adaptation with
How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[31] Disagreements between Universal and Sendak over Jonze's approach to the story led to a turnaround arrangement where the film's production was transferred to Warner Bros., resulting in the live-action adaptation released in October 2009.[32]

2006

Series Title Description
Feature film Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure When
Laika Entertainment opened, they announced their first projects, the stop-motion film Coraline, and the CGI animated film Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure.[33] The studio laid off a significant portion of its staff in 2008, when its second planned feature was cancelled.[34]

2007

Series Title Description
Feature film The Legend of Spyro 3D By September 2007, the film rights for Spyro the Dragon were purchased by The Animation Picture Company.[35] Daniel and Steven Altiere wrote the script, which was going to be based on the recently released The Legend of Spyro trilogy. The film was going to be titled The Legend of Spyro 3D and was planned to be made from Los Angeles, California, with animation by a South Korean Animation studio, Wonderworld Studios, alongside Universal Animation Studios. The film was planned to be produced by John Davis, Dan Chuba, Mark A.Z. Dippé, Brian Manis and Ash Shah, and distributed and advertised by Velvet Octopus along with Universal Studios. Mark Dippe was going to direct the film, which would've made it the first theatrical film Dippe directed since Spawn. This film was originally planned for release in theaters on Christmas 2009 in the United States and Canada, but was delayed to April 10, 2010, for its North American release. It was later confirmed by Daniel Altiere himself that the film had been officially cancelled due to decisions made by Activision to go in a different direction,[36] which was later revealed to be in the form of Skylanders.

2008

Series Title Description
Feature film Emily the Strange Since 2000, Rob Reger has been trying to make a feature film adaptation of Emily. In 2005,
Amazon Studios were in negotiations to make an animated film.[45]

2009

Series Title Description
Feature film Flanimals An animated feature film based on the Flanimals book series was in production at Illumination by April 2009. Series creator Ricky Gervais was set to be the executive producer and also lend his voice to the lead character, while The Simpsons writer Matt Selman wrote the script,[46] but the project was later removed from the development schedule.[47]
Where's Waldo?
 		Where's Waldo? In June 2009, Universal and
Where's Waldo? into a live-action film, was to be produced by Chris Meledandri with Classic Media's (now DreamWorks Classics) executive producer Eric Ellenbogen,[48] but the project was then scrapped.[49]
Feature film Cryptozoology movie In December 2009 (1 year before Illumination's Despicable Me was released to a positive response), Illumination Entertainment was producing an animated film based on a pitch by actor-comedian Jack Black and Jason Micallef on cryptozoology, which is the study of legendary creatures whose existence has never been confirmed (i.e. the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot). Jack Black had the intention to produce the film alongside Ben Cooley and Chris Meledandri through his production company Electric Dynamite. Additionally, he also had no intention to voice any character as he did with DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda, along with the other 3 sequels (2011 to 2024).[50]

2010s

2010

Series Title Description
Curious George Curious George By July 2010, Illumination was developing a
live-action animated film based on Curious George, with Larry Stuckey writing the script,[51] but in November 2015 the film project was cancelled.[52]
Feature film Pluto In October 2010, Illumination Entertainment and
Pluto.[53]
The Addams Family The Addams Family In 2010, Universal and Illumination acquired the underlying rights to
stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams's original drawings. Tim Burton was set to co-write and co-produce the film, with a possibility to direct.[55] By July 2013, the film was cancelled; had been made, this would have been Illumination's first stop-motion animated film.[56] Eventually, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picked up rights to the film and an animated film was released in 2019, with Sausage Party directors Greg Tiernan and former DreamWorks Animation staff member Conrad Vernon to direct.[57]
Universal handled the international distribution rights for the film, as well as physical home media worldwide distribution rights.

2011

Series Title Description
Feature film Uglydolls In May 2011, Illumination acquired the rights to
STXfilms[59] and was released in May 2019.[60]
Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker By November 2011, Universal and Illumination planned a Woody Woodpecker feature film. Writing duo John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky (Blades of Glory and King of the Hill) were in talks to develop a story,[61] but in July 2013, Illumination canceled the project.[62] The film was eventually released as a live-action/CGI hybrid film in 2017.

2012

Series Title Description
Feature film The Cat in the Hat In March 2012, following the financial success of
Warner Animation Group was in development of an animated Cat in the Hat film as part of a creative partnership with Seuss Enterprises which is set to be released in 2026.[65]
Feature film Clifford the Big Red Dog In May 2012, Universal and Illumination began to develop a live-action/animated feature film based on the Clifford the Big Red Dog book series. Matt Lopez was hired to write the script, while Chris Meledandri and Deborah Forte were attached to produce the film.[66] In July 2013, Illumination dropped the project.[67] Paramount Pictures later acquired the rights to develop the film, which was eventually released on November 10, 2021, following a number of delays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[68][69][70]
Feature film Goblins
Laika Entertainment was interested to adapt the Philip Reeve's book named Goblins into an animated feature, but nothing came up of the project since the initial announcement.[71]

2015

Series Title Description
Feature film Johnny Express In 2015, Universal and Illumination planned to adapt the South Korean CGI animated short Johnny Express into a feature-length animated film.[72][73]

2017

Type Title Description
Feature film Spooky Jack In 2017, DreamWorks announced an original feature called Spooky Jack, with a planned release date of September 17, 2021.
Scholastic book series by Aaron Blabey.[75]
Concept art for the film have been released.
Feature film The Wizards of Once In March 2017, DreamWorks purchased film rights to the book from How to Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell to make it into another animated fantasy film series.[76]

2018

Type Title Description
Feature film Mice and Mystics In October 2018, DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the role-playing game for a potential animated film adaptation of the board game of the same name. Alexandre Aja, long-time horror film director, was set to direct and write the film's script along with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee and Jon Berg were also set to serve as producers.[77] But as of 2025, nothing came of it.
Feature film Spudnik's Guide to Earth In April 2018, Leo Matsuda sold his project to DreamWorks his film idea based on a children's book of the same name Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who was also attached to co-write the screenplay.[78] Matsuda was also attached to direct the film. However, nothing came of it since.
Feature film Yokai Samba In April 2018, Leo Matsuda was hired to write and direct Yokai Samba, based on the trade reports that are inspired by a folk story Matsuda heard in his youth about growing up and has Brazilian and Japanese influences.[78] By March 2021, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon began to develop the film.[79]

2019

Series Title Description
VeggieTales Untitled VeggieTales film In March 2019, just around the same time as the announcement of The VeggieTales Show, series creator Phil Vischer revealed that a new film based on VeggieTales is in development,[80] later said to be centered around a Bible story similar to Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.[81] In 2020, Phil completed and turned in the screenplay's first draft. He was given notes and the go-ahead to revise and write a second draft before the official pitch to studio executives.[82] Phil completed the final draft of the screenplay and Universal was in talks with a co-production partner for the film.[83] Eventually, Phil, alongside Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer, and Kurt Heinecke, departed from Big Idea Entertainment, thus putting the company in limbo.[84]

2020s

2020

Series / type Title Description
Feature film Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles In September 2020, DreamWorks began development on a film adaptation of Tom Lennon's book of the same name with The Angry Birds Movie director Fergal Reilly directing.[85] However, nothing came of it since.

2023

Series Title Description
Feature film Another Me In 2023, the website Cartoon Brew reported that a Bollywood-themed film project titled Another Me had been shelved due in part to "significant reductions in staffing".[86]

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