Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire This weekend I saw Curious George and the previews included one for Disney's The Wild. I have not heard of this before and I think it comes out in March! It is basically Disney's version of Madagascar and makes me upset another plot couldn't be made. Anyone else hear of this yet?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA It's totally the plot of 'Madagascar' -- weird that such similar movies exist.
Originally Posted By FoxHound I think Disney's movie has been in the works for a long time, but yes, its too bad that it looks so similar to Madagascar (and to me, it doesn't look as appealing as Madagascar). Look for rat movies next: Dreamworks has "Flushed Away" from Aardman (Chicken Run, Wallace and Grommit) which actually looks pretty funny; and Pixar has its own rat movie coming soon.
Originally Posted By electra the only thing that interests me about Wild is the snake. Just cuz I think theres a lot of cool animation possibilities with a snake charater but there hasnt been any since um, Robin Hood I beleive? I also like that its not as cartoony looking as Madagascar. Though to be honest i originally liked the design style of Madagascar when i saw stills of it in a magazine. But then I actually saw the film & really didnt like how they ended up using those designs in animation...
Originally Posted By HRM >>think Disney's movie has been in the works for a long time<< Yes it has; animated movies are usually approved and "in the works" two to three years prior to the general public getting an idea of its existence... unfortunately there's going to be a lot of 'poor man's Madagascar version" jokes - and William Shatner's of the voices as well, don't know if that's a good or bad thing... ºoº
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I saw a poster for this the other day and was shocked that I hadn't even heard of it before. Why has it all been so quiet when we've heard so much about Rapunzel and the like? It did look a little too similar to Madagascar, but I'll still go see it ...
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Liberty I thought the same thing about it being so quiet. I know it mustve taken a few years to make but surely they knew Madagascar was in the works too. Would love to see Disney make a new 2d princess movie instead!
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 It's interesting. I think Disney has had "The Wild" in the works even before "Madagascar". Dreamworks has a habit of using Disney's themes and creating their own movies that they try to get out before Disney. Some may say that Dreamworks isn't stealing, but to the casual observer, it sure looks like it. Lets see... Disney - A Bug's Life Dreamworks - Antz Disney - Emperor's New Groove Dreamworks - The Road to El Dorado Disney - Home on the Range (delayed a lot) Dreamworks - Spirit Stallion of the Cimmaron Disney - Treasure Planet Dreamworks - Sinbad Disney - Finding Nemo Dreamworks - Shark Tale Disney - The Wild Dreamworks - Madagascar There have been some large gaps between release dates, mostly because Disney has had story delays and reworked some of the films. However, I still believe that the basic ideas were used over at Dreamworks to cut into Disney's profits. Oh well, I can't really prove this, but to me it looks suspect.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I could be wrong...but isn't "The Wild" another "Valiant" type movie (i.e. not produced in-house by Disney Animation)?
Originally Posted By Sapphire That's what I understood it to be - another film from Vanguard Animation, the studio that did "Valiant" for Disney.
Originally Posted By ej Not Vanguard but produced by C.O.R.E. Feature Animation in Toronto. The company was co-founded by William Shatner. <a href="http://www.coredp.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coredp.com/</a>
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "I could be wrong...but isn't "The Wild" another "Valiant" type movie (i.e. not produced in-house by Disney Animation)?" "Not Vanguard but produced by C.O.R.E. Feature Animation in Toronto. The company was co-founded by William Shatner." This is what I heard as well, but didn't know the part about William Shatner. Somebody also correct me if I'm wrong, but I also heard that this was originally in the works at Disney Feature Animation, but they decided to pass eventually and gave the story over to this new studio, while owning distribution rights. Is that correct, or did I hear wrong?
Originally Posted By ej ^^That is what I've understood, although the Disney Animation version was a completely different story. More along the lines of "My Fair Lady".
Originally Posted By FoxHound There was a project at Disney called "Wild Life" which was totally different. For a while, one of the artists who did work on the film had images on his website (the characters looked more along the lines of Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold" or "Rugrats" than traditional Disney). Not sure who originated "The Wild" but the arrangement seems to be similar in many ways to Vanguard, and Disney was hoping this Studio would be the next Pixar. Disney doesn't seem too confident in "The Wild" and at this point maybe they are hoping for business like that "Hookwinked" film has gotten.
Originally Posted By Shadow wolf The major problem with this is people are going to see that it looks too much like Madagascar. Same staring location (Central Park Zoo) same species of animals (The Wild has a few extras though) and the characters that are used for comic relief are penguins. The Wild is gonna have to pull some major moves if it's gonna do well.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg thanks for the info everyone. I just saw a trailor for this before 8 below, and came to LP straight away to figure out why I hadnt even heard about it yet.
