Originally Posted By Erjontem Does anyone know anything about this project? I've read that it's both 1) hand-drawn and 2) due for a December 2012 release date, but both seem too good to be true...
Originally Posted By DlandDug It may be alive. It's still listed by Disney Feature animation in their future projects: <a href="http://www.disneyanimation.com/projects/kote/" target="_blank">http://www.disneyanimation.com...ts/kote/</a> For what it's worth, the Disney A to Z on line supplement still lists it as a December, 2012 release. Of course, it also lists personnel who are no longer attached to the film: <a href="http://adisney.go.com/vault/supplement.pdf" target="_blank">http://adisney.go.com/vault/su...ment.pdf</a> (Scroll down to "King of the Elves.")
Originally Posted By mawnck This seems to be the latest (January 13) from a reliable source (TAG Blog): >>Presently, King of the Elves is in script development and board artists are waiting to see pages.<< <a href="http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/at-diz.html" target="_blank">http://animationguildblog.blog...diz.html</a> I find conflicting reports on the CGI vs. hand drawn thing. Maybe they haven't decided yet?
Originally Posted By Erjontem So if it's currently in script development, and the next step is storyboarding, I would assume December 2012 is slightly unrealistic... Do you guys think the studio is presenting this as a classic in the grand tradition, or more as an offbeat, experimental feature? Based on the story, it's hard to tell.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I were under the impression that this film was no longer being considered for the same reason The Snow Queen and Jack & the Beanstalk were no longer being considered.