Animated Films

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Here is a guide to the Animated films to be released between 2000 and 2002. I have included as many film companies as possible but if I have missed out any, please let me know! Most of these films are still in production so there won't be a great deal of information on them. (The films titles are subject to change as their release date approaches). I will update this page every time a new film is announced, so stay tuned...

DISNEY/PIXAR/DIC:

BEN HUR- DIC Entertainment. Based on the novel by Lew Wallace. Directed by Mike Millani, who will co-exec produce with Andy Heyward and Robbie London.

EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE- Disney, December 2000. Directed by Mark Dindal. Produced by Randy Fullmer. Executive Produced by Don Hahn. Songs by Sting. Voices by David Spade, Eartha Kitt, and Owen Wilson.

ATLANTIS- Disney, Directed by Kirt Wise and Gary Trousdale. Produced by Don Hahn in 70mm.

MONSTERS INC- Pixar for Disney, Fall 2001. Directed by Pete Docter and David Silverman. Produced by Darla K. Anderson. Executive Produced by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton.

THE RECESS MOVIE- Walt Disney Television Animation, summer 2000. Executive Produced by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere.

TREASURE PLANET- Disney. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.

DREAMWORKS/PDI:

SHREK- Pacific Data Images/Dreamworks, Summer 2001. Directed by Andrew Adamson and Victoria Jenson. Produced by Aron Warner and John Williams. Written by Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio. From the book by William Steig. Voices by Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and John Lithgow.

SPIRIT- Dreamworks, Fall 2001. Directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook. Produced by Max Howard and Mireille Soria. Written by John Fusco. Head of Story: Ronnie Del Carmen.

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE- Aardman Animations for Dreamworks. Directed by Richard Goleszowski. Inspired by the Aesop fable.

TUSKER- Pacific Data Images and Dreamworks. Directed by Tim Johnson and Brad Lewis. Produced by Cecil Kramer. Art directed by Kendal Chronkhite.

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX:

ICE AGE- Blue Sky Studios and Fox Animation Studios for 20th Century Fox. Directed by Chris Wedge.

MONKEYBONE- 1492 Productions and Fox Animation Studios for 20th Century Fox. Directed by Henry Sellick. Produced by Chris Colubus. Executive Produced by Selick, Sam Hamm, snd Lata Ryan. Screenplay by Hamm based on Kaja Blackley's comic book, Dark Town. Live action and stop motion animation.

LITTLE BEAUTY QUEEN- Fox animation Studios. Co-written and Co-Directed by Steve Odekirk.

WARNER BROS:

OSMOSIS JONES- Warner BRos, spring 2001. Live action directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Animation directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito. Produced by Zak Penn and Bradley Thomas. Written by Mark Hyman, voices by Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, William Shatner, Brandy Norwood, David Hyde-Pierce and Joel Silver.

INDEPENDENT FILMS:

Cyberworld- IMAX, 2000. Compilation film which includes the bar scene from Antz, PDI's 3D Homer sequence from The Simpsons, plus shorts as Imageworks' Monkey Brain sushi, Satoshi Kitahara's Flipbook and Pet Shop Boy's Liberation, CGI Stereo.

DINOSAURS OF THE WILD WEST...WHEN THE WEST WAS REALLY WILD!- The Toonerversal Co. Directed by Ron Merk. Executive produced by Igor Meglic and Laurence E. Fabian.

EDDY DECO- IMAX. Adapted from the novel, Eddy Deco's Last Caper, by Gahan Wilson.

5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T- Sony Pictures Entertainment. Remake of Roy Rowland's 1953 film based on a story by Dr Seuss.

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS- Mainframe Entertainment for IMAX, 2001. Based on the novel by Jonathan Swift, 3D stereo.

H.R PUFNSTUF- Sony Pictuers Entertainment. Based on the Sid and Marty Kroft's TV show.

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