8 Amazing Disney Movies That Were Never Made

• By Danish Faheem
• January 31, 2022
• 4 minutes read

Disney is a movement.

If you’re like me, you would be a die-hard fan of Disney movies. They are the basis of my entire childhood. Without Disney, I would not have been groomed the way I am today. Believe it or not, they were crucial in forming or paving the way towards our teenage. Such amazing movies with a deep learning message behind each and every one of them. Well, I am not a believer in Disney movies but those who are full-on believers have actually memorized every single dialogue of every single movie ever released. And the whole marvel Disney merger was just a great plus. The Cinematic Universe that they together created will never be forgotten, ever.

Now the movies that we have seen, especially the animated ones, Disney spends quite a lot on them to provide us with an amazing experience. The first Frozen movie, a blockbuster, cost around $150 million to make. But it does pay off, Frozen ended up generating $1.28 Billion for the production house. Almost a ten-fold increase. Given these extremely high budgets, the shortlisting process at these production houses is very crucial, they have to be very careful about selecting a project because a lot of funding is required. Only the best ideas get selected, that does not mean those were the only ideas born. There come 1000s of ideas on the table and the majority get rejected because of the reasons I have just stated.

Projects get shelved for so many different reasons. Today we are going to look at some of the Disney projects that never made it from the shelves to the big screens. Let’s see which one of those would you want Disney to pursue.

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1. King of the Elves – Story about a man who helped elves and they chose him as their king. Production came to halt due to problems with the story.

Via King of Elves / Walt Disney Pictures

2. Gigantic – Story about a young guy who finds a new world hidden in the clouds, of giants. It got canceled in 2019 because apparently it wasn’t really working out in the best of everyone’s interest.

Via Gigantic / Walt Disney Pictures

3. The Seven Dwarfs – It was going to prequel to the OG Snow White movie. It was going to show us how the 7 dwarfs met.

Via Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / Walt Disney Productions

4. Mort – There were plans to turn the classic novel into an animated movie. The project never came to be because Disney wasn’t sure how the public would perceived “Death” as the main character.

Via Mort

It is kinda sad because I really wanted to see some of these movies. They never came to be and you can’t really blame Disney for that. It is a business after all and they have to opt for strategies that are best for business.

Let’s look at more cancelled projects. Scroll down below to continue.

5. Newt – Was going to be a story about the last two blue-footed newts in the world. The project was abandoned for reasons not released by Disney yet.

Via Newt / Walt Disney Pictures

6. Wild Life – Story about a nightclub owner in search of a new star. The movie was turned down because it had a lot of adult jokes.

Via Wild Life / Walt Disney Pictures

7. Monsters Inc. 2 – A planned spin-off that was canceled because Circle 7 Animations was shut down.

Via Monsters, Inc. / Walt Disney Pictures

8. Dumbo 2 – It was going to pick from where the first movie ended. The story was going to be a fun one but it was never created due to unknown reasons.

Via Dumbo II / Walt Disney Pictures

I really hope you guys enjoyed it. Don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments section down below.