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We explore the dark deep mines of the media industry and the internet for fun facts, lost, and scrapped media for Films, Shows, Video Games, eta.
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🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1% of goal on Ko-fi!
I'm commissioning a animated fictional commercial of the Foodfight! product Dex Dogtective's Cinnamon Sleuth cereal and I'm going to be posting it online. Please donate if you want that to happen.
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Early concept art of Despicable Me when Gru was more of a Evil looking evil villain design.
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Hey, What's going to happen to this in 8 years after the Nick controversy?
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This is a TicTac commercial animated by Richard Williams from the 1970s.
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This joke is unrealistic... No movie theater with that many people went to see this movie.
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Remember when Arthur made references to shows out of the audience range of the viewers who watch them.
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Early Road to Eldorado concept art from when Chel was going to be more of a fan service fem fetal character where her outfit was a poncho with nothing underneath.
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This film was canceled IRONICLLY for being too expensive.
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Early concept art of Despicable Me when the three little girls were younger and looked diffrent.
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Early concept art of Despicable Me when the Minions were considered as short, big-nosed men in overalls, robots, and lumpy mutant-looking creatures
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This was possibly the last commercial made by Will Vinton studio in 2003 before Will was fired and then the studio became Laika.
whoever directed this commercial must've HATED donkey kong jr holy shit
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To honor Robin Williams 10 years after his passing here is a clip of a live video recording of the theatrical screening of Aladdin film from 1992.
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This commercial they show every year on Christmas and it may look dated but it's still funny and iconic.
Also, The pointless sequel commercial is cool too but doesn't have the same charm.
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Dory, Stop hitting the ground we have to find Nemo.
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Concept art for the scrapped Betty Boop Movie from 1993.
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The best clip of AVGN that someone else has ever made.
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The show Galaxy High was created by Chris Columbus (The guy who directed Home Alone and Pixels) with character designs by John K (The creator of Ren and Stimpy and... )
Also this show was animated at TMS by Kazuhide Tomonaga Who also directed Superman, Animaniacs, Cybersix...)
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(Not lost media)
This was Fleischer answer to Disney's multiplane camera.
In the early 1930s, Max and Dave Fleischer created a 3D background effect that has never been matched in 2D cel animation.
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Did you know this animation was used to test out John Silver's robotic arm in Treasure Planet?
Yeah, that animation is great and all, but have you seen this clip of Captain Hook from Disney’s Peter Pan?
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This is footage of the canceled Beavis and Butt-Head in Hollywood for PS1.
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Look what I found, The Disney memo made out of spite of The Great Mouse Detective naming.
Enjoy.
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Concept art for the scrapped Foodfight! video game from 2001 by Midway Games West, (This is unrelated to the footage from the 2007 game by ???). 1/8
Scorce:
Thanks to
@RomeloJames95
for finding this.
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Early test animation of the scrapped Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel was recently unearthed to youtube, Find out more on a tweet by
Video here:
Also, Here is the tweet from
@LostMediaBuster
here:
🚨BREAKING🚨: Over 40 seconds of new footage from the hand-drawn to CGI animated test of Roger Rabbit 2 have been uploaded to YouTube by user Rare tendo.
Watch it here:
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Test Footage for the scrapped Incredibale Mr. Limpet remake staring Jim Carry (with Audio)
Thanks to
@Maximosalazar02
for finding it.
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In 1972 there were plans for a Reimagining of The Flinstones set in modern times titled The New Flintstones Show. One can only imagine how they would've pull that off, considering the majority of the original show's humor hinged on the prehistoric setting. 1/2
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This is a pitch for a unmade Disney animated movie titled GALAXY GAS is a hand-drawn animated project from director Kirk Wise and writer Tab Murphy, This sizzle reel was created in 2014.
Scorce:
thanks to
@Maximosalazar02
for finding this.
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Footage for the canceled Marvin the Martian movie found on Eric Bauza's 2013 Voice Reel.
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Concept art for the 2007 Alvin and the Chipmunk film.
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This is a test animation for a scrapped adult animated horror film by Warner Bros. Feature Animation's titled Arrow directed by Bill Kroyer as a follow up FernGully: The Last Rainforest.
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Concept art for a scrapped animated Jetsons movie.
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A unknown CGI animation of Felix the Cat found on a Lightwave Animation showcase from 1995.
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A theatrical film based on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! series was announced for a Summer 1990 release though nothing came of it.
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You tell em Eric Bauza, I know someone is going to make an animation of Bugs and Daffy saying this but I hope that happens. Also, If David Zaslav fires him for this we will defiantly boycott him.
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Early Screenshots for an early version of Barnyard from 2000 by DNA Production
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This film would have pre-dated Toy Story by 10 to 15 years.
Trailer for The Works which was an unfinished CGI movie being developed from 1979 - 1986
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Concept art for a failed pitch for a Flintstones spin-off titled The Blackstones but it never took off. (And you can see why).
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Test animation and concept art of a scrapped IMAGI film Cat Tale, a feature about a cat raised with dogs and beginning to understand that he isn't one of them. The film was canceled due to the box-office failure of Astro Boy in 2008.
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🚨!!!CONTENT WARNING!!!🚨
LOST MEDIA DISCOVERYT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this old vhs recording of a scrapped south park animation was found in an old comedy central warehouse after a disgruntled employee shot the owner dead...
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Concept art of Duck Dodgers from 1998 when the show was considered to be a movie but was later remade as a TV series pitch. (Part 1) Scorce:
@skullislandprod
The concept art also shows a scrapped human character that was replaced by Lola Bunny before being omitted entirely.
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Test animation and rig screenshot of the scrapped forth Brave Little Toaster film that was made in CGI from 2011. It was cancelled when Waterman entertainment bought the rights the Brave little toaster in 2012.
Thanks to
@HistoryToaster
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According to Paula Abdul there were plans for a animated movie by Universal based on her character MC Skat Kat with a animated TV series on Fox Kids coinciding with it but due to the poor reception and sales of the MC Skat Kat one and only album both of the ideas was scrapped.
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Concept art for a scrapped animated remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory titled WONKA from the late 90s by Warner Bros. Feature Animation.
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The Critic has predicted Oddly Satisfying videos that last for hours.
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Concept art from a pitch binder of Total Drama Island from 2003/2004 when the show was titled "Camp TV".
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Early concept art of "The Duck" a cancelled animated/live-action film created by Uli Meyer, developed in 1998. (Part 1)
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This is that in a nutshell for Coyote vs. Acme and WB with David Zaslav.
#ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme
#FIREDAVIDZASLAV
Warner Bros can begin to look at offers to buy or sell/merge with another studio from April.
Many believe the studio is signing top talent like Tom Cruise & Margot Robbie to make a sale more attractive.
(Source: )
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Every share holder of WBs when David Zaslav makes a bad choice.
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Concept art from the scrapped animated Disney film based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears film.
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A scrapped Lazy Town character name Officer Obtuse who is a stereotypical bumbling policeman. He only appeared in the stage play but not the series except for the pilot.
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Concept art for a scrapped LazyTown movie that would have been a origins of Spotagus where he was a child he was enslaved in the mines by a man named Mr. Kicker and led a slave rebellion. Judging by the art it would have been a very darker story.
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I like the fact that this commercial was done all in one shot with no cuts and only transitions with so make animation styles and live action. This is amazing.
Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers (2022): Has a mix of most animation techniques plus live action.
This commercial from 1994👇: "Wanna bet?"
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I know people are going to ask but... These are refrences to shows like:
Dr. Katz Professional Therapist, The Sopranos, (You should know the rest South Park, and Beavis and Butt-Head)
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This is concept art for a scrapped DreamWorks film based on the Gorillaz band titles "Celebrity Harvest" about the world being trapped in an endless night and the sickness of celebrity culture with cannibals and zombies. It was scrapped for being too dark for DreamWorks.
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@AlainBirdBrain
They moved it from Nick Hotel to one of the other places, Nick related like 5 years ago.
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This is an early pitch from the 80s by Don Bluth for an animated mini series titled Jawbreaker, About a boy who finds a magical dragons tooth.
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Concept art for Don Bluth's Beauty and the Beast (Predating Disney's version by 7 years).
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Concept art for Fox Animations Studios adult animated film "Dracula" It's was meant to be a parody of the Disney Renaissance similar to Shrek described as "Disney's version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
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This is so well maid and the CGI holds up very well. Pixar really good at what they do back then. I wonder how they made the animation so smooth, It looks like it's being animated at 48 fps
Fuck this.
The 1991 Pixar ad is better than this slop.
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Clay miniatures from the Mr. Limpet remake from the 90s.
Scorce:
Thanks to
@Maximosalazar02
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Another bit of Concept art for the scrapped Warner Bros. Feature Animation film Bluebeard.
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Wait, The Tom and Jerry movie referenced Rover Dangerfield? Huh...
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Early test footage of Epic Mickey with a more stylized look.
Not as scary but here's some dope ass early test footage for epic mickey that's super stylized and that no one really ever talks about!
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A trailer for a scrapped Computer animated film titled Blue Planet from 1998 based on the 1996 video game Deadly Tied by Rainbow Studios.
Thanks to
@NowhMan
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I found a finished production screenshot of the scrapped 1992 half-hour short Mickey Columbus.
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Does anyone find it ironic that a film about a court case with the head of a company leads to a real life court case with the company that made it?
#SaveCoyoteVsAcme
#ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme
#FireDavidZaslav
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While looking through on of the animation demo reels for the test animations of the scrapped Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel, I found a test animation for another scrapped Disney Film "My Peoples" (a.k.a A few Good Ghost) by one of the animators.
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Early concept art from Monsters inc. This is from the Johnson and Mary draft from 1997. Part 1
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Teaser for the scrapped The New Adventures of Felix the Cat from 2007.
Scorce here:
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Conceptual mockups for a scrapped
@tomruegger
pitch for a Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera crossover TV series titled "Mixed Nutz" 1/3.
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Warner Bros. Feature Animation "Bluebeard" read the story and found it interesting and would love to see how it would be interpreted as a animated PG13 film.
What piece of cancelled media do you most wish was released?
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This is a pitch Reel for the scrapped Foodfight! video game that was shown off at E3 in 2007.
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Concept art for a scrapped Mickey Mouse short Toothache from 1938. You can guess what the plot was about.
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I found this CGI test animation of Felix the Cat from a Lightwave animation reel from 1995 (See Below). I wonder if this was for a show or short or something. Let me know if any of you know your thoughts.
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Concept art of Hotel Transilvania from 2007
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A scrapped character from Robots (2005) This character had a scene where he do a lobotomy on BigWheld which would explain his mood and intelligence change in the film where Rodney had to repair him back to normal.
Thanks to
@UJStrikesBack
for finding these.
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Concept art for a scrapped Day of the Dead film for Warner Bros. Feature Animation art by Milton Knight. 1/3
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This is a scrapped film pitch titled "BOTS" from the 90s/2000s, According to the description Disney liked the idea but thought it would fit more for a tv show instead of a theatrical film.
Scorce Here:
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This is a UK commercial for Long Life Beer animation directed by Richard Williams.
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This is concept art of a scrapped LazyTown character who was never seen in the show but in the play named Jives who is described as a unenthusiastic sleep walker and refuses to eat healthy foods and only eats junk. His house appears in the final series despite his removal.
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You know what, I'm just going to say it. If you have a 100th anniversary logo, You are going to have the worst year.
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@MPearl2020
In early development there was a running gag where her poncho would slip off "exposing" her and something in the foreground covering her up and would rush to put it back on.
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Concept art for the scrapped Disney animated film Flea Circus from 1992.
Thanks to
@Maximosalazar02
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I want AI to die. It must Die.
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Concept art for the unmade Robert Zemeckis's Alvin and the Chipmunk live-action adaptation from 1998 under Universal Pictures.
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Concept art for one of Disney's many failed attempts to adapt Don Quixote since the 1940s. A story about a guy who think Windmills are monsters(I know there is more to that story) took longer to make then Adapting The Snow Queen(Frozen).
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Concept art for the scrapped 2005 Dreamworks film Route 66.
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Fun Fact: This scene uses a technique that was there answer to Disney's multiplane camera.
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