ROTTEN TOMATOES: Disney Halts DTV Sequels! Hooray!

Disney Halts DTV Sequels! Hooray!

by Scott Weinberg | June 26, 2007

Good news all around. Plus, get this: Disney CCO John Lasseter has called the upcoming Tinkerbell movie "unwatchable." Ouch.

After years of lame-o video-shelf sequels to some of the finest Disney classics of all time, John Lasseter has pulled the plug on the DisneyToons productions. No more "Fox and the Hound 2." No more "Cinderella 3." Theatrical sequels, sure. But no more DTV junk. Looks like the Mouse House is taking a turn towards quality over quantity these days.

The head of the DisneyToons division has been dismissed, and once "Tinkerbell" and the in-production "Little Mermaid 3" are finished, we'll be done with the stuff once and for all. I mean, really: How many parents are going to spin "101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure" more than once?

As far as the "Tinkerbell" flick goes, it looks like there's still a lot of work to be done. Hats off to Lasseter for putting a stop to projects like "Meet the Robinsons 2: First Date" and "Chicken Little 2."

Plus the guy's also directing "Toy Story 3." My new hero.

Check out our sources for lots of juicy details.

Source: Jim Hill Media, Associated Content

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Jugger writes:
on Jun 26 2007 07:49 AM

Old news, but still a great new

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dylan21484nj writes:
on Jun 26 2007 08:02 AM

i read the title and thought that Disney was canceling sequels to its old DTV specials, where they'd make music videos out of pop songs played to montages of their cartoons and movies. anyone else remember those? no? oh, nevermind.

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selke99 writes:
on Jun 26 2007 08:04 AM

I read this a few days ago. While this is good news creatively speaking, the article (I believe it was Yahoo) said these direct to DVD sequels were netting Disney billions of dollars, so I'm surprised they would halt it. Hey, if people wanna buy crap, go ahead.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 26 2007 08:35 AM

I think I'm going to cry.

THANK YOU LASSETER!

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South_park300 writes:
on Jun 26 2007 09:01 AM

dammit, and i was looking foward to Hunchback 3, and the Little Mermaid 6: Mermaids in Space

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arendr writes:
on Jun 26 2007 09:22 AM

This is awesome. Now I won't have to see ads for "Cinderella VI: Revenge of the Stepsisters" or
"Sleeping Beauty: Jeez, You'd Think the Princess Would Stop Playing Pro Football So She Would Stop Getting All These Concussions and Slipping into Comas".

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onlyleeanderson writes:
on Jun 26 2007 09:24 AM

Now they'll have more time for production of the live action sequals we all wait in anticipation for like......air bud 8!

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Warheart1188 writes:
on Jun 26 2007 09:30 AM

ABOUT TIME! All of these Disney sequels over the years have been pissing me off. They ruin the classics like Fox and the Hound and Cinderella with these lame ass sequels. I really think they should go back to 2D animation instead of this 3D CGI crap Disney is trying to pull off with everything. The Disney/Pixar movies are great but their incorporating CGI into their own cartoons! No more Mickey Mouse they we grew up with! Now we have a 3D Mickey who solves crimes like Dora the Explorer! WTF DISNEY?! Even Winnie the Pooh is CG now! Fuck that! I know I'm way too old to watch this stuff but when I see kids eat this shit up, I just pity them because they won't grow up with the Disney shows and cartoons and movies that we grew up with as kids. At least they halted the shitty sequels. Maybe they'll bring back the classic shows now. I can only hope. That'll be worth it to an adult to watch.

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vic40186 writes:
on Jun 26 2007 09:35 AM

I would never like to watch

Snowhite 2: Return to the Seven Dwarf's House
Fantasia 3
Arthur's Kingdom (sequel to the Sword in the Stone)
Robin & Marian
Robin Hood 2
Peter Pan 3
Mary Poppins Animated or Remake

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Azlam Orlandu writes:
on Jun 26 2007 09:58 AM

No reason to rant over good news like this. The sun is shining, my shoes are shined and all is right with the world.

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VML writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:02 AM

In reply to this comment (#871144)
I totally remember the DTV segments! That was a long ass time ago before Zoog Disney and that Hilary Duff crap.

Anyway, I never really liked the sequels. Some were decent (LION KING 1/2 and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS) but still, most of them ruined the originals from having those "classic" qualities.

I'm not longer an Atheist, for I believe in God now because of Lasseter pulling the plug on cheapquels!

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:02 AM

Hell yeah, about damn time.

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Agro writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:03 AM

I didn't know he had that kind of power over at Disney now. Dude is making up for Cars in a big way.

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VML writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:03 AM

BTW, Lasseter is NOT going to be directing TOY STORY 3. Lee Unkrich is.

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MPSolo writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:11 AM

It's interesting that some of them never got DTV sequels. Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Robin Hood survived! =D

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liono86 writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:21 AM

even though alot of adults don't care for the dtv sequels, I must say, after observations, alot of the kiddies do seem to like them.

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arendr writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:25 AM

In reply to this comment (#871158)
that's because kids haven't learned to use the critical thinking part of their brain. we owe it to our children to give them quality material instead of spoon-feeding them crap.

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Shatter24 writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:29 AM

[b]the darkside of the Eisner era[/b]
Yay! I'm glad to hear Disney's cut the crap out. When I saw them starting to make them DTV sequels, I thought, "what a way to make money and cheapen everyone's experience with the original movie." Putting this to an end is killing off one of the final sad vestiges of the Eisner era at Disney.

I do agree, I miss the hand-drawn fairy tale animation. What's keeping Disney from making a Rapunzel film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea animated, maybe a pirate animated film (Blackbeard anyone?), or an animated

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Shatter24 writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:30 AM

. . . Hansel and Gretel

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Kollikodon writes:
on Jun 26 2007 10:44 AM

whats stopping them?

.... AIDS....

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