Could Pixar Turn 'Epic Mickey' Into a Feature Film?
Filed under: Animation, Disney, Fandom, Home Entertainment
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Apparently the gaming community is all gung ho this week after details emerged regarding the upcoming video game Epic Mickey, which originally was designed as a Wii exclusive, but may branch out to other systems. The reason folks are all excited over a Disney game involving Mickey Mouse is because it carries what I think is one of the coolest concepts to ever come out of the Mouse House.
Essentially, the game's plot revolves around a whole bunch of "forgotten" Disney characters who, for one reason or another, were pushed aside when the more popular characters like Mickey, Goofy and Donald took over the Disney landscape. Now, rallied together by Disney's first ever cartoon hero, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also the game's main villain), all of these pissed off, jaded Disney characters set out to destroy the Disney universe by unleashing the Phantom Blot, which uses black ink and melting colors to distort the world we've all come to know and love. Obviously it's then up to Mickey Mouse to be the hero and fix this giant mess before the wonderful world of Disney is erased forever.
Pretty cool, right? Even cooler is the news that Warren Spector and Junction Point Studios have been "working hard on our own and (get ready for the cool factor to go way up) in collaboration with folks from Disney Feature Animation and Pixar," according to an interview from awhile back. So, yeah, while we'll probably see some cool animated cut scenes designed (in part) by Pixar and Disney Animation, I wonder whether the game's popularity could then spawn a feature film. Why not? Or perhaps they're already working on one as we speak ...
Check out some stills from the game below and tell me this wouldn't make for a very cool animated movie.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-07-2009 @ 12:02PM
moviesrock1 said...
Too Cool! Kinda reminds me of a certain other Disney oriented game, ie. Kingdom Hearts, but this looks even better. And I love Kingdom Hearts so that's saying something. Now I want a WII I'm hoping that it does port to other game system, ie. DS (as this is the only system i have), so that I can play this too. And was that Disneyworld on top of that...thing? So when it is said that it destroys everything, they meant it. Disneyworld/land included.
TOO COOL!
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10-07-2009 @ 12:27PM
Yoda's House of Pancakes said...
I always thought that Kingdom Hearts would make a great feature film.
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10-07-2009 @ 1:06PM
filmsuki said...
Wow, this looks fantastic! I might end up siding with the bad guys though...you have to admit those guys got screwed.
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10-07-2009 @ 7:19PM
ElevatorHappyFun said...
That looks awesome.
I love "my version" stories, tales from the other persons point of view. ie 'Son of a Witch'
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10-08-2009 @ 10:11AM
Dhruv Joshi said...
I love Pixar.....
It's my dream..
and one day.....I prommis i am animator in pixar :)
Really...
I think..this is new film from disney...it's reall great poster,.and
art work..
and many object in disney land park's....
good keep it up
hahahahaha
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10-08-2009 @ 5:34PM
HelenaHermione said...
Yeah--awesome! I just went gaga over some of the details, that whole techno, 'warped' aspect of the Disney theme parks.
And I even remember there was a cartoon about the Phantom Blot, or some other similar villain, in one of those old, early 90s 'Disney Adventures Magazine'--is this the same? And those old characters--you know one of those have to be that 'Clairebell' cow, or whatever her name was, and that 'Henry' horse.
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