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This is a list of unmade and/or unreleased projects by DreamWorks Pictures and its sister studios. Some of these films were, or still are, in development limbo. These also include co-productions the studio collaborated with in the past.
Animated shorts and films[]
1930s-1940s[]
Cartoons of Propaganda[]
A series of 40-45 minute propaganda cartoon featurettes aimed at the U.S. army was one of the planned collaborations between Dora Wilson Productions and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon department. Except with 1944's For The Victory, the rest of the shorts later got cancelled in 1945 after the end of the World War II.
Headin' North[]
In 1946, a year upon the re-release of Headin' South (1942), a follow up to the film was originally pitched by Dora Wilson during her film deal with MGM. The sequel was intended to be an educational featurette with a story revolving Janice's adventure and wonders in Canada. Though in 1947, the idea was completely dropped after Wilson left MGM and taking the rights to Headin' South.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus[]
In 1939, Dora Wilson planned to develop an animated feature film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's storybook of the same name, but later got scrapped for unknown reasons.
Later in the mid-1950s, the book was planned to be adapted into a live-action feature film in collaboration with Universal Pictures, but it got scrapped in favor of the 1960 film The Criminal Family.
Lassie Come Home[]
In early 1940, after the publication of Eric Knight's novel Lassie Come-Home, Dora Wilson was collaborating with MGM's cartoon studio to make an animated adaptation of Lassie Come Home.
Little Goody Two-Shoes[]
TBD
Mary Poppins[]
Pamela L. Travers' series of children's novels of the same name was originally planned to be adapted into an animated feature film, as it was thought up by Dora Wilson as her studio's second animated film, starting production in 1940, at the time the studio was still in the production of Headin' South. However, in 1941, after Headin' South was completed, the attack of Pearl Harbor in World War II led to cancel the animated Mary Poppins project completely, and even Dora Wilson never got a chance to acquire the film rights to the books due to Travers refused any film producer's offers to adapt her works into a film, mainly after Walt Disney firstly attempted to get the film rights to the books in 1938 as well, but was turned down until 1961 when Disney got a chance to get the film rights to the books and adapted them into a 1964 live-action feature film.
Jiving Jungle![]
Either pitched as a short film or a feature film, it was supposed to be an animated musical comedy focused on a young group of anthropomorphic animals who throw a swinging jive party, only to deal with jive-hating gorillas. This was one of the ideas pitched by Dora Wilson in the early 1940s, along with several other ideas, during the production of Headin' South. However, the attack on Peril Harbor during World War II led the box office failure of Headin' South, and the cancellation of Jiving Jungle!. The story was later considered by many as the inspiration for the 1991 film Jungle Jam.
The Wizard of Oz untitled animated sequel[]
TBD
1950s-1960s[]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory[]
Roald Dahl's 1964 novel of the same name was planned to be produced as an animated feature film by Dora Wilson in 1965, until it got scrapped after Wilson realized that film director Mel Stuart got the film rights to the book and adapted it into a live-action musical feature film produced by Paramount Pictures under the title Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Charlotte's Web[]
An animated film adaptation of E.B. White's novel of the same name was originally planned in the late 1960s, but cancelled after Paramount Pictures and Hanna-Barbera Productions picked up the film rights to White's novel and produced an animated film adaptation in 1973.
Danny and the Dinosaur[]
Originally, DreamWorks was planning a feature film based on the children's book series by Syd Hoff. Due to the studio couldn't get the film rights to the book, it got cancelled.
The Three Railway Engines[]
Shortly after the 1953 BBC broadcast of The Sad Story of Henry failed, DreamWorks started planning a musical animated film adaptation of The Three Railway Engines, with DreamWorks acquiring the rights to The Three Railway Engines in 1954.
Similar to the 1953 BBC adaptation, James replaced the role of the unnamed red engine who tried to get Henry out of the tunnel. Unlike the 1953 BBC broadcast, James was depicted in his original black livery.
The Gingerbread Man[]
In 1958, the studio was producing a short film based on the well-known folktale of the same name, but switched to produced a full-length feature film, until it got cancelled for unknown reasons. However, the Gingerbread Man made cameos in various DreamWorks CGI films and got his own shorts and TV series.
Holy Sagas[]
In 1954, Dora Wilson made a partnership with United Lutheran Church to produce an anthology animated film retelling the most popular stories from the Bible: Garden of Eden, Naivety, Moises, King David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, and the first Easter. TBD
Planet of the Apes[]
In, DreamWorks planned a musical animated film based on Pierre's 1963 novel
After Jacobs made a successful debut as a producer doing What a Way to Go! (1964) for 20th Century-Fox and begun pre-production of another film for the studio, Doctor Dolittle, he managed to convince Fox vice-president Richard D. Zanuck to greenlight Planet of the Apes.
The Musical Story of Madagascar[]
Prior the release of the 1992's The Dreamtoons Movie, a full-length Dreamtoons film was pitched in 1965. The story focused on Alex the Lion and his gang of big cats being hired by King Julien as bodyguards to him and his kingdom of lemurs after they are chased by hungry fossas. TBD. The story of the cancelled film would be used in the 2005 Dreamtoons film Madagascar: A Dreamtoons Movie.
Puffin Island and The Magic of the Parrot Jungle[]
In 1958, Dora Wilson originally developed two separate original films; one was titled Puffin Island, which tells the story about a castaway boy who stumbles an island inhabited by puffins, and the other was tilted The Magic of the Parrot Jungle, focused on a couple who takes a trip to Miami's Parrot Jungle where they encounter animals who can talk. TBD. The two films was later conjoined together with the story being set in a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean area, adding new characters and changing the plot as it later folded into The Atlantic Isle, which was released in 1967.
Rockumantry[]
In 1966, Dora Wilson started development on a film parodying The Beatles, which featured a Beatles-esque penguin rock band and was intended to be comparable from other musical animated movies in the time, featuring prexisting popular songs by The Beatles. However, because of the studio couldn't license the rights to use the songs for the film and The Beatles' refusal to cast, the idea was scrapped, but animator Alex Lovy decided to revive the penguins and make them a commando unit instead of a rock band for their own series in Dreamtoons. It is considered by many to be a prototype of the 1979 anthology film Music Magic.
Tom Sawyer[]
In 1950, Dora Wilson had planned a musical animated film based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but was cancelled due to timing issues.
The Twilight Barkers[]
Dora Wilson was originally planning to adapt Dodie Smith's popular novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians into an animated feature film titled The Twilight Barkers in early 1960, until it got scrapped after she later realized that Walt Disney already bought out the film rights to the novel and adapted it into an animated feature film simply titled 101 Dalmatians, released in 1961. During the time where Wilson was planning for the film, her version of Smith's novel was originally supposed be a film noir-styled story with darker tones and some comic reliefs (for example, Pongo and Missis' puppies, the Coronel and his military-styled companions, and the two crooks who worked to Cruella de Vil), with Pongo being an well-known detective in England's hidden animal society, compared to Walt Disney's more comedic and lighthearted version.
Heidi[]
The Swiss 1881 book of the same name by Johanna Spyri was planned by Dora Wilson as an animated feature film in 1966, until it got cancelled for unknown reasons.
Perri[]
In the early 1950s, Dora Wilson planned an animated feature film inspired by Felix Salten's 1938 novel of the same name, which tells the story about a young female squirrel who learns about forest life and finds a mate in a male squirrel. The project was dropped in 1957, the same year where Walt Disney produced a live-action film based on the book for his True-Life Adventures film series.
Little Audrey[]
In 1967, Dora Wilson and former Disney, Paramount and Terrytoons animator Bill Tytla were teaming up to produce an animated feature film based on Paramount Cartoon Studios/Harvey Comics' cartoon character of the same name. Unfortunately, due to Tytla's death in 1968 and Harvey Comics refusing to sell the film rights, it was got shelved. It wasn't until 1989 where DreamWorks then released a live-action film based on the character.
The Little Prince[]
TBD
Oliver Twist[]
TBD
The Count of Monte Cristo[]
TBD
The Whimsical Stories of Dr. Seuss[]
In the early 1960s, Dora Wilson had plans to producing an package animated feature film based on the stories by Dr. Seuss. It was cancelled after learning that Dr. Seuss was producing a series of TV specials based on his stories with MGM and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.
Winnie-the-Pooh[]
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, DreamWorks planned to adapt A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh storybooks in a feature film. The film was supposed to be an anthology of segments based on stories from Milne's books. It got scrapped after Walt Disney acquired the film rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh books and characters in 1961 and adapted them into a series of featurettes that ran between 1966 and 1983.
In late 2022, a year after the first Winnie-the-Pooh book had fallen into public domain, DreamWorks announced a possible TV series adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh books, though no specific updates on what would it be at some point.
1970s-1980s[]
Children's Crusade[]
An attempt for an epic drama feature film aimed at adult audiences, either in live action or animation, inspired by the historical crusade event began in 1977. TBD
Calvin and Hobbes[]
In 1988, TBD. However, due to creator Bill Watterson was against the idea of adapting Calvin and Hobbes into animation, the film got ditched.
Canine Mysteries and Anne-Marie's Story[]
Originally, DreamWorks' 1989 cult classic All Dogs Go to Heaven was originally planned as two separate feature films as part of a "five-picture deal" with director Don Bluth. Canine Mysteries was focused on a shaggy German Shepherd (who would be later remade as Charlie B. Barkin) as a private eye resolving a kidnapping case, while Anne-Marie's Story was a "spiritual successor" to Bluth's most well-known film An American Tail, with Anne-Marie being the adopted human daughter of a cat, who sends her out of his woodpile home and into the world to make her living while searching her biological parents, but she ends up in several misadventures by having encounters with many animals.
After Canine Mysteries didn't made it beyond rough storyboards due to Bluth's financial problems, Dora Wilson then decided to conjoining the two supposed films into a single film and retooling them as a "buddy story" between the two characters. Ultimately, both DreamWorks and Don Bluth would end up using some of the abandoned concepts in two films, the dog cops from Canine Mysteries would been used instead for a non-speaking cameo in TBD; and an arrogant but good-hearted rockhopper penguin named Rocko from Anne-Marie's Story (who was intended to be Anne-Marie's sidekick), and a deleted song titled "Looks Like I Got Me a Friend" (which the two were intended to sing) would been used instead for The Pebble and the Penguin.
Dragons of Pern series[]
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TBD
The Fox Busters[]
TBD
Rudolph and Frosty[]
A crossover stop-motion animated film was to be co-produced by Rankin/Bass, which follows an crossover story between Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer planned in early 1970s but was cancelled after General Electric acquired all the rights to pre-1974 Rankin/Bass works, alongside with both companies ending their film partnership. In 1979, however, Rankin/Bass fully produced a television film titled Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July.
Here Comes Santa Claus[]
Following the 1971 television premiere of 1970's Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Dora Wilson, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass pitched for the film's follow-up titled Here Comes Santa Claus, which it was named after the song of the same name, in the same year, until got scrapped later in 1974, due to either story issues or Rankin/Bass and Dora Wilson officially ended their film partnership deal after General Electric bought out the rights to Rankin/Bass' pre-1974 library.
The Hound of Florence[]
The Hound of Florence, a 1923 novel by Felix Salten, was planned to be adapted into an animated film by Dora Wilson in 1978. Due to complexity of the story during production, the film was dropped.
Hollywood Monsters[]
Originally planned in 1983, it would've be about how a group of movie monsters who are sicken for being featured in every horror monster films in villain roles and decides to create their own studio to make their own and better films. It was cancelled in favor of Supernatural Rock.
The Incredible Journey[]
TBD
The Little Blue Whale[]
The Little Blue Whale is an animated film that was going to be made after All Dogs Go to Heaven as part of DreamWorks' deal with Don Bluth. It was about a little girl and her animal friends trying to protect a little whale from evil whalers. Due to the critical and commercial failrue of Rock-a-Doodle, DreamWorks Pictures, TriStar Pictures and Carolco Pictures permanently cancelled the project while Goldcrest Films withdraws Sullivan Bluth Studios.
Peter Pan[]
An animated feature film adaptation of James M. Barrie's stage play of the same name was planned to be released in either 1989, 1990, 1991 or 1992, and would've star the voices of Macaulay Culkin as Peter Pan, Natalie Gregory as Wendy, and Christopher Lloyd as Captain Hook and featuring pop singer Michael Jackson as the film's narrator and score composer. The film got cancelled due to production issues.
Pinocchio[]
An animated feature film adaptation of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio was planned by Dora Wilson in the mid-1970s. While containing elements that were faithful to Collodi's original novel, it also contained elements from Walt Disney's 1940 film adaptation, such as Pinocchio being more good-hearted, innocent, and naive; the Blue Fairy being responsible for Pinocchio coming to life; and the Talking Cricket being Pinocchio's conscience and friend, as well as new elements created for the film such as the Fox appearing without his sidekick, the Cat (who was absent in this version) and practically generating most of the events in the film. It got scrapped due to price issues. However, Pinocchio was later used in Shrek and its direct-to-video sequels Shrek 2: The Kingdom of Far Far Away and Shrek: The Final Chapter.
Puss in Boots (early attempts)[]
Around 1972, as either a short film or a feature film based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale of the same name was planned by DreamWorks, until it got canceled in 1973 after many problems that the DreamWorks staff gone through during production.
During the 1980s, the project was revived, with elements from the 1960s anime film adaptation added into the film, but it was scrapped due to story difficulties.
Peter Rabbit[]
Based on the well-known children's story by Beatrix Potter, it was planned in 1970, but got scrapped due to story problems.
The Legend of Zelda[]
In the late 1980s to early 1993, an animated musical adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name was in development, and would've star the voice talents of former child actor River Phoenix (before his death October 31, 1993) as Link and then-British voice actress Susan Sheridan as Zelda. However, after the following box-office and critical failure of the 1993 live-action film Super Mario Bros., the project was cancelled.
The Return of Frosty the Snowman[]
As part of their deal with Rankin/Bass, the two studios were producing a sequel to 1969's Frosty the Snowman. It was scrapped in 1974, after Frosty the Snowman and the other Rankin/Bass films that were co-produced and distributed by DreamWorks were sold to General Electric, along with other pre-1974 Rankin/Bass works. A different version of the sequel was turned into a television special Frosty's Winter Wonderland, which was fully produced by Rankin/Bass in 1976. However, in 2016, DreamWorks released a direct-to-video sequel film which recreated the early plot concept for the sequel.
Stuart Little[]
In 1970, DreamWorks Studios pitched to produce an animated feature film adaptation of E.B. White's 1954 children's novel of the same name, which tells the story about a young mouse who was born into a human family and protects an injured bird from his family cat. Because of various story problems, the film got scrapped. However in 1999, Sony Pictures got the film rights to produce two live-action/CGI films based on the book, followed by a computer-animated sequel and an animated television series throughout the years. Many of DreamWorks' changes to White's original story were coincidentally the same as the changes used in Sony's first two films.
Sherlock Hound[]
A spoof film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Homes stories, which the title character was portrayed as an anthropomorphic canine and Dr. Watson as a tabby cat. It was supposed to be released on either 1986 or 1987, but was cancelled after Dora Wilson realizing Walt Disney Pictures was producing its own parodic film adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, The Great Mouse Detective (1986) which is also based on the Basil of Baker Street books by Eve Titus.
Sun Wukong and the Journey to the West[]
Around the mid-1980s, an animated feature film inspired by both the ancient Chinese folklore monkey figure of the same name and Wu Cheng'en's novel Journey to the West was announced for future release in 1989, but it got dropped in favor of All Dogs Go to Heaven. The cancelled film would later be an inspiration for the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda.
The Tuesday Dog[]
In 1978, DreamWorks planned to collaborate with Ruby-Spears Productions to producing an theatrical animated film based on the book Scruffy: The Tuesday Dog by Jack Stoneley, which tells the story about a lost and orphaned puppy who is struggling by desperate to seek a better home and better life, while meeting up other stray dogs and a dangerous crook and his dog. The film was later scrapped in favor of Martha after Ruby-Spears had no interest of producing a theatrical animated film, which it refused. Ruby-Spears later fully produced a three-part television special based on the book exclusively for ABC Weekend Special program which aired in 1980.
Uncle Tom's Cabin[]
Based on the 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a full-length animated film adaptation was announced as it planned around the early 1980s. The reason for the film's cancellation is due to major controversy. The film was supposed to have several changes to the original story, including a happy ending.
The Velveteen Rabbit[]
As part of its deal with Don Bluth, DreamWorks Pictures was producing an animated feature film adapted from the story of the same name about a stuffed rabbit trying to become a real rabbit after his beloved human child owner is forced to abandon him. It got cancelled due to "creative differences".
Zorro[]
In 1969, an animated film based on Johnston McCulley's Zorro stories was originally developed and planned to be released in 1972, but pushed to 1973, 1974 and 1975 until it got cancelled.
1990s[]
Antz 2[]
There were plans to make a sequel to the 1998 film Antz. The film was to be produced by Pacific Data Images, the visual effects team that did the animation on the original, and was scheduled for either as direct-to-video release or as a theatrical release. The film was cancelled for unknown reasons.
Cats[]
During the 1990s, the musical of the same name was initially pitched to adapted into an animated feature film by Amblimation, but it never got a chance to be produced following the closure of the studio in 1997. However, afterwards, Steven Spielberg re-pitched the animated Cats film in 1999, but again got cancelled later in 2000 with two reasons; one was due to the film's similarities to the 1991 film Stray Cats and the other was in favor of Shrek. In 2019, Universal and Amblin released a live-action film based on the musical, with negative critical reception and poor box office performance.
The Fantastic Family[]
TBD
Horton Hears a Who![]
In the early 1990s, DreamWorks had planned a traditionally animated film adaptation of Dr. Seuss' 1954 story of the same name, which was supposed to be released on November 1996. It also contained some characters and elements from other Dr. Seuss animal stories into the plot, such as Gertrude McFuzz (from the 1950s short story of the same name) being Horton's neighbor and love interest, as well having the Sour Kangaroo as a male character. It was cancelled due to price issues. However, the story was adapted into the popular Broadway musical Seussical, and later 20th Century Fox and its computer animation division Blue Sky Studios adapted the story to an computer-animated film released on 2008. Some of DreamWorks' changes to Dr. Seuss' original story were coincidentally the same as the changes made in both Seussical and the 2008 film.
The Jungle Book[]
An animated film adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book stories was planned in 1990, in which it would compete the 1967 iconic film adaptation produced by Walt Disney Pictures, having a mixture of elements from both Kipling's stories and the Disney version, as well as new elements for the film such as Shere Khan's bumbling sidekick Tabaqui being a hyena instead of a jackal, but eventually it got cancelled.
McGruff the Crime Dog[]
A planned 40-minute short film featuring the titular anthropomorphic animated bloodhound created by Winston Cavindish was in the works in late 1990, which would set the origin story of McGruff and how he became a crime-fighter, but it was cancelled.
Hamlet[]
In 1991, DreamWorks was in the works of an animated feature film based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The film was pitched to be produced as a full blown musical, with original songs written by Michael Bolton. However, due to both story problems and the announcement of Walt Disney Pictures' The Lion King (which was in production) that was heard by Dora Wilson, the project was eventually shut down.
Teen Audrey[]
Teen Audrey is an animated feature film planned in 1993, in collaboration with Harvey Entertainment and Saban Entertainment. The film would feature Harvey Comics character Little Audrey, as an teenager/young adult, in a slice-of-life story throughout her adolescence life. Unlike the original Little Audrey media, this film would also contain some darker elements where Audrey struggles to deal with hard situations such death of friends and family, bullying, abuse, depression, anxiety, etc. It was originally planned for its release either 1997, 1998 or 1999. However, during the pitch reel, some of the DreamWorks producers disliking the idea about some darker-take scenes, so it was cancelled.
The Thief and the Cobbler[]
The longest-running production of the unfinished animated feature film The Thief and the Cobbler, first begun development in 1964 by Canadian-British animator Richard Williams. After founding for the film upon producing Williams' other projects over the years, Warner Bros. refuse to distribute the film due to his film's lack of story, which lead Williams fired from his own project. Afterwards, the team of The Thief and the Cobbler asked DreamWorks to produce the film, until TBD
Thumbelina[]
In 1991, DreamWorks was intended to co-produce and release Don Bluth's 1994 film Thumbelina. When they were collaborating on the film, it had a fewer differences to the final version, most notably DreamWorks' recurring film characters Lancy, Rascal and Battly appearing in the film as henchmen working to Grundel Toad, and Larguirucho replacing Jaquimo as the narrator. Bluth would ending up making the film on his own after ending his deal with DreamWorks due to "creative differences".
In the late 1990s, DreamWorks planned for producing its own film adaptation of the story, but as a computer-animated film with PDI proving the animation, and would've featured the voice of Jodie Foster as Thumbelina. However, the film was never came to be produced.
Tusker[]
In December 1998, DreamWorks and PDI announced their third CG project (following Shrek) called Tusker. It would have been an original story chronicling a herd of elephants crossing southeast Asia. In their travels, they encounter a wide variety of dangers, including a band of marauding poachers. The film was going to be directed by Tim Johnson and Brad Lewis, the respected co-director and producer of Antz. The project was cancelled to make way for both Puss in Boots and Madagascar: A Dreamtoons Movie. In 2008, Hong Kong animation studio Imagi Animation Studios bought the rights to make the film. Imagi's version would've been produced by Brooke Breton and written by Ted Tally with a release date set for the first half of 2011, but following Imagi's closure in early 2010, the film was cancelled.
The Promised Land[]
Pitch in early 1999, a proposed continuation of The Prince of Egypt narrative involves the protagonist Moses embarking on a lengthy odyssey alongside the liberated slaves, spanning a duration of 40 years, in pursuit of the Promised Land. Moreover, Moses, being the discerning leader he is, elects Joshua to assume the mantle of authority and guide the people. Nonetheless, this particular endeavor was subsequently abandoned in favor of prioritizing the development of direct-to-video animated movie Joseph: King of Dreams.
2000s[]
All Dogs Go to Heaven 3[]
In early 2000, a third installment for the All Dogs Go to Heaven franchise was planned for a theatrical release in either 2002 or 2003. The plot would set place one year after the events of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, where Charlie and Anne-Marie now live together along with the latter's adoptive parents and new baby brother and Sasha. Charlie and Anne-Marie get accidentally lost during a vacation trip on Phoenix, Arizona and try to search a way to reunite with their family, while they are unknowingly pursued by Carface's brother Claw Paw, who plans to avenge Carface's death by using sorcery to transform Charlie into a human and Anne-Marie into a puppy and threatening to kill them. The film would've be directed by TBD. However, because of either various complex plot issues or in favor of other animated films (eg. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron), the third film was cancelled. According to TBD on his Twitter account commented that "[they] tried to figure more ideas with the third film's plot, but we got to cancel production because Jeffrey Katzenberg always felt that All Dogs Go to Heaven, not counting the television series and specials, had already completed its story in the second movie".
Animorphs[]
Writer TBD pitched an animated film adaptation of the children's novel series of the same name by Katherine Applegate, in 2002 during the production of Spirit: Stallon of the Cimmaron, with The Prince of Egypt's TBD, as directors and producers of the film. The film was pitched to be loosely based on the original books to be focused more darker and grittier, as the story would be focused on the characters helping animals to escape from the Nazis during World War II. Unfortunately, due to the studio couldn't afford the film rights from Scholastic to adapt the series into a film, followed by some story issues, the film was cancelled.
The Book of Life[]
DreamWorks initially optioned to make The Book of Life back in 2007. They decided not to continue with the project due to "creative differences" with the director. The film was eventually made at Reel FX Creative Studios and was released Fall 2014 to critical praise.
Crood Awakening[]
As part of Aardman Animation's "five-picture deal" with DreamWorks Animation, an animated film called Crood Awakening was in the early works at Aardman. Written by John Cleese and Kirk DeMicco, it would've been loosely based on the Roald Dahl book The Twits but set in the stone age. The film was cancelled due to Aardman and DreamWorks' separation in 2007 following the release of Flushed Away. Ultimately, both studios would end up making an animated movie set in the stone age: DreamWorks in 2013 with The Croods (where Cleese and DeMicco were heavily involved) and Aardman in 2018 with Early Man.
Elefriend 2[]
In 2002, DreamWorks' cult animated classic Elefriend was planned to have a direct-to-video sequel. The story would've set after the events of the first film where Alma and Elefriend, along with Alma's new parents, are going on Hawaii for a fun and relaxing vacation, while suddenly that Hawaii got invaded by a cruel group of pirates who begin robbing everything and the duo had to find the way to stop them, but the project was later turned into a four-part episode for the Elefriend television series which titled "Pirate Trouble".
Gullible's Travels[]
DreamWorks bought a script in 2007 titled Gullible's Travels which would've been about a man who travels through time via a porta potty to find the woman he loves. It was written by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman (Open Season, Chicken Little).
Hop[]
In 2006, DreamWorks began production on Hop. Planned in 2009, the film centered on E.B., the Easter Bunny's son who'd rather drum in a band than be like his father and runs away to Hollywood where he meets and befriends a human who is out of work. The film was cancelled by DreamWorks, but in 2007, the film was revived as a live-action/CGI hybrid film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment and released on April 1, 2011.
InterWorld[]
On June 16, 2007, author Neil Gaiman reported in his journal that DWA optioned his book, InterWorld, to be made into an animated feature film. But they decided not to get the film rights.
Lancy, Rascal and Battly[]
A direct-to-video film starring the titular animal henchmen trio from various DreamWorks animated films, showing a story with the trio as heroes/protagonists. It would have following the style of Disney animated film sequels and prequels focused on either supporting characters or comic relief characters as the main characters (The Return of Jafar, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, The Lion King 1½, Kronk's New Groove, Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, the Tinker Bell films, Cars 2, Monsters University, and Finding Dory), as well as Don Bluth's The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue and Bartok the Magnificent. It was scrapped due to unknown reasons. However, it was revived later as a theatrical film, Lancy, Rascal and Battly: The Three Animals, released on 2018.
Music Magic: New Generation[]
In 2005, a sequel to the 1979 film Music Magic was planned in either 2009 or 2010. The sequel was intended to feature songs of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and songs from artists such as Michael Jackson, Van TBD, Luis Miguel, Madonna, TBD, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, TBD and Britney Spears. However, it was cancelled in favor of the direct-to-video film Christmas Music Magic.
The Pebble and the Penguin 2[]
Upon the popularity of the home media release of The Pebble and the Penguin throughout the 1990s and 2000s, a direct-to-video sequel to the film began in development in 2000, in collaboration with MGM Animation and with Toby Bluth and Dick Sebast as directors. The plot would focus on Hubie's sidekick Rocko the rockhopper, who is a training coach training other penguins how to fly, while traveling out to rescue a female penguin named Emerald from the villainous Madam Galore, a female penguin hunter who attempts to kill Emerald for her fur. After MGM Animation was in democracy, the project was put in development hell throughout nine years, until it eventually got cancelled, while the concept artworks and storyboard sketches were already been developed.
Punk Farm[]
In April 2006, DreamWorks Animation had the rights to develop a computer animated film adaptation of the children's book of the same name by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons, and was eventually picked up by MGM Animation. but it was later cancelled.
The Road to El Dorado 2[]
There were talks about doing a sequel to the animated remake of The Road to El Dorado, where it would've continued the adventures of Miguel, Tulio, and Chel going to find more rich land. After the movie bombed, all plans for the sequel were cancelled.
Spy, Spy Again: A Dreamtoons Movie[]
Spy, Spy Again: A Dreamtoons Movie was a film planned in 2001, which was a comedic parody of modern spy films featuring the Dreamtoons characters. The story involved Goldy Locks, Red Riding Hood and the Goat Kids being swept up in a world of international intrigue when they are confused with a spy team by A.N.I.M.A.L.S. to defeat the evil organization L.O.S.E.R.S., led by the over-the-top villain Dave the Octopus, and travel across the globe, meeting up with numerous other Dreamtoons characters along the way. The film was never produced due to both complex story attempts and its plot similarities to Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes: Back in Action. However, a fewer concepts (mainly the character Dave the Octopus) were reused on Penguins from A.N.I.M.A.L.S.: A Dreamtoons Movie.
Trolls 2 (early attempts)[]
Following the critical and commercial success of Trolls (1994), DreamWorks and Amblimation pitched for a planned follow-up, with the same team of the first film being involved. The attempted plot was to follow about a human mad scientist finding Poppy and, being amazed by her voice, tries to kidnap her and all the other Trolls to use their voices to create his own musical monster. It was originally scheduled for a theatrical release in around 1998 or 1999. However, after the closure of Amblimation and the studio's staff moving to DreamWorks Animation in 1997, the project was shelved and the ownership rights to the first film were brought over to DreamWorks.
The planned film was pushing forward as a direct-to-video film in either 2000, 2001 or 2002 but the film was cancelled due to animator TBD feeling that "Trolls was always intended to be a solo movie." However, a sequel, Trolls World Tour was finally released in 2020, although with a different story.
Tortoise vs. Hare[]
Another project that was cancelled at DreamWorks' partnership with Aardman was a film adaptation of the Aesop fable The Tortoise and the Hare with the Tortoise and the Hare competing each other in any type of sports until they join forces to defeat a human who hunts other animals. The project was put to a halt due to script concerns. It would've starred Alec Baldwin, Orlando Jones, Brenda Blethyn, and Lee Evans. It would have been written by Karey Kirkpatrick and Mark Burton, executive produced by Peter Lord and Nick Park, and directed by Richard Goleszowski. It would've been released in 2003, but was moved to 2004 for Aardman to make room for their first film, Chicken Run.
Truckers[]
A film based on The Nome Trilogy books was in the works from 2001 to 2011. They acquired the film rights in 2001, and announced plans to combine all three books into a single film. It was to be directed by Andrew Adamson. In late 2008, Danny Boyle was attached to direct Truckers, but the project fell apart as "a victim of this economic crisis." The following year, the Slumdog Millionaire's Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy was hired to work on the project. Plans to move forward with DreamWorks' adaptation resurfaced in 2010 with the announcement that Legend of the Guardians screenwriter John Orloff would pen the script for director Anand Tucker. Tucker was later announced to direct the live-action/CGI remake of Trolls, before he was replaced by the original film's director Mike Mitchell. As of July 2018 no updates have surfaced.
2010s-2020s[]
In the 2010 decade, several films were announced to be made that were to be released in the next 3-4 years following their announcements. Some of these films were eventually cancelled while others are claimed to be in development and waiting for a release. Most of these films were cancelled due to massive layoffs, creative differences, shake ups around the studio, and Comcast eventually buying DreamWorks in 2016.
Alma[]
A film based on the animated short Alma was in the works in October 2010. The short's director Rodrigo Blaas is again set to direct the feature, with Guillermo del Toro executive producing it. In November 2011, it was reported that the studio has hired Megan Holley, a writer of Sunshine Cleaning, to write a script. Del Toro, who is also helping with the story and the design work, said in June 2012 that the film was in visual development. As of July 2018 however, there have been no recent developments regarding the film's production.
The Adventures of Hijitus (film)[]
TBD
Beekle[]
In May 2015, it was announced that Jason Reitman would write and direct a computer-animated adaptation of the children's book, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.
Untitled Blue-footed Booby film[]
Writer/director Karey Kirkpatrick was developing an animated film about the blue-footed booby birds. The basic idea would've been about a dim-witted blue-footed booby who learns that it "isn't the size of your brain, but the size of your heart that counts." As of July 2018 no other news emerge following that announcement.
B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations[]
An animated film about ghosts was in the works in mid-2010 that would've starred Seth Rogen, Matt Bomer, Melissa McCarthy, Bill Murray, Octavia Spencer, Rashida Jones, and Jennifer Coolidge. It was to be directed by Tony Leondis and written by Tom Wheeler from a story by Leondis. It was about two bumbling apparitions who find themselves in an extraordinary after-life adventure when they join the Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (B.O.O.) – the ghost world’s elite counter-haunting unit – and ultimately must face off against the planet’s greatest haunter. It was to be released on June 5, 2015, but was pulled from its release to avoid competition with Disney and Pixar's Inside Out. As of July 2018, no updates have emerged from the project. In 2015, Leondis later moved from DreamWorks to Sony Pictures Animation to develop his next film, The Emoji Movie.
Drafted Ducks[]
In 2016, DreamWorks was in talks with Ren and Stimpy creator and adult animation pioneer John Kricfalusi to produced a hand-drawn adult animated comedy film for Netflix, that would've be inspired by classic war-time cartoons and set place in the World War II in a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, which follows two foul-mouthed Ren and Stimpy-alike ducks who are chosen for the army. It would've be DreamWorks' first adult animated film since 1989's Albedo. It would star the voices of Eric Bauza and Rachael MacFarlane as the two ducks. It was planned to be scheduled for a 2020 release date. However in 2018, the reason for the project was cancelled is due to both "creative differences" and Kricfalusi's recent sexual abuse allegations.
As of January 2021, the film was revived, but lead by James Sugure replacing Kricfalusi as director, producer and animator (under Titmouse, Inc.). However, there is currently no update of its future release schedule.
Flawed Dogs[]
An animated film based on Berkeley Breathed's book Flawed Dogs was in the works that would've been written and directed by Noah Baumbach. As of July 2018 no news have emerged since 2013.
Gil's All Fright Diner[]
In December 2009, it was reported that the studio had set screenwriters Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris (Kung Fu Panda) to write a film adaptation of the book, Gil's All Fright Diner with Barry Sonnenfeld attached to direct the feature. In 2011, the book's author A. Lee Martinez wrote on his blog that he was working with DreamWorks on a project based on an original idea, and not on Gil's All Fright Diner. In March 2013, Martinez expressed uncertainty for any film adaptation: "Your guess is as good as mine. It's all a matter of convincing someone with the clout necessary to make it happen." As of July 2018 no updates have emerged from the project since 2013.
Green Eggs and Ham[]
Around in early 2010s, an animated film adaptation of Dr. Seuss' 1960 children's book of the same name was pitched to DreamWorks, planning for fall 2015. Though the idea had gone through many story and development issues, it was put on hold. Eventually, after DreamWorks was acquired by Comcast, the rights of the project were then sold to Warner Bros., which it was changed from a film to a television series for Netflix, reusing the script written by Jared Stern, John Whittington, Mark Rizzo and Vanessa McGee for the first season.
Lidsville[]
A 3D animated musical film adaptation of the Lidsville TV series was in the works. It was going to be directed by Conrad Vernon and scored by Alan Menken, who would also be writing the songs with Glenn Slater. Menken stated that, "The songs will be an homage to '60s psychedelic concept-album rock." But Lidsville creator Sid Krofft said in a June 2016 interview with The Wall Street Journal that, "It was going to be like Hair or Tommy, a full-blown musical. But they went in a strange direction and it just didn't work."
Madagascar 4: A Dreamtoons Movie[]
Jeffrey Katzenberg has stated that there is likely to be a fourth installment in the Madagascar sub-series from The Dreamtoons Movie franchise. However, in June 2012, DreamWorks Animation's head of worldwide marketing, Anne Globe, said, "It's too early to tell. There hasn't been a lot of discussion about that." Eric Darnell, who co-directed all three films, spoke of the possibility of the fourth film, noting, "Two things have to happen. One is that the world has to want Madagascar 4: A Dreamtoons Movie, because if they don't want it, it doesn't matter what we do. And the other thing is even if the world wants Madagascar 4: A Dreamtoons Movie, we have to make sure that we have an idea that is incredible, that is great, that is unexpected. If the audience wants it and we have a great idea, we will see – maybe." On June 12, 2014, the film was scheduled to be released on May 18, 2018. In January 2015, Madagascar 4: A Dreamtoons Movie was removed from the release schedule following corporate restructuring and DreamWorks' new policy to release two films a year. In April 2017, Tom McGrath said about the film: "There are things in the works, nothing is announced yet, but I think they'll show their faces once more..."
Maintenance[]
In December 2010, DreamWorks announced they had bought the film rights to the comic book series Maintenance from Oni Press. The film rights were first acquired by Warner Bros. as a potential project for director McG, but DreamWorks then got rights after Warner Bros. dropped out.
Me and My Shadow/Edgar Wrights' Shadows[]
On December 10, 2010, DreamWorks Animation announced a project titled Me and My Shadow was scheduled for a March 2013 release date. The plot involved Shadow Stan who serves a shadow to Stanley Grubb, the world's most boring human. Wanting to live a more exciting life, he escapes the "Shadow World" and takes control of Stanley. With Mark Dindal slated as the film's director, the film was meant to combine traditional and CGI animation. In January 2012, Bill Hader, Kate Hudson, and Josh Gad had joined the voice cast. Additionally, Alessandro Carloni had replaced Dindal as director and the release date was pushed back to November 2013.
However, in June 2012, its release date was pushed back to March 7, 2014 with Mr. Peabody & Sherman taking its November 2013 release. In February 2013, Me and My Shadow went back into development with Mr. Peabody & Sherman re-assuming its original March 2014 release.
On November 19, 2015, Edgar Wright had signed to direct and co-write an animated feature for DreamWorks, in which the story was described as a "new take on a previously developed concept about shadows." In an interview with Collider published in June 2017, Wright explained that he and David Walliams had wrote three drafts, but the project is in limbo due to management changes at DreamWorks Animation.
Untitled film about memes[]
In 2017, the director TBD was pitched an animated feature fantasy comedy based on the internet memes, which the plot would focus on a nerdy teen who got sucked inside a computer to a world inhabited by internet memes as they got invaded by a dastardly computer virus and his minions. However, the film got scrapped due to the critical failure of Sony Pictures Animation's The Emoji Movie.
Monkeys of Mumbai[]
Former Disney animator and director Kevin Lima pitched to DreamWorks a Bollywood-styled musical based on The Ramayana, but told through the point of view of its monkeys. It would've follow two common monkeys who become unlikely heroes in a last ditch effort to stop an ancient, thought-to-be-mythical demon from conquering the world. Going through multiple titles, Monkeys of Bollywood, Monkeys on Mumbai and Bollywood Superstar Monkey, the film was to feature music by Stephen Schwartz and A. R. Rahman, who are also the film's composers, with the script written by David Sussman. The film was originally planned for a release in December 18, 2015, the release dates kept getting pushed back to the point of being put back into DreamWorks Animation films that are in development. Lima revealed that DreamWorks quietly cancelled the film. In an interview with Den of Geeks UK, he said, "It came very close. We were just going into production, we were just starting animation. I'd been working on it for two and a half years. All the songs were written. Stephen Schwartz and A.R. Rahman. We were just ready to start. I have to say that it's one of the great disappointments of my film career not seeing that one move forward. It had nothing to do with the movie, and everything to do with the politics of selling the studio. Seven of us I think lost movies at that moment in time. With the studio having written it off on their taxes, it means the only way to get it back would be to invest that kind of money again. And it’s tens of millions of dollars. I tried. I really tried. Stephen Schwartz and I took it around town, but when the price tag was revealed, everyone gasped. Ultimately, we couldn't find a buyer".
The Pig Scrolls[]
On April 8, 2010, Pajiba.com reported that the studio was developing an animated feature film based on The Pig Scrolls. As a possible directing job, Barry Sonnenfeld was tasked to develop the film, while Kirk DeMicco wrote the most recent script revision.
Rumblewick[]
Another movie based on a book that was in the works at the studio was the book My Unwilling Witch (The Rumblewick Letters) that would've been simply titled Rumblewick. It was to be directed by Tim Johnson and written by Jim Herzfeld.
Sequels to Shark Tale, Hail Arthur, Monsters vs. Aliens, Megamind: A Dreamtoons Movie, Rise of the Guardians, Hotel for Dogs, Ico the Brave Little Horse, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Captain Underpants[]
In April 2011, Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that there's currently no plans to make sequels to their parody animated films, this would include Shark Tale, Hail Arthur, Monsters vs. Aliens and Megamind: A Dreamtoons Movie. He went on, saying that these films "all shared an approach and tone and idea of parody, and did not travel well internationally. We don't have anything like that coming on our schedule now."
With Rise of the Guardians, the creators expressed hope that the strong A- Cinemascore average for the film and an enthusiastic word-of-mouth would gather support for the "chance to make a sequel or two." This includes co-producer and author of the book it was based on, The Guardians of Childhood, William Joyce, said he was in talks with the studio. He recalled, "There is something that we are proposing that we hope they will want to do." Although no other info has been revealed since June 2018.
With Hotel for Dogs, TBD
With Ico the Brave Little Horse, a sequel was planned to be released around Holiday season for either a theatrical release or direct-to-video, until it got cancelled due to story problems.
With A Series of Unfortunate Events, TBD
With Captain Underpants, DreamWorks had planned for giving the film a sequel with either a theatrical or direct-to-video release.
Super-Squirrel 2[]
Before the film's release, DreamWorks had planned for a sequel to Super-Squirrel, which would follow Gerald trying to stop a new threat, as well as a giant bomb, but due to the film's financial failure, it was cancelled, although after the 2012 re-release proved to be a big hit, the film was put back into production, with a heavily altered story, now having Gerald trying to stop an Indian monster, although the giant bomb subplot was kept intact, TBD
Shrek 4-Ever After[]
In February 2014, in an interview with Fox Business Network, Katzenberg hinted that a third direct-to-video Shrek sequel may still be made. "We like to let them have a little bit of time to rest," he said of the characters. "But I think you can be confident that we'll have another direct-to-video in the Shrek series. We're not finished, and more importantly, neither is he." On June 15, 2016, after NBCUniversal purchased DreamWorks Pictures for $3.8 billion, NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke discussed plans to revive the franchise, as well as other DreamWorks films. In July 2016, The Hollywood Reporter cited sources saying that the fourth film was planned for a 2019 release. In September 2016, Eddie Murphy confirmed that the film was expected to be released on home video in 2019 or 2020, and that the script had been completed. The story for the film was written by Michael McCullers, based on his own idea, with the intention to reinvent the series. However, in November 2018, Variety reported that the film had been cancelled in favor of a live-action remake to the first Shrek film.
Spooky Jack[]
On September 19, 2017, DreamWorks announced an original feature called Spooky Jack, with a planned release date of September 17, 2021. Jason Blum would served as executive producer, and would've been a co-production with Blumhouse Productions. The premise would've been about three siblings who moved into a eerie new home and discover that all the creatures we've been told don't exist actually do. On October 7, 2019, Spooky Jack was removed from the schedule, with its original release date replaced by The Bad Guys, based on the Scholastic book series by Aaron Blabey.
The Tibet Code[]
When DreamWorks Animation made its then-newest division called Oriental DreamWorks in China, a film was in the works that was based on the Chinese action novel The Tibet Code. However, its production was shut down due to problems at Oriental DreamWorks and the company could not come to terms with the producer who owned the rights to the book.
Tales Told by Mice[]
In around mid 2010s, a series of direct-to-video animated films that would center unforgettable stories retold with anthropomorphic mice in the character roles (such as Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and others) was in production. After DreamWorks was bought out by NBCUniversal, along with some laid-offs, it was completely cancelled.
Vivo[]
In 2010, DreamWorks began production on Vivo. Based off a concept by Peter Barsocchini, the film centered on a monkey obsessed with music who embarks on a dangerous adventure from Havana, Cuba, to Miami, Florida. The film was cancelled by DreamWorks, but in 2016, the film was revived by Sony Pictures Animation with Kirk DeMicco as the director and released on June 4, 2021.
Wonderland 2[]
TBD
Zodiac[]
Another animated feature film that was going to be made by Oriental DreamWorks, their first animated feature was going to be called Zodiac about a anthropomorphic kitty in a modern society with anthropomorphic animals trying to make sure he becomes the first cat on the Chinese zodiac while also discovering a sinister conspiracy, set to be released in 2014. However while the film's storyboards were released online, the film's production was canceled due to some problems at Oriental DreamWorks.
Live-action shorts and films[]
Pre-1950s[]
The Magic Paintbrush[]
In 1940, Dora Wilson pitched to produce a live-action and animated hybrid feature film which would tell the story about an painter who foinds a paintbrush that contains magic which lead his painting come to life, until it got cancelled due to World War II.
1950s-1960s[]
Aloha to Hawaii[]
Planned in 1960, it would've be a romance comedy musical film about a down-in-luck young man who takes a trip to Hawaii, where he seeks out to find his true love.
1970s-1980s[]
The Avengers[]
Planned in the late 1970s, it would have been not only the first ever film adaptation of a Marvel Comics property, but a co-production between Dora Wilson and Steven Spielberg. The music in the film's final battle scene would have been Ride of the Valkyries, but when Dora Wilson saw Apocalypse Now (which included the music in the film's helicopter attack scene), the movie got cancelled. But however, there would be an infamous Howard the Duck movie in 1986, and The Avengers would be made in 2012 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Beast's Castle[]
An adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, was planned to be released in 1992. Due to Walt Disney Pictures' 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, it got cancelled.
Krampus[]
Planned for an release around the early 1980s, a horror film would revolving the story about the legendary monster/demon of the same name who terrorizes naughty children during Christmas. It would've been directed by Alien director Ridley Scott. It was canceled after Dora Wilson refused for her dislike of both the monster and Christmas-themed horror genres.
Follow-up film to Little Audrey[]
During the mid-production of the Little Audrey live-action film in late 1988 and early 1989, a follow-up film focused on another Harvey Comics character was planned up to have its release date in either 1991 or 1992. However, it got scrapped due to the poor box office reception of Little Audrey.
1990s-2000s[]
Bee Movie 2[]
While not announced by the studio, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, producer, writer, and star of DreamWorks' 2007 live-action/animated hybrid film Bee Movie, said that he has no interest to make a sequel to Bee Movie. During a Reddit AMA in June 2016, a fan asked if a Bee Movie 2 would happen. Seinfeld had this to say, "I considered it this spring for a solid six hours. There's a fantastic energy now for some reason, on the internet particularly. Tumblr, people brought my attention to. I actually did consider it, but then I realized it would make the original film less iconic. But my kids want me to do it, a lot of people want me to do it. A lot of people that don't know what animation is want me to do it. If you have any idea what animation is, you'd never do it."
My Little Pony[]
Planned in 2006 as a live-action/CGI hybrid film of Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise to be released around 2013 to honor its 30th anniversary, with a joint effort of Paramount Pictures and Hasbro Studios. This film would've be inspired by the generation one of My Little Pony, in which it was revealed a story which would've been about three kids who enter Pony Land, where they befriend colorful talking ponies. However, in the beginning of 2010s, when the My Little Pony franchise was retooled after My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered, plans for the film were cancelled in 2011, a year after the show debuted.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Wonders of the World[]
Sonic the Hedgehog: Wonders of the World is an unfinished film adaptation based off the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The film was intended to be a co-production with MGM, DreamWorks, Trilogy Entertainment Group and SEGA. The film began production in 1994 and treatment for it was written by Richard Jefferies but it was cancelled the following year before production could begin. The film would've set the story about Sonic entering into the real world and getting the help of a 12-year-old boy named Josh to foil Dr. Robotnik's new plan.
Before production began MGM suddenly backed out of the development deal and after an attempt to revive the film at DreamWorks went nowhere, the film was scrapped. Its unknown why MGM chose to drop the film, though Pen Densham claimed the deal broke down due to creative differences between Sega and Trilogy, causing the latter to pull out and leave MGM with the bill. Jeffries, however, blamed "Hollywood politics" for the film's demise, believing that the studios each wanted a higher share of the film's profits.
Gone Apesh*t![]
On December 2008, DreamWorks planned to pitch a satire comedy film parodying horror films, which would be about a violent rampaging pet gorilla who terrorizes the community with his TBD. It would be directed and written by Scary Movie director TBD. However, on February 16, 2009, producers heard news about an incident in Stamford, Connecticut where a pet chimpanzee attacked his owner's friend, causing the film to be cancelled permanently, classifying it as "a twisted reference to that incident".
2010s-2020s[]
A Tale Dark and Grimm[]
TBD
Baldi's Basics[]
In 2018, DreamWorks got the attention to the indie horror game Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning, and planned to acquire the film rights to developed a live-action movie adaptation, with a joint partnership with Blamhouse Productions, and would've starred either Tim Curry or Luke Evans as Baldi. The plot of the planned film would follow five friends who enter a schoolhouse owned and run by Baldi, but attempt to survive when Baldi and his aids start a murderous spree around school after answers are marked incorrectly. However, the film got cancelled after Spielberg got a call from the game creator Micah McGonagall, who refused to produce a film based on his game.
Hot Stuff the Little Devil[]
In April 2014, DreamWorks Animation was developing a live-action/CGI film based on the character Hot Stuff the Little Devil with Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux set to write it. It was going to be a second attempt for a DreamWorks Animation film to use live-action and computer-animation. It would have been the second DreamWorks animated film to feature characters from the Classic Media library; the first being Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Since then, there has been no further news on the project.
Imaginary Enemies[]
In 2010, DreamWorks Pictures announced they were going to make their first live-action/animated project since Bee Movie. The project was to be told from the point of view of imaginary friends who had long been used as scapegoats by unscrupulous children looking for someone else to blame for their misdeeds. Eventually fed up, those imaginary people come looking for some payback when the kids are grown up. Screenwriters Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario wrote the script, but as of July 2018, no other updates have been announced.
Into the Woods[]
TBD
Towers[]
A disaster thriller film was pitched and announced in 2010, which would set in the events of September 11, 2001 attacks, with a fictional take of the story about a family who must escape from the burning World Trade Center. During the announcement however, controversies were spread about the film concept, which lead the project to be cancelled.
Television[]
Animation[]
1960s[]
Headin' Deep South[]
Intended as a television special follow-up to Headin' South. The plot was to revolve Janice traveling to America's Deep South. The special was planned in 1968, until later scrapped after Dora Wilson's comment over the Deep South settings and theming being considered too risky like Walt Disney's controversial 1946 film Song of the South.
1970s-1980s[]
The Secret Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle[]
In the late 1980s, DreamWorks Television was collaborating with Walt Disney Television Animation to produce a revival series to Jay Ward's 1960s cartoon series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends back when they were distributing the series on VHS. Developed by Tad Stone and Michael Peraza Jr., the revival was named The Secret Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and would have been a modern take on the old Rocky and Bullwinkle series, with the return of other Jay Ward cartoons like Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Hoppety Hopper, George of the Jungle, Super Chicken and Dudley Do-Right and would have featured new segments like "Fractured Scary Tales", a parody of horror films, and a new "Mr. Know It All" skit that, among other things, had Bullwinkle programming a VCR. Before the two presented their pitch, they soon found out DreamWorks and Disney did not have the rights to the actual series, only to the video distribution of the original Rocky and Bullwinkle series, and the concept was abandoned.
1990s-2000s[]
All Dogs Goes Down Under[]
Supposed to be released as a television special, this 40-minute special was supposed to be the final installment for the All Dogs Go to Heaven series of television specials and was planned around the late 1990s. It would follow Charlie, Itchy and Anne-Marie having some vacations to Australia where they then encounter a lost joey who its family had mysteriously captured by the unknown forces, so the trio must go out for an adventure to find them, while Fee, Line and Killer try to kidnap the joey. It was cancelled due to the producers deciding An All Dogs Christmas Carol to be the final All Dogs Go to Heaven special.
Banjo-Kazooie[]
TBD
Eddsworld[]
TBD
Joey's Superstar Hotel[]
Inspired by Hanna-Barbera's 1970s-1980s crossover animated series and Disney's House of Mouse, this planned animated series would have focused on Joey Kangaroo, along with the Dreamtoons gang, owning and operating a hotel that is frequently visited by characters from DreamWorks Animation films, while showcasing subplots involving each Dreamtoons character. It was planned around the mid-2000s. However, due to TBD, the show never got a chance to be produced. Years later, artworks were posted on animator TBD's blog.
Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect[]
An animated series based on the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park was commissioned by Steven Spielberg himself, and was to be developed by DreamWorks under supervision of Steve Lyons. The series would have been released after the film of the same name and would have involved hybrid dinosaurs similar to Jurassic World, but was eventually shelved due to a variety of internal conflicts.
South Park[]
TBD
Happy Tree Friends (TV series)[]
The TV series adaptation of Happy Tree Friends was
2010s-2020s[]
Crash Zoom (TV series)[]
Crash Zoom is an animated web series YouTube in 2015 created by Thomas Ridgewell. It revolves around the comical misadventures of an unlucky young woman, her best friend who is an idiotic and psychotic filmmaker, and his little sister with demonic powers. In 2016, DreamWorks Animation Television's MoonBoy Animation pitched the web series into an adult animated television series, but it got canceled due to creative differences with Ridgewell.
Love Mr. Squishier or DIE![]
An canceled adult-oriented animated black comedy series which would be about a cute and innocent-looking hamster who would turn extremely violent and psycho if no one can love him or hang out with him. It was planned in 2011 and dropped in 2012.
Vete a la Versh[]
TBD
Live-action[]
TBD
Video games[]
1980s[]
TBD
1990s[]
TBD
2000s-2010s[]
DreamWorks Heroes Unite and DreamWorks Villains' Revenge[]
Dream Universe series[]
See Dream Universe
In late 2000s, an planned video game franchise was announced by DreamWorks, being an equivalent concept to Disney/Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts series but focusing on DreamWorks films and featuring Goldy Locks as the main heroine, and was set for it release date on 2010, until a lawsuit threat was sent by Disney Interactive and Square Enix over its similarities to Kingdom Hearts, which caused DreamWorks' project to be canceled. Despite that, TBD posted many artwork in his personal blog.
Theme parks and attractions[]
Chicken Run: Escape from the Coop[]
Announced in 2001, after the release of DreamWorks/Aardman's 2000 film Chicken Run, a dark ride based on the film was scheduled to open around either 2003 or 2004 at DreamWorks Movie Adventure Park, in a similar vane between Peter Pan's Flight at the Disney parks and E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Florida. The ride would set place during the events of the film, where guests would aboard on life-size vehicle replicas of the flying machine to virtually escape from the Tweedys' chicken farm, with animatronics created by Sally Corporation, who also developed the animatronics for E.T. Adventure. In 2003, however, after the construction began in Spring 2002, the attraction got delayed to around from 2005 to 2006. In 2006, the attraction had never finalized to open and was permanently cancelled, not long after DreamWorks broke the partnership from Aardman. The attraction was left abandoned until it was replaced by How to Train Your Dragon: Flight to Berk.
Dreamtoons Land[]
TBD
DreamZoo[]
Planning during 1995, TBD
DreamWorks Studio Theme Park[]
A theme park planned to be built as part of Dubailand in 19 January 2008, until it got eventually got cancelled, before 2016, when Motiongate Dubai in Dubai Parks & Resorts made a themed land devoted to DreamWorks.
Dreamzone[]
A land dedicated to DreamWorks Studios' animated properties for Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) Perak theme park at Malaysia, which would've feature rides and attractions based on DreamWorks Animation films along with the Classic Media library. Though later in 2017, after MAPS opening, the operation of the land gone to the delay, due to the termination of licensing agreement with DreamWorks.
Flushed Away Through Ratropolis[]
In early 2006, before the film's release, DreamWorks announced pans for a dark ride/roller coaster attraction for DreamWorks Movie Adventure Park, based on Flushed Away, co-produced by Aardman. TBD. However, due to DreamWorks and Aardman ended their partnership collaboration because of creative differences, the ride was permanently cancelled.
Hotel of Dreams[]
In 1999, DreamWorks planned for building a large hotel, with a theme park attached on the top of building. TBD