Treasure Planet II

564 18 8
                                    

Treasure Planet II 

Cancelled Disney film


In cancelled film for the sequel of Treasure Planet, Jim Hawkins and Kate, his love interest and classmate at the Royal Interstellar Academy, must team with Long John Silver to stop the villainous Ironbeard from freeing the inmates of Botany Bay Prison Asteroid. Willem Dafoe was set to voice Ironbeard. 

The sequel was canceled when Treasure Planet disappointed at the box office.

What? Why? Treasure Planet is awesome! I would have love to see this but if it was gonna to be a direct-to-video then that means it will be from DisneyToons Studios then no thank you.


Source: Wikipedia 

Always a D.R.E.A.M. (Disney Rules Everything Around Me)


9-20-17 Update:

Found more information on Animatedviews.com

     When Disney began working on Treasure Planet in the late '90s, the studio envisioned cabin boy Jim Hawkins setting sail on numerous voyages across sequels and a TV series

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

     When Disney began working on Treasure Planet in the late '90s, the studio envisioned cabin boy Jim Hawkins setting sail on numerous voyages across sequels and a TV series. But a lack of interest from audiences sank the would-be franchise in November 2002 – which was particularly unfortunate for the team already hard at work on Treasure Planet 2.

Director Jun Falkenstein had been involved with the sequel for about 8 or 9 months. Her previous film, The Tigger Movie, was a hit with critics and audiences, becoming Winnie the Pooh's most profitable feature with a $96 million worldwide gross from a $30 million budget. Disney suits needed her to work similar magic on Treasure Planet 2, especially given the escalating budget of the first Treasure Planet.

 Disney suits needed her to work similar magic on Treasure Planet 2, especially given the escalating budget of the first Treasure Planet

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

The sequel was to pick up where the first film left off, with Jim Hawkins going to the Royal Interstellar Academy. At the Academy, he is a hotshot "natural," but he doesn't follow the rules very well. Hence, he gets off to a shaky start – especially with his classmate Kate, who is very smart and has a type A personality. Kate's father is Admiral Blake, the Commander of the Navy. Jim and Kate vie for top of the class but have very different skills.

The World of Forgotten DisneyWhere stories live. Discover now