Escape from Hat

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Adam Kline

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Mark Osborne
Jinko Gotoh
Melissa Cobb

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Escape from Hat is an unreleased animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Mark Osborne, based on the children's book of the same name by Adam Kline.

The film was set to be released on Netflix, but was canceled in 2022.

Premise

Leek, a desperate and magical rabbit rallies an unexpected band of allies and undertakes an impossible quest to escape from inside a magician's hat and defeating evil black cats as Leek returns to the human boy he dearly loves.

Production

=Development=

In April 2017, 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios had announced they would produce the animated film adaptation of Adam Kline's fantasy book "Escape from Hat" with Mark Osborne set to direct and co-write the script with Kline, and Jinko Gotoh producing the film along with Osborne.{{cite news|first=Dominic|last=Patten|title='Little Prince's Mark Osborne & Scribe Adam Kline Link With Fox Animation For Two New Projects|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/mark-osborne-adam-kline-movies-escape-from-hat-with-kind-regards-to-kindergarten-fox-animation-1202078729/|date=April 27, 2017|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=November 18, 2021|archive-date=November 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118173721/https://deadline.com/2017/04/mark-osborne-adam-kline-movies-escape-from-hat-with-kind-regards-to-kindergarten-fox-animation-1202078729/|url-status=live}} However, in November 2018, Netflix acquired the film rights and Melissa Cobb joined the production team.{{cite press release|first=Shannon|last=Olivas|title=Netflix to Produce Animated Feature Film Escape from Hat from Academy Award Nominated Director Mark Osborne|url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-produce-animated-feature-film-escape-from-hat-from-academy-award-nominated-director-mark-osborne|date=November 16, 2018|publisher=Netflix Media Center|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117040648/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-produce-animated-feature-film-escape-from-hat-from-academy-award-nominated-director-mark-osborne|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Jennifer|last=Wolfe|date=November 16, 2018|title=Mark Osborne Helming 'Escape From Hat' for Netflix|url=https://www.awn.com/news/mark-osborne-helming-escape-hat-netflix|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=November 15, 2021}} According to What's On Netflix, the film was reportedly no longer in development at Netflix.{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Kasey|date=August 24, 2023|title=Escape from Hat No Longer in Development at Netflix|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/escape-from-hat-no-longer-in-development-at-netflix/|access-date=August 24, 2023|website=What's On Netflix}}