List of unproduced DreamWorks Animation projects#2010

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The following is a list of unmade and unreleased animated projects by DreamWorks Animation. Some of these films or shows were, or still are, in development limbo. These also include the co-productions the studio collaborated with in the past (i.e. Oriental DreamWorks, Aardman Animations, Columbus 81 Productions, Bullwinkle Studios, World Events Productions, Double Dare You Productions, Scholastic Corporation and Amblin Entertainment), as well as sequels to their franchises.

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1990s: 1991{{·}}1996{{·}}1998{{·}}1999

2000s: 2000{{·}}2001{{·}}2002{{·}}2004{{·}}2005{{·}}2006{{·}}2007{{·}}2008{{·}}2009

2010s: 2010{{·}}2011{{·}}2012{{·}}2013{{·}}2014{{·}}2015{{·}}2017{{·}}2018{{·}}2019

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2020{{·}}2023

1990s

= 1991 =

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Feature film	Bugs: Lights Out	Prior to the release of Toy Story and even the formation of the actual DreamWorks company itself, the animation studio PDI was shopping around many pitches for a computer-animated film in 1991.[https://archive.org/details/PDIPromoBrochure1990s PDI Promo Brochure 1990s – Page 6][https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/antz-hits-20-re-visiting-pdis-tech-from-20-years-ago-164870.html 'Antz' Hits 20: Re-Visiting PDI's Tech From 20 Years Ago] One of the pitches was a film called Bugs: Lights Out about microscopic insect-like robots who were responsible for the entropy of electronics and machinery. Despite a developed script and some test animations made to pitch the film, the idea was scrapped when the studio was picked up by DreamWorks to make Antz, which said film shares many aspects.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgsVAht_tLk&t=182s YouTubeInterview with PDI founder Carl Rosendahl Part 1][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgsVAht_tLk YouTube Interview with PDI founder Carl Rosendahl Part 2]

=1996=

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Feature film	InterWorld	The idea of InterWorld surged in 1996, when Michael Raeves was developing an animated series for DreamWorks. Suggesting to Gaiman an idea for a possible animated television series, they collaborated on the story and unsuccessfully tried to sell it to various studios, including DreamWorks, which was not interested. The InterWorld idea ended up as a novel that was not released until 2007. In June of that same year, author Neil Gaiman reported in his journal that he had pitched the idea of InterWorld to DreamWorks back in 1996, but the executives were confused on the concept. Along with Michael Raeves, they later published their work into the novel, in which DreamWorks Animation had optioned into producing an animated film.{{cite web\|last=Gaiman\|first=Neil\|url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/06/news-and-musing.html\|title=News and musing\|publisher=neilgaiman.com\|date=June 16, 2007\|access-date=February 12, 2011}}{{cite web\|title=Neil Gaiman's Film Work \|url=http://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_About_Neil/Neil_Gaiman's_Film_Work \|publisher=Neil Gaiman \|access-date=November 2, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302121927/http://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_About_Neil/Neil_Gaiman%27s_Film_Work \|archive-date=March 2, 2016 \|url-status=live}} Nothing came of it until June 2016, when the plans to make InterWorld as television series were revived by Universal Cable Productions, in association with Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and his partner Flody Suarez,{{cite magazine\|last=Amato\|first=Allan\|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/20/interworld-tv-neil-gaiman-hamilton-producer\|title=Hamilton producer to develop TV adaption of Neil Gaiman's Interworld\|magazine=Entertainment Weekly\|date=July 21, 2016\|access-date=July 21, 2016}} but with no further updates since.

= 1998 =

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Antz	{{N/A}}	A direct-to-video sequel to Antz was in development at DreamWorks at the time of its release. Like the first film, it was planned to be produced by Pacific Data Images.{{cite web\|title=DreamWorks is having a picnic; "Antz II" marching on\|url=http://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-having-picnic-antz-ii-marching\|website=Animation World Network\|access-date=August 26, 2015\|date=October 12, 2015}} By early 1999, when DreamWorks closed its television animation unit and merged the direct-to-video unit with the feature animation, the sequel was still planned, but eventually the project was cancelled.{{cite web\|last1=Amidi\|first1=Amid \|author-link=Amid Amidi\|title=DreamWorks TV shuts down\|url=http://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-tv-shuts-down\|publisher=Animation World Network\|access-date=August 26, 2015\|date=March 9, 1999}}{{cite web\|last1=Teo\|first1=Loenard\|title=3D Festival interviews Andy Murdock, the artist behind "Lots of Robots"\|url=http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/lots_of_robots_interview\|publisher=CG Society\|access-date=August 26, 2015\|date=November 22, 2002\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032925/http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/lots_of_robots_interview\|archive-date=February 2, 2017\|url-status=dead}}
Feature film	Rockumentary	In 1998, DreamWorks and PDI started development on a film parodying The Beatles, which featured a Beatles-esque penguin rock band. The idea was scrapped, but after production on Madagascar started, director Eric Darnell decided to revive the penguins and make them a commando/spy unit instead of a rock band.{{cite web\|last=Phillips\|first=Julian\|title=Escape from Zoo-York: Behind The Scenes of Madagascar\|url=http://www.skwigly.co.uk/behind-the-scenes-of-madagascar/\|magazine=Skwigly\|date=November 25, 2005}}
Feature film	Tusker	In December 1998, DreamWorks and PDI announced their third computer-animated project titled Tusker, which was meant to follow Shrek. 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. Tim Johnson and Brad Lewis, the co-directors and producers of Antz respectively, were slated to direct and produce the project, and Morgan Freeman, Jodie Foster, Garry Shandling, Dana Carvey, Bruno Kirby and Don Knotts were part of the cast.{{cite web\|last=Amidi\|first=Amid \|author-link=Amid Amidi\|title=PDI and Dreamworks announce their third film, "Tusker"\|url=https://www.awn.com/news/pdi-and-dreamworks-announce-their-third-film-tusker\|publisher=Animation World Network\|date=December 17, 1998}}
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 the supervision of Steve Lyons. The series would have been released after the film with the same name and would have involved hybrid dinosaurs similar to Jurassic World, but was eventually shelved due to a variety of internal conflicts.{{cite web\|title=NEVER BEFORE SEEN ART SURFACES FROM CANCELLED 'THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK' ANIMATED SERIES!\|url=https://jurassicoutpost.com/never-before-seen-art-surfaces-from-cancelled-the-lost-world-jurassic-park-animated-series/\|publisher=Jurassic Outpost\|date=May 29, 2019}}
Feature film	The Wanderer	A traditional animated feature film that was going to be directed by the Brizzi Brothers and Simon Wells of the story of a stray bear who joins a group of circus bears and changes their lives with the voices of Ellen Greene, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jon Cryer, Amy Yasbeck, Joey Fatone, Dick Van Dyke and James Gandolfini. The film's production was canceled following studio changes when Wells went to direct The Time Machine. As of 2012, some concept art was shown online of what the film's characters would have looked like.{{cite web\|url=http://devincrane.blogspot.com/2012/11/blast-from-past.html?m=1\|date=November 20, 2012\|title=Blast From The Past\|access-date=June 3, 2018\|publisher=Devin Crane's blog post}}

= 1999 =

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Feature film	Tortoise vs. Hare	By October 1999, Aardman was developing a film adaptation of the Aesop fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, with DreamWorks.{{cite news\|last=Kilmer\|first=David\|url=https://www.awn.com/news/aardman-signs-four-picture-deal-dreamworks\|title=Aardman signs four picture deal with DreamWorks\|publisher=Animation World Network\|date=October 29, 1999\|access-date=November 8, 2018}} In July 2001, they postponed production on the film as they continued to rework the script. Bob Hoskins, Orlando Jones, Brenda Blethyn, Alice Cooper and Lee Evans were set to voice the characters. Karey Kirkpatrick and Mark Burton were writing the script, though more writers were expected to be brought on to revamp the script. Peter Lord and Nick Park were slated to be executive producers while Richard Goleszowski was attached as director.{{cite news\|last=Grossberg\|first=Josh\|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/41857/dreamworks-tortoise-takes-its-time\|title=DreamWorks' "Tortoise" Takes Its Time\|publisher=E! News\|date=July 6, 2001\|access-date=November 8, 2018}}{{cite web\|last=Linder\|first=Brian\|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/07/07/aardman-halts-tortoise-vs-hare\|title=Aardman Halts Tortoise Vs. Hare\|website=IGN\|date=July 7, 2001\|access-date=April 11, 2018}}

2000s

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Sonic the Hedgehog	{{N/A}}	On Twitter, comic book writer Ken Penders claimed that he was approached by DreamWorks to write a film starring the character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, Knuckles the Echidna.{{Cite tweet \|last=Penders \|first=Ken \|user=kenpenders \|title=I've heard that one for years, and it's time people really applied analytical thinking to this. Ben had the industry contacts. I had none. If I did have a chance to get something off the ground, it was a KNUCKLES project with Dreamworks when THEY contacted me. \|number=1228142434216894464 \|access-date=2023-08-08 \|via=Twitter \|language=en}}{{primary source inline\|date=March 2025}}

= 2001 =

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Feature film	Moby Dick	In December 2001, Brizzi Brothers pitched an animated feature idea based on the classic novel, Moby Dick to DreamWorks,{{cite web\|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CjL0W75vclA/\|publisher=Instagram \| title=Several years back I helped to develop an animated version of Moby Dick at DreamWorks. We worked for about a year before they shelved the project. Of all the paintings I did, this is my favorite. The layout was drawn by our directors, the amazing Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi.(www.brizzibrothers.com) Acrylic.\| date=October 1, 2022 \| access-date=November 13, 2022}} and was expected to move forward following the production of Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas for a potential 2004 release date.[https://am.animatedviews.com/WhaleMovie.html WHALE MOVIE (TBD)] Brizzi brothers would leave DreamWorks and take the project to Sony Pictures Animation in 2003, but with no further updates since. Paul Lasaine, Christian Schellewald and Luc Desmarchelier uploaded concept art and storyboards of the film in 2022.
Feature film	Truckers	A film based on The Nome Trilogy books was in the works from 2001 to 2011. DreamWorks acquired the film rights in 2001,{{cite web \| url=http://www.writenews.com/2001/050201_dreamworks_bromeliad.htm \| title=DreamWorks Acquires Film Rights to Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad Trilogy \| publisher=WriteNews.com \| date=2 May 2001 \| access-date=3 March 2018}} and announced plans to combine all three books into a single film. It was to be directed by Andrew Adamson.{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1403462.stm \| title=Pratchett gets the Shrek treatment \| date=24 June 2001 \| access-date=5 March 2018 \| work=BBC News}} In late 2008, Danny Boyle was attached to direct Truckers,{{cite news \| last=Edward Douglas \| first=Edward Douglas \| url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/torontonews.php?id=48705 \| title=Exclusive: Danny Boyle Getting Animated? \| publisher=ComingSoon.net \| date=10 September 2008 \| access-date=5 March 2018}} but the project fell apart due to his financial problems.{{cite news \| last=Arnold \| first=William \| url=http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Q-A-Director-Danny-Boyle-says-he-s-happy-in-1292127.php#page-2 \| title=Q & A: Director Danny Boyle says he's happy in the 'Slum' \| work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer \| date=20 November 2008 \| access-date=5 March 2018}} The following year, the Slumdog Millionaire's Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy was hired to work on the project.{{cite news \| last=Child \| first=Ben \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/27/simon-beaufoy-terry-pratchett-truckers \| title=Simon Beaufoy gets on the Truckers bandwagon \| work=The Guardian \| date=27 March 2009 \| access-date=5 March 2018}} 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.{{cite news\|last=Topel\|first=Fred\|title=John Orloff on 'Anonymous'\|url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/176692-john-orloff-on-anonymous\|access-date=5 March 2018\|newspaper=Crave Online\|date=24 October 2011}} Tucker was later announced to direct another DreamWorks film Trolls,{{cite news\|title=New Distributor Twentieth Century Fox Unveils DreamWorks Animation's Release Slate Through 2016\|url=http://ir.dreamworksanimation.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=705761\|access-date=5 March 2018\|publisher=DreamWorks Animation\|date=9 September 2012\|archive-date=12 October 2013\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131012035253/http://ir.dreamworksanimation.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=705761\|url-status=dead}} which was planned to be partially based on a Pratchett novel,{{cite news\|last=Weintraub\|first=Steve 'Frosty'\|title=Director Peter Ramsey Talks RISE OF THE GUARDIANS, Roger Deakins, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, Working with David Fincher on FIGHT CLUB, and More\|url=https://collider.com/peter-ramsey-rise-of-the-guardians-how-train-your-dragon-2/212668/\|access-date=5 March 2018\|publisher=Collider.com\|date=20 November 2012\|quote=There's an interesting project called, right now it's called Trolls, and it's kind of partially based on Terry Pratchett novel. Anand Tucker, another live action director is directing.\|archive-date=27 November 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127223840/http://collider.com/peter-ramsey-rise-of-the-guardians-how-train-your-dragon-2/212668/\|url-status=dead}} before he was replaced by Mike Mitchell.{{cite news\|title=Acclaimed Comedy Director Mike Mitchell And Emmy Award Winning Writer Erica Rivinoja Bring DreamWorks' Trolls to the Big Screen\|url=http://ir.dreamworksanimation.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=767658\|access-date=March 5, 2013\|newspaper=DreamWorks Animation\|date=28 May 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629021843/http://ir.dreamworksanimation.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=767658\|archive-date=29 June 2013\|df=dmy-all}}

= 2002 =

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VeggieTales	The Bob and Larry Movie	The origin story of VeggieTales hosts Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber reveals how they met, how they got their own show, and answers the question how vegetables and fruit talk. This was the first film in the series to feature humans. According to Phil Vischer, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie was their The Ten Commandments, while The Bob and Larry Movie was to be their Toy Story.{{Cite web \|date=2004-11-15 \|title=What Happened to Big Idea? (Part 1) – Phil Vischer – Official Blog of VeggieTales Creator \|url=https://philvischer.com/news/what-happened-to-big-idea-part-1/ \|access-date=2022-05-28 \|website=Phil Vischer \|language=en-US}} The Bob and Larry Movie was originally planned to be the second VeggieTales movie with a released date in late 2005. It was placed into production in early 2002, toward the end of production of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002).{{Cite web \|last=Hertz \|first=Todd \|title='The More You Preach, the Fewer You Reach' \|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/januaryweb-only/philvischer.html \|access-date=2022-05-28 \|website=ChristianityToday.com \|date=8 January 2008 \|language=en}} However, Big Idea Productions fell into bankruptcy in late 2002 and the film was placed on hiatus, deemed too expensive. Phil Vischer then wrote The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie to replace this film. In 2008, it was considered to be the sequel to The Pirates who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, but talks stalled after the bankruptcy of VeggieTales owners Entertainment Rights and Classic Media. Phil Vischer said in 2018 that his copy of The Bob and Larry script exists, but does not want to release it because it is owned by Universal and DreamWorks.
Gorillaz	Celebrity Harvest	After the release of the debut album Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett announced a film adaptation of the fictional band titled Celebrity Harvest. The film was further teased in the 2003 album Think Tank, which had the words "Celebrity Harvest" printed on a corner of the booklet. The film was described as a "very dark film" with "cannibals and zombies". The script stated that it revolves around the theme of the world being trapped in an endless night and the sickness of celebrity culture.{{Cite magazine \|author=Billboard Staff \|date=2002-02-25 \|title=Gorillaz Bust A Move On New Album, Movie \|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-bust-a-move-on-new-album-movie-76671/ \|access-date=2023-07-26 \|magazine=Billboard \|language=en-US}} The project was canceled as DreamWorks thought it was too dark.{{Cite web \|last=suerusselldj \|date=2017-04-10 \|title=Gorillaz: Morrissey and Sade Turned Them Down, TV Series in the Works, More \|url=https://suerusselldj.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/gorillaz-morrissey-and-sade-turned-them-down-tv-series-in-the-works-more/ \|access-date=2023-07-26 \|website=Sue Russell \|language=en}}

= 2004 =

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Feature film	The White Seal	An adaptation of The White Seal, one of the stories featured in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Composer Eric Whitacre recounted being contacted by the studio to write music for the movie after the presentation of Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings at the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop in spring 2004. He had submitted a musical rendition of "The Seal Lullaby", a poem featured in the story, only to find weeks later that the film had been canceled in favor of producing Kung Fu Panda.{{Cite web \|title=The Seal Lullaby – Music Catalog \|url=https://ericwhitacre.com/music-catalog/the-seal-lullaby \|access-date=2024-08-07 \|website=Eric Whitacre \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|last=Stores \|first=Musicroom \|date=2021-10-20 \|title=Exclusive Interview With Grammy Award Winning Composer Eric Whitacre – Part 2 \|url=https://blog.musicroom.com/exclusive-interview-with-grammy-award-winning-composer-eric-whitacre-part-2/ \|access-date=2024-08-07 \|website=Musicroom Blog \|language=en-GB}} Whitacre would later go on to serve as the conductor for vocal arrangements for the soundtrack of Kung Fu Panda 3.{{Cite web \|title=Eric Whitacre {{!}} Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack \|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534575/ \|access-date=2024-08-07 \|website=IMDb \|language=en-US}}

= 2005 =

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Feature film	Route 66	In September 2005, DreamWorks announced an original film, with Mulligan, a giant golf ball statue standing on a side of Route 66 who goes on a journey to save a giant blueberry statue named Betty when she gets taken away. The concept came from comedian Harland Williams, alongside Conrad Vernon and Rej Bourdages. Williams and Vernon were slated to pen the screenplay.{{cite news\|last=DeMott\|first=Rick\|title=DreamWorks Kicks With Kung Fu Panda & Others\|website=Animation World Network\|date=April 4, 2006\|url=https://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-kicks-kung-fu-panda-others\|access-date=June 1, 2023}} In 2009, Williams revealed in an email inquiry that the film had been shelved.{{Cite web \|date=2009-09-02 \|title=Harland Williams Route 66 film shelved \|url=https://www.route66news.com/2009/09/02/harland-williams-route-66-film-shelved/ \|access-date=2023-06-01 \|website=Route 66 News\|language=en-US}}
Feature film	It Came From Earth!	In September 2005, DreamWorks announced they were developing an original film with Sheira & Loli's Dittydoodle Works creator Cory Rosenberg. The film would have been an alien invasion spoof revolving around a planet of Martians who are visited by human astronauts. Josh Lobis and Darin Moiselle were attached to write the script.{{cite news\|last=Fischler\|first=Marcelle\|title=Sister Acts\|work=The New York Times\|date=May 6, 2007\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06artsli.html\|access-date=June 1, 2023}}

= 2006 =

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Feature film	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.{{cite news\|last=DeMott\|first=Rick\|title=DreamWorks Animation Gets Ready to Rock With 'Punk Farm'\|publisher=Animation World Network\|date=April 4, 2006\|url=https://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-animation-gets-ready-rock-punk-farm\|access-date=November 8, 2018}} In June 2011, the project was eventually picked up by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but with no further news since.{{cite magazine \| last=Kilday \| first=Gregg \| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgm-develop-punk-farm-animated-196356 \| title=MGM to Develop 'Punk Farm' Animated Movie \| magazine=The Hollywood Reporter \| date=June 8, 2011 \| access-date=March 9, 2018}}{{cite news \| last=Kilday \| first=Gregg \| url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/walden-media-platypus-police-squad-movie-1201608667/ \| title=Walden Media Producing 'Platypus Police Squad' Movie (EXCLUSIVE) \| work=Variety \| date=2015-10-02 \| access-date=2019-02-16}}

= 2007 =

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Bee Movie	{{N/A}}	While it was never announced by the studio (although Jeffrey Katzenberg briefly joked about one in 2007{{cite news\|last=Bartyzel\|first=Monika\|title=Katzenberg Talks 'Shrek Goes Fourth' and 'Bee Movie 2'\|url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2007/11/20/katzenberg-talks-shrek-goes-fourth-and-bee-movie-2/\|access-date=December 20, 2021\|newspaper=CineMatical\|date=November 20, 2007\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711061516/http://blog.moviefone.com/2007/11/20/katzenberg-talks-shrek-goes-fourth-and-bee-movie-2/\|archive-date=July 11, 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=mdy-all}}), comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the producer, writer, and star of 2007's Bee Movie, said that he has no interest in making a sequel. During a Reddit AMA in June 2016, a fan asked about the possibility for Bee Movie 2. Seinfeld responded: {{blockquote\|text=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 Bee Movie 1 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.{{cite web\|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/jerry-seinfeld-wont-make-bee-movie-sequel-not-reason-might-think-141071.html\|publisher=Cartoon Brew\|access-date=March 15, 2018\|title=Jerry Seinfeld Won't Make A 'Bee Movie' Sequel, But Not For The Reason You Might Think\|date=June 27, 2016\|first=Amid \|author-link=Amid Amidi\|last=Amidi}}}}
Feature film	Gullible's Travels	In January 2007, DreamWorks bought a spec script titled Gullible's Travels which would have been about a man who travels through time via a porta potty to find the woman he loves. Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman were slated to write and produce the project.{{cite news \|first=Dave \|last=McNary \|title='Travels' to DreamWorks \|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/travels-to-dreamworks-1117958359/ \|work=Variety \|date=January 30, 2007 \|access-date=March 29, 2018}}
Over the Hedge	{{N/A}}	In May 2007, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that 2006's Over the Hedge, which was based on the titular comic strip, would not receive a sequel due to its box office performance. He claimed that "It was close. An almost."{{cite news\|last=Bond\|first=Paul\|title=2nd 'Hedge' fund drives DWA Q1\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2nd-hedge-fund-drives-dwa-135272\|access-date=January 4, 2020\|work=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=May 2, 2007\|archive-date=May 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528163709/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2nd-hedge-fund-drives-dwa-135272\|url-status=live}} In October 2010, an article explaining the possibility of a sequel was posted on the official Over the Hedge blog, saying that if a sequel failed to perform as well financially as the first film, DreamWorks could lose money on the project.{{Cite web\|url=https://overthehedgeblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/why-there-wasnt-an-over-the-hedge-sequel/\|title=Why There Wasn't an Over the Hedge Sequel\|date=October 19, 2010\|access-date=January 4, 2020\|archive-date=May 8, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508013356/https://overthehedgeblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/why-there-wasnt-an-over-the-hedge-sequel/\|url-status=live}}
Feature film	The Book of Life	DreamWorks initially optioned to make The Book of Life back in 2007, but production was cancelled due to "creative differences" with director Jorge Gutierrez.{{cite news\|last=Amidi\|first=Amid \|author-link=Amid Amidi\|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/el-tigre-creator-jorge-gutierrez-moves-into-features-with-book-of-life-76863.html\|title="El Tigre" Creator Jorge Gutierrez Moves Into Features with "Book of Life"\|publisher=Cartoon Brew\|date=January 24, 2013\|access-date=March 29, 2018}} The film was eventually made at 20th Century Fox Animation and Reel FX Creative Studios and was released by 20th Century Fox (which also had a distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation at that time) in 2014 to critical praise and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.

= 2008 =

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Feature film	Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians	DreamWorks Animation acquired the film rights to Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians in June 2008.{{cite news\|last=Sanderson\|first=Brandon\|title=Two Super Huge Announcements!\|url=http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/650/Two-Super-Huge-Announcements!\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610085432/http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/650/Two-Super-Huge-Announcements!\|accessdate=November 16, 2012\|archive-date=June 10, 2011\|newspaper=Brandon Sanderson\|date=June 2, 2008\|quote=The book I mentioned last week is ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS. It has been optioned by Dreamworks Animation, though I can't go into details about who is working on the project at the moment, I've been very impressed with the work of the director and producer involved.}} By January 2011, Brandon Sanderson, the author of the novel, revealed that DreamWorks did not renew the rights.{{cite news\|last=Sanderson\|first=Brandon\|title=Alacatraz movie has seen better days. (Dreamworks did not renew.) Mistborn movie is still about the same.\|url=https://twitter.com/BrandSanderson/status/22126792596787200\|accessdate=November 16, 2012\|newspaper=Twitter\|date=January 3, 2011}}

= 2009 =

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Feature film	B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations	On May 28, 2009, DreamWorks first announced plans for "Super Secret Ghost Project."{{cite news\|title=DreamWorks Animation's Slate Through 2012!\|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=55849\|accessdate=November 1, 2013\|newspaper=ComingsSon.net\|date=May 28, 2009}} Later in the mid-June 2009, it was reported that DreamWorks is developing the project under a working title as Boo U., Tony Leondis has been set to direct and Jon Vitti to pen the screenplay for the film, set to be released in the end of 2012. The story would follow a ghost who is bad at his job and must return to ghost school.{{cite news\|last1=A. Fernandez\|first1=Jay\|last2=Kit\|first2=Borys\|title=DreamWorks attending 'Boo U.'\|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i04825332556ab23d83be509415fee749\|accessdate=November 1, 2013\|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=June 18, 2009\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623073623/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i04825332556ab23d83be509415fee749\|archivedate=June 23, 2009}} Seth Rogen was reported in August 2010 to have joined the film as a voice of the lead character.{{cite news\|last1=Kit\|first1=Borys\|last2=A. Fernandez\|first2=Jay\|title=Seth Rogen enrolls in 'Boo U.'\|url=http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/seth-rogen-boo-u.html\|accessdate=November 1, 2013\|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=August 18, 2010\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821172958/http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/seth-rogen-boo-u.html\|archivedate=August 21, 2010}} In September 2012, DreamWorks announced an animated film about ghosts that would have starred Rogen, Matt Bomer, Melissa McCarthy, Bill Murray, Octavia Spencer, Rashida Jones, and Jennifer Coolidge, now under a different title known as B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. Tom Wheeler would had rewritten Vitti's script 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.{{cite press release\|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bill-murray-gets-ghost-busted-with-jennifer-coolidge-and-octavia-spencer-in-boo-bureau-of-otherworldly-operations-230078171.html\|title=Bill Murray Gets Ghost Busted With Jennifer Coolidge And Octavia Spencer In B.O.O.: Bureau Of Otherworldly Operations\|publisher=DreamWorks Animation\|agency=PR Newswire\|location=Glendale, California\|date=October 31, 2013\|access-date=November 9, 2018}} It was scheduled to be released on June 5, 2015, but was pulled from its release to avoid competition with Disney•Pixar's Inside Out, and also due to a string of box office bombs like Rise of the Guardians, Turbo, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman.{{cite magazine\|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/dreamworks-animation-to-scare-up-new-release-date-for-b-o-o-bureau-of-otherworldly-operations-1201359058/\|title=DreamWorks Animation to Scare Up New Release Date for 'B.O.O.'\|magazine=Variety\|date=November 18, 2014\|access-date=March 9, 2018}} For the fourth quarter of 2014, the studio reported a $155 million write-off, primarily related to unreleased films, including B.O.O. and Monkeys of Mumbai.{{cite news\|last1=Graser\|first1=Marc\|title=DreamWorks Animation Posts $247.7 Million Loss After 'Penguins' Flop, Company Restructuring\|url=http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/dreamworks-animation-posts-247-7-million-loss-after-penguins-flop-company-restructuring-1201440532/\|accessdate=February 28, 2015\|work=Variety\|date=February 24, 2015}}
Feature film	Dinotrux	In March 2009, studio had rights to the children's book Dinotrux, originally planned as a computer-animated film. It was not until 2015 when the studio produced an animated series based on the books for Netflix. The series ended up lasting for eight seasons from 2015 to 2018.{{cite news\|last=Fleming\|first=Michael\|title=DreamWorks to drive 'Dinotrux'\|url=https://variety.com/2009/digital/markets-festivals/dreamworks-to-drive-dinotrux-1118000992/\|access-date=February 5, 2022\|work=Variety\|date=March 9, 2009}}
Feature film	The Bones Family / Sugar Bones	In 2009, Mexican actress and film producer Salma Hayek and filmmakers Rodolfo and Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, founders of animation studio Huevocartoon, approached DreamWorks to sell a feature film entitled The Bones Family (later retitled Sugar Bones), about the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. The story would follow a boy who, in the company of a xoloitzcuintle, goes through a portal to the Land of the Dead to find his deceased disfunctional family, who died in a road accident among a travel to Las Vegas. Gradually, the boy takes the form of a sugar skull, indicating that if he does not return to the living world before a certain time, he and his family will remain forever in the underworld.{{cite encyclopedia \|year=2009 \|title=Rodolfo Sealtiel Riva Palacio Alatriste \|encyclopedia=Diccionario de Directores del Cine Mexicano \|publisher=Diccionario de Directores del Cine Mexicano; Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía; Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes \|location=Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, México \|url=https://diccionariodedirectoresdelcinemexicano.com/directores-cine-mex/riva-palacio-alatriste-rodolfo-sealtiel/ \|access-date=9 May 2025 \|last=García Ramírez \|first=Mónica \|editor-last1=Ciuk \|editor-first1=Perla \|edition={{Ord\|2}} \|language=es-MX \|trans-title= \|isbn=978-607-455-104-4 \|via=diccionariodedirectoresdelcinemexicano.com}}{{Cite web \|date=14 Feb 2011 \|title=Sugar Bones (sales) \|url=https://www.tracking-board.com/sugar-bones-sales/ \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329152431/https://www.tracking-board.com/sugar-bones-sales/ \|archive-date=2023-03-29 \|access-date=10 May 2025 \|website=The Tracking Board \|publisher=Industry Arts}}{{Cite news \|year=2007 \|title=Salma Hayek, productora \|trans-title=Salma Hayek, producer \|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-2604179 \|access-date=10 May 2025 \|work=El Tiempo \|publisher=Casa Editorial El Tiempo \|language=es-CO \|agency=EFE}} When the Riva Palacio brothers were making Otra película de huevos y un pollo —a direct follow up to Una película de huevos—, they received a call from Hayek, who wanted to work with them on an animation project.{{cite news \|last1=R. Franco \|first1=Salvador \|last2=Albarrán Torres \|first2=César \|date=9 Mar 2009 \|title=Produce Salma película con los creadores de Huevocartoon \|trans-title=Salma produces feature film with the Huevocartoon creators \|url=https://cinepremiere.com.mx/produce-salma-pelicula-de-los-creadores-de-huevocartoon.html \|access-date=9 May 2025 \|work=Cine Premiere \|publisher=Editorial Premiere (1999–2011); G21 Comunicación (2011–present) \|location= \|language=es-MX}} Originally, the film was planned as a production of Ventana Azul —Salma Hayek's production company in association with José Tamez, subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer— with Huevocartoon as its main animation studio, the comedian George Lopez joined as co-writer, producer and part of the voice cast as main character.{{Cite magazine \|last=De la Fuente \|first=Anna Marie \|date=2007-08-02 \|title=Lopez eyes pic at Hayek MGM shingle \|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=26097148&lang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site \|url-access=registration \|access-date=10 May 2025 \|magazine=Daily Variety Gotham \|publisher=Reed Business Information \|location=Hollywood, Los Angeles, California \|page=5 \|volume=296 \|issue=23 \|issn=0011-5509}}{{Cite news \|date=2007-08-28 \|title=Hayek producirá a los hermanos Rivapalacio \|trans-title=Hayek produces for the Riva Palacio brothers \|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2007/08/28/index.php/index.php?section=espectaculos&article=a10n2esp \|access-date=10 May 2025 \|work=La Jornada \|publisher=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios \|language=es-MX \|agency=Notimex}} Months after writing a first plot and a first script treatment, with the representation of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Hayek, Lopez and the Riva Palacio brothers presented the project to DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, which turned out to be to his liking, so DreamWorks agreed to buy the film, with the condition that DreamWorks would produce it in-house. Subsequently, an American screenwriter was hired by DreamWorks to rewrite the script, and he made radical changes to the story to make it suitable for a family audience. The original premise changed to that of a group of teddy bears entering the Land of the Dead, and some elements were added, such as a parody of the video game series Guitar Hero. The reason DreamWorks approved these changes was due to the treatment of the subject of death in the United States as something more serious and too dark. This, coupled with Pixar's production announcement in 2012 of a film with the same theme, caused DreamWorks kept the rights to the film and shelved it. Years later, in several interviews, Rodolfo Riva Palacio pointed out that Pixar's Coco, suspiciously maintained substancial similarities with Sugar Bones in its storyline.
Feature film	Gil's All Fright Diner	By December 2009, 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.{{cite news\|last=Fleming\|first=Mike\|title=Writers dine on 'Diner'\|url=https://variety.com/2009/digital/news/writers-dine-on-diner-1118012869/\|access-date=March 9, 2018\|newspaper=Variety\|date=December 16, 2009}} In 2011, the book's author A. Lee Martinez was working with DreamWorks on a project based on an original idea, and not on Gil's All Fright Diner.{{cite web\|last=Martinez\|first=A. Lee \|title=Simple \|url=http://www.aleemartinez.com/simple/blog/27102011/ \|access-date=March 9, 2018\|website=A. Lee Martinez \|date=October 27, 2011}} 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".{{cite web \|last=Martinez \|first=A. Lee \|title=Q&A Friday \|url=http://www.aleemartinez.com/qa-friday-5/blog/29032013/ \|access-date=March 9, 2018 \|website=A. Lee Martinez \|date=March 29, 2013}}
Monsters vs. Aliens	{{N/A}}	Despite its success in the United States market, DreamWorks Animation's CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg was quoted in the Los Angeles Times that a sequel would not be made because of the film's weak performance in some key international markets. "There was enough of a consensus from our distribution and marketing folks in certain parts of the world that 'doing a sequel' would be pushing a boulder up a hill."{{cite news\|last=Verrier\|first=Richard\|title=DreamWorks Animation's profit drops; no sequel for 'Monsters vs. Aliens'\|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/10/dreamworks-animation-records-earnings-drop-does-better-than-wall-street-expects.html\|accessdate=November 5, 2011\|newspaper=Los Angeles Times\|date=October 27, 2009}}

2010s

In the 2010s, 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, management changes, no updates on the features, and Comcast eventually buying DreamWorks in 2016.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

= 2010 =

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Feature film	Alma	By October 2010, a film adaptation of the animated short Alma was in development with the short's director Rodrigo Blaas slated to direct and Guillermo del Toro was to serve as executive producer.{{cite news \|first=Steven \|last=Zeitchik \|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/10/guillermo-del-toro-alma-movie-animatied-dreamworks.html \|title=Guillermo del Toro finds soul with 'Alma' \|newspaper=Los Angeles Times \|date=20 October 2010 \|access-date=9 March 2018\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101023132555/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/10/guillermo-del-toro-alma-movie-animatied-dreamworks.html\| archive-date= 23 October 2010 \| url-status= live}} The studio later hired Megan Holley, a writer of Sunshine Cleaning, to write a script.{{cite news\|last=Zeitchik\|first=Steven\|title=After "Puss in Boots", momentum for another Del Toro animated pic\|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/10/puss-n-boots-guillermo-del-toro-alma-movie-dreamworks-animation-blaas.html\|access-date=9 March 2018\|newspaper=Los Angeles Times\|date=31 October 2011}} Del Toro, who was also helping with the story and the design work, said in June 2012 that the film was in visual development.{{cite news\|last=Debruge\|first=Peter\|title=Del Toro bullish on several projects\|url=https://variety.com/2012/digital/news/del-toro-bullish-on-several-projects-1118054434/\|access-date=March 9, 2018\|newspaper=Variety\|date=July 10, 2012}}
Feature film	Imaginary Enemies	In August 2010, DreamWorks Animation announced their first live-action animated project. The project was to be told from the point of view of the imaginary friends who had long been used as scapegoats by unscrupulous children looking for someone else to blame for their misdeeds. Eventually fed up, the imaginary people would come looking for revenge when the kids are grown up. Screenwriters Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario were attached to write the script.{{cite web\|last=Bettinger\|first=Brendan\|url=https://collider.com/imaginary-enemies-dreamworks-animation/\|title=DreamWorks Animation Makes IMAGINARY ENEMIES; Could Be Their First Live-Action/CG Hybrid\|website=Collider\|access-date=March 2, 2018\|date=August 19, 2010}}
Feature film	Maintenance	In December 2010, DreamWorks 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.{{cite web\|last=Lucas\|first=Kimberly\|url=https://collider.com/dreamworks-animation-maintenance-comic/\|title=DreamWorks Animation Acquires MAINTENANCE Comic\|date=December 18, 2010\|website=Collider\|access-date=March 9, 2018}}
Feature film	Me and My Shadow / Edgar Wright's Shadows	In December 2010, DreamWorks Animation announced a project titled Me and My Shadow, scheduled for a March 2013 release date. The plot involved Shadow Stan who serves as 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 (who also developed the film's concept and story), the film was meant to combine traditional and CGI animation.{{cite magazine\|last1=McClintock\|first1=Pamela\|last2=Debruge\|first2=Peter\|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/dreamworks-animation-enters-shadow-world-1118028802/\|title=DreamWorks Animation enters 'Shadow' world\|magazine=Variety\|date=December 10, 2010\|access-date=March 22, 2018}} In January 2012, Bill Hader, Kate Hudson, and Josh Gad had joined the voice cast. Additionally, Alessandro Carloni replaced Dindal as director and the release date was pushed back to November 2013.{{cite magazine\|last=Kit\|first=Borys\|title=DreamWorks Animation Sets Voice Cast for 'Me & My Shadow'\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dreamworks-me-my-shadow-kate-hudson-bill-hader-286141\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=January 31, 2012\|access-date=March 22, 2018}} Its release date was pushed back to March 14, 2014, with Mr. Peabody & Sherman taking its November 2013 release.{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-colbert-allison-janney-mr-peabody-sherman-335922\|last=McClintock\|first=Pamela\|title=Stephen Colbert, Allison Janney Join Voice Cast of 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman'\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=June 11, 2012\|access-date=March 22, 2018}} By February 2013, Me and My Shadow went back into development with Mr. Peabody & Sherman re-assuming its original March 2014 release.{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dreamworks-animation-pushes-back-release-418673\|title=DreamWorks Animation Pushes Back Release for 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman'\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=February 5, 2013\|access-date=March 22, 2018}} In 2012, there was a press screening of Me and My Shadow where Jeffrey Katzenberg fell asleep. The crew working on the film knew "he wasn't {{sic\|in\| to}} it". After the screening he said it was not a $200 million film, which is what he "needed".{{Cite web \|last=Williames \|first=Matt \|date=April 24, 2020 \|title=Matt Williames on Twitter \|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/mattwilliames/status/1253807817867194368 \|access-date=2022-04-13 \|website=Twitter \|language=en}} In 2015, Edgar Wright 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".{{cite magazine\|last=Ford\|first=Rebecca\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/edgar-wright-direct-shadow-themed-842257\|title=Edgar Wright to Direct Shadow-Themed Animated Film\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=November 19, 2015\|access-date=March 22, 2018}} In an interview with Collider published in June 2017, Wright explained that he and David Walliams had written three drafts, but the project is in limbo due to management changes at DreamWorks Animation.{{cite web\|url=https://collider.com/edgar-wright-grasshopper-jungle-collider-shadows#poster\|last=Goldberg\|first=Matt\|title=Edgar Wright Provides Updates on 'Grasshopper Jungle', 'Collider', and 'Shadows'\|website=Collider\|date=June 12, 2017\|access-date=March 22, 2018}} Even with the project being in limbo, the public attention has risen high of the unreleased film a whole decade after it was announced; though many are eager to see it, the status of Me and My Shadow is uncertain.{{cite tweet\|number=1253807817867194368\|user=MattWilliames\|title=@toonholechris Thank you! This one in particular was 2012. We had a screening with Jeffery where he fell asleep\|access-date=October 9, 2021\|date=April 24, 2020}}
Monsterpocalypse	{{N/A}}	In May 2010, DreamWorks acquired the rights to a film adaptation of the game.{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37939/tim-burton-and-john-august-reteam-bring-us-a-monsterpocalypse\|title=Tim Burton and John August Reteam to Bring Us a Monsterpocalypse?\|date=October 2012\|publisher=DreadCentral}} The studio approached Tim Burton for the project{{cite web\|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20519\|title=Tim Burton and John August Reteaming for 'Monsterpocalypse'? – Bloody Disgusting!\|date=10 June 2010\|publisher=\|access-date=30 September 2016}} and Burton was attached to direct in July,Peter Sciretta (2010-07-19) [http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/19/exclusive-tim-burton-developing-monsterpocalypse-full-details-revealed/ "Exclusive: Tim Burton Developing Monsterpocalypse, Full Details Revealed".] but the film went unproduced partly due to being similar to another Kaiju film called Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro. In 2016, Warner Bros. won the bidding war over film rights of the game, with Fede Álvarez co-writing and directing the film.{{cite news\|last1=Kit\|first1=Borys\|title=Warner Bros. Nabbing 'Monsterpocalypse' Movie Rights in Bidding War (Exclusive)\|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/monsterpocalypse-movie-warner-bros-wins-890002\|access-date=May 4, 2016\|work=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=May 3, 2016}}
Feature film	The Pig Scrolls	By April 2010, 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.{{cite news\|last=Rowles\|first=Dustin\|title=Exclusive: Barry Sonnenfeld to Direct "Pig Scrolls" for Dreamworks Animation\|url=http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/exclusive-barry-sonnenfeld-to-direct-pig-scrolls-for-dreamworks-animation.php\|access-date=March 9, 2018\|newspaper=Pajiba\|date=April 8, 2010\|archive-date=April 11, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411210505/http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/exclusive-barry-sonnenfeld-to-direct-pig-scrolls-for-dreamworks-animation.php\|url-status=dead}}
Plants vs. Zombies	{{N/A}}	Back in 2010, a film based on the Plants vs. Zombies video games was pitched to DreamWorks by artist and character co-creator Rich Werner.{{Cite tweet\|last=Werner\|first=Rich\|user=rich_werner\|number=1518156378216407040\|title=Sorry bro. So lame!! I was at Dreamworks for a pitch of an animated movie of Plants VS Zombies. Alas. Nothing came of it :(}}{{cite tweet\|number=1518348510332358656\|user=FactsPvZ\|title=Fact #286: According to Rich Werner (The original artist for PvZ 1), there was a pitch for an animated Plants vs…\|date=24 April 2022}} Peter Zaslav had provided "a full script reading and a room full of concept art,"{{Cite web \|title=Peter Zaslav \|url=https://www.peterzaslav.com/ \|access-date=2022-05-28 \|website=Peter Zaslav \|language=en-US}} with Werner listing out what the intended plot of the film had been in an interview in May 2022.{{Cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkBmzpjZP0\|title=The Plot of the Cancelled Plants vs. Zombies Movie is Revealed to Me!! {{!}} Interview\|date=May 1, 2022\|last=Morales\|first=Wilson\|access-date=May 1, 2022\|via=YouTube\|work=La Granja\|quote=When the existence of the film became known, I contacted Rich Werner, who presented it to DreamWorks. This is what he told me.}}
Feature film	Vivo	In 2010, DreamWorks Animation began production on Vivo, an animated musical film which was based on an idea by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a concept by Peter Barsocchini. The film was to have centered on a kinkajou obsessed with music and adventure who embarks on a treacherous journey from Havana, Cuba, to Miami, Florida in pursuit of his dreams to fulfil his destiny.{{cite web\|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/lin-manuel-miranda-vivo/\|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Vivo' Coming From Sony Animation\|date=December 14, 2016\|access-date=May 20, 2018}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/croods-director-kirk-demicco-jumps-sony-lin-manuel-mirandas-vivo-146525.html\|title='Croods' Director Kirk DeMicco Jumps to Sony For Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Vivo'\|work=Cartoon Brew\|date=December 15, 2016\|access-date=May 20, 2018}} The film was eventually cancelled by DreamWorks Animation due to a restructuring, but in 2016, the film was later revived and eventually fast-tracked by Sony Pictures Animation with Kirk DeMicco as the director, and Brandon Jeffords as co-director, and Lisa Stewart and Rich Moore as producers, Laurence Mark as executive producer, and Quiara Alegría Hudes as screenwriter, and Peter Barsocchini as story writer, and Roger Deakins as visual consultant, and Yong Duk Jhun as cinematographer. The film was released on August 6, 2021, on Netflix, after being delayed multiple times from its original theatrical release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/vivo-release-date-lin-manuel-miranda-sony-animation-1202270881/\|title=Vivo', Lin-Manuel Miranda's Animated Movie, Shifts Release Dates\|last1=Hipes\|first1=Patrick\|website=Deadline\|date=January 26, 2018\|access-date=May 20, 2018}}

= 2011 =

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Feature film	Flawed Dogs	By February 2011, DreamWorks optioned the rights of Berkeley Breathed's book Flawed Dogs.{{cite magazine\|last=Abrams\|first=Rachel\|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/d-works-goes-to-dogs-with-breathed-1118032181/\|title=D'Works goes to 'Dogs' with Breathed\|magazine=Variety\|date=February 14, 2011\|access-date=November 8, 2018}} By September 2013, it was revealed that Noah Baumbach had been secretly writing and directing the project.{{cite web\|last=Connelly\|first=Brendon\|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/18/noah-baumbach-has-been-secretly-directing-an-animated-movie-of-berkeley-breatheds-flawed-dogs/\|title=Noah Baumbach Has Been Secretly Directing An Animated Movie Of Berkeley Breathed's Flawed Dogs\|work=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors \|date=September 18, 2013\|access-date=March 9, 2018}}
Feature film	The Grimm Legacy	In June 2011, DreamWorks announced an animated film adaption of a book of the same name with producer Robin Schorr attached.{{cite news\|last=Deahl\|first=Rachel\|title=Deals: Week of 6/13/2011\|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/deals/article/47583-deals-week-of-6-13-2011.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322160942/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/deals/article/47583-deals-week-of-6-13-2011.html\|newspaper=Publishers Weekly\|date=2011-06-13\|archive-date=2012-03-22}} However the project went nowhere and it wasn't until February 2019 when it went into turnaround as a live-action film for Disney+ instead with David Gleeson to write the screenplay,{{cite news\|last=N'Duka\|first=Amanda\|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/the-grimm-legacy-ya-books-disney-film-david-gleeson-screenwriter-1202549158/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112002639/https://deadline.com/2019/02/the-grimm-legacy-ya-books-disney-film-david-gleeson-screenwriter-1202549158/\|title='The Grimm Legacy' YA Books In Works As Disney+ Film; David Gleeson To Adapt\|publisher=Deadline\|date=2019-02-05\|archive-date=2020-11-12}} but nothing came of it since either.
Feature film	Lidsville	In January 2011, a computer-animated musical film adaptation of the Lidsville TV series was announced to be in development with Conrad Vernon slated to direct while Alan Menken was to compose the songs with Glenn Slater.{{cite news \|last=Itzkoff \|first=Dave \|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/hold-on-to-your-hats-lidsville-to-become-animated-movie-for-dreamworks/ \|title=Hold On to Your Hats: 'Lidsville' to Become Animated Movie for DreamWorks \|newspaper=The New York Times \|date=January 31, 2011 \|access-date=March 1, 2018}} Menken said that the songs were to be a homage to 1960s psychedelic concept-album rock,{{Cite tweet \|number=128120901911855104 \|user=AIMenken \|title=LIDSVILLE starting to take shape. The songs will be an homage to '60s psychedelic concept-album rock. It'll be fun doing our "research". \|date=October 23, 2011 \|access-date=October 30, 2011 \|last=Menken \|first=Alan\|accessdate=March 2, 2018}} but in June 2016, Lidsville creator Sid Krofft told to 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 did not work.{{cite news\|last1=Steinberg\|first1=Don\|title=Sid and Marty Krofft Revisit Their Psychedelic Brand of Kids' TV\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sid-and-marty-krofft-revisit-their-psychedelic-brand-of-kids-tv-1465319933\|access-date=March 2, 2018\|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal\|date=June 9, 2016}}
Feature film	Monkeys of Mumbai	{{anchor\|Monkeys of Mumbai}} By January 2011, DreamWorks was fast-tracking a Bollywood-styled musical adaptation of The Ramayana, but told through the point of view of its monkeys. It would have 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. Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges were set to write the film, while Stephen Schwartz and A. R. Rahman were attached to compose the songs and score.{{cite web\|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/73154-dreamworks-animation-plans-monkeys-of-bollywood\|title=DreamWorks Animation Plans Monkeys of Bollywood\|publisher=Comingsoon.net\|date=January 12, 2011\|access-date=March 1, 2018}} The project underwent a series of working titles: Monkeys of Bollywood, Monkeys of Mumbai, Mumbai Musical, and Bollywood Superstar Monkey. That June, Kevin Lima signed on to direct the project.{{cite web\|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/80012-kevin-lima-directing-dreamworks-animations-monkeys-of-mumbai\|title=Kevin Lima Directing DreamWorks Animation's Monkeys of Mumbai\|publisher=Comingsoon.net\|date=July 20, 2011\|access-date=March 1, 2018}} Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kal Penn, Lea Michele and Rohan Chand were in talks to join the cast in 2014.{{cite web\|last=Sneider\|first=Jeff\|url=https://www.thewrap.com/lea-michele-rohan-chand-lead-voice-cast-dreamworks-animations-bollywood-musical-exclusive/\|title=Lea Michele, Rohan Chand to Lead Voice Cast of DreamWorks Animation's Bollywood Musical (Exclusive)\|website=TheWrap\|date=April 3, 2014\|access-date=November 8, 2018}} The film was originally scheduled to be released on December 18, 2015,{{cite magazine\|last=McClintock\|first=Pamela\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dreamworks-animation-jeffrey-katzenberg-seth-rogen-bureau-otherworldly-operations-how-train-dragon-368966\|title=DreamWorks Animation Reveals Unprecedented 12-Picture Slate\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=September 9, 2012\|access-date=November 9, 2018}} but its release date was pushed back to March 18, 2016, and March 10, 2017.{{cite news\|last=Eisenberg\|first=Eric\|title=Kung Fu Panda 3 Moves Up To 2015, Bryan Cranston, Mads Mikkelsen And Rebel Wilson Sign On\|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Kung-Fu-Panda-3-Moves-Up-2015-Bryan-Cranston-Mads-Mikkelsen-Rebel-Wilson-Sign-36867.html\|access-date=November 8, 2018\|newspaper=CinemBlend.com\|date=April 9, 2013}}{{cite news\|last=Ford\|first=Rebecca\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/puss-boots-2-croods-2-711450\|title='Puss in Boots 2', 'Croods 2' 'Madagascar 4' Get Release Dates\|date=June 12, 2014\|access-date=November 8, 2018\|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} In December 2017, Lima revealed that DreamWorks quietly cancelled the film in an interview with Den of Geeks UK: {{blockquote\|text=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.{{cite web\|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/monkeys-of-mumbai/54067/exclusive-dreamworks-monkeys-of-mumbai-what-happened\|title=Exclusive: DreamWorks' Monkeys Of Mumbai: what happened?\|publisher=Den of Geeks UK\|date=December 15, 2017\|access-date=March 1, 2018}}}}
Feature film	Rumblewick	In March 2011, DreamWorks announced an animated adaptation of the book My Unwilling Witch (The Rumblewick Letters) and was to be titled Rumblewick. Tim Johnson and Jim Herzfeld were slated to write and direct the project.{{cite web\|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/74909-dreamworks-animation-conjures-up-rumblewick\|title=DreamWorks Animation Conjures Up Rumblewick\|website=ComingSoon.net\|date=March 3, 2011\|access-date=March 9, 2018}} In 2016, Brenda Chapman stated she had worked on the project.{{cite interview\|title=Life After Pixar: An Interview with Brenda Chapman\|subject=Brenda Chapman\|interviewer=Ian Failes\|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/life-pixar-interview-brenda-chapman-143232.html\|publisher=Cartoon Brew\|date=September 26, 2016\|access-date=November 8, 2018}}

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Feature film	Giants: Forces of Nature	In 2012, DreamWorks filed a trademark for an unannounced film titled Giants: Forces of Nature.{{cite web \|url=https://www.trademarkia.com/dreamworks-giants-forces-of-nature-85702485 \|title=DreamWorks Giants: Forces of Nature—Classification Information \|website=Trademarkia \|access-date=February 8, 2024}}{{cite web \|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/857/02/dreamworks-giants-forces-of-85702485.html \|title=DreamWorks Giants: Forces of Nature—Trademark Details \|website=Justia \|access-date=February 8, 2024}} Peter Zaslav, an art director and visual development artist, posted concept art for the film (albeit password-protected).{{cite web \|url=https://www.peterzaslav.com/ \|title=Peter Zaslav \|website=PeterZaslav.com \|access-date=February 8, 2024}}
Madagascar	Madagascar 4	Then-DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg stated in December 2010 that there was likely to be a fourth installment in the Madagascar franchise, in which would have been set in New York.{{cite web\|last=O'Hara\|first=Helen\|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29638\|title=Katzenberg Talks DreamWorks Sequels\|work=EmpireOnline.com\|date=December 3, 2010\|access-date=September 2, 2018}} In June 2012, DreamWorks Animation's head of worldwide marketing, Anne Globe, said that it was too early to talk about the project.{{cite news\|title='Madagascar 3' beats 'Prometheus" for box office win\|url=http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/10/12151823-madagascar-3-beats-prometheus-for-box-office-win?lite\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613181800/http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/10/12151823-madagascar-3-beats-prometheus-for-box-office-win?lite\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=June 13, 2012\|access-date=September 2, 2018\|newspaper=MSNBC\|date=June 10, 2012}} A month later, Eric Darnell, who co-directed all three films, spoke of the possibility of the fourth film, saying that if the audience wants a new film, then Eric and his crew would have an idea that is different from the previous films.{{cite news\|last=Harada\|first=Kai\|title='Madagascar' director Darnell returns to complete his trilogy\|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20120727a4.html\|access-date=September 2, 2018\|newspaper=The Japan Times\|date=July 27, 2012\|archive-date=August 1, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801064625/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20120727a4.html\|url-status=dead}} The film was scheduled to be released on May 18, 2018,{{cite web\|url=https://collider.com/madagascar-4-release-date/ \|title=DreamWorks Animation Release Dates Include Madagascar 4\|publisher=Collider.com\|date=November 20, 2013\|access-date=September 2, 2018}} but was removed from the release schedule following a corporate restructuring and DreamWorks Animation's new policy to release two films a year.{{cite web\|title=New Dates & Changes \|url=https://boxofficemojo.com:80/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm \|website=Box Office Mojo \|access-date=September 2, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127074138/http://boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm \|archive-date=January 27, 2015 \|url-status=dead}}{{cite news\|url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/dreamworks-animation-restructuring-to-cut-500-jobs-with-290m-charge-1201355918/\|last=Lieberman\|first=David\|title=DreamWorks Animation Restructuring To Cut 500 Jobs With $290M Charge\|website=Deadline Hollywood\|date=January 22, 2015\|access-date=September 2, 2018}} In April 2017, Tom McGrath said that the project was in the works, but nothing officially was announced.{{cite web\|last1=Phelan\|first1=Zehra\|title=Exclusive: Director Tom McGrath confirms Madagascar 4 is in the works\|url=http://www.heyuguys.com/madagascar-4-is-in-the-works/\|website=HeyUGuys\|access-date=September 2, 2018\|date=April 3, 2017}}
Rise of the Guardians	{{N/A}}	Following the release of 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".{{cite news\|last=Willman\|first=Chris\|title='Rise of Guardians' Filmmakers Hoping to Make Sword-Wielding-Santa Sequels\|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/rise-guardians-filmmakers-still-hoping-make-sword-wielding-santa-sequels-67076\|access-date=March 2, 2018\|newspaper=The Wrap\|date=November 29, 2012}} William Joyce, the film's co-producer and author of the book The Guardians of Childhood, stated he was in talks with the studio to make a sequel.{{cite news\|last=Philbrick\|first=Jami\|title=IAR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR WILLIAM JOYCE TALKS 'RISE OF THE GUARDIANS' BLU-RAY/DVD, AND A POSSIBLE SEQUEL\|url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/8435-iar-exclusive-interview-author/illustrator-william-joyce-talks-rise-of-the-guardians-blu-ray/dvd-and-a-possible-sequel.html\|access-date=March 2, 2018\|newspaper=iamROGUE.COM\|date=March 11, 2013\|archive-date=March 3, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303170133/http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/8435-iar-exclusive-interview-author/illustrator-william-joyce-talks-rise-of-the-guardians-blu-ray/dvd-and-a-possible-sequel.html\|url-status=dead}}

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Feature film	Larrikins	By June 2013, Tim Minchin was attached to compose the songs and score for Larrikins, which was based on an original concept by Harry Cripps.{{cite magazine\|last=Kemp\|first=Stuart\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dreamworks-ani-picks-matilda-musicals-564702\|title=DreamWorks Ani Picks 'Matilda' Musical's Tim Minchin to Score 'Larrikins'\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=June 7, 2013\|access-date=November 8, 2018}} The project was about a desert-dwelling bilby named Perry who leaves his home under a rock to go on a road trip with a music band in Australia. Three years later, Minchin and Chris Miller were attached to direct the film while Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Josh Lawson, Damon Herriman, and Ewen Leslie were to voice characters for the film. The film was slated to be released on February 16, 2018.{{cite news\|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/larrikins-movie-hugh-jackman-margot-robbie-naomi-watts-rose-byrne-ben-mendelsohn-animated-tim-minchin-chris-miller-dreamworks-1201763791/\|title='Larrikins' Sings With Aussie A-Listers For DreamWorks Animation\|access-date=August 10, 2018\|date=June 1, 2016\|first=Anita\|last=Busch\|publisher=Deadline}} In 2017, Minchin announced on his personal blog that the project had been cancelled. Minchin wrote on his blog: {{blockquote\|text=I've recently been working in 3 different continents, missing my kids a lot, sleeping too little and not playing piano enough. And then a couple of days ago, the animated film to which I've dedicated the last 4 years of my life was shut down by the new studio execs. The only way I know how to deal with my impotent fury and sadness is to subject members of the public to the spectacle of me getting drunk and playing ballads.{{cite web\|last=Amidi\|first=Amid \|author-link=Amid Amidi\|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/dreamworks-kills-tim-minchins-larrikins-149137.html\|title=Dreamworks Kills Tim Minchin's 'Larrikins'\|publisher=Cartoon Brew\|date=March 7, 2017\|access-date=March 2, 2018}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.timminchin.com/2017/03/05/new-york-tim-getting-drunk-and-playing-ballads-at-studio-54-below-tomorrow/\|title=NEW YORK! TIM – GETTING DRUNK AND PLAYING BALLADS AT FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW TOMORROW NIGHT!\|publisher=timminchin.com\|date=March 5, 2017\|access-date=March 2, 2018}}}} Shortly after the film's cancellation, Peter de Sève revealed some concept art for the film via Twitter.{{cite tweet\|user=peterdeseve\|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/peterdeseve/status/838890084933992449\|number=838890084933992449\|title=Very sad to hear DWA killed LARRIKINS, their Aussie project. I was the first designer on that and had high hopes. Silly me. Fun though!\|publisher=Twitter\|date=March 6, 2017\|accessdate=November 24, 2018}}{{cite tweet\|user=peterdeseve\|title=A few more from LARRIKINS, now six feet down under. #characterdesign\|number=850021757054537729\|via=Twitter\|date=April 6, 2017\|access-date=November 24, 2018}} Certain characters from the cancelled project later appeared in the 2018 animated short film Bilby.{{cite news \|last1=Wolfe \|first1=Jennifer \|title=DreamWorks Animation Short 'Bilby' A Testing Ground for New Production Tools \|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/video-dreamworks-animation-short-bilby-testing-ground-new-production-tools \|access-date=December 24, 2018 \|work=Animation World Network \|date=December 10, 2018 \|language=en}} The cancelation inspired the "ReviveDreamWorksLarrikins" movement on Twitter.{{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReviveDreamworksLarrikins?src=hashtag_click\|title=#ReviveDreamworksLarrikins\|publisher=Twitter\|access-date=July 5, 2023}} Minchin spoke more about the film's cancellation on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast in March 2020, saying how the film was 75% completed with 110 people working on the film, with songs completed. Hans Zimmer was also composing the score. After DreamWorks was bought by Universal Pictures in 2016, the film was cancelled and written off for the acquisition expenses, at the expense of DreamWorks. Illumination's Chris Meledandri was also consulted by Universal executives before the cancellation. He also explained how he tried to shop it to other studios, with Netflix and Animal Logic wanting to buy it, but the film's price tag was exorbitant, making it non-viable for other studios to acquire it. Overall, the film cost $90 million.{{cite web \|title=Tim Minchin - RHLSTP #263 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUZ1Rw90hvU&t=1052s \|via=YouTube \|access-date=18 January 2025 \|date=March 3, 2020}}{{cite web \|last1=Brew \|first1=Simon \|title=Tim Minchin opens up on the shutting down of his animated film \|url=https://filmstories.co.uk/news/tim-minchin-opens-up-on-the-shutting-down-of-his-animated-film/ \|website=Film Stories \|access-date=18 January 2025 \|date=April 7, 2020}}
Feature film	The Tibet Code	When DreamWorks Animation announced its then-newest division called Oriental DreamWorks in China, a film adaptation of The Tibet Code was in development.{{cite news\|last1=Jie\|first1=Du\|last2=Fang\|first2=Tong\|title=DreamWorks sees global potential in Tibet Code\|newspaper=Xinhua News Agency\|date=8 June 2013\|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/08/c_132441330.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626000220/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/08/c_132441330.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=June 26, 2013\|access-date=4 March 2018}} 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.{{cite news\|last1=Makinen\|first1=Julie\|last2=Verrier\|first2=Richard\|title=DreamWorks Animation, Chinese partners bet big on 'Kung Fu Panda 3'\|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-china-dreamworks-20150609-story.html\|work=Los Angeles Times\|date=June 9, 2015}}
Feature film	{{N/A}}	In September 2013, DreamWorks announced an animated film about blue-footed booby birds. Writer-director Karey Kirkpatrick was slated to direct and co-write alongside his writing partner Chris Poche. The project was to be 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".{{cite press release\|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blue-footed-booby-bird-descends-upon-southern-california-in-record-numbers-to-celebrate-announcement-of-new-dreamworks-animation-project-224653351.html\|title=Blue-Footed Booby Bird Descends Upon Southern California In Record Numbers To Celebrate Announcement Of New Dreamworks Animation Project\|publisher=DreamWorks Animation\|agency=PR Newswire\|location=Glendale, California\|date=September 20, 2013\|access-date=March 9, 2018}}

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Casper the Friendly Ghost	{{N/A}}	In March 2014, DreamWorks Animation announced that they were developing a computer-animated reboot film based on the Harvey Comics character of the same name.{{cite web\|last=Mink\|first=Sammy\|url=http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-casper-the-friendly-ghost-set-to-fly-back-into-production/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813200040/https://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-casper-the-friendly-ghost-set-to-fly-back-into-production/\|title={TB Exclusive} Casper the Friendly Ghost Set to Fly Back Into Production!\|publisher=The Tracking Board\|date=March 10, 2014\|archive-date=August 13, 2015\|access-date=November 12, 2018}} Simon Wells, who at one point was previously attached to write and direct the unproduced sequel to the 1995 live-action film, was attached to write and direct once again.{{citation needed\|date=May 2025}} It was set to be DreamWorks' second attempt at an animated film based on characters from the Classic Media library following Mr. Peabody & Sherman, but nothing came of it since its announcement. Concept art for an unproduced film was posted by animator Danny Williams in December 2023, stating that the pitch "never went anywhere".{{Cite web \|last=Williams \|first=Danny \|date=December 26, 2023 \|title=Danny Williams \|url=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYyE06 \|website=ArtStation}}{{better source needed\|date=May 2025}} In April 2022, DreamWorks would announce (under its TV division) that a live-action animated TV series for Peacock would be in development, with Wu Kai-yu (Hannibal, The Flash, The Ghost Bride) being the showrunner,{{cite web \|title='Casper the Friendly Ghost' Live-Action Series in Development at Peacock\|url=https://collider.com/casper-series-live-action-peacock/\|work=Collider\|first=Ryan\|last=O'Rourke\|date=April 11, 2022\|access-date=April 11, 2022}} but also with no further updates since.
Hot Stuff the Little Devil	{{N/A}}	In April 2014, DreamWorks Animation was developing a live-action animated film based on the Harvey Comics character of the same name, with Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux (Bob's Burgers) set to write the film's script.{{cite news\|last=Kit\|first=Borys\|title=DreamWorks Hires 'Bob's Burgers' Duo to Write 'Hot Stuff' (Exclusive)\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dreamworks-hires-bobs-burgers-duo-696953\|access-date=April 17, 2014\|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=April 16, 2014}}
Rocky and Bullwinkle	{{N/A}}	Plans to make a feature film with the Rocky and Bullwinkle characters was to be made possible if the Rocky & Bullwinkle short film was successful if shown with Mr. Peabody & Sherman. But for unknown reasons, it was replaced by Almost Home to promote the 2015 film Home. Due to the box office failure of Home, the short was later made a direct-to-video release on the Blu-ray 3D release of Mr. Peabody & Sherman and plans for a feature film was ultimately scrapped.{{citation needed\|date=August 2024}}
Feature film	Hitpig!	In November 2014, Berkeley Breathed announced another film for DreamWorks Animation called Hitpig. The film would have been a loose adaptation of his 2008 children's book Pete & Pickles, set within a cyberpunk world, with Pete the pig being reimagined into a futuristic bounty hunter.{{cite magazine \|last=Tapper \|first=Joan \|date= November 29, 2014 \|title=SB People: Berkeley Breathed: Cartoonist/Author/Scriptwriter \|url=https://issuu.com/santabarbaramag/docs/winter_15_dig_ed_rev/96\|magazine=Santa Barbara Magazine \|location=Santa Barbara, California\|publisher=Smith Publish Group \|access-date=August 23, 2022}}{{cite web\|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/863/40/dreamworks-86340156.html\|title=DREAMWORKS HITPIG- Trademark Details\|website=Trademarkia\|access-date=August 23, 2022}} The film was quietly scrapped not long after but in October 2020, British companies Aniventure and Cinesite revived the project, with Dave Rosenbaum and Tyler Werrin penning the screenplay alongside Breathed and Cinzia Angelini and David Feiss directing. The now completed film was released on November 1, 2024, by Viva Pictures in the United States.{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/peter-dinklage-lilly-singh-rainn-wilson-rupaul-hannah-gadsby-dany-boon-voice-animated-movie-hitpig-1234601710/\|title= 'Hitpig': Peter Dinklage, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Hannah Gadsby & Dany Boon To Voice Animated Movie\|date=October 22, 2020\|first=Andreas\|last=Wiseman\|website=Deadline Hollywood\|access-date=August 23, 2022}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/aniventure-debuts-first-teaser-for-action-comedy-hitpig-214339.html\|title= Aniventure Debuts First Teaser For Action-Comedy 'HITPIG' – Exclusive\|date=March 18, 2022\|first=Amid \|author-link=Amid Amidi\|last=Amidi\|website=Cartoon Brew\|access-date=August 23, 2022}}{{Cite web \|last=Grobar \|first=Matt \|date=2024-08-15 \|title=Viva Pictures Acquires Animated Feature Hitpig! Starring Jason Sudeikis For November Release \|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/hitpig-movie-jason-sudeikis-unveils-release-date-viva-pictures-1236040456/ \|access-date=2024-08-15 \|website=Deadline Hollywood}}
Feature film	Zodiac	Another animated feature film that was going to be made by Oriental DreamWorks was to be called Zodiac about an 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. While the film's storyboards were released online, the film's production was canceled due to some problems at Oriental DreamWorks.{{cite news\|url=http://rdaskas.tumblr.com/post/155649555436/zodiac-working-title-2014-photoshop-oriental\|title=RICHARD DASKAS — ZODIAC (Working Title) (2014) Photoshop Oriental DreamWorks\|newspaper=Tumblr \|access-date=March 4, 2018}}

= 2015 =

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rowspan="1" \| Feature film	Beekle	In May 2015, Jason Reitman was attached to write and direct a computer-animated adaptation of the children's book The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.{{cite magazine\|last=Lang\|first=Brent\|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/beekle-jason-reitman-directing-1201506680/\|title=Jason Reitman to Direct, Write 'Beekle' for DreamWorks Animation\|magazine=Variety\|date=May 27, 2015\|access-date=November 21, 2018}}

= 2017 =

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Feature film	Spooky Jack	In 2017, DreamWorks announced an original feature called Spooky Jack, with a planned release date of September 17, 2021. Jason Blum was to serve as executive producer, and it would have been a co-production with Blumhouse Productions.{{cite magazine\|last=Kroll\|first=Justin\|title='Croods 2' Revived as Animated Sequel and Jason Blum's 'Spooky Jack' Get Release Dates\|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/croods-2-spooky-jack-release-dates-1202563635/\|magazine=Variety\|date=September 19, 2017\|access-date=September 19, 2017}} The film would have revolved around three siblings who moved into an eerie new home and discover that all the creatures that they thought do not exist. By October 2019, Spooky Jack was removed from the schedule, with its original release date replaced by The Bad Guys, which was then moved to April 22, 2022.{{cite news \|last1=D'Alessandro \|first1=Anthony \|title=DreamWorks Animation & Universal To Release 'Spirit Riding Free' & 'The Bad Guys' In 2021 \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/dreamworks-animation-2021-releases-spirit-riding-free-the-bad-guys-1202753767/ \|access-date=8 October 2019 \|work=Deadline \|publisher=Deadline \|date=7 October 2019}}
Feature film	The Wizards of Once	In March 2017, DreamWorks purchased film rights to the book from How to Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell to make it into another animated fantasy film series.{{cite web\|last1=Hipes\|first1=Patrick\|url=http://deadline.com/2017/03/the-wizard-of-once-dreamworks-animation-movie-cressida-cowell-1202056526/ \|title=DWA Books New Fantasy Series From 'How To Train Your Dragon' Author Cressida Cowell \|website=Deadline Hollywood \|date=March 30, 2017\|accessdate=March 31, 2017}}

= 2018 =

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Feature film	Mice and Mystics	In October 2018, DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the role-playing game for a potential animated film adaptation of the board game of the same name. Alexandre Aja, long-time horror film director, was set to direct and write the film's script along with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee and Jon Berg were also set to serve as producers,{{Cite web \|last=McNary \|first=Dave \|date=2018-10-24 \|title=DreamWorks Animation to Develop 'Mice and Mystics' Movie (EXCLUSIVE) \|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/dreamworks-animation-mice-and-mystics-movie-1202992375/ \|access-date=2023-05-31 \|website=Variety \|language=en-US}} but as of 2025, there are no further updates.
Feature film	Spudnik's Guide to Earth	In April 2018, Leo Matsuda sold his project to DreamWorks his film idea based on a children's book of the same name Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who was also attached to co-write the screenplay.{{Cite news\|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/leo-matsuda-sells-multiple-projects-to-dreamworks-animation-157742.html\|title=Leo Matsuda Sells Multiple Projects To Dreamworks Animation\|date=April 11, 2018\|work=Cartoon Brew\|access-date=April 16, 2018\|language=en-US}} Matsuda was also attached to direct the film. However, nothing came of it since.
Feature film	Yokai Samba	In April 2018, Leo Matsuda was hired to write and direct Yokai Samba, based on the trade reports that are inspired by a folk story Matsuda heard in his youth about growing up and has Brazilian and Japanese influences. By March 2021, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon began to develop the film.{{Cite web\|last=Fleming\|first=Mike Jr.\|date=2021-03-02\|title=New Line Sets Jennifer Coyle, Leo Matsuda To Direct 'Hello Kitty' Animated/Live Action Hybrid Movie\|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/hello-kitty-movie-directors-jennifer-coyle-leo-matsuda-new-line-1234704997/\|access-date=2021-06-16\|website=Deadline\|language=en-US\|quote=His original animated feature Yokai Samba is in development at Nickelodeon.}}

=2019=

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VeggieTales	{{N/A}}	In March 2019, just around the same time as the announcement of The VeggieTales Show, series creator Phil Vischer revealed that a new film based on VeggieTales is in development,{{Cite web \|title=philvischer/status/1111372778039476230 \|url=https://twitter.com/philvischer/status/1111372778039476230 \|access-date=2023-09-12 \|website=X (formerly Twitter) \|language=en}} later said to be centered around a Bible story similar to Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.{{Cite web \|title=philvischer/status/1241348735386427393 \|url=https://twitter.com/philvischer/status/1241348735386427393 \|access-date=2023-09-12 \|website=X (formerly Twitter) \|language=en}} In 2020, Phil completed and turned in the screenplay's first draft. He was given notes and the go-ahead to revise and write a second draft before the official pitch to studio executives.{{Cite web \|title=The Holy Post: Episode 412: This is Your Brain on God with Dr. Jim Wilder \|url=https://thephilvischerpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-412-this-is-your-brain-on-god-with-dr-jim-wilder \|access-date=2023-09-12 \|website=thephilvischerpodcast.libsyn.com}} Phil completed the final draft of the screenplay and Universal was in talks with a co-production partner for the film.{{Cite web \|title=December Patreon Livestream \|url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/december-patreon-45569962 \|access-date=September 12, 2023 \|website=Patreon}} Eventually, Phil, alongside Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer, and Kurt Heinecke, departed from Big Idea Entertainment, thus putting the company in limbo.{{Cite web \|date=2021-06-29 \|title=Phil Vischer on Twitter: "(Because this tweet confused people… Mike and Kurt were fired 5-7 years ago to save $. Mike and I recently asked to have a larger role in VT - other than freelance voice talent. We were told "no", and our voices are now being recast. Hence the bittersweet theme song tweet.)" \|url=https://twitter.com/philvischer/status/1409926275683307522 \|access-date=2023-09-12 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629172649/https://twitter.com/philvischer/status/1409926275683307522 \|archive-date=June 29, 2021}}

2020s

= 2020 =

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Feature film	Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles	In September 2020, DreamWorks began development on a film adaptation of Tom Lennon's book of the same name with The Angry Birds Movie director Fergal Reilly directing the film,{{Cite web\|last=McNary\|first=Dave\|date=2020-09-15\|title=DreamWorks Animation Developing 'Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles' Movie\|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/dreamworks-animation-ronan-boyle-and-the-book-of-riddles-movie-1234770734/\|access-date=2021-02-20\|website=Variety\|language=}} but nothing came of it since.

= 2023 =

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Feature film	Another Me	In 2023, the website Cartoon Brew reported that a Bollywood-themed film project titled Another Me had been shelved due in part to "significant reductions in staffing".{{cite web \|last=Amidi \|first=Amid \|author-link=Amid Amidi \|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/dreamworks-animation-to-significantly-cut-staff-in-coming-months-exclusive-239058.html \|title=Dreamworks Animation To Significantly Cut Staff In Coming Months (Exclusive) \|website=Cartoon Brew \|date=March 15, 2024}}

References

Category:DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation

Unreleased DreamWorks Animation

Category:Lists of unproduced works

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rowspan="1" \| Feature film	Beekle	In May 2015, Jason Reitman was attached to write and direct a computer-animated adaptation of the children's book The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.{{cite magazine\|last=Lang\|first=Brent\|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/beekle-jason-reitman-directing-1201506680/\|title=Jason Reitman to Direct, Write 'Beekle' for DreamWorks Animation\|magazine=Variety\|date=May 27, 2015\|access-date=November 21, 2018}}