Titan A.E.#Cancelled video game

In 3028, a groundbreaking scientific project known as "The Titan Project" incurs the wrath of the Drej, a hostile race of aliens made of pure energy, who fear that it will allow humans to challenge them. Determined to wipe out humanity due to the potential of the project, the Drej initiate a massive attack on Earth, forcing the human race to evacuate the planet. During the evacuation, Professor Sam Tucker—head researcher on the Titan Project—leaves his young son Cale in the care of his Vusstran friend Tek and flees Earth in the spaceship Titan. Before he leaves, he gives Cale a gold ring, promising him that there will be hope for humanity as long as he wears it. The Drej destroys Earth, and the surviving humans flee into space.

15 years later, the remnants of humanity live on as refugees, but face extinction without a home planet of their own. Ex-military officer Joseph Korso, a former friend and confidant of Sam, tracks down a jaded and cynical Cale, who works in the salvage yard of space station Tau 14. Korso reveals that a holographic map leading to the location of the Titan is encoded in Cale's ring, and invites Cale to join the crew of his spaceship Valkyrie as they seek the Titan. Accepting Korso's offer, Cale escapes Tau 14 with him as the Drej pursue them. On the Valkyrie, Cale befriends pilot Akima Kunimoto and three alien crew members: first mate Preedex "Preed" Yoa, surly weapons officer Stith, and eccentric astronomer Gune.

Cale's map leads the crew of the Valkyrie to the planet Sesharrim, where an alien race called the Gaoul help them interpret the map, revealing that the Titan is hidden in the Andali Nebula. Drej fighters then attack the planet and abduct Cale and Akima in order to copy the map. Akima is rescued by the crew after being jettisoned by the Drej Queen, while Cale escapes the Drej mothership in a stolen fighter and makes his way back to the Valkyrie. The map changes to reveal that the Titan is hidden in the Ice Rings of Tigrin, a labyrinthine ice field in space. While resupplying at human space station New Bangkok, Cale and Akima discover that Korso and Preed have made a deal to sell the Titan's location to the Drej. Cale and Akima manage to escape the Valkyrie and are left stranded on New Bangkok when Korso leaves for the Titan. Determined to beat Korso to the Titan, they fix up a dilapidated spaceship with help from the station's inhabitants.

Cale and Akima navigate the ice rings of Tigrin in a race against the Valkyrie and dock with the Titan. They discover DNA of various animals onboard and a pre-recorded message left by a now-deceased Sam, explaining that the ship was designed to create planets. However, the ship's power cells were drained during the escape from Earth, and lack the energy necessary to create a planet. The Valkyrie arrives, and Preed sets off a bomb in an attempt to kill Stith and Gune. Finding Cale and Akima, Preed reveals that he has betrayed Korso and made his own deal with the Drej, who just arrived and located the Titan. A fight ensues, and Korso kills Preed by snapping his neck. Cale and Korso fight, resulting in Korso falling over the railing.

As the Drej begin their attack on the Titan, Cale realizes that he may be able to recharge the Titan by using the Drej, as they are made of pure energy, but a circuit breaker stalls before he can complete the process. As Cale attempts to repair it, Akima, Stith and Gune fight off the Drej. Korso, who survived his fall, has a change of heart and sacrifices his life to repair the circuit breaker. Cale triggers the Titan's systems, which absorb the Drej and their mothership, killing them. The Titan creates a new world, and Cale and Akima embrace in the rain on the newly created planet as ships filled with human colonists arrive to start a new life on the planet.

• Matt Damon as Cale Tucker, a yard-salvager who carries the map to Titan on his hand.
• Alex D. Linz as Young Cale Tucker
• Bill Pullman as Captain Joseph Korso, former soldier and captain of the Valkyrie.
• John Leguizamo as Gune, an amphibian-like Grepoan and Korso's chief scientist.
• Nathan Lane as Preedex "Preed" Yoa, a fruit bat-like Akrennian and Korso's first mate.
• Janeane Garofalo as Stith, a kangaroo-like Sogowan and munitions officer of the Valkyrie.
• Drew Barrymore as Akima Kunimoto, pilot of the Valkyrie and Cale's love interest.
• Ron Perlman as Professor Sam Tucker, Cale's father who helped develop Project Titan.
• Tone Lōc as Tek, Sam Tucker's blind Vusstran friend who raises Cale after Sam left.
• Jim Breuer as the Cook, a cockroach-like alien who works in a cafeteria at Tau 14.
• Christopher Scarabosio as the Drej Queen who fears the potential threat of humans and intends to destroy them.
• Jim Cummings as Chowquin, Cale's overseer at the salvage yard.
• Charles Rocket as Firrikash, an alien salvage yard worker who bullies Cale.
• Charles Rocket also voices a Slave Trader Guard who surprises Preed with his intelligence.
• Ken Hudson Campbell (credited as Ken Campbell) as Po, an alien salvage yard worker who bullies Cale.
• Tsai Chin as Old Woman
• Crystal Scales as Drifter Girl
• David Lander as the Mayor of New Bangkok
• Roger L. Jackson as the first alien

Titan A.E. was originally intended to be a live-action film tentatively titled Planet Ice, with Art Vitello hired to direct.{{cite web|last1=Backes|first1=Evan|title=Why Does It Take Ten Years!?!|url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/why-does-it-take-ten-years|website=Animation World Network|access-date=April 25, 2017|date=April 1, 2001|archive-date=February 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208081647/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/why-does-it-take-ten-years|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Petrikin |first=Chris |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/bluth-goldman-on-fox-s-ice-1117479556/ |title=Bluth, Goldman on Fox's 'Ice' |work=Variety |date=August 17, 1998 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112050441/https://variety.com/1998/film/news/bluth-goldman-on-fox-s-ice-1117479556/ |url-status=live}}

By November 1997, the project had been revamped into an animated feature, with Matt Damon joining the voice cast along with Bill Pullman, Drew Barrymore, Nathan Lane, Jim Breuer, Janeane Garofalo and Lena Olin. In an interview with Variety, Chris Meledandri, then-president of Fox Family Films, stated: "The imagery would be too costly to realize in live action. It will distinguish this film, which has a cast not only of humans but also aliens. And the group of actors we've put together is about the finest assembled for an animated film."{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Michael|title=Fox's 'Ice' taps hot stars|url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/fox-s-ice-taps-hot-stars-1116676320/|access-date=October 14, 2017|work=Variety|date=November 24, 1997|archive-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014183510/http://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/fox-s-ice-taps-hot-stars-1116676320/|url-status=live}} By September 1997, Ben Edlund had written the first screenplay draft.{{cite web |last=Edlund |first=Ben |url=https://archive.org/details/titan-a.-e.-2000script |title=Titan A.E. (2000) first draft screenplay |year=1997 |via=Internet Archive}} John August came aboard the project in February 1998, and was hired to polish the dialogue but remained on the project for further rewrites.{{cite web |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |url=https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/8/19/21371927/titan-ae-movie-fox-animation-don-bluth-gary-goldman |title=The notorious animated film Titan A.E. wasn't even supposed to be animated |website=Polygon |date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819144631/https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/8/19/21371927/titan-ae-movie-fox-animation-don-bluth-gary-goldman |url-status=live}} The film's visual effects were handled by the Blue Sky/VIFX visual effects studio, and millions had been spent on previsualization tests of the space environments and spacecraft. In February 1998, Vitello departed the project. During the summer of 1998, Bill Mechanic, then-chairman of 20th Century Fox, handed the script to Fox Animation Studios creative heads Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, who had finished directing Bartok the Magnificent (1999).{{cite web |url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/chat-don-bluth-and-gary-goldman-part-i |last=Lauria |first=Larry |date=June 1, 2000 |title=A Chat With Don Bluth And Gary Goldman (Part I) |website=Animation World Network |access-date=December 18, 2015 |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223011319/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/chat-don-bluth-and-gary-goldman-part-i |url-status=live}} Mechanic had no in-development projects for Fox Animation Studios to work on and was faced with the choice of potentially laying off the animation staff unless they took another project. Despite their inexperience with the science fiction genre, Bluth and Goldman took the script regardless.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYExFX3X19g |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HYExFX3X19g |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=DON BLUTH at AnimationNation.com Special Event 2010 |date=May 21, 2014 |publisher=AnimationNation |access-date=December 18, 2015 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Bluth explained, "When we came to Fox, one of the things that we all talked about was that we shouldn't try to be a 'Disney wanna-be'. We wanted to make a picture that's edgier, still reaches the family and goes a little further and even brings in the teenagers."{{cite magazine |last=Lyons |first=Mike |url=https://archive.org/details/CinefantastiqueVol31No12Vol32No1Jun2000/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2031%20No%2012%20Vol%2032%20No%201%28Jun%202000%29/page/n15/mode/2up |title=Don Bluth on animating Fox's teen science fiction adventure |magazine=Cinefantastique |volume=32 |issue=1 |date=June 2000 |pages=16–17 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |via=Internet Archive}} Joss Whedon, who had signed a multi-picture film and television deal with 20th Century Fox, was hired to finalize the script.{{cite news |last1=Hontz |first1=Jenny |last2=Petrikin |first2=Chris |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/whedon-fox-vamping-1117471584/ |title=Whedon, Fox vamping |work=Variety |date=June 5, 1998 |access-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024145312/https://variety.com/1998/film/news/whedon-fox-vamping-1117471584/ |url-status=live}}

As directors, Bluth and Goldman were given a production budget of $55 million and 19 months to finish the film. Before their involvement, $30 million had been spent on pre-production.{{cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/06/21/titan-ae-a-giant-step-for-fox-team/ |title='Titan A.E.' A Giant Step for Fox Team |work=The New York Times |date=June 21, 2000 |access-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124230416/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/06/21/titan-ae-a-giant-step-for-fox-team/ |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |url-access=limited |url-status=live}} Unlike Bluth and Goldman's previous films, the animation in Titan A.E. is predominantly computer-generated while the main characters and several backgrounds were traditionally animated. Many of the scenes were enacted by the animation staff using handbuilt props before being captured by a computer. Many scenes and backgrounds were painted by concept artist Paul Cheng, who had previously worked on Anastasia (1997) and its direct-to-video spin-off Bartok the Magnificent (1999).{{cite web |url=http://www.paulcheng-pc.com/traditional/traditional-02b-TitanAe.html |title=Paul Cheng - Titan A.E. |publisher=Paul Cheng.com |access-date=December 18, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222105621/http://www.paulcheng-pc.com/traditional/traditional-02b-TitanAe.html |url-status=live}} Much like Anastasia, the storytelling and tone in Titan A.E. is much darker and edgier than Bluth and Goldman's previous films with the film being regularly compared to Japanese anime. Although Bluth and Goldman denied any influence by anime, they have acknowledged the comparison. During production, Fox Animation Studios suffered a number of cutbacks which ultimately led to its closure in 2000. Over 300 animation staff were laid off from the studio in 1999 and as a result, much of the film's animation was outsourced to several independent studios.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/27/fox-animation-studios-closes-its-doors |title=Fox Animation Studios Closes Its Doors |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=June 27, 2000 |website=IGN |access-date=December 18, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725014631/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/27/fox-animation-studios-closes-its-doors |url-status=live}} Several scenes were contracted to David Paul Dozoretz's POVDE group; the "Wake Angels" scene was animated by Reality Check Studios (their first feature film work){{cite web|last=Harrison|first=Denise|url=http://www.digitalanimators.com/HTM/Features/RealityCheck_TitanAE.htm|title=Reality Check Studios Tapped for Tricky Titan AE Sequence|website=Digital Animators|access-date=2016-01-24|archive-date=2016-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017224707/http://www.digitalanimators.com/HTM/Features/RealityCheck_TitanAE.htm|url-status=dead}} while the film's "Genesis" scene was animated by Blue Sky Studios, who would later go on to produce 20th Century Fox's Ice Age and Rio film franchises as well as Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and The Peanuts Movie (2015). Under pressure from executives, Bill Mechanic was dismissed from 20th Century Fox prior to Titan A.E.{{'}}s release eventuating in the closure of Fox Animation Studios on June 26, 2000, ten days after the film's release. All these events stunted the film's promotion and distribution.

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The soundtrack to Titan A.E. was released on audio cassette and CD by Capitol/EMI Records on June 6, 2000 and featured 11 tracks by contemporary rock bands Lit, Powerman 5000, Electrasy, Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Urge, Texas, Bliss 66, Jamiroquai, Splashdown, The Wailing Souls and Luscious Jackson.

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| title1 = Over My Head

| length1 = 3:39

| extra2 = Powerman 5000

| title2 = The End Is Over

| length2 = 3:10

| extra3 = Electrasy

| title3 = Cosmic Castaway

| length3 = 3:30

| extra4 = Fun Lovin' Criminals

| title4 = Everything Under the Stars

| length4 = 4:04

| extra5 = The Urge

| title5 = It's My Turn to Fly

| length5 = 3:44

| extra6 = Texas

| title6 = Like Lovers (Holding On)

| length6 = 4:36

| extra7 = Bliss 66

| title7 = Not Quite Paradise

| length7 = 3:59

| extra8 = Jamiroquai

| title8 = Everybody's Going to the Moon

| length8 = 5:24

| extra9 = Splashdown

| title9 = Karma Slave

| length9 = 3:26

| extra10 = The Wailing Souls

| title10 = Renegade Survivor

| length10 = 4:07

| extra11 = Luscious Jackson

| title11 = Down to Earth

| length11 = 4:51

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Creed's song "Higher" was played in many of the theatrical trailers for Titan A.E., but the song did not appear either on the soundtrack or in the film itself.{{cite news|last1=Mendelson|first1=Scott|title=Terrific New 'Alice Through The Looking Glass' TV Spot Will Give You Pink Eye|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/02/16/terrific-new-alice-through-the-looking-glass-tv-spot-will-give-you-pnk-eye/|access-date=December 11, 2016|work=Forbes|date=February 16, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221194959/http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/02/16/terrific-new-alice-through-the-looking-glass-tv-spot-will-give-you-pnk-eye/|url-status=live}}

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| artist = Graeme Revell

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Titan A.E.{{'}}s score was composed and conducted by Graeme Revell. Although an official album containing the movie's underscore was not originally released alongside the film, it was eventually made available for the first time on October 23, 2014 by La-La Land Records as a limited edition CD of 1,500 copies. The soundtrack contains 32 tracks and music cues, most of what Revell composed for the film, and includes two bonus tracks: an orchestra-only version of "Creation" and an alternative version of "Prologue" with a different opening.

Titan A.E. became the first major motion picture to be screened in end-to-end digital cinema. On June 6, 2000 (ten days before the film was released) at the SuperComm 2000 trade show, the film was projected simultaneously at the trade show in Atlanta, Georgia as well as a screen in Los Angeles, California. It was sent to both screens from the 20th Century Fox production facilities in Los Angeles via a VPN.{{cite web |url=http://www.qwest.com/about/media/pressroom/attachments/DigitalCinema/white_paper_21.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010650/http://www.qwest.com/about/media/pressroom/attachments/DigitalCinema/white_paper_21.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |date=2000 |title=Digital Cinema Delivered in Internet Style |publisher=Cisco Systems |access-date=October 24, 2014}}

Titan A.E. was released on VHS{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Titan-A-E-VHS-Matt-Damon/dp/B00003CXDR |title=Titan A.E. [VHS] |publisher=Amazon |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120084352/http://www.amazon.com/Titan-A-E-VHS-Matt-Damon/dp/B00003CXDR |url-status=live}} and a THX certified "Special Edition" DVD on November 7, 2000{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005AB62 |title=Titan A.E. (2000) |publisher=Amazon |access-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725014635/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005AB62 |url-status=live}} by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, which contains extras such as a commentary track by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, a "Quest for Titan" featurette, deleted scenes, web links, and a music video for Lit's "Over My Head".{{cite web|url=http://archive.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/titanae.html|title=DVD Review - Titan A.E.: Special Edition - The Digital Bits|access-date=2021-11-05|archive-date=2021-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105141152/http://archive.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/titanae.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=178 |publisher=DVDCompare |access-date=October 24, 2015 |title=Titan A.E. (2000) |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018151006/http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=178 |url-status=live}} The region 1 North American version also comes with an exclusive DTS English audio track in addition to Dolby Digital 5.1 featured in most international releases. Chris Carle of IGN rated the DVD an 8 out of 10, calling the film "thrilling... with some obvious plot and character flaws" but called the video itself "a fully-packed disc which looks and sounds great" and "for animation and sci-fi fans, it's a must-have".{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/15/titan-ae |title=Titan A.E. |last=Carle |first=Chris |date=November 15, 2000 |publisher=IGN |access-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129095030/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/15/titan-ae |url-status=live}} Following Disney's purchase of Fox, the film is available to stream on Disney+.https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-3edc42b3-7300-4c4a-90db-3727d3475d0e?sharesource=Android

Titan A.E. earned nearly $9.4 million during its opening weekend, ranking in fifth place behind Shaft, Gone in 60 Seconds, 20th Century Fox's own Big Momma's House and Mission: Impossible 2.{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=Weekend Box Office: Titan A.E. Gets the Shaft|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/19/weekend-box-office-titan-ae-gets-the-shaft|website=IGN|access-date=April 10, 2022|date=June 19, 2000|archive-date=April 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410173551/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/19/weekend-box-office-titan-ae-gets-the-shaft|url-status=live}} The film then lost 60 percent of its audience during its second weekend, dropping to eighth place, with a gross of $3.7 million.{{cite web|title=Titan A.E. — Weekend Box Office Results|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=titanae.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 11, 2015|archive-date=July 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715225352/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=titanae.htm|url-status=live}} The film grossed nearly $22.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $14 million in international markets, totaling $36.8 million worldwide. The film's budget is estimated between $75 and $90 million.{{cite web|title=Titan A.E.|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanae.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 11, 2015|archive-date=November 26, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021126041617/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanae.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=W. Welkos |first=Robert |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-12-ca-40023-story.html |title=Animated Clash of the 'Titan' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 12, 2000 |access-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806010936/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-12-ca-40023-story.html |quote=According to sources, Titan A.E. cost about $90 million |url-status=live}} According to former Fox executive and future Illumination founder Chris Meledandri, who had supervised production of the film, Titan A.E. lost $100 million for the studio.{{cite web|last1=Palmeri|first1=Christopher|title=Despicable Me 2 Producer Knows How to Win the Box Office|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-09-19/universal-s-chris-meledandri-knows-how-to-win-the-box-office|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=April 11, 2015|date=September 19, 2013|archive-date=May 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525154137/https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-09-19/universal-s-chris-meledandri-knows-how-to-win-the-box-office|url-status=live}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 50% based on 103 reviews with an average rating of 5.70/10. The site's consensus reads: "Great visuals, but the story feels like a cut-and-paste job of other sci-fi movies".{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/titan_ae/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |title=Titan A.E. (2000) |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904153130/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/titan_ae |url-status=live}} On Metacritic the film has a score of 48 out of 100 based on 30 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/titan-ae |title=Titan A.E. Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811042934/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/titan-ae |url-status=live}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web |url=https://cinemascore.com/ |title=CinemaScore |publisher=cinemascore.com |access-date=2021-09-04 |archive-date=2019-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528124508/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live}} Roger Ebert gave the film {{frac|3|1|2}} stars out of 4, praising it for its "rousing story", "largeness of spirit" and "lush galactic visuals [which] are beautiful in the same way photos by the Hubble Space Telescope are beautiful". He cited the Ice Rings sequence as "a perfect examine of what animation can do and live-action cannot".{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/titan-ae-2000 |title=Titan A.E. Movie Review & Film Summary (2000) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=June 19, 2000 |via=RogerEbert.com |access-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026162134/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/titan-ae-2000 |url-status=live}} Bob Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Titan A.E. comes through where it counts, in the big picture. It will fascinate anyone old enough to read comic books, and, with its dark undercurrents, sudden reversals and confrontation of an uncertain future, teens probably can identify with it."{{cite web |last=Graham |first=Bob |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Titan-Has-Universal-Appeal-Space-adventure-2771279.php |title='Titan' Has Universal Appeal |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 16, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522235158/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Titan-Has-Universal-Appeal-Space-adventure-2771279.php |url-status=live}} Robert Koehler of Variety praised the animation and felt the film was an improvement over Bluth and Goldman's previous film Anastasia, resulting in a "canny attraction for genre purists, hard-core ani-heads and the mass aud for galactic adventure."{{cite web |last=Koehler |first=Robert |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/titan-a-e-1200462930/ |title=Film Reviews: Titan A.E. |work=Variety |date=June 12, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013165051/https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/titan-a-e-1200462930/ |url-status=live}}

Reviewing for the Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington stated "Despite its highly derivative story, this animated saga from the Don Bluth-Gary Goldman team is done with such visual razzle-dazzle, there's no denying it's some kind of a technological marvel: a modern lollapalooza concocted out of old-fashioned space opera elements."{{cite web |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-06-16-0006160072-story.html |title='Titan A.E.' A Rocket Ride of a Cartoon 'Star Wars' |work=Chicago Tribune |date=June 16, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024}} Richard Corliss, in his Time magazine review, felt the film has "the retro-pioneering spirit of recent [science fiction] movies" and praised the animation visuals.{{cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,997253,00.html |title=Cinema: Star-toon Time |magazine=Time |date=June 19, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914001017/https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,997253,00.html |url-status=live}} Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote the film's "rudimentary narration does work up a certain amount of propulsion. But it's not the story that's the story here, it's the film's bravura visual look. Under the joint direction of animation veterans Don Bluth and Gary Goldman and influenced, connoisseurs say, by the style of Japanese anime, Titan A.E. does an excellent job of using computer-generated effects to create a vast and wondrous outer-space world."{{cite web |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-16-ca-41393-story.html |title='Titan A.E.' Gives Teen Boys Cool Visions of a Far-Out Future |work=Los Angeles Times |page=D20 |date=June 16, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112035258/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-16-ca-41393-story.html |url-status=live}}

Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, stating: "Despite some gorgeous sequences, including one set in a lake of glowing hydrogen 'trees,' Titan A.E. is bland. Although crammed with action, little of it produces roller-coaster thrills of adventure and self-discovery."{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/061600titan-film-review.html |title=May a Slightly Different Force Be With You |work=The New York Times |date=June 16, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515080703/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/061600titan-film-review.html |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |url-status=live}} Similarly, Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a C, writing the story and visuals were "unutterably bland ... Bluth had the right idea with those epic ice crystals, but it takes more than one F/X flash to create a universe. Titan A.E. is Star Wars pulped and mashed into flavorless kiddie corn."{{cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/review/movie/0,1683,1363,titanae.html |title=Movies: Titan A.E. |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 14, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000711004257/http://www.ew.com/ew/review/movie/0,1683,1363,titanae.html |url-status=dead}} Dennis Lim, in his review for The Village Voice, dismissed the film, writing it is "suggestive of nothing so much as Saturday-morning TV: 2-D characters frolic in 3-D CGI spacescapes, but the handiwork is uninspired, the digi-chicanery obviously expensive but bland, the New Age odor off-putting, and the reliance on inspirational Glen Ballard power ballads fatal."{{cite web |last=Lim |first=Dennis |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0024/lim.shtml |title=Auto-Ban |work=Village Voice |date=June 14, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816212211/https://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0024/lim.shtml |url-status=live}}

Titan A.E. won a Golden Reel Award for "Best Sound Editing for an Animated Feature",{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011210012710/http://www.mpse.org/awards/Winners_film48.html |title=MPSE: Golden Reel Feature Film WINNERS! - 48th Annual Awards - for year of 2000 |publisher=Motion Picture Sound Editors |archive-date=December 10, 2001 |url=http://www.mpse.org/awards/Winners_film48.html |access-date=October 23, 2015}} and was nominated by the same organization for "Best Sound Editing for Music in Animation", and a Satellite Award for "Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media", losing both to Chicken Run.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030514223755/http://www.mpse.org/awards/noms_film48.html |title=MPSE: Golden Reel Feature Film nominations - 48th Annual Awards - for year of 2000 |publisher=Motion Picture Sound Editors |access-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-date=May 14, 2003 |url=http://www.mpse.org/awards/noms_film48.html}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000296/2001?ref_=ttawd_ev_5 |title=Satellite Awards (2001) |publisher=IMDb |access-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725014632/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000296/2001/1 |url-status=live}} The film was also nominated for three Annie Awards, including "Outstanding Achievement in An Animated Theatrical Feature", "Effects Animation", and "Production Design" which it lost to Toy Story 2 and Fantasia 2000, respectively,{{cite web |title=28th Annual Annie |url=http://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards |publisher=Annie Awards |access-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630112936/http://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards |url-status=live}} and was nominated for Best Science Fiction Film at 27th Saturn Awards, but lost to X-Men, another film from 20th Century Fox.{{cite web|title=X-Men Leads Sci-fi Awards Pack|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107251|publisher=ABC News|access-date=April 11, 2015|date=April 4, 2001|archive-date=April 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417153757/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107251|url-status=live}} Drew Barrymore was nominated for "Best Voice-Over Performance" by the Online Film & Television Association for her role as Akima, but was beaten by Eartha Kitt from The Emperor's New Groove.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002704/2001?ref_=ttawd_ev_4 |title=Online Film & Television Association (2001) |publisher=IMDb |access-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725014651/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002704/2001/1 |url-status=live}}

A video game adaptation by Blitz Games was planned to be released for the PlayStation and PC in Fall 2000 in North America, following the film's summer release (even receiving a mention at the end of the credits).{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/23/titan-ae-3 |title=Titan A.E. |publisher=IGN |date=June 22, 2000 |last=Perry |first=Douglas C. |access-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-date=December 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211054011/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/23/titan-ae-3 |url-status=live}} Development on both platforms had begun in March 1999 under the film's original title Planet Ice,{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_blitz |title=Philip Oliver of Blitz Games |publisher=Eurogamer |date=November 8, 2000 |author=Gestalt |access-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-date=December 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210220029/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_blitz |url-status=live}} and an early playable version was showcased at the 2000 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. In July 2000, a spokesman from the game's publisher Fox Interactive announced that development on the title had been halted largely due to the film's poor box office performance which was "only one of many different factors" that led to its cancellation.{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/27/titan-ae-canned |title=Titan A.E. Canned |publisher=IGN |date=July 26, 2000 |access-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-date=December 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211054032/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/27/titan-ae-canned |url-status=live}}

To tie-in with the film, two prequel novels written by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta were released on February 10, 2000 by Ace Books, the same day the official novelization of the film written by Steve and Dal Perry was released.{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/titan-ae-prequel-novels-and-novelization-in-stores |title=Titan A.E. Prequel Novels and Novelization in Stores |publisher=IGN |last=Chitwood |first=Scott |date=February 10, 2000 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221150953/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/titan-ae-prequel-novels-and-novelization-in-stores |url-status=live}} A Dark Horse Comics comic series focusing on the character Sam was also released in May 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/22/a-look-at-the-titan-ae-prequel-comic |publisher=IGN |last=Chitwood |first=Scott |date=May 22, 2000 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |title=A Look at the Titan A.E. Prequel Comic |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221150951/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/22/a-look-at-the-titan-ae-prequel-comic |url-status=live}}

• Titan A.E.: Cale's Story – the adventures of Cale, ending with the beginning of the film. The book chronicles Cale growing up on Vusstra (Tek's home planet) for ten years and having to move to a different place every time the Drej attack. It also reveals how Cale became resentful of his father's disappearance and how he came to despise "drifter colonies".{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/a-quick-review-of-cales-story-a-titan-ae-prequel-novel |title=A Quick Review of Cale's Story |date=February 10, 2000 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |publisher=IGN |last=Chitwood |first=Scott |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703073929/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/a-quick-review-of-cales-story-a-titan-ae-prequel-novel |url-status=live}}
• Titan A.E.: Akima's Story – the adventures of Akima, ending with the beginning of the film. The book chronicles Akima's life aboard drifter colonies and also reveals where she learned her karate skills, her friendship with Stith and her reason to find the Titan.
• Titan A.E.: Sam's Story – a three-issue comic book series telling the story of Sam Tucker, his crew and their quest to hide the Titan.

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