Gnomeo and Juliet

[clarksfan95]

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/adios-gnomio-and-juliet.html

For those who were aware of this films existence (and I don't think many have known about it...) here's it's plan for the future....I honestly did not like the premise, perhaps it coulda been cute...but I am not fond of Gnomes...

 

[CaliSurfer182]

I heard about it, I thought it was an interesting premise, but who knows how it would have actually ended up.

 

[CTXRover]

Gnomeo and Juliet is back on again, this time under Disney's Miramax unit. From Showbizdata.com:

ELTON JOHN JUMPING FROM ONE DISNEY UNIT TO ANOTHER
Friday, April 14 2006
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Spurned by the new Pixar regime at Disney, Elton John has taken his proposed animated musical Gnomeo & Juliet to Miramax. The project, which had been under development at Disney for years, was axed by Pixar's John Lasseter and Ed Catmull shortly after they began examining the studio's proposed animation slate in March. In a statement, John said, "I am very excited about working with Miramax. ... Gnomeo is an edgy concept, and Miramax is the perfect home to push the envelope in animation." Adding irony to the whole affair is the fact that Miramax is also owned by Disney, and the transition of the project from Disney Animation to Miramax is expected to involve little more than paper shuffling.

 

[clarksfan95]

I just read that yesterday.....sheesh....I don't know tho. The story concept just doesn't grab me...who knows...maybe it'll be half decent. Question now is, who's gonna do the animation? Disney Animation has passed on it which means that they will farm it out to someone else.....hmmmmm.....

 

[CaliSurfer182]

Wow........it seems like Disney handles more politics than the White House now-a-days!