American Magic: A Different History of Disney

[HonestAbe1809]

What happened to Atari's PC division ITTL again?
If Disney still has it they could arrange to buy Apple, merge it with Atari PC, then spin them both off as an independent company under the Apple name.

They sold it off to Commodore.

 

[OldNavy1988]

@HonestAbe1809

Correct. So at the moment, Commodore can't do much until Belfort's legal issues are resolved. Meanwhile, Steve Jobs has been trying to line up buyers for NeXT.

 

[Roger Redux]

@Roger Redux

Commodore bought it a while ago.

They sold it off to Commodore.

That's right....
I think Woz should buy back Apple then.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

@TheFaultsofAlts

First off, the Karaoke Dance Party will be on the VHS and DVD as a bonus feature.

But yeah, a TV series could work.

Plus some rides and stage spectaculars at the Universal parks.

You know, two out of three of these are as OTL, which helps a lot, due to Shrek's success possibly being greater ITTL. Oh, I have two things to ask...

1. What happened to the "Super Smash Bros." franchise? Does it still exist? Has SEGA thought about copying the formula as of yet?
2. How long do you think the TV series could last?

 

[OldNavy1988]

You know, two out of three of these are as OTL, which helps a lot, due to Shrek's success possibly being greater ITTL. Oh, I have two things to ask...

1. What happened to the "Super Smash Bros." franchise? Does it still exist? Has SEGA thought about copying the formula as of yet?
2. How long do you think the TV series could last?

Super Smash Bros came out on the Ultra NES in Spring 1999 in North America.

The TV series could last maybe 3 or 4 years tops.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

Super Smash Bros came out on the Ultra NES in Spring 1999 in North America.

The TV series could last maybe 3 or 4 years tops.

I was thinking maybe 5 years could do it, with how your timeline is flowing towards about right now IOTL, except with better parody material. But 3-4 could do well in a pinch.

Can you tell me what the roster is, and if SEGA has idealized their own take on it as of late?

Thank you.

 

[OldNavy1988]

I was thinking maybe 5 years could do it, with how your timeline is flowing towards about right now IOTL, except with better parody material. But 3-4 could do well in a pinch.

Can you tell me what the roster is, and if SEGA has idealized their own take on it as of late?

Thank you.

It should be around Fall 2002 that Dreamworks brings out the Shrek TV series.

The roster for Super Smash Bros consists of...

The Mario Brothers
Pikachu
Link
Bowser
Kirby
Donkey Kong
Samus
Fox from Star Fox
Ness
Captain Falcon
Yoshi
Jigglypuff

At the moment, Sega has not yet come up with its own version. Instead, Paramount Interactive Entertainment (PIE) is bringing out a couple of Simpsons, Mission Impossible and Star Trek games for the Sega Neptune which should be out later this year.

 

[OldNavy1988]

Any other questions, comments or ideas before we get into the thick of the summer blockbuster season?

 

[OldNavy1988]

Let's backtrack a little bit to check out the movies that came out in April and May 2001...

APRIL 2001
Along Came a Spider

Released ITTL by Paramount. Same as OTL.

Blow

Released by New Line Cinema. IOTL, this was the role that gave Paul Reubens a little bit of a comeback. ITTL, his 1991 arrest is butterflied, but he still has a part in this movie.

Just Visiting

Released ITTL by Trump Manhattan. An Americanized remake of a French film called The Visitors.
IOTL, this was the last to use the Hollywood Pictures Sphinx logo. ITTL, same Sphinx logo is used by Trump.

Bridget Jones's Diary

Released ITTL by Hemdale. Yes, the granny panty scene is still there.

Joe Dirt

Released ITTL by Revolution Studios.

Josie and the Pussycats

Released ITTL by Warner Bros. At the beginning, the WB shield zooms out, revealed to be printed on a T-shirt worn by a screaming Dujour fan.

MAY 2001
A Knight's Tale

Released ITTL by Hyperion Pictures. Same as OTL.

Pearl Harbor

Released ITTL by Touchstone Pictures. Same as OTL.​

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

Let's backtrack a little bit to check out the movies that came out in April and May 2001...

APRIL 2001
Along Came a Spider

Released ITTL by Paramount. Same as OTL.

Blow

Released by New Line Cinema. IOTL, this was the role that gave Paul Reubens a little bit of a comeback. ITTL, his 1991 arrest is butterflied, but he still has a part in this movie.

Just Visiting

Released ITTL by Trump Manhattan. An Americanized remake of a French film called The Visitors.
IOTL, this was the last to use the Hollywood Pictures Sphinx logo. ITTL, same Sphinx logo is used by Trump.

Bridget Jones's Diary

Released ITTL by Hemdale. Yes, the granny panty scene is still there.

Joe Dirt

Released ITTL by Revolution Studios.

Josie and the Pussycats

Released ITTL by Warner Bros. At the beginning, the WB shield zooms out, revealed to be printed on a T-shirt worn by a screaming Dujour fan.

MAY 2001
A Knight's Tale

Released ITTL by Hyperion Pictures. Same as OTL.

Pearl Harbor

Released ITTL by Touchstone Pictures. Same as OTL.​

Looking good, looking good. Say, if I may ask, who owns what in this timeline as of yet? For example, does Nintendo have Rareware in their catalog, or is Disney still the owner of Harvey Comics? That kind of stuff. Also, who hasn't been bought by someone yet? I hope to see that as well, so I can deduce who could own what still. Thanks in advance.

 

[OldNavy1988]

1960's editorial cartoon

2001 marked the 35th anniversary of Disney's Riverfront Square park in St Louis. Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion and the Lewis and Clark Adventure are still very much the mainstays of the park.

UPPER LEVEL

Overview of the upper level, which serves as the main level of the park. New Orleans Square to the left and St Louis Streets to the right.

Close up of St Louis Streets.

Close up of New Orleans Square, where Pirates of the Caribbean still resides.

New Orleans Square is still the home to Pirates of the Caribbean and the Blue Bayou restaurant.

Meanwhile, the Old St Louis area is still home to the Lewis and Clark Expedition ride. Also still present are the Mark Twain Riverboat restaurant and the Budweiser Lounge, the latter now serving as the Club 33 of the park.

LOWER LEVEL
The space formerly occupied by Hansel and Gretel and Rapunzel is vacant as Imagineers hope to develop a ride that can cater more closely to locals.

The TWA IMAX theatre, which took over the larger of the two former Circarama auditoriums, has been upgraded to

The Hall of Champions will be phased out, as the St Louis Cardinals plan to add a hall of fame as part of their new ballpark, which will open in 2006.

BASEMENT

The basement still serves as the "show building" for the Pirates and Lewis & Clark rides.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR RIVERFRONT SQUARE?
Earlier this year, The Walt Disney Company reached a strategic alliance with the St Louis Cardinals baseball club. In turn, their joint proposal was unanimously approved by the St Louis city council.

Phase one of construction on the new Cardinal ballpark will begin in early 2004. In the meantime, the Cardinals will play the next four and a half MLB seasons at the current Busch Stadium.

After the 2005 season, Busch Stadium will be demolished to make way for the second phase of construction on the new ballpark.

After the Cardinals get settled in their new venue, Disney will begin work on expanding Riverfront Square, extending its footprint to Clark Ave.

 

[OldNavy1988]

@TheFaultsofAlts

The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Pictures
Hyperion Pictures
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Home Video
- Hyperion Home Video
- NBC Home Video
- Buena Vista Music Video
Walt Disney Television Animation
Walt Disney Classic Animation
Walt Disney Feature Animation (aka the B-squad)
Atari Inc
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
- Broadway Video
CNBC
MSNBC
Marvel Comics
- Harvey Comics
- Image Comics
Buena Vista Music Group
- Walt Disney Records
- Hyperion Records
- American Recordings
- Death Row Records
- Grand Royal Records
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Paramount Noveltoon library from 1943-57

ABC
ABC Television Network
ESPN
The Movie Channel
Showtime
XYZ (known IOTL as ABC Family/Freeform)
A&E
The History Channel
Virtuoso (known IOTL as the Biography channel and later FYI)
Lifetime
E!
Touchstone Pictures
Hanna-Barbera
Malibu Comics
AVCO Embassy pre-1984 library
ABC Motion Pictures pre-1984 library

Amblin Partners
Amblin Entertainment
Industrial Light & Magic
Sprocket Systems
Amblin Computer Graphics (known IOTL as Pixar)
Geffen Pictures
Geffen Records
DreamWorks SKG

CBS
CBS Television Network
CBS Radio
CBS/Fox Video (50%)
National Comics
Columbia Pictures
Tristar Pictures
Columbia Records
CBS Records
Pre-1985 Ruby Spears library
The Nashville Network (for sale)
Country Music Television

Coca-Cola Telecommunications
Warner Bros Pictures
Warner Home Video
Warner Music Group
Warner Parks
Warner Video Games
WB Television Network
Lorimar
Archie Comics
Rankin Bass
EC Publications (MAD Magazine)
Warner Bros Records
Reprise Records
Elektra Records
Atlantic Records

Discovery Communications
The Discovery Channel
TLC
The Travel Channel
Animal Planet
Discovery Kids
Discovery Science
Discovery Times Channel (joint venture with the NY Times; known IOTL as ID)
Discovery Wings
Discovery Home and Leisure (known IOTL as Destination America)
DIY Network

Corman Enterprises
Grand Diamond Pictures
Grand Diamond Home Entertainment
Family Home Entertainment
Pre-1989 Miramax library
Pre-1978 American International library
Pre-1978 New World library
Ruby-Spears
The Hub (50%)

Hemdale Film Corporation
Jay Ward catalog
1952-83 Filmways film and TV catalog
Doug (acquired from USA Network group in 1995)

Jim Henson Entertainment
(A subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway)
Jim Henson Pictures
New Line Cinema
HIT Entertainment
Henson Alternative
Hi-Tops Video
Premiere Parks
Odyssey Network (50% with Hallmark)

Lionsgate
Lions Gate Films
Lions Gate Home Entertainment

MCA
Universal Pictures
MCA/Universal Home Video
Universal Television
USA Network Group (50%)
Gemini Animation
Gemini Comics (formerly Charlton and Fawcett)
MCA Records
Universal Resorts

Paramount Communications
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Home Video
Paramount Television
USA Network Group (50%)
Hard Copy Network
SEGA
Nelvana
Valiant Comics

PepsiCo
RKO Radio Pictures
1929-59 original RKO catalog
Pre-1990 Cannon Group library
Pre-1990 Vestron library
Pre-1990 Republic Pictures library
The Hub (50%)

Polygram North America
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Pre-1990 Atlantic Releasing catalog

Saban Brands (formerly Metromedia)
Revolution Studios
Pre-1997 Samuel Goldwyn Company library
Pre-1997 Saban Productions library
Pre-1997 DiC library

Scripps Media
United Feature Syndicate
Home and Garden TV (HGTV)
Food Network

Starz Premium Networks Inc
Starz
Encore
True Stories Channel
Action Channel
Mystery Channel
Westerns Channel
Love Stories Channel
WAM!: America's Kidz Network

Time-Life Inc
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated
People Magazine
Money Magaine
Fortune
Entertainment Weekly
20th Century Fox
Home Box Office
HBO 2
Festival (Known IOTL as HBO Family)
HBO Comedy
HBO Signature
HBO Zone
HBO Latino
Cinemax
MoreMax
5StarMax
ActionMax
OuterMax
ThrillerMax
Cinemax Family
Fox (Known IOTL as FX)
Comedy Central
Headline News (Known IOTL as HLN)
CMJ Studios
CBS Fox Video (50%)

The Trump Organization
Trump Manhattan Pictures
Pre-1971 Terrytoons catalog
FORMER:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1977-83)
Trump Manhattan Animation (1985-1997)
Worlds of Wonder (1996-97)

Turner Broadcasting
TBS Superstation
CNN
Turner Sports
TNT
Cartoon Network
Court TV
MTV
Turner Classic Movies
Boomerang
All American Comics
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Film Roman
Turner Home Entertainment
Atlanta Hawks basketball club
Six Flags Theme Parks
Pre-1950 Warner Bros library
1933-57 Paramount Popeye cartoons

USA Network Group (co-owned by Paramount and MCA)
UPN
USA Network
VH1
Nickelodeon
SciFi Channel
USA Films
Nickelodeon Movies
Ren and Stimpy (acquired from Trump Manhattan in 1998)

Bagdasarian Productions
Alvin and the Chipmunks

Premavision
Gumby

Mirage Studios
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Multiple owners
Jive Records
Trimark Pictures

Up for sale
Merv Griffin Enterprises
Spelling Entertainment
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson
Caravan Pictures

Public domain
Paramount Little Lulu cartoons from 1943-48

 

[OldNavy1988]

The Animal

Released by Columbia Pictures.

Moulin Rouge

Released by 20th Century Fox.

Evolution

Released by Geffen Pictures.

Swordfish

Released by New Line Cinema.

AI: Artificial Intelligence

Released ITTL by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The last project to involve Stanley Kubrick.

The Fast and the Furious

Released by Universal Pictures. The start of a new film franchise.

Baby Boy

Released by Hyperion. Snoop Dogg will appear in Bones and The Wash also from Hyperion, later this year.​

 

[HonestAbe1809]

What's the next meaty update going to be on?

 

[OldNavy1988]

What's the next meaty update going to be on?

It'll be a head to head box office showdown.

Universal and Gemini will be bringing out Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Disney is bringing out Treasure Planet.

Here is Gemini's filmography so far...

Gemini's golden age. Joe Hale, Art Stevens and Ted Berman came to Universal/Gemini from Disney as part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit exchange.
1985: GI Joe
1986: Transformers
1987: Jem and the Holograms
1988: My Little Pony

After MLP, many of Gemini's best animators jumped ship.
1989: Inhumanoids
1990: Visionaries
1991: The Little Engine That Could
1992: Battleship

Bob Camp era
1995: Waterworld, Babe
1996: Princess Gwenevere
1997: A Simple Wish
1998: Babe: Pig in the City

Roger Allers/Rob Minkoff era
1999: Stuart Little
Summer 2001: Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Thanksgiving 2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone

 

[HonestAbe1809]

It'll be a head to head box office showdown.

Universal and Gemini will be bringing out Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Disney is bringing out Treasure Planet.

Here is Gemini's filmography so far...

Gemini's golden age. Joe Hale, Art Stevens and Ted Berman came to Universal/Gemini from Disney as part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit exchange.
1985: GI Joe
1986: Transformers
1987: Jem and the Holograms
1988: My Little Pony

After MLP, many of Gemini's best animators jumped ship.
1989: Inhumanoids
1990: Visionaries
1991: The Little Engine That Could
1992: Battleship

Bob Camp era
1995: Waterworld, Babe
1996: Princess Gwenevere
1997: A Simple Wish
1998: Babe: Pig in the City

Roger Allers/Rob Minkoff era
1999: Stuart Little
Summer 2001: Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Thanksgiving 2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone

Give Atlantis the upoer hand in that showdown and maybe the planned TV series could be maybe instead of the slapdash "sequel". Plus Gemini needs the success much more than the House of Mouse does.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

@TheFaultsofAlts

The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Pictures
Hyperion Pictures
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Home Video
- Hyperion Home Video
- NBC Home Video
- Buena Vista Music Video
Walt Disney Television Animation
Walt Disney Classic Animation
Walt Disney Feature Animation (aka the B-squad)
Atari Inc
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
- Broadway Video
CNBC
MSNBC
Marvel Comics
- Harvey Comics
- Image Comics
Buena Vista Music Group
- Walt Disney Records
- Hyperion Records
- American Recordings
- Death Row Records
- Grand Royal Records
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Paramount Noveltoon library from 1943-57

ABC
ABC Television Network
ESPN
The Movie Channel
Showtime
XYZ (known IOTL as ABC Family/Freeform)
A&E
The History Channel
Virtuoso (known IOTL as the Biography channel and later FYI)
Lifetime
E!
Touchstone Pictures
Hanna-Barbera
Malibu Comics
AVCO Embassy pre-1984 library
ABC Motion Pictures pre-1984 library

Amblin Partners
Amblin Entertainment
Industrial Light & Magic
Sprocket Systems
Amblin Computer Graphics (known IOTL as Pixar)
Geffen Pictures
Geffen Records
DreamWorks SKG

CBS
CBS Television Network
CBS Radio
CBS/Fox Video (50%)
National Comics
Columbia Pictures
Tristar Pictures
Columbia Records
CBS Records
Pre-1985 Ruby Spears library
The Nashville Network (for sale)
Country Music Television

Coca-Cola Telecommunications
Warner Bros Pictures
Warner Home Video
Warner Music Group
Warner Parks
Warner Video Games
WB Television Network
Lorimar
Archie Comics
Rankin Bass
EC Publications (MAD Magazine)
Warner Bros Records
Reprise Records
Elektra Records
Atlantic Records

Discovery Communications
The Discovery Channel
TLC
The Travel Channel
Animal Planet
Discovery Kids
Discovery Science
Discovery Times Channel (joint venture with the NY Times; known IOTL as ID)
Discovery Wings
Discovery Home and Leisure (known IOTL as Destination America)
DIY Network

Corman Enterprises
Grand Diamond Pictures
Grand Diamond Home Entertainment
Family Home Entertainment
Pre-1989 Miramax library
Pre-1978 American International library
Pre-1978 New World library
Ruby-Spears
The Hub (50%)

Hemdale Film Corporation
Jay Ward catalog
1952-83 Filmways film and TV catalog
Doug (acquired from USA Network group in 1995)

Jim Henson Entertainment
(A subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway)
Jim Henson Pictures
New Line Cinema
HIT Entertainment
Henson Alternative
Hi-Tops Video
Premiere Parks
Odyssey Network (50% with Hallmark)

Lionsgate
Lions Gate Films
Lions Gate Home Entertainment

MCA
Universal Pictures
MCA/Universal Home Video
Universal Television
USA Network Group (50%)
Gemini Animation
Gemini Comics (formerly Charlton and Fawcett)
MCA Records
Universal Resorts

Paramount Communications
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Home Video
Paramount Television
USA Network Group (50%)
Hard Copy Network
SEGA
Nelvana
Valiant Comics

PepsiCo
RKO Radio Pictures
1929-59 original RKO catalog
Pre-1990 Cannon Group library
Pre-1990 Vestron library
Pre-1990 Republic Pictures library
The Hub (50%)

Polygram North America
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Pre-1990 Atlantic Releasing catalog

Saban Brands (formerly Metromedia)
Revolution Studios
Pre-1997 Samuel Goldwyn Company library
Pre-1997 Saban Productions library
Pre-1997 DiC library

Scripps Media
United Feature Syndicate
Home and Garden TV (HGTV)
Food Network

Starz Premium Networks Inc
Starz
Encore
True Stories Channel
Action Channel
Mystery Channel
Westerns Channel
Love Stories Channel
WAM!: America's Kidz Network

Time-Life Inc
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated
People Magazine
Money Magaine
Fortune
Entertainment Weekly
20th Century Fox
Home Box Office
HBO 2
Festival (Known IOTL as HBO Family)
HBO Comedy
HBO Signature
HBO Zone
HBO Latino
Cinemax
MoreMax
5StarMax
ActionMax
OuterMax
ThrillerMax
Cinemax Family
Fox (Known IOTL as FX)
Comedy Central
Headline News (Known IOTL as HLN)
CMJ Studios
CBS Fox Video (50%)

The Trump Organization
Trump Manhattan Pictures
Pre-1971 Terrytoons catalog
FORMER:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1977-83)
Trump Manhattan Animation (1985-1997)
Worlds of Wonder (1996-97)

Turner Broadcasting
TBS Superstation
CNN
Turner Sports
TNT
Cartoon Network
Court TV
MTV
Turner Classic Movies
Boomerang
All American Comics
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Film Roman
Turner Home Entertainment
Atlanta Hawks basketball club
Six Flags Theme Parks
Pre-1950 Warner Bros library
1933-57 Paramount Popeye cartoons

USA Network Group (co-owned by Paramount and MCA)
UPN
USA Network
VH1
Nickelodeon
SciFi Channel
USA Films
Nickelodeon Movies
Ren and Stimpy (acquired from Trump Manhattan in 1998)

Bagdasarian Productions
Alvin and the Chipmunks

Premavision
Gumby

Mirage Studios
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Multiple owners
Jive Records
Trimark Pictures

Up for sale
Merv Griffin Enterprises
Spelling Entertainment
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson
Caravan Pictures

Public domain
Paramount Little Lulu cartoons from 1943-48

Jesus CHRIST wearing a coonskin cap, Disney owns a lot more well-known properties ITTL! A-anyway, here's how I would have the "For Sale" and/or smaller companies grouped...

CBS:
Merv Griffin Enterprises(Similar to OTL, I think.)
Caravan Pictures

Hallmark:
Spelling Entertainment(Wait, would that work out good enough?)

Saban Brands:
Little Lulu shorts
Premavision

Paramount Communications:
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson(Unless they don't have any properties of their own, then MCA would take it.)

Lionsgate:
The Nashville Network
Mirage Studios

MCA:
Bagdasarian Productions(Either them or Paramount, whichever of the two doesn't get MWS.)

Polygram North America:
Jive Records

Jim Henson Entertainment:
Trimark Pictures(Because the stuff they made IOTL seems prime for Muppet integration of sorts, take it from me.)

I think that's about it. What do you think?

 

[OldNavy1988]

@TheFaultsofAlts

I'll see what I can do.

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

@TheFaultsofAlts
CBS
CBS Television Network
CBS Radio
CBS/Fox Video (50%)
National Comics
Columbia Pictures
Tristar Pictures
Columbia Records
CBS Records
Pre-1985 Ruby Spears library
The Nashville Network (for sale)
Country Music Television


Turner Broadcasting
TBS Superstation
CNN
Turner Sports
TNT
Cartoon Network
Court TV
MTV
Turner Classic Movies
Boomerang
All American Comics
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Film Roman
Turner Home Entertainment
Atlanta Hawks basketball club
Six Flags Theme Parks
Pre-1950 Warner Bros library
1933-57 Paramount Popeye cartoons

Public domain
Paramount Little Lulu cartoons from 1943-48

So are the Fleshier/Famous Superman Cartoons owned by Turner (or CBS) or are they Public Domain? There is no such thing as CBS Records, that was an imprint Columbia Records used when releasing albums internationally

Who owns the rights to Hard Day's Night, Help, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be?

 

[OldNavy1988]

Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Six years had passed since Gemini Animation delivered a major box office hit for Universal Pictures. Waterworld, which was originally slated for live action, was instead made into an animated feature, thanks to budgetary concerns.

In the Eighties, Gemini gave Disney a run for its money. At a time when Disney was producing heavier animated fare for teenage audiences, Gemini was seen as the more-kid friendly alternative. But behind the scenes, one man tore Gemini's animation staff apart.

The Nineties would prove to be mostly lean years for Gemini. By decades end, Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff came over from Disney. Under their watch, things began to change. Stuart Little, released for Christmastime 1999, was a modest box office hit, and an even bigger hit on VHS and DVD.

Their next project, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, would be released on the same weekend Disney came out with Treasure Planet.

Atlantis tells the tale of Milo Thatch, an inexperienced adventurer who comes across a journal he hopes can lead him to the lost continent of Atlantis. By 1914, Milo attempts to plead his case to the brass of the Smithsonian Institute, for which he works as a linguist. When the Smithsonian refuses to hear Milo's proposal, he is disheartened. When Milo finally gets a hold of the Shepherd's Journal, he assembles a rag tag team of daredevil explorers to prove the existence of the realm.

Atlantis would prove to be a big enough box office hit for Universal to fast track a theme park attraction based on the film.

VOICES
Michael J Fox as Milo Thatch
James Garner as Lt Rourke
Corey Burton as Mole
Cree Summer as Kida
Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Ramirez
Claudia Christian as Helga Sinclair
Don Novello as Vinny
Phil Morris as Joshua Sweet
David Ogden Stiers as Fenton Harcourt
John Mahoney as Preston Whitmore
Jim Varney as Cookie
Leonard Nimoy as Nashekim
Jennifer Seguin as Nashem

Treasure Planet
At the same time that Universal released Atlantis, Disney came out with a twist on a classic Robert Louis Stevenson story. The end result would prove to be a huge low point for Disney animation.
Because of Treasure Planet's failure, Disney is now contemplating firing executive producer George Lucas.

VOICES
Devon Sawa as Jim Hawkins
Mike Myers as Long John Silver
David Hyde Pierce as Dr Doppler
Emma Thompson as Captain Amelia
Graham Chapman as BEN
Roscoe Lee Browne as Mr Arrow
Laurie Metcalf as Sarah Hawkins
Eric Bauza as Morph
Michael Wincott as Scroop
Ian MacDiarmid as Billy Bones

Shrek and Atlantis combined would ultimately outperform Treasure Planet at the box office by leaps and bounds. Later this year, for Thanksgiving and Christmas, it'll be Disney vs Gemini Round 2.
Gemini will bring out the first Harry Potter, while Disney will bring out Mistress Masham's Repose.​