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    17 Forgotten Movies Disney Never Ended Up Making That, Honestly, I Kinda Wish They Had

    A dream is a wish your heart makes...and then cancels.

    1. Gigantic

    2. Newt

    3. King of the Elves

    4. Fraidy Cat

    5. Wild Life

    6. Morgan's Ghost

    7. The Shadow King

    8. A Few Good Ghosts

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    This story followed three kids and a ghost "helping an Appalachian couple get together." It was also going to use a mix of CGI and traditional animation, but production officially halted on the project in 2003. In a statement from Disney's then-president of animation, David Stainton, he explained, "Despite the best efforts of the crew, the fundamental idea was not working."

    9. Mort

    10. The Seven Dwarfs

    11. Catfish Bend

    12. The Three Pigs

    13. Where the Wild Things Are

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    Way back in 1983, John Lasseter and animator Glen Keane (Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Tangled) did an early CG experiment using Maurice Sendak’s iconic book as their subject matter. This test film was as far as an adaptation went, though, and then Universal acquired the rights in 2001 and, as you probably know, it became a live-action film instead.

    14. Tam Lin

    15. Dumbo II

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    Disney literally made a "sneak peek" featurette for this sequel as a Dumbo 60th anniversary DVD extra. The story would take place a day or so after when the original film left off and follow Dumbo and his animal pals stranded in — where else — New York. The sequel was cancelled in 2006. (However, Tim Burton is making a live-action Dumbo set for release in 2019.)

    16. Swan Lake

    17. Chanticleer