Hey everyone, and you too Michael, it seems that we are in one of those... runs... you know what I mean.... One big story gets the entire company reading, thus making more studio types wanting to add to the story. And this time out, it's looking real interesting. First we got word about IN SEARCH OF MICKEY, then Sir Etch-A-Sketch and Moo Cow spilled some beans... Well, it seems that the good folks at Disney have been so happy with the development on IN SEARCH OF MICKEY, that the project has turned the corner from being merely a video feature, and following in the steps of TOY STORY 2, and will be the Christmas Animated film for Disney in 2003. And from the look of the cast of characters below... this seems like it could be interesting. I always dug Benard and Bianca.... I could do without Chip and Dale, Basil rules the Earth, I happen to be a big fan of Darkwing Duck... and.... DONALD and GOOFY!!! Of course... you have to wonder now.... What scurvy Disney S.O.B. would kidnap the mouse? Personally I don't want to know for certain... but it could be one of these: Peg Leg Pete, Horace Horsecollar or Bugs Bunny (my personal pick, but it'll never happen)! Here's the scoop from our Gungan friend...
It is NOT being described as a direct-to-video release. Like Toy Story 2 (which almost made it direct-to-video), The Search for Mickey will make more money as a feature, than as a video. It would be released most likey around Christmas 2003. NOT ALL of the characters from a Disney film will be in it. I cant be sure, but I think he said nobody would miss much less recognize Sword in the Stone or Black Cauldron characters. He DID say that the characters they want to feature the most (if you can stomach it) is Benard and Bianca from the Rescuers, Chip and Dale, Basil of Baker Street from The Great Mouse Detective, Darkwing Duck, and finally Goofy and Donald Duck. He said that the story would take you around the globe...the Streets of Agrabah, Sherwood Forest, Notre Dame in Paris, Hundred Acre Wood.....and on and on.....
When i find out more, you will know
Captain Tarpals
