It was a sad day earlier this year, when the in-development Pixar project Newt, got canned. It was set to be directed by by Gary Rydstrom, who previously directed the animated short Lifted, which premiered in front of Ratatouille. The synopsis of the film was as follows:
Brook is the name of the last female Blue-Footed Newt. She is in the wild and has no idea she’s the last female of her species. She escapes all sorts of dangers in her day to day life, including being evasive of these crazy biologists who are always chasing her. Rydstrom describes her evasive capabilities as making her an ‘amphibious Errol Flynn‘. One day they catch her and bring her back to the lab and present her to Newt. They have “the world’s worst first date” before through circumstance they both end up in the wild. Newt is worthless out here, but Brook gets him through the trials. They meet a character named Eddie, a giant Hellbender Salamander, who is a ladies man and passes along his incredibly shallow ideas of love to Newt. Of course, they predictably don’t work. Newt is a movie about how finding a mate never goes as you expect even, make that especially, if you only have one choice.
Today, the Disney/Pixar Facebook page posted some new concept art from the film. Check out my favorite pictures below for what could have been and the rest on the site.
Newt was planned for a 2012 release. Instead we get to see Cars 2 and Monsters Inc. 2.
Are you sad we will never see Newt?