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This is a list of theatrically released feature films that are based on cartoons.
C – Critic review score
A – Audience review score
| Title | Release Date | Box office revenue (Millions) [1] [2] | Reception | Based on | Medium | Ref. | ||
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| Fantasia | November 13, 1940 | $76.4–83.3 | 96% [4] | N/A | N/A | Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck | Animated (2D) | [5] |
| Saludos Amigos | August 24, 1942 February 19, 1943 (US) | N/A | 80% [6] | N/A | N/A | [7] | ||
| The Three Caballeros | December 21, 1944 February 3, 1945 (US) | N/A | 88% [8] | N/A | N/A | [9] | ||
| Fun and Fancy Free | September 21, 1947 | $2.4 | 71% [10] | N/A | N/A | [11] | ||
| Melody Time | May 27, 1948 | $1.8 | 88% [12] | N/A | N/A | [13] | ||
| 1001 Arabian Nights | December 1, 1959 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Mr. Magoo | [14] | |
| The Betty Boop Scandals of 1974 | 1974 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Betty Boop | Animated (2D) (Used footage from shorts) | |
| Bugs Bunny: Superstar | December 19, 1975 | N/A | N/A [15] | N/A | N/A | Looney Tunes | [16] | |
| The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie | September 30, 1979 | N/A | 100% [17] | N/A | N/A | [18] | ||
| Hurray for Betty Boop | November 21, 1980 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Betty Boop | ||
| Popeye | December 12, 1980 | $60 | 59% [19] | 64/100 [20] | N/A | Popeye | Live action | [21] |
| The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | November 20, 1981 | N/A | N/A [22] | N/A | N/A | Looney Tunes | Animated (2D) (Used footage from shorts) | [23] |
| Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | November 19, 1982 | N/A | N/A [24] | N/A | N/A | [25] | ||
| Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island | August 5, 1983 | N/A | N/A [26] | N/A | N/A | [27] | ||
| The Puppetoon Movie | June 12, 1987 | N/A | N/A [28] | N/A | N/A | Puppetoons | Animated (Stop motion) | [29] |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | June 22, 1988 | $329.8 | 97% [30] | 83/100 [31] | A | N/A | Hybrid (2D) | [32] [33] |
| Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | September 24, 1988 | N/A | N/A [34] | N/A | N/A | Looney Tunes | Animated (2D) (Used footage from shorts) | [35] |
| Felix the Cat: The Movie | May 11, 1989 June 22, 1990 (US) | $1.3 | N/A | 5.1/10 | N/A | Felix the Cat | Animated (2D) | [36] [37] |
| Tom and Jerry: The Movie | October 1, 1992 | $3.6 | 18% [38] | N/A | A- | Tom and Jerry | [39] | |
| Casper | May 26, 1995 | $287.9 | 44% [40] | N/A | A | Casper the Friendly Ghost | Hybrid (CGI) | [41] [2] |
| Space Jam | November 15, 1996 | $230.4 | 37% [42] | 59/100 [43] | A- | Looney Tunes | Hybrid (2D|Live action) | [44] [45] |
| Mr. Magoo | December 25, 1997 | $21.4 | 7% [46] | 18 [47] | B | Mr. Magoo | Live action | [48] |
| The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame | 1999 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Looney Tunes | Animated (2D) (Used footage from shorts) | |
| Fantasia 2000 | December 17, 1999 January 1, 2000 (IMAX) June 16, 2000 (General) | $90.9 | 82% [49] | 59/100 [50] | N/A | Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck | Animated (2D and CGI) | [51] [52] |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | November 15, 2003 | $68.5 | 57% [53] | 64/100 [54] | B+ | Looney Tunes | Hybrid (2D) | [55] [56] |
| Tom and Jerry | February 26, 2021 | $79.0 | 31% [57] | 32/100 [58] | B | Tom and Jerry | Hybrid (CGI) | [59] |
| Space Jam: A New Legacy | July 16, 2021 | $194.073 | 27% [60] | 36/100 [61] | B+ | Looney Tunes | Hybrid (CGI/2D) | [62] |
C – Critic review score
A – Audience review score
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| Alvin and the Chipmunks | Cancelled | In June 1997, director Robert Zemeckis was slated to direct a live-action adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks. [818] However, in September 2000, the estate of Ross Bagdasarian Sr. filed suit against Universal Pictures for which development on the film was halted. [819] A live-action/CGI film was ultimately released by 20th Century Fox in 2007. |
| The Betty Boop Movie | In 1993, there were plans for an animated musical feature film of Betty Boop to be MGM Animation's first theatrical animated film, but the plans were later canceled. The musical storyboard scene of the proposed film can be seen online. [820] The finished reel consists of Betty and her estranged father performing a jazz number together called "Where are you?" Jimmy Rowles and Sue Raney provide the vocals for Betty and Benny Boop. Latter All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 became MGM Animation's only theatrical animated film. | |
| The Bob and Larry Movie | The origin story of VeggieTales hosts Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber reveals how they met, how they got their own show, and answers the question how vegetables and fruit talk. This was the first film in the series to feature humans. According to Phil Vischer, "Since Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie was our TheTen Commandments, The Bob and Larry Movie would be our Toy Story. [821] " The Bob and Larry Movie was originally planned to be the second VeggieTales movie with a released date in late 2005. It was placed into production in early 2002, toward the end of production of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002). [822] However, Big Idea Productions fell into bankruptcy in late 2002 and the film was placed on hiatus, deemed too expensive. Phil Vischer then wrote The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie to replace this movie. In 2008, it was considered to be the sequel to The Pirates who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, but talks stalled after the 2008 recession had led to the bankruptcy of VeggieTales owner Entertainment Rights and Classic Media. According to Phil Vischer in 2018, "I have a copy of The Bob and Larry script on my laptop, but probably won't release it because it is technically owned by Universal and DreamWorks.""It will hopefully be produced in the near future." [822] | |
| Hong Kong Phooey | On July 12, 2009, it was announced that David A. Goodman had been hired to write the screenplay for a Hong Kong Phooey film to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures. [823] Alex Zamm was slated to direct, and Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Brett Ratner, and Jay Stern were identified as producers. [824] According to the announcement, Alcon Entertainment would back the film. [825] It was announced on August 10, 2011, that Eddie Murphy would be voicing Penry/Hong Kong Phooey in the film. [825] On December 28, 2012, test footage of the film was leaked, showing a computer generated character in live action scenery. [826] As of March 2022 [update] , no further information has been revealed since. | |
| Jimmy Neutron 2: The Search for Carl | In February 2002, a sequel for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius was reported in development for a summer 2004 release. [827] Producer Albie Hecht reported to The Los Angeles Times that the sequel "would be made on the same budget as the first, but with a new batch of inventions and adventures in Jimmy's town of Retroville." On June 20, 2002, The Hollywood Reporter reported that writer Kate Boutilier had signed a writing deal with Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures to write a sequel for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius titled Jimmy Neutron 2: The Search for Carl, but the sequel was never materialized. [828] Instead the sequel's plot was used as the basis for the Game Boy Advance version of the video game Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron. Another reason the film was cancelled is because the writers could not agree on a story and Alcorn later stated in an interview that "once the TV series came out, there wasn't a lot of incentive to make a movie when fans could simply watch Jimmy Neutron for free at home." [829] | |
| Marvin the Martian | On July 29, 2008, Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment announced plans for a live action/computer-animated film starring Mike Myers as the voice of Marvin and Christopher Lee as Santa Claus. The film would have involved Marvin trying to destroy the Earth during Christmas by becoming a competitor of Santa Claus but being prevented from accomplishing his goal when Santa wraps him inside a gift box. Alcon compared the project to other films such as Racing Stripes and My Dog Skip . [830] It was initially scheduled for an October 7, 2011, release, but the movie was later taken off the schedule and no word on it has been heard since. Test footage of the film and the Eddie Murphy vehicle Hong Kong Phooey was leaked on December 28, 2012. [831] | |
| Mighty Mouse | Moved to Paramount Animation | As early as 2004, Omation Animation Studios and Nickelodeon announced their intention to bring Mighty Mouse (a property held by CBS Corporation) back to the big screen with a CGI Mighty Mouse feature film that was tentatively scheduled to be released sometime in 2013. [832] This film never materialized and the project's fate was unknown until in 2019, when it was confirmed that the project would be revived by Paramount Animation, and that Jon and Erich Hoeber were announced to be the writers for the film. [833] [834] |
| Pepé Le Pew | Cancelled | In October 2010, it was reported that Warner Bros. was producing a live-action/CGI film centered on the Looney Tunes character Pepé Le Pew. Mike Myers was slated to voice the character. [835] In 2016, Max Landis told San Diego Comic-Con that he was writing the script for the film. [836] |
| Recess: The First Day of School | This would have been a direct-to-video film to be released in August 2004, the fourth direct-to-video film, and the fifth film in the Recess franchise. The plot revolved on T.J. and his gang (except Gus, who wouldn't have moved to town yet) adjusting to fourth grade, making it a prequel to the events of the series. It was scrapped shortly after Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade and Recess: All Growed Down were released at the end of 2003.[ citation needed ] | |
| Scooby-Doo | The film was planned to be an origin story of Scooby, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. gang. It was written by Craig Titley who later went on to write the 2002 film of the same name. The film was scrapped when Warner Bros. bought the rights to Hanna-Barbera by buying Turner in 1996. The script for this version of the film was leaked in 2014. | |
| Skate Jam | In 2003, Warner Bros. had approached professional skater Tony Hawk to star in a live action/animated hybrid film with the Looney Tunes, but following the box office failure of Looney Tunes Back in Action , the project was shelved. [837] [838] However, in 2021, Warner Bros later released a sequel titled Space Jam: A New Legacy starring NBA athlete LeBron James. | |
| The Smurfs 3 | By May 10, 2012, just two weeks after production of The Smurfs 2 was announced, Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures had already been developing a script for The Smurfs 3, with writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche. [839] Hank Azaria, who played the live-action Gargamel, said that the third film "might actually deal with the genuine origin of how all these characters ran into each other way back when." [840] In March 2014, Sony announced that, instead of a third live action film, it would be rebooting the series with a completely computer-animated film. [841] | |
| Untitled Adventure Time film | In February 2015, a film based on the Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time reportedly entered development. Adventure Time creatore Pendleton Ward was set to write and executive-produce, with Chris McKay and Roy Lee producing the film. It would have been a collaboration between Warner Animation Group, Cartoon Network Studios, Vertigo Entertainment, and Frederator Films. [842] [843] In October 2015, Adventure Time producer Adam Muto said that Pendleton was developing the film's premise, but stated that there was "nothing official to announce yet". [844] In July 2018, he said that the film was never "officially announced", and in later that August, he stated that the series' finale would not affect development on a potential movie nor would it lead to it, but noted that "all the lore and stuff would not work for a first time viewer", and so, it would need to work on its own to be successful. [845] [846] | |
| Untitled Bob the Builder live-action film | A live-action film based on the Bob the Builder series was a planned film, that was gonna be done by HiT Entertainment's now defunct film division, HiT Movies. Not much is known about the film, but Dwayne Johnson was meant to play as Bob. The machines also don't have any faces (likely only for concept art), but can still move like in the original show. The movie was planned to be released around 2012, however it wasn't picked up by HiT, and it was cancelled.[ citation needed ] | |
| Untitled Camp WWE film | Stoopid Buddy Stoodios announced a theatrical film based on Camp WWE series on that the very script was again being worked, the show is animated in 2D Flash animation was used for all of the Camp WWE. possibly WWE roster as kids in a summer camp Asuka (Wrestler). However, But project animation film from their not schedule in cancelled project | |
| Untitled The Fairly OddParents animated film | In 2005 or 2006, Butch Hartman considered making a theatrical adaptation of his animated television series The Fairly OddParents after the show's initial cancellation in 2006,[ vague ] to be produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures. The film was to be animated much like the series as well as previous Nickelodeon fare such as the Rugrats trilogy and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , but was scrapped due to a management change at Paramount although the script was already written. Despite this, Hartman expressed interest in releasing the film for DVD someday, and stated that the script could serve for another TV movie of the show. The series ended on July 26, 2017, and Butch Hartman left Nickelodeon in early 2018 before moving to Sony Pictures Animation to plan any direct-to-video sequels to the original film, [847] [848] seemingly ending any chances of the film happening. [849] Despite several TV films, The Fairly OddParents is the longest running animated series on the network to not receive a theatrical film release. | |
| Untitled Johnny Bravo live-action film | In October 2002, Variety reported that Warner Bros. had secured the film rights to make a live-action Johnny Bravo feature-length film "as a potential starring vehicle" for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. [850] However, no further developments regarding this project have been announced since then. | |
| Untitled The Loud House theatrical film | Moved to Netflix | On March 28, 2017, Paramount Pictures' president Marc Evans announced a film based on the series originally set for a theatrical release on February 7, 2020. [851] However, in January 2019, Paramount removed the film from their schedule. [852] On February 5, 2019, it was announced that the film would instead be produced for release on Netflix. |
| Untitled Phineas and Ferb theatrical film | Cancelled | In January 2011, seven months before the premiere of Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension , the chief of Disney Channels Worldwide announced a theatrical film based on Phineas and Ferb, for a release in 2013. In October 2011, Disney stated that the Marvel film Thor: The Dark World had been postponed to November 15, 2013, while Phineas and Ferb got a release date of July 26, 2013. However, in October 2011, Disney postponed the film to sometime in 2014, after also being slated for release on September 28, 2013. The film was then removed from its release schedule in August 2013 by Disney, seemingly cancelling it at the time. |
| Untitled Popeye film | Moved to King Features Syndicate | In March 2014, Sony Pictures Animation updated its slate, scheduling the film for 2016, and announcing Tartakovsky as the director of Hotel Transylvania 2 , which he was directing concurrently with Popeye. [853] On September 18, 2014, Tartakovsky revealed an "animation test" footage, about which he said, "It's just something that kind of represents what we want to do. I couldn't be more excited by how it turned out." [854] In March 2015, despite the well-received test footage, it was announced that the film would not be released in 2016 because Tartakovsky left from working on the project, and would instead direct Can You Imagine?, which was based on his own original idea, but it was scrapped. [855] [856] In January 2016, it was announced that T.J. Fixman would write the film. |
| Untitled ReBoot film | Cancelled | In June 2008, Rainmaker Animation announced plans for a trilogy of theatrical ReBoot films, with the first to be written by Jon Cooksey. [857] A teaser for the film was released on October 5, 2009, on Rainmaker's official site, and in March 2011, Rainmaker said a ReBoot film remained in the company's plans. [858] On April 8, 2013, Rainmaker president and executive producer Michael Hefferon [859] said the film trilogy was no longer being worked on. [860] |
| Untitled Ren & Stimpy film | Nickelodeon and 20th Century Fox signed a two-year production deal in May 1993 for the development and production of animated and live-action family films, based on new or existing properties. Ren & Stimpy was mentioned as a possible property for development, along with Rugrats and Doug ; however, the show's "cynical and gross humor" was a poor fit for a conventional, "warm and fuzzy" family film. [861] [862] The deal expired with no movies produced. Nickelodeon would later start its own film studio after parent company Viacom purchased Paramount Pictures. At the Wizard World Cleveland convention in March 2017, Camp said that Paramount Pictures rejected a pitch for a Ren & Stimpy feature film because of the "sour taste" left by Adult Party Cartoon , and they did not want any further connection with the characters. [863] | |
| Untitled Samurai Jack film | A film intended to conclude the story of Samurai Jack had been in development at different times by four different studios. [864] : 2:50 As early as 2002, Cartoon Network was producing a Samurai Jack live-action feature film, [865] in association with New Line Cinema. [866] Brett Ratner was hired as a director. [867] Tartakovsky said in a 2006 interview that the live-action version of Samurai Jack was thankfully abandoned, and that "we will finish the story, and there will be an animated film." [868] Fred Seibert announced in 2007 that the newly formed Frederator Films was developing a Samurai Jack movie, [869] which was planned to be in stereoscopic 2D [870] with a budget of 20 million dollars. [871] Seibert said in 2009 the film was being co-produced with J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions. [866] Genndy Tartakovsky said in an interview with IGN the Samurai Jack movie is in pre-production: "I've been trying so hard every year, and the one amazing thing about Jack is that I did it in 2001, you know, and it still survived. There's something about it that's connected with people. And I want it, it's number 1 on my list, and now Bob Osher, the president, is like 'Hey, let's talk about Jack. Let's see what we can do.' And I go, 'You're going to do a 2D feature animated movie?' and he's like, 'Yeah. Maybe. Let's do some research and let's see.' So it's not dead for sure by any means, and it's still on the top of my list, and I'm trying as hard as I can." Tartakovsky said the loss of Mako Iwamatsu (Aku's voice actor) would also need to be addressed. [872] The feature film project never materialized, and eventually, the series concluded with a fifth television season. [873] | |
| Untitled Rugrats film | On July 16, 2018, Variety reported that a new Rugrats movie was in production alongside a revival of the series with a release date originally set for November 13, 2020. The movie would've been a live action/CGI hybrid, to be written by David Goodman and would be produced by Paramount Players, a division of Paramount Pictures. [874] [875] [876] On February 27, 2019, it was announced that the movie would be pushed back to January 29, 2021. [877] On April 26, 2019, it was announced that David Bowers would be set as director, along with Karen Rosenfelt as producer. [878] However, on November 12, 2019, the film was pulled from Paramount's release schedule, in favor of WWE Studios' Rumble , which was delayed from a July 2020 release. [879] | |
| Untitled Space Goofs film | Xilam announced plans for a film based on Space Goofs as Stupid Invaders. Produced by Action Synthese (who previously did The Magic Roundabout) and Xilam and was going to be directed by Olivier Jean-Marie, the film was going to be originally released in the second quarter of 2009. The film was never finished, as Action Synthese, one of the studios produced the film along with Xilam, ended in a compulsory liquidation and went bankrupt on March 25, 2013. | |
| Untitled Woody Woodpecker film | In November 2011, Universal and Illumination planned a Woody Woodpecker feature film. John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky ( King of the Hill ) were in talks to develop a story, [880] but in July 2013, Illumination canceled the project. [881] In 2017 a live-action/CGI hybrid film from Universal 1440 Entertainment was released intead. |
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