In an in-depth article, AWN follows the story behind Brother Bear, from its inception to its debut. This one is a must read! Besides telling an interesting story, it has a lot of little known trivia including:

– part of Michael Eisner’s inspiration in pushing this project forward was “an original landscape he’d bought by Albert Bierstadt”
– first drafts of this project included “something called “Timber, as well as another idea that appropriated King Lear where an old blind bear traveled the forest with his three daughters”.
– Jeremy Suarez, the voice of Koda, “was actually on an audition tape with a whole bunch of actors for Finding Nemo”
– The title Brother Bear actually had to be licensed from the owners of the Berenstain Bears.