A source in the heart of the animation industry “heard today that the My Peoples project has today been cancelled and there is no back up project as of now”. The film, which has been in production for over a year now at Disney’s Florida Animation unit, mixes 2D and 3D with a voice cast including Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Charles Durning and Hal Holbrook. After several re-writes and name changes aplenty (switching repeatedly between the original title and monikers such as Angel And Her No Good Sister), it finally looks as if Disney has lost interest and closed down the planned 2005 release. Our source, who is not connected with the film, continues to say that “the crew will be let go if no projects come in, which it looks like will be more than likely…3 of my friends were let go today on this project so I can confirm this”.

Although there might be hope that the recent signing of the Brother Bear team might lead to another feature being put into production, it is unlikely that this is less than a few months away at the very least. Until we get an official announcement from the House Of Mouse this report must be viewed as a “confirmed rumor”, but sadly once again things don’t look good for the future of 2D Disney animation.