In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, director Kevin Munroe lets the cat out of the bag that Cat Tale has been scrapped. Imagi Animation Studios producer Thomas K. Gray elaborates, “We’re several million [dollars] into it, but it was animals with happy talk, and we thought if we put it out there, it will not do anything, so we just said, ‘Next!’ We do not want to do happy talking animals anymore. There is just too much out there. Enough already!” Instead, Imagi will focus on science fiction and edgy animated pictures, such as the upcoming TMNT, Gatchaman and Astro Boy.