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[celebi23]

So, for the uninformed, Pixar announced newt around the same time as Cars 2 and Brave. Cars 2 was moved to 2011 and then newt was moved to 2012. It was canceled in 2009. Pixar posted a bunch of artwork on Facebook a few years back and then yesterday, one former artist posted some on her blog but, took it down today. I luckily downloaded it all and put together a nice gallery of all of the released artwork:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17689746/galleria/plugins/newt/newt.html

 

[XenodudeX]

Newts are disgusting animals. I'm glad they canceled it.

 

[TimeEffect]

Newts are disgusting animals. I'm glad they canceled it.

 

[thekonamicode]

This interests me.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

I never expected Pixar to make a movie about New Gingrich finding a date. But here's the art for it.

 

[Vicehii]

The preproduction looked lovely, but I heard they were afraid of it becoming a typical romantic comedy. It's a shame this got canned, but they kept going with Cars.

 

[Aggrotek]

She turned me into a newt!

 

[SlowRevolution]

They canceled it because of Rio, right?

 

[Cousteau]

Seems really similar to Finding Nemo.

 

[Anticitizen One]

This interests me.

Did he run over a gypsy? Cuz he looks THINNER in this pic

 

[BobbyRobby]

i love newts. my brother used to collect them. wish this got made.

 

[SlowRevolution]

Did he run over a gypsy? Cuz he looks THINNER in this pic

10/10

i read it in archer's voice

 

[Jhoan]

The artwork looks absolutely amazing. I'm pretty stunned. It's a shame nothing came of it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dan]

They canceled it because of Rio, right?

Yeah, that was the major issue. It was too similar to that and they were going to be beaten to the punch.

 

[ZoddGutts]

No need to complain. We got Cars 2 in return.

 

[Mariolee]

Seems really similar to Finding Nemo.

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the turtle concept art.

 

[speedpop]

Yeah, that was the major issue. It was too similar to that and they were going to be beaten to the punch.

And then consider the quality of Rio... May God have mercy on their souls.

 

[celebi23]

My goal was just to save the artwork in case it was taken down. It was pretty easy to set up the gallery. I'm glad you guys like it.

 

[Ultima_5]

After cars 2 I was very worried about Pixar. Then I watched brave last week and thought it was excellent. Pixar is here to stay.

On topic. Looked pretty. Hope they have something else that's better in the pipe line

 

[Hylian7]

Newts are disgusting animals. I'm glad they canceled it.

 

[Dead]

They canceled it because of Rio, right?

fuck everything.

First Pixar movie in ages with appealing art design. Looks beautiful.

 

[Vicehii]

fuck everything.

First Pixar movie in ages with appealing art design. Looks beautiful.

BRAVE in concept was great, but became too noisy for an animated film. Didn't seem to know what it wanted to be...visually, or thematically (but that's for many reasons).
What was the last new, appealing design direction for a features of theirs? UP? I guess that would be awhile ago.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

You don't cancel a film because of a sub par film like Rio. You gotta believe that your better is better than their better.

 

[Aguila]

Seems really similar to Finding Nemo.

It really does The aquatic setting, the eggs, the tank...

But the art looks great *.*

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

Canceled because of Rio? the hell ? Rio wasn't even half as good as the original Ice Age let alone a Pixar movie.

 

[Sielys]

I really liked this guys design.

Now all I can do is wonder what his name would have been.

 

[disappeared]

Guys we gotta face it, the movie would have been even more pointless than Finding Nemo. Amphibian shit is always b-tier when it comes to Pixar and even Disney's own stuff. Sure the movie might have been alright, but it wasn't going to be Toy Story or the Incredibles. Even the Little Mermaid was b-tier to stuff like Sleeping Beauty or Snow White. Not saying the film didn't deserve its fair shot, but yeah.

 

[Ryaaan14]

I love newts and this is pretty soul crushing.

 

[jeffy_johnson]

 

[Escape Goat]

They mostly come out around Christmas. Mostly.

 

[celebi23]

I really liked this guys design.

Now all I can do is wonder what his name would have been.

If that's a Salemander, he would've been called Eddie, according to the original announcement.

 

[Neuromancer]

She turned me into a newt!

I got better

 

[Grakl]

I liked the premise behind the movie. Oh well.

 

[GCX]

fuck everything.

First Pixar movie in ages with appealing art design. Looks beautiful.

Ummm pretty much every Pixar movie has some gorgeous concept art.

 

[Hazmat]

Newt got cancelled and they still made Cars 2.

Sigh, I'll go watch Ratatouille again.

 

[DJ88]

Guys we gotta face it, the movie would have been even more pointless than Finding Nemo. Amphibian shit is always b-tier when it comes to Pixar and even Disney's own stuff. Sure the movie might have been alright, but it wasn't going to be Toy Story or the Incredibles. Even the Little Mermaid was b-tier to stuff like Sleeping Beauty or Snow White. Not saying the film didn't deserve its fair shot, but yeah.

Wtf is this shit? Anyways, sucks even more seeing that art now. I thought the premise of the story was really good.

 

[AKingNamedPaul]

Newts are truly an awesome pet.

 

[Rentahamster]

That's too bad, I like newts.

 

[celebi23]

So, I forgot to upload/mention something else. So while trying to find more artwork from newt, I did a search for it on tumblr (kinda forget why I chose to look there) and came across these from the Best (Fake) Movies (Never) Made

The casting is fake and I'm pretty sure the Drs' names are too. Just wanted to make sure there was no confusion.

Jason Bateman as Newt N. Newt, an amphibian that has only known the lab and, until recently, thought he was the last of his kind.

Robin Wright as Brooke, a wild female that doesn’t want to be stuck in the same terrarium as he male companion.

Paul Giamatti as Dr. Alan Murray, a scientist that works in the same building as Dr. Wilton and has a crush on her as well.

Kristen Schaal as Dr. Sarah Wilton, the lead scientist trying to save the blue-footed species.

 

[Buckethead]

The nature sets all look really good but everything outside of the turn looks pretty weak.

I'll have to see Rio.

It seems that there are a lot of similarities to Bolt as well.

 

[outunderthestars]

Beautiful artwork! Thanks for saving it.

 

[DonMigs85]

I guess they felt the main characters weren't appealing or marketable enough

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Newts are disgusting animals. I'm glad they canceled it.

Newts are awesome. Get out.

 

[Regulus Tera]

People hating on Rio here makes me smh.

 

[Lakitu]

Artwork looks amazing... would have been so much better if they released this instead of Cars 2 for instance.

 

[jediyoshi]

Guys we gotta face it, the movie would have been even more pointless than Finding Nemo. Amphibian shit is always b-tier when it comes to Pixar and even Disney's own stuff. Sure the movie might have been alright, but it wasn't going to be Toy Story or the Incredibles. Even the Little Mermaid was b-tier to stuff like Sleeping Beauty or Snow White. Not saying the film didn't deserve its fair shot, but yeah.

Tell me more about amphibian shit.

 

[HK-47]

I was so excited for this movie...

 

[Goldenhen]

Artwork looks amazing... would have been so much better if they released this instead of Cars 2 for instance.

+100

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Didn't seem like a great concept, but of course it could have all come down to the execution.