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→‎Unrealized projects: Not involved with earlier version of Cats Don't Dance and Chicken Little is the film that came out of the earlier work. Unlike Kingdom of the Sun, it is not a fundamentally different work.
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===Unrealized projects===
* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove#Kingdom of the Sun|Kingdom of the Sun]]'' - an epic retelling of ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]'' in the vein of ''[[The Lion King]]''. TheDindal storyserved wasas rewrittenco-director in 1998 asand areworked smallerthe comedyprojecy titledinto ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' (for [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]]; 1994).
* Original version of ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' - long before Dindal was attached as director, ''Cats Don't Dance'' was initially a live-action/CG-animated hybrid film that would have involved [[Michael Jackson]] as producer, star, and musical consultant. By 1994, Jackson left the project entirely (for [[Turner Feature Animation]]; 1993).
* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove#Kingdom of the Sun|Kingdom of the Sun]]'' - an epic retelling of ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]'' in the vein of ''[[The Lion King]]''. The story was rewritten in 1998 as a smaller comedy titled ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' (for [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]]; 1994).
* Original version of ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' - the original version of ''Chicken Little'' would have followed an overreacting, doom and gloomy female chicken, that went to summer camp to build confidence so she would not overreact, as well as to repair her relationship with her father. At the summer camp, she would uncover a nefarious plot that her camp counselor was planning against her hometown. The plot was completely reworked, when [[David Stainton]] became the new head of Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2003 (for Walt Disney Feature Animation; 2001).
* ''Sherlock's Secretary'' - a live-action film about a man who resides at the infamous home of [[Sherlock Holmes]], who receives a letter requesting the help of Holmes. The man's life changes when he decides to take on a case himself (for [[Walden Media]]; 2006).
* ''[[Kringle (novel)|Kringle]]'' - a film adaption based the book under the same name that tells the untold story of [[Santa Claus]] (for [[Paramount Pictures]]; 2007).