The D-Files Return

Alan Ng, of Film Threat, returns with another installment of his chronicle of the downfall of the Walt Disney Animation. The D-Files: The Untitled 2024 Disney Animated Feature

Jennifer Lee has stepped down as the head of Disney Animation to direct 2 new animated films. She was brought in to replace John Lasseter, after he was forced out during the me too purges. Her vision was to create a 50/50 male/female split in the animators. To do that she had to get rid of "the old white guys." You know, the people with decades of experience. She also had to bring in women with little experience in animation, and no experience in Disney-style animation. (It is a very specific style, or least it was in the old days.)

A lot of those experienced animators went to work at Skydance Animation, which is where Lasseter went, and it was recently announced that Brad Bird (The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, Ratatouille) is bringing his Ray Gunn project to Skydance, and Netflix.

Go Woke, Go Broke

Jennifer Lee stepping down should be a warning to all about DEI’s destructive nature. IMPORTANT NOTE: The idea of diversity is not wrong. There are talented people of color who are storytellers, character designers, and animators who have proved themselves in their fields and should be given the opportunity of a lifetime. They have been working at the Walt Disney Company all this time.

Inside Out 2, released this year, was a success, but only because executives at Disney, who I'm guessing did not include Jennifer Lee, insisted that the character not be gay. Other notable releases under Lee's tenure include Lightyear and Wish. That last movie is perhaps the worst piece of animation ever to come out of the Walt Disney Company.

This is the Film Threat video THE D-FILES 8: THE UNTITLED 2024 DISNEY ANIMATED FEATURE | Film Threat Livecast. The video is 12 and a half minutes long.

This is the story of an in-development Disney animated movie that was to be based on a Persian tale. You can get the details at the link above, or at the video below. The tl;dr version is that new Persian Princess, based on a Persian fairy tale, was given the Batgirl treatment. In other words, it has been canceled and buried, and it will never be spoken of again.