'Newt' was caught in a weird time in Pixar history, but what happened to the story about two blue-footed newts, and will we ever see it again?
In April 2008, Disney, two years into buying Pixar Animation Studios and having its leaders take over Walt Disney Animation Studios, was ready to offer a glimpse into the future. This is when the company offered journalists a first look into titles from its two animation houses that would be released through the year 2012. Many of the projects shown that day would be instantly familiar to the public, including Toy Story 3, Bolt, or The Princess and the Frog.
This production hailed from director Gary Rydstrom, who also wrote the screenplay for Newt with Leslie Caveny. Though his name may not be familiar, Rydstrom's work as a sound designer is legendary. Having won countless Oscars throughout the 1990s, Rydstrom is especially well-known for his work on Steven Spielberg directorial efforts ranging from Jurassic Park to Saving Private Ryan to West Side Story.
Though not mentioned publicly, Newt’s place in the Pixar canon also likely heralded its demise. The film was originally set for a 2011 and then a 2012 bow, putting it as one of the first features from Pixar in the 2010s. At the start of this decade, Pixar, no longer worried about its sequels not being properly recognized by Disney, was beginning to embrace more and more follow-ups to its original features.
Since its cancellation, no concrete story details or visions for the film’s voice cast have ever been released. The only substantial glimpse into what the title might have looked like has come from concept art of assorted characters in the film, which reveal that Newt would’ve involved everything from a multi-headed snake to a collection of Amish farmers. However, Rydstrom continued to be busy as a filmmaker for a few years, even with Newt gone.
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