Note: Please, do NOT add "Hal Holbrook died in 2021.", because this was BEFORE Holbrook's death in 2021.
Space, also referred to as Beyond the Sky, was a spin-off to Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue, a spin-off to the Cars franchise by Pixar. It was originally going to be released on April 12, 2019, but was suddenly removed from the release schedule on March 1, 2018. It was cancelled following the shutdown of DisneyToon Studios on June 28, 2018.
Plot
The film was planned to explore the future of aviation in outer space.
Contents
Some footage from the film was uploaded on April 26, 2021, but was later privated.
The teaser trailer was discovered on 2024 on Reddit.
Why It Was Cancelled
- The film was removed from Disney's schedule in March 2018.
- DisneyToon Studios shut down on June 28, 2018[1] (mentioned earlier).
- John Lasseter departed from both Disney and Pixar in December 2018, due to having a history of sexual misconduct that made Pixar an unsafe environment for the women working there (before becoming the head of animation at Skydance Animation, which acquired the Spanish animation studio, Ilion Animation Studios, back in April 2020 and renamed it as Skydance Animation Madrid).
Gallery
![I worked with the very talented Jayse Hansen on these Heads Up Displays. The goal was to visually distinguish the 84’s analytically detail oriented and “direct” thought process while the 85 would have a more “go with the flow” image based analysis.[2]](/wiki/File:X84HUD.png "X84HUD.png (1.78 MB)")
I worked with the very talented Jayse Hansen on these Heads Up Displays. The goal was to visually distinguish the 84’s analytically detail oriented and “direct” thought process while the 85 would have a more “go with the flow” image based analysis.[2]
Morgan finally settled as an out of commission ex-NASA RV transport that was modified to be outfitted with a radar and comms array. She was ultimately cut from the film.
Akiko Crawford painted the final image on the bottom over my rough comp above. This depicts the holographically camouflaged entrance to the secret underground base.
Armand Serrano painted the bottom image over my thumbnail comp above.
This is an example of a typical sequence color script handout. This was the only sequence to go through lighting before DTS was closed.
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Drew Hartell and I painted this over my layout of the retirement home for jets in the original version of the story
One of the major set pieces I worked with Tony Ianiro on was the massive flight deck set of our underground X-base. It was roughly the footprint of two aircraft carriers.
The tower shape was inspired by an aircraft carrier island. Akiko Crawford and I worked on this design.
I provided the rough design and geo for Akiko Crawford to paint over.
This illustrates my collaboration with an artist on my team. I establish a shape language, technology level, and scale and work with my artists (the image on left is Scott Seeto) on refining the designs as shown on right.
Before he left I worked with Tony Ianiro on the city sized space station that was to be in orbit of Jupiter.
Results
- Development of Beyond the Sky was left unfinished and the film was permanently cancelled.
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, which was released on December 12, 2014 in the United Kingdom and March 3, 2015 in the United States, was the final film produced and released under the DisneyToon Studios label.
- This film along with To Protect and Serve, and Metro, are the three cancelled Cars spin-off projects.