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Planes 3, Space, also referred to as Beyond the Sky, was a planned sequel to Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue that was set to be the third and final installment in the Planes film trilogy, 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.

Why It Was Cancelled

  1. DisneyToon Studios shut down on June 28, 2018[1] (mentioned earlier).
  2. The first Planes film received generally negative reviews from critics and audiences while Planes: Fire & Rescue had mixed reviews.
  3. 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).
  4. Another animated film Missing Link was released on April 12th, 2019.

Results

  • Development of Beyond the Sky was left unfinished and the film was permanently cancelled.
  • The first two Planes films became a duology.
  • 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.

Footage

Some footage from the film was uploaded on April 26, 2021.

Trivia

  • Unlike the first two Planes movies which were both animated by the Indian animation studio, Prana Studios, who made all the Tinkerbell movies, Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return, and even the first episode of The VeggieTales Show before shutting down in July 10, 2019, Beyond the Sky would have been animated by the UK based animation studio, DNEG, who did the animation for Ron's Gone Wrong, Nimona, Under the Boardwalk, The Garfield Movie (2024), and the upcoming That Christmas, while currently doing the animation for Bad Faires (2027) in co-production with Locksmith Animation and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, an adaptation of The Great Gatsby, an adaptation of The Cat In The Hat (2026) in co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, and even The Angry Birds Movie 3 in co-production with Rovio Entertainment, Sega Sammy Group, Prime Focus Studios (which technically owns DNEG), One Cool Films, Flywheel Media, and Dentsu (unlike the first 2 Angry Birds being done by Sony, with the 2nd one being produced by Sony Pictures Animation).

Gallery

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Logo for the film

References

1.https://blogmickey.com/2018/02/breaking-cars-universe-space-movie-titled-beyond-sky/

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