Given the general timeframe that King of the Elves was in production, I wouldn't be surprised if Chris Williams was ultimately forced to choose between directing Big Hero 6 or King of the Elves. He was probably just a lot more passionate about Big Hero 6, considering that King of the Elves was merely transferred to him (a la Bolt). He probably just wanted his own project rather than someone else's. I understand, even if I probably would have preferred seeing King of the Elves produced over Big Hero 6. It's extremely tough to finish another artist's work when you don't care at all about or have no connection to the story that the other artist was telling.
However, thanks to King of the Elves being shelved, Clay Kaytis left Disney and directed The Angry Birds Movie so...good for him, I guess?
King of the Elves
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Re: King of the Elves
Concept art by Dan Cooper.
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BaKjEUkF-4G/
Concept art by Aaron Blaise.
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Concept art by Andy Harkness.
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Concept art by Aaron Blaise.
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba7EemBjbmN/
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Concept art by Andy Harkness.
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Re: King of the Elves
I wonder if WDAS might consider bringing this film back into production now that they have no other original animated film. I'd be quite excited for this film.
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Re: King of the Elves
The only thing that would 100% convince me going to the next Expo is if WDAS and Pixar did a panel on KOE, Newt, & Gigantic and tell us what happened to the movies and what the movies would have been like. Would be the perfect time since they announced Gigantic in the 2015 expo.
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Re: King of the Elves
Concept art by Don Dougherty.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdIIQ8COkAD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdFpFqdrUa_/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8a9yHJQjf/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcZpyoIONPW/
Concept art by Scott Watanabe.
https://www.scottwatanabeart.com/unpublished-work
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdIIQ8COkAD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdFpFqdrUa_/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8a9yHJQjf/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcZpyoIONPW/
Concept art by Scott Watanabe.
https://www.scottwatanabeart.com/unpublished-work
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Re: King of the Elves
Beautiful! Thanks for posting. I'd love if Disney tried to revisit this project. I always preferred this over that ridiculous Gigantic film.
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Re: King of the Elves
^^Me too, Jean
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Re: King of the Elves
Multiple concept art pieces for "King of the Elves" from 2014, showing Troll designs and more by Armand Baltazar.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9cqZUDziv/
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPNLtlDnIO/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPNlIDjJJ5/ (closeups)
It looks really cool
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9cqZUDziv/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD__DcTjcuZ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPNLtlDnIO/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPNlIDjJJ5/ (closeups)
It looks really cool
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๐. ๐๐ช๐ป๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ (๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ๐ญ)
๐. ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ (๐ฃ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ)
๐. Wherever I go (Hannah Montana)
๐. ๐๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐ (๐๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท)
๐. ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ท (๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐ถ ๐๐๐๐พ๐)
& more: 1000 years ( Legend of the Neverbeast),
I'll try (Return to Neverland) , So close (Enchanted), ๐ด๐๐ยด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ (๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐พ๐๐ธ๐๐๐: ๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐๐น ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐๐), I thought I lost you (BOLT), Into the Unknown (Frozen 2)
๐. ๐๐ช๐ป๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ (๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ๐ญ)
๐. ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ (๐ฃ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ)
๐. Wherever I go (Hannah Montana)
๐. ๐๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐ (๐๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท)
๐. ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ท (๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐ถ ๐๐๐๐พ๐)
& more: 1000 years ( Legend of the Neverbeast),
I'll try (Return to Neverland) , So close (Enchanted), ๐ด๐๐ยด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ (๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐พ๐๐ธ๐๐๐: ๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐๐น ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐๐), I thought I lost you (BOLT), Into the Unknown (Frozen 2)
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Re: King of the Elves
The last concept art looks like Earth-69 in Across the Spider-Verse. It looks like the elves beat up Prowler Miles given the claws on the floor and the old man kinda looks like Joe from Soul.
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1. edamame by bbno$ and Rich Brian (Song)
2. Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
3. Ma Baker by Boney M. (Song)
4. The Boy and the Heron (Movie)
5. Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield (Song)