Walt Disney Spend 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson'

[Monday, January 12th, 2004]
Walt Disney are to produce a feature length animated film based on the bestselling William Joyce book, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, it was announced today. Steve Anderson (head of story on 'The Emperor's New Groove' and 'Brother Bear') is set to direct. The animated film, which will utilize the latest computer-animation techniques, will be produced at Disney's Burbank-based animation studio and is scheduled to be released in 2006. Animation will begin in June 2004.

The fantastic world of William Joyce's beloved 1990 book A Day with Wilbur Robinson comes to life in this comedy-adventure tale that follows one fateful day in the life of a boy-genius who creates a mysterious machine with one fantastic purpose -- to recover the lost memory of the past. What he unlocks instead is time itself, and a visit with a future, a family, and a world whose survival all depends upon him.

Acclaimed illustrator/author William Joyce has previously been associated with Disney on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel series, 'Rolie Polie Olie', which has earned kudos during its five year run. As a bestselling author of children's books, he has written such favorites as Dinosaur Bob, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, Santa Calls, Bentley & Egg, and Nicholas Cricket, among others.

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