Jungle Junction (lost pitch pilots of Disney Junior CGI animated series; 2003-2008)

An early model of the character Lance.

Status: Lost

History

Jungle Junction was an animated kids TV show, created by Trevor Ricketts, that aired on Disney Junior from October 5th, 2009 to October 26th, 2012. The show was produced by Spider Eye Productions

1st Pilot

The idea for the 1st Jungle Junction Pilot came when the show creator, Trevor Ricketts, saw a commercial in his childhood for Dunlop Tires, which featured a groundhog on wheels. The idea came back to him when he started a job at Spider Eye Productions in 2003, when he thought of an idea of a show with animals on wheels, called "Wheelers", in a lush and unexplored jungle. Ricketts showed the pilots to his colleagues at Spider Eye, and they loved the idea. They converted the pen and paper idea into a 6 minute 3D pilot with a single voice actor.

2nd Pilot

Ricketts spent the next two years pitching the pilot to networks around Europe with little to no success, until the 2005 Cartoon Forum in Denmark. With the support from the forum, the team made a brand new pilot with better lighting, new writers, and a new treatment.

3rd Pilot

The new pilot garnered a lot of interest from Playhouse Disney Senior Vice President, Nancy Kanter; she requested the team made a 3rd, full-scale pilot. This pilot was shown to a test audience of preschool students, and revived the green light in January 2008.

Information

There is no information about the pilots or the plots of the pilots other than an early character model of the character Lance. The 3rd pilot was aired during the Playhouse Disney block on March 31st, 2008. As of June 28th, LMW users have contacted the show creator, Trevor Ricketts, about the pilots.