Phineas and Ferb (lost production material of cancelled theatrical film of Disney Channel animated series; 2010s)

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Status: Lost

Phineas and Ferb is a television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, for Disney Channel. It ran from August 17th, 2007, to June 12th, 2015, with a special called "The O.W.C.A Files" premiering on November 9th, 2015. The show also had a crossover with Povenmire and Marsh's own Milo Murphy's Law.

Phineas and Ferb follows the eponymous boys building many machines and gadgets that kids their age normally wouldn't build. People usually asked them "Aren't you a bit too young to (do extraordinary thing)?" They would reply with "Yes, yes we are." Their teenage sister, Candace, would normally try to "bust" them on a regular basis, but at the end of the day, the machine would always disappear before she can show her mother what her brothers have done, either due to Dr. Doofenschmirtz's schemes failing or to random circumstances.

The show had a television film called Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension that premiered on Disney Channel back in 2011, but there was also a theatrical film in production after that.

Development

In January 2011, seven months before the premiere of Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, the chief of Disney Channels Worldwide announced a theatrical film based on Phineas and Ferb, for a release in 2013. In October 2011, Disney stated that the Marvel film Thor: The Dark World had been postponed to November 15th, 2013, while Phineas and Ferb got a release date of July 26th, 2013. However, in October 2011, Disney postponed the film to sometime in 2014, after also being slated for release on September 28th, 2013. The film was then removed from its release schedule in August 2013 by Disney, seemingly cancelling it at the time.

Speculation that the film was cancelled was discussed, but one of the creators of Phineas and Ferb, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, said that the film was simply "on hold". On July 12th, 2015, Jim Hill Media announced on Twitter that a script for the film had been completed.

Availability

Nothing else from the film was announced after that Twitter post. No screenshots or footage of the movie have surfaced. To decrease the chances of the film's release even more, Phineas and Ferb wrapped up production in May 2015, premiering its hour-long series finale "Last Day of Summer" on June 12th, 2015 on Disney XD after a 72-hour marathon.

However, the theatrical film might still have a glimmer of hope, as three years after Jim Hill Media's Twitter post was created, around February 2018, a Twitter user asked Dan Povenmire and Jim Hill Media if the film was still on hold or cancelled. Jim stated that the production crew of Milo Murphy's Law was still working on the Phineas and Ferb crossover. However, he stated that, should the special be successful, the film might still happen. Nothing about the film has been heard since then, but as the Milo Murphy's Law/Phineas and Ferb crossover has just premiered as of January 2019, it could only be a matter of time as to if the film will still happen.

On March 22nd, 2019, two months after the crossover premiered, Jim was asked if the film was still going to see the light of day. However, Jim said that due to the failure of the live-action Kim Possible movie (which was the lowest-rated Disney Channel movie in a decade), people would not count on the film coming anytime soon.

In April 2019, it was announced that a Phineas & Ferb movie, titled Candace Against the Universe, would be released on Disney's new Disney+ streaming service on August 28th, 2020. According to one of the movie's writers Jim Bernstein, it is a separate project from the proposed theatrical film, meaning that the production material and script for the original film will likely never surface.

See Also

Phineas and Ferb

• Phineas and Ferb "Delivery of Destiny" (partially found Simon Pegg version of Disney Channel animated series episode; 2013)
• Phineas and Ferb: Spot the Diff (found Disney Channel animated special; 2008)
• Shooting Star Milkshake Bar (partially found full version of "Phineas and Ferb" song; late 2000s)

Advertisements

• The Incredibles (found full version of McDonald's Happy Meal commercial for Pixar animated film; 2004)
• The Incredibles (found online promotional trailers for Pixar animated film; 2004)
• Pixar (partially lost early CGI animated commercials from animation studio; 1989-1998)

Animation (Disney)

• Alice in Wonderland (partially lost original draft of Disney animated film; 1939)
• Aladdin (found Howard Ashman treatment of Disney animated film; 1988)
• American Dog (partially found original version of "Bolt" Disney animated film; 2007-2008)
• The Black Cauldron (partially found deleted scenes of Disney animated film; 1985)
• Chanticleer (partially found production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 1940s-mid 1960s)
• Chicken Little 2 (partially found production material of cancelled sequel to Disney animated comedy film; 2006)
• Disney Circle Seven Animation (partially lost production material of cancelled Pixar sequel films; 2004-2006)
• Dumbo II (partially found production material from cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2000s)
• Fantasia 2006 (partially lost production material for cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2002-2004)
• Fraidy Cat (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2004-2005)
• Frozen (partially found early drafts of Disney animated film; 1937-2012)
• Gigantic (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2013-2017)
• The Jungle Book (lost Bill Peet version of Disney animated film; 1963-1964)
• Kingdom of the Sun (partially found original version of "The Emperor's New Groove" Disney animated film; late 1990s)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (partially found production material and deleted scenes of Disney animated sequel film; 1995-1998)
• Maleficent (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2003-2005)
• Music Land (lost Disney animated anthology film; 1955)
• My Peoples (partially found production material of cancelled Disney animated film; late 1990s-early 2000s)
• The Search for Mickey Mouse (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2002)
• The Seven Dwarfs (partially found production material of cancelled direct-to-video prequel to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Disney animated film; 2000s)
• Tangled (partially found early drafts of Disney animated film; 2001-2010)
• Tinker Bell (partially found first draft of Disney animated film; 2007)
• Treasure Planet II (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2002)
• Wild Life (lost production material for cancelled Disney animated film; late 1990s-2000)
• Zootopia (partially found pre-rewrite version of Disney animated film; early 2010s)

Animation (Pixar)

• A Tin Toy Christmas (lost production material of cancelled Pixar animated Christmas TV special; early 1990s)
• Cars 3 (lost deleted scene of Pixar animated sequel film; 2017)
• The Good Dinosaur (lost original version of Pixar animated film; 2011-2013)
• Inside Out (lost original Bing Bong death scene of Pixar animated film; 2015)
• Made in Point Richmond (found miscellaneous content from Pixar DVD; 1986-2000)
• Newt (partially found production material of cancelled Pixar animated film; early 2010s)
• Toy Story (partially found early test footage of Pixar animated film; 1992)
• Toy Story 4 (found original script of Pixar animated sequel film; 2013-2017)
• Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (partially found intermissions for 3D double feature re-release of Pixar animated films; 2009)
• Toy Story "Black Friday Reel" (partially found rough cut of Pixar animated film; 1993)
• Toy Story "Jessie" (found Patsy Montana Award acceptance speech animation of Pixar character; 2000)
• WALL·E (partially found original treatments of Pixar animated film; 1994-2008)

Audio

• Enchanted (lost deleted song from Disney live-action/animated fantasy comedy film; 2007)
• Fantasia (partially lost original audio of Disney animated film; 1940)
• Jack Wagner (partially lost Disney Park background music collection from American actor; 1970s-2001)
• Mars Needs Moms (found Seth Green vocal performance of Disney motion-capture animated film; 2011)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (lost original Vincent Price audio of Disney stop-motion animated film; early 1990s)
• Pinocchio (lost Mel Blanc's "Gideon the Cat" dialogue from Disney animated film; 1940)
• Toy Story 2 (partially found Bullseye dialogue test footage from Pixar animated sequel film; late 1990s)

Live Action

• 101 Dalmatians (found "Spotted Landmarks" teaser trailer of Disney live-action film; 1995-1996)
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (found deleted scenes from Disney live-action film; 1993)
• Sleeping Beauty (partially found live action reference material for Disney animated film; 1959)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (lost original cut of Disney dark fantasy film; 1982)
• Walt Disney (lost physical Mickey Mouse animation reference footage of animator; late 1930s)

Short Films

• Alice Comedies (partially lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1920s)
• Blowin' in the Wind (found Pixar animated short film; 1985)
• Lafflets (lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1922-1923)
• Language Arts Through Imagination (found series of Disney educational short films; 1988-1989)
• Mickey and Minnie Mouse (lost unauthorized pornographic animated short film; existence unconfirmed; 1936)
• Mickey's Man Friday (partially found production material of unproduced remake of Disney animated short film; 1939-1941)
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (partially lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1927-1928)
• Poor Papa (found "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" Walt Disney animated short film; 1927)
• The Princess Academy (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated short film; 2009)
• Short Subject aka "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam" (found unofficial animated short film; 1968)
• Tales from Radiator Springs "To Protect and Serve" (lost episode of "Cars" animated miniseries; 2015)
• Totally Twisted Fairy Tales (partially found Disney animated short series; 1997)
• Uncle Walt (lost unauthorized Disney short film; 1964)