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Tinker Bell films
From Neverpedia
The Tinker Bell films are a series of computer-animated direct-to-DVD feature films starring the Disney interpretation of Tinker Bell and a host of fairy characters created by Disney as part of their Disney Fairies franchise. The films are:
- Tinker Bell (September 2008)
- Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (October 2009)
- Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Fall 2010)
- Tinker Bell and the Mysterious Winter Woods (2011)
- Tinker Bell: Race Through the Seasons (working title, 2012)
Each of the first four films is set in one of the four seasons (Tinker Bell in Spring, Lost Treasure in Autumn, Great Fairy Rescue in Summer, and Mysterious Winter Woods – obviously – in Winter). The fifth is set on Leap Day, when they have a kind of Fairy Olympics.
The series very nearly didn't happen, due to internal squabbling at Disney. According to a June 2007 article in Variety, Sharon Morrill, the head of DisneyToons direct-to-DVD division since 1994, was removed from this position due to problems with the first film, including a budget that had expanded to almost $50 million, and "close to two dozen versions of the script and a dozen different directors". Pixar Animation executives John Lasseter and Ed Catmull were given leadership of Walt Disney Feature Animation after Disney purchased Pixar in early 2006, and although DisneyToons is not under their management, "they are said to have gotten increasingly involved in the unit's operations." Lasseter reportedly said that the film was at that time "virtually unwatchable" and that it would hurt both Walt Disney Feature Animation as well as the Disney Consumer Products line it was meant to support. Morill was moved to "special projects" and the status of the movie was seriously in doubt. Disney observer Jim Hill reported at the time that the complications surrounding this movie had resulted in a decision that Disney would no longer produce straight-to-DVD sequels to its feature films, as had become commonplace (even cranking out sequels to classic such as Cinderella). Apparently Tinker Bell was considered a "spin-off" rather than a "sequel", and the fact that the initial feature went directly to DVD has exempted the rest of the series from this prohibiton.