Can anyone give me the dope on the movie that turned into The Emperor’s New Groove?
I’d heard it was supposed to be another Disney formulaic epic, with talking animals and comic relief, etc. etc. but was trashed entirely and done anew as a quality movie.
What’s up? Was the original premise so bad? Was it badly over budget and nowhere near completion? Focus groups suggested no one cared about that ethnicity? (Though they went ahead with Pocahontas, something I didn’t expect.) Who was attached to it? Were Spade and Goodman just brought on for Groove?