Simply earlier than the weekend began, the animation house lit up when somebody all of the sudden leaked a lot of never-before-seen inner materials from Disney. We gained’t hyperlink to it, however included in that materials is a large quantity of stuff from the corporate’s TV animation slate throughout its Disney Channel and Disney XD networks that goes way back to the mid-2000s. Gravity Falls, Owl House, you identify it: if it’s obtained a large fanbase (and isn’t a Marvel cartoon), then it’s most likely featured right here in some style.
Included within the leak had been over 20 pilots, a few of which had been reveals that’d been pitched, however finally by no means went wherever. Equally, there have been additionally 40 present bibles—paperwork creators use to pitch their present, from the tone and characters to breakdowns for potential future seasons. Disney’s animated slate didn’t have fairly the highs of Cartoon Community and even Nickelodeon, however what’s right here could have you ever fascinated by some reveals you haven’t considered shortly. (Living proof, they’ve obtained the bibles for Tremendous Monkey Group HyperForce Go! and American Dragon: Jake Lengthy in right here, which can take you waaaaaaaay again.)
Setting apart how shocking it’s that each one this obtained leaked—and what’s extra, whoever did it hasn’t acknowledged why or who they’re—what’s out there’s admittedly attention-grabbing to undergo. Followers of specific reveals are going to get so much out of these pilots and bibles, if solely to see how these collection advanced over time, significantly by way of their artwork type. Much more attention-grabbing is to see what episodes these creators had been pitching: in Gravity Falls’ case, most of those weren’t made, however you may see how elements of them—like Dipper getting right into a golf battle with Lil’ Gideon—had been retooled into precise episodes.
For the creatively inclined, the present bibles are most likely going to be probably the most worthwhile issues to sift by. In studying by a few of these, they’re fairly intensive and is usually a good information that can assist you determine how TV works, and even do an analogous bible of your individual for no matter you’re making. The Ducktales bible, for instance, devotes a number of pages to every precept character’s pursuits, particular abilities, and core relationships with one another…together with how they’d react to a mummy.
Once more, varied web sites and Twitters have gone by these items and put it on the market so that you can watch or learn—and for those who like all of those reveals, or simply animation basically, it’d be value looking for. io9’s reached out to Disney for touch upon the leak, and can replace when a response is given.
Need extra io9 information? Try when to anticipate the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and all the pieces it’s essential to learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.