‘Gigantic’ Canceled By Disney Animation

It’s not often that you see a movie studio like Disney cancel a big budget animated film this far into production, but it happens. Gigantic, Walt Disney Animation’s take on the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale (in which Jack befriends a female giant), is no longer on the way.

Wreck-It Ralph 2 & Gigantic Get New Release Dates

Disney pushes back the release dates of its animated sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, as well as the fairy tale adventure Gigantic.

Disney’s ‘Gigantic’ Adds ‘Captain Marvel’ and ‘Inside Out’ Writer Meg LeFauve as Director

Disney favorite Meg LeFauve is adding another high-profile project to the to-do list. The Captain Marvel and Inside Out screenwriter has been set to co-direct Gigantic, Disney Animation’s upcoming take on the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. She joins previously announced director Nathan Greno (Tangled).

D23: Disney Animation Announces Gigantic and Previews Dwayne Johnson’s Moana

At today’s Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation panel at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter announced they would be retelling the story of Jack and the Beanstalk in Gigantic, directed by Nathan Greno (Tangled) and produced by Dorothy McKim (Get a Horse!), which they’ll release in 2018.

Disney animated movies lineup

Big hero 6 (2014), Zootopia (2016), Moana ( 2016), Giants (2018), Cosmic 3000 (the untitled teen space race film, 2018), The king of the elves (2018 , finally!!!)